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Thu 22 Oct

A Derbyshire detective is being investigated for alleged gross misconduct after claims they entered sensitive case information into Microsoft Copilot.

The police watchdog says AI was also allegedly used to make policy decisions, assess risks and justify decisions during criminal investigations. The force had permitted Copilot for drafting and summaries, but barred operational, sensitive or personal data from being entered.

The United States is preparing to order some diplomats and their families to leave its embassies across the Gulf, with three officials citing a possible resumption of hostilities, particularly with Yemen's Houthis.

Two said the entire American mission to Saudi Arabia, including families, could be evacuated. The Riyadh embassy warned today that the Houthi hostilities could escalate rapidly after recent strikes on the kingdom.

Update: The government has accepted all twenty-seven recommendations of Sir David Bell's landmark review into antisemitism in schools, unveiled as a "generational moment" by Education Secretary Lucy Powell.

Antisemitism will become a distinct safeguarding category, with dedicated training for education leaders, tougher impartiality guidance and IHRA adoption encouraged. The National Education Union attacked the IHRA element as "the wrong approach".