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The Kremlin has urged foreigners in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, to leave the city now, with threats of a systematic attacks targeting ‘decision-making centres and command posts’. But diplomats in Kyiv are staying put, saying they won’t be intimidated by Russia’s threats.  

As he Pope calls for a go slow on AI, environmental and community groups are also for a pause on data centre approvals in Australia, amid concerns about their electricity and water use. By one estimate, the AI infrastructure now in the pipeline will consume the same amount of power as all of Tasmania by 2030. 

And on the eve of his Australian tour, musician Brian Jackson pays tribute to the godfather-of-rap Gil Scott Heron. Their musical partnership, forged in the crucible of black power and civil rights activism in the seventies continues to inspire the hip-hop stars of today.