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Thursday briefing: What we do (and don’t) know about Alice Huang and the Nvidia affair
WorldThursday briefing: What we do (and don’t) know about Alice Huang and the Nvidia affair

In today’s newsletter: US intelligence reportedly believes the former tech executive was recruited by Beijing, raising questions about the security of the AI industry and Trump’s close ties to Nvidia chief Jensen Huang

Hettie O'Brien
David Jones to close half its stores triggering mass job losses under ‘urgent restructure’
EconomyDavid Jones to close half its stores triggering mass job losses under ‘urgent restructure’

Australia’s oldest department store collapsed into voluntary administration last week after years of steep losses

Jonathan Barrett Business editor
French police raid Ritz hotel in Mohamed Al Fayed sexual abuse investigation
WorldFrench police raid Ritz hotel in Mohamed Al Fayed sexual abuse investigation

Arrests made after three properties were searched in relation to inquiry into late businessman

David Batty
Britain willing to discuss paying into EU to join electricity market, says minister
PoliticsBritain willing to discuss paying into EU to join electricity market, says minister

Hamish Falconer says UK has ‘not accepted principle’ of linking electricity trade to ‘cohesion fund’ but two sides will discuss issue

Sally Weale and Kiran Stacey
Lewis Hamilton visits Egypt’s Rafah crossing and Gaza aid facilities
WorldLewis Hamilton visits Egypt’s Rafah crossing and Gaza aid facilities

Seven-time F1 world champion tours border area and logistics warehouses operated by Egyptian Red Crescent

Associated Press at the Rafah crossing
UK and Argentina clash over Falklands oil project as Hamburg tribunal starts
WorldUK and Argentina clash over Falklands oil project as Hamburg tribunal starts

Sea Lion project in the North Falkland basin threatens to deepen sovereignty dispute

Daniel Boffey in Hamburg
US and rest of world must follow China’s lead on green energy, says John Kerry
ClimateUS and rest of world must follow China’s lead on green energy, says John Kerry

Former US secretary of state says most nations are ‘stumbling along’ while Beijing has ‘hugely accelerated’

Fiona Harvey in Antalya and Rebecca Bailey
David Jones’s finances were reviewed and restructuring flagged months before it fell into administration
EconomyDavid Jones’s finances were reviewed and restructuring flagged months before it fell into administration

Department store group kept buying new products and fell months behind in payments to some brands despite discussions with administrators

Luca Ittimani
Viktor Orbán’s brother detained in people-smuggling investigation, Hungarian PM says
WorldViktor Orbán’s brother detained in people-smuggling investigation, Hungarian PM says

Arrest made by anti-corruption body set up to investigate alleged graft during former PM’s 16-year rule

Reuters
Author Jojo Moyes among UK travellers at risk of EU ban amid digital border system glitches
EconomyAuthor Jojo Moyes among UK travellers at risk of EU ban amid digital border system glitches

Errors in entry and exit records leave some Britons wrongly flagged as having overstayed post-Brexit 90-day limit

Anna Tims
EU manufacturers could give up on competing with China by 2030, warns commerce chief
EconomyEU manufacturers could give up on competing with China by 2030, warns commerce chief

Jens Eskelund says Europe may need to allow its companies to become part of Chinese firms’ supply chains

Lisa O’Carroll
Australia to introduce mandatory reporting after OpenAI hack to combat artificial intelligence ‘going rogue’
TechnologyAustralia to introduce mandatory reporting after OpenAI hack to combat artificial intelligence ‘going rogue’

Government flags criminal law changes to ensure companies can’t argue in future ‘that someone didn’t know the computer was loaded’

Tess Ikonomou and Josh Butler
Qantas to cut 850 Australian jobs and outsource work to India under AI-driven overhaul
EconomyQantas to cut 850 Australian jobs and outsource work to India under AI-driven overhaul

Australian carrier announces agreement with Accenture amid ‘unprecedented’ technological disruption, CEO Vanessa Hudson says

Jonathan Barrett Business editor
Cyber-attack on French supermarket freezers has geopolitical context
TechnologyCyber-attack on French supermarket freezers has geopolitical context

‘Not particularly complex’ defrosting hack has been attributed to Iran, with presumption it is linked to others across Europe

Dan Milmo Global technology editor
High fossil fuel prices spread inflation ‘like a cancer’, UN climate negotiator tells Cop31
ClimateHigh fossil fuel prices spread inflation ‘like a cancer’, UN climate negotiator tells Cop31

Simon Stiell makes opening address at summit in Turkey, where talks are under way about speeding up shift to electrification

Graham Readfearn,Oliver Milman and Fiona Harvey in Antalya, Turkey
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