The Michigan Senate candidate is calling for public ownership and other reforms, offering a potential antidote to ideological gridlock

The Michigan senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed, a Democrat, occupies a strange but increasingly common place in modern American politics. He’s praised by progressives, begrudgingly tolerated by moderate Democrats and largely demonized by Republicans.

He’s also uniquely positioned to forge an all-too-elusive thread of political kinship between these perpetually-at-odds groups with his bold but contentious plan for reining in AI, called AI Under Democracy.

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As John Lewis reports a 96% rise in searches for CD players, music fans share their reasons for ditching streaming

CDs appear to be having a resurgence. John Lewis said searches for CD players are up 96% since July, while another report on trends in music and film this year found that CD sales are up 16%.

With this in mind, we asked music fans why they favour discs over other formats, and if it is a new preference or a lifetime habit.

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From the beheading in The Omen to the attic scene in The Birds, here’s a countdown of the genre’s most iconic moments – in glorious, old-school pre-CGI style

Towards the end of the 20th century, when film-makers’ overreliance on CGI was increasingly making special effects less special, it took the old-school practical approach of Japanese film-maker Hideo Nakata to make one’s hair stand on end. Just when you think the cursed VHS tape has claimed its last victim, Sadako’s vengeful ghost emerges from the well, comes closer … and climbs out of the television screen.

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With no single European representative negotiating directly with Moscow, some leaders are establishing their own channels – with messy results

The Nordic countries rarely fall out in public over foreign policy, least of all over Russia.

But a 90-minute phone call this week to Vladimir Putin by the leaders of Finland and Norway drew an unusual rebuke from their Danish and Swedish neighbours.

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ZOETERMEER (ANP) - Bouwend Nederland roept het minderheidskabinet op niet in te gaan op de brief van JA21, BBB en SGP. In die brief doen de partijen een aanbod tot samenwerking, maar daarvoor willen ze onder meer wel dat de stikstofaanpak van landbouwminister Jaimi van Essen wordt afgezwakt. Volgens de brancheorganisatie van bouwbedrijven is niemand gebaat bij uitstel of afstel van dat pakket.

"We zijn afgelopen jaren nog niet zo dicht bij een oplossing geweest", zegt voorzitter Arno Visser. Volgens Visser heeft iedereen er baat bij om uit de "stikstofimpasse" te komen.

"Maar het door de BBB letterlijk gedicteerde stikstofvoorstel brengt alles weer tot stilstand. Het is een 'offer you must refuse'. Dus: doe het niet!", zegt Visser.

De drie rechtse partijen zeggen in de brief bereid te zijn het belastingplan en alle begrotingen te steunen, maar dan moet er wel ruimte komen voor "brede lastenverlichting". Naast het afzwakken van het stikstofpakket, houden de partijen ook vast aan eerdere eisen op het gebied van asiel en medisch-ethische kwesties.

The installations will form the so-called Baltic Defense Line, an agreement that Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania announced in 2024 to build a series of bunkers along their borders with Russia and Belarus to defend against potential attacks.