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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
AI adoption in the UK has hit a “tipping point”, according to Google Cloud’s VP for UKI, who tells me companies are now scaling up real deployments rather than just experimenting. Full story: www.reuters.com/world/uk/ai-...
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AI use in UK hits 'tipping point' as companies scale up, Google exec says
Adoption of artificial intelligence has reached a "tipping point" in Britain, as companies move from experimentation to large-scale deployment and ​start seeing returns, a Google Cloud executive said ...
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Yasmeen Serhan @yasmeenserhan.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
“People think commercial success equals fulfillment. It really doesn’t.” For @reuters.com Culture Current, singer-songwriter Myles Smith speaks with @samtbrt.bsky.social about how therapy shaped his music, the gap between success and reality, and growing in public. www.reuters.com/lifestyle/cu...
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Myles Smith on turning therapy into a debut album
The British singer-songwriter discusses his debut album “My Mess, My Heart, My Life” and the pressures shaping today’s music industry.
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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
In April 2002, voters learned the first-round results of France’s presidential election. For the first time in the Republic's history, a far-right candidate would advance to the runoff. Then, Lionel Jospin announced that he was withdrawing from political life. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Lionel Jospin, former French prime minister defeated by the far right, dies at 88
At 8 p.m. on April 21, 2002, voters learned the shock first-round results of France’s presidential election. For the first time in the Republic’s history, a far-right candidate – Jean-Marie Le Pen – w...
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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
NEW: Peter Mandelson, former British ambassador to the US, has been arrested. Met police said he was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
UK to impose 48-hour online takedown rule for nonconsensual intimate images - www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
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UK to impose 48-hour online takedown rule for nonconsensual intimate images
Britain will require technology companies to take down intimate images shared online without consent within 48 hours or else face fines of up to 10% of eligible global revenue, and even risk having th...
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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Britain could bring in an Australian-style ban on social media for children under 16 as early as this year and close a loophole that left some AI chatbots outside safety rules. www.reuters.com/business/med...
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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
NEW: Interior minister Shabana Mahmood says she intends to appeal the High Court’s decision that banning Palestinian Action was unlawful. “I am disappointed by the court’s decision and disagree with the notion that banning this terrorist organisation is disproportionate”
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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
NEW: UK ban on Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation is unlawful, London's High Court ruled on Friday. "Proscription did result in a significant interference with the right to freedom of speech and the right to freedom of assembly," Judge Victoria Sharp said.
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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
EXC: Despite new curbs, Elon Musk’s Grok at times produces sexualized images - even when told subjects didn’t consent www.reuters.com/business/des...
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Exclusive: Despite new curbs, Elon Musk’s Grok at times produces sexualized images - even when told subjects didn’t consent
Elon Musk’s flagship artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, continues to generate sexualized images of people even when users explicitly warn that the subjects do not consent, Reuters has found.
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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
As I head into my second year at Reuters, I’m looking to broaden my reporting into tech and public policy - including platforms, AI, data centres, digital infrastructure, competition, regulation and wider UK policy. I’m keen to connect with people across the sector.
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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
UK PM Starmer tells @channel4news.bsky.social he “obviously” has concerns over Putin joining Trump’s proposed Board of Peace. “He is waging war on a European country. They’re raining down bombs on Ukraine,” he said.
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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
UK’s John Healy confirms being part of French op that boarded a Russian tanker. “I can confirm that the UK has provided tracking and monitoring in support of the French operation to board the tanker Grinch. This support included HMS Dagger monitoring the vessel through the Straits of Gibraltar.”
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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Starmer has welcomed Trump’s move to drop Greenland tariff threat, telling his Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen it is a “reflection of pragmatism, common sense and sticking to our values and principles”
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Andy Bruce (Reuters) @bruceandy.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Seems an opportune moment to re-up my interview with Andy Burnham on Tuesday! www.reuters.com/world/uk/sta...
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Starmer rival Burnham says UK bond investors safe under his economic vision
Andy Burnham, a prominent figure in Britain's governing Labour Party and leadership rival to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, said on Tuesday his vision for the economy should reassure bond investors.
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Andy Bruce (Reuters) @bruceandy.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Investment in housing and utilities could reduce government waste and boost growth if combined with the kind of collaborative, long-term planning that has served Manchester's economy, @andyburnham.bsky.social told @reuters.com "That is the way to reassure markets." www.reuters.com/world/uk/sta...
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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
The government is going to announce its decision on whether to give the green light to the new plan for China’s biggest embassy in Europe in London. Sounds like a busy day in the office tomorrow
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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
NEW: Reeves withdraws from LSE event where she was due to speak this morning. She will now appear at Starmer's press conference, a source told Reuters, where the prime minister will outline the threat from potential U.S. tariffs over Greenland.
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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Tech minister Liz Kendall has welcomed Ofcom's investigation into X. "It is vital that Ofcom complete this investigation swiftly because the public – and most importantly the victims – will not accept any delay," Kendall said in a statement.
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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
BREAKING: Ofcom on Monday launched an investigation into X over Grok sexualised imagery.
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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
UK’s MoD supported the U.S. in its operation to seize a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the Atlantic. John Healey said the U.S. was Britain's closest defence and security partner: "Today’s seamlessly executed operation shows just how well this works in practice.” www.reuters.com/business/aer...
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UK supported US mission to seize Russian-flagged oil tanker, MoD says
Britain provided support to the United States in its operation to seize a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the North Atlantic, the Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday.
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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
EXC: Switzerland is considering joining a British-led international task force targeting kleptocrats and recovering stolen assets, a British government official said, as it seeks to shake off its reputation as a haven for dirty money. www.reuters.com/business/fin...
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Switzerland is considering joining 'dirty money' task force, UK official says
Switzerland is considering joining a British-led international task force targeting kleptocrats and recovering stolen assets, a British government official said, as it seeks to shake off its reputation as a haven for dirty money.
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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
MP Stephen Kinnock on the morning rounds on Ukraine rejected imposed settlements and stressed the need for ironclad security guarantees, backing Ukraine’s right to pursue NATO & EU membership freely.
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Sean O’Kane @okane.fyi · 14/08/2025
A guy died while trying to meet one of Meta’s AI chatbots in real life and Meta declined to comment on any of the substance of that story — but felt compelled to cover its ass on the record with respect to its relationship with Kendall Jenner. Grim stuff. www.reuters.com/investigates...
Meta declined to comment on Bue's death or address questions about why it allows chatbots to tell users they are real people or initiate romantic conversations. The company did, however, say that Big sis Billie "is not Kendall Jenner and does not purport to be Kendall Jenner."
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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
EXCL: The Home Office has quietly tasked domestic abuse charity SafeLives to explore how a review of the UK’s main risk assessment tool, DASH, could work. DASH has been used for 15+ years- but critics say it’s failing victims like Bethany Fields and Fawziyah Javed. www.reuters.com/world/uk/bri...
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Exclusive: Britain reassesses 'flawed' domestic abuse risk tool
A month before she was stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend, Bethany Fields walked into a police station in northern England to report his abusive and controlling behaviour. He had threatened to kill her, but she was not assessed as high risk.
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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
We love automatic doors! 💀
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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
When asked by a reporter what he made of the Middle East peace plan, Donald Trump said: “It’ll get straightened out”. Unclear which peace plan it was referring to.
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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Donald Trump spoke warmly about the "special relationship" with Britain on Monday, lavishing praise on Prime Minister Keir Starmer, King Charles, and his own mother's Scottish homeland from the ballroom of his Turnberry golf club. www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
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Trump and Starmer trade compliments but defend differences
U.S. President Donald Trump spoke warmly about the "special relationship" with Britain on Monday, lavishing praise on Prime Minister Keir Starmer, King Charles, and his own mother's Scottish homeland from the ballroom of his Turnberry golf club.
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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Ex-trader Tom Hayes won his appeal to overturn rate-rigging conviction at UK top court www.reuters.com/business/fin...
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Ex-trader Tom Hayes wins appeal to overturn rate-rigging conviction
Tom Hayes, the first trader ever jailed for interest rate rigging, had his conviction overturned by Britain's top court on Wednesday after a years-long fight to clear his name.
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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
The Bank of England has delayed implementing a key part of new, global rules governing banks' trading activities by a year to 2028, as it waits for clarity on what other jurisdictions will do. It also announced an easing of capital requirements for mid-sized bank. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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BoE delays Basel rule on banks' trading to 2028, eases capital burden on midsize banks
Britain's central bank on Tuesday delayed implementing a key part of new, global rules governing banks' trading activities by a year to 2028, as it waits for clarity on what other jurisdictions including the United States will do.
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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Britain said it would strike an agreement with Vietnam to make it easier for pharmaceutical firms to sell UK-made medicines in the Southeast Asian nation, under a new trade strategy that emphasises quick, industry-specific deals. www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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UK agrees deal with Vietnam to remove pharmaceutical trade barriers
Britain said it would strike an agreement with Vietnam to make it easier for pharmaceutical firms to sell UK-made medicines in the Southeast Asian nation, under a new trade strategy that emphasises quick, industry-specific deals.
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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
I interviewed investment minister Poppy Gustafsson ahead of her trip to Japan, where she secured an investment deal from Sumitomo Corp. on funding clean energy infrastructure such as offshore wind and hydrogen projects over the next 10 years www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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UK secures $10 bln clean energy investment deal with Japan's Sumitomo Corp
Britain secured a deal to unlock 7.5 billion pound ($10 billion) in investments with Japan's Sumitomo Corp , funding clean energy infrastructure such as offshore wind and hydrogen projects over the next 10 years, the government said on Wednesday.
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Andy Bruce (Reuters) @bruceandy.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Monthly UK GDP data: • -0.1% m/m in May, after -0.3% m/m drop in April • Falling industrial output and construction weigh on growth, services grew modestly • Q2 still on track for growth if June shows at least a flat m/m reading, ONS • -0.4% or worse for June would be a contraction
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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
NEW: Starmer spoke to Trump this evening, discussed the “actions” taken by the US. No. 10 spokesperson: “The leaders discussed the situation in the Middle East and reiterated the grave risk posed by Iran’s nuclear programme to international security…
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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Foreign minister David Lammy heads to Geneva today for key nuclear talks with Iran, joining European allies in a push to revive diplomacy. 🔗 reuters.com/world/europe/uk-foreign-secretary-attend-geneva-talks-iran-nuclear-programme-2025-06-19
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UK's Lammy to meet European counterparts in Geneva to hold nuclear talks with Iran
British foreign minister David Lammy will head to Geneva on Friday for nuclear talks with Iran and European counterparts, racing to press for a diplomatic solution over Tehran’s nuclear programme, his office said on Thursday.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 19/06/2025
France tightens grip on Eutelsat through 1.35 bln-euro shares sale reut.rs/4l6Md7Q
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France tightens grip on Eutelsat through 1.35 bln-euro shares sale
The French state will become Eutelsat's top shareholder following a 1.35 billion-euro ($1.55 billion) capital increase aimed at helping the satellite company better compete with Elon Musk's Starlink, the finance ministry said on Thursday.
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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Under growing pressure on immigration, Britain is called for reform of the European Convention on Human Rights. Justice minister Shabana Mahmood said the treaty must evolve to reflect today’s realities. A pivotal moment for UK-ECHR relation? www.reuters.com/world/uk/bri... #UKPolitics #ECHR
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Britain, under pressure on immigration, urges reform of European human rights framework
Britain called on Wednesday for reform of the European Convention on Human Rights, amid growing domestic criticism that it allows a foreign-based court to meddle in sensitive areas of policy such as immigration and deportation rulings.
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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Keir Starmer condemns Israel’s Gaza aid blockage, saying it’s “simply intolerable and getting worse”. PM reiterates support for a two-state solution. #PMQs
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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
I think it’s well time I start posting on here!
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Talking Biz News @talkingbiznews.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
@samtbrt.bsky.social hired by @reuters.com as a breaking news correspondent: talkingbiznews.com/media-news/r...
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Reuters hires Tabahriti as breaking news correspondent - Talking Biz News
Reuters has hired Sam Tabahriti as a breaking news correspondent. He has been a Law360 reporter in London covering legal and financial news. Tabahriti had previously been covering trending business ne...
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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Last day in the Law360 office today before the next chapter
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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 07/05/2023
balcony lunches can resume ☀️
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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 28/04/2023
I owed it to my fur babies to post my first picture on here of them
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Sam Tabahriti @samtbrt.bsky.social · 28/04/2023
finally made it on here, thanks to the wonderful @zoeschiffer.bsky.social
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