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The broadcast opened with AI safety concerns, as OpenAI announced it would not go public this year due to safety worries, while Anthropic's head Dario Amodei urged a slowdown in AI development. Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon told the BBC that many colleagues feared a significant chance of human extinction if progress continues at the current pace. Oxford professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt discussed three risk categories and stressed the need for independent scrutiny and international collaboration. Separately, more than 100 people were unaccounted for after a ferry capsized off Java, with over 100 rescued and one death reported.

At the BRICS summit in India, eleven leaders agreed a joint declaration calling for restraint in the Middle East conflict and opposing forced displacement of Palestinians. The gathering also addressed tariffs and supply chain risks, with a bilateral meeting between Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi seen as a thaw. President Trump's visit to Ireland saw him suggest reunification of the island, drawing varied reactions including criticism from unionists and support from nationalists, though a former Irish ambassador said it changed nothing. Reform UK's deputy leader denied that two donations totalling £72 million from crypto billionaires were bad for democracy, while critics called for donation caps. Polling opened in Sweden for an election that could bring a hard-right party into government for the first time.

The Houthis seized control of Yemen's entire Red Sea coast, tightening their grip on the Bab al-Mandab Strait, and analysts noted the risk to oil supplies. Saudi Arabia closed a critical pipeline after drone attacks, pushing oil prices above $100 a barrel. In culture, Celine Dion performed her first full concert in six years in Paris to a sold-out crowd, and Punjabi singer Diljit Dosanjh headlined Wembley Stadium, the first Punjabi artist to do so.