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Biological weapons: The weaponization of disease Biological weapons are prohibited under international law. But new developments in biotech and AI are a cause for concern. DW addresses some of the most important questions about their history, risks, and control.
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Labour’s pledge to lift minimum wage for under-20s before next election in doubt <p>Chancellor John Healey fails to guarantee equalisation with adult wage will happen in timeframe set out in manifesto</p><p>Labour looks less likely to meet its manifesto pledge to equalise the minimum wage for younger workers before the next election, after the chancellor failed to guarantee the rise within that timeframe.</p><p>John Healey said on Sunday the government was still committed to the increase but failed to spell out when it would be achieved. In the budget, a rise in the minimum wage was handed to adults – to £13.21– and under 20s – to £11.27 – but a larger rise for younger workers would have been needed to move towards equalisation.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/nov/01/chancellor-fails-to-guarantee-minimum-wage-pledge-younger-workers-kuenssberg">Continue reading...</a>
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The US-China trade war seems to have subsided – but the sense of calm is misleading <p>A truce has cooled the trade conflict, but neither country has done anything to limit the outbreak of new hostilities</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a>’s trade wars have largely fallen off the headlines. Fears of new tariffs flare up from time to time when the US president goes off the rails – for instance, threatening to end US trade with countries with which it has a deficit unless the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/federal-reserve">Federal Reserve</a> cuts interest rates. But the sense that the world’s two largest economies are plowing ahead into an overt economic conflagration has taken a back seat to other, more salient fears, about Trump ending American democracy, AI killing us all and stuff like that.</p><p>The sense of calm is misleading. Under the radar, the world is marching toward an economic war of potentially epic proportions, one that, history suggests, could well spill over into the real thing.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/01/us-china-trade-war-trump-xi">Continue reading...</a>
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