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Google signs nuclear deal to power data centres

Google has signed a deal to use small nuclear reactors to generate the vast amounts of energy needed for artificial intelligence.

Google has announced that it intends to develop small scale nuclear reactors. The technology giant is getting into the electricity generation business because of the massive future power demands of artificial intelligence computers.

There are increased concerns about the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. We'll hear from 23-year-old Aya who has been filming her daily life over the past year.

We'll have the latest on the fighting in Lebanon where Hezbollah and Israel continue intense clashes on the ground and air and missile strikes.

Leaders from India, Russia, Pakistan and Iran meet for a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.

In Chad, weeks of heavy rain has caused extensive flooding with over five hundred people killed.

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