Swimmer Archie Goodburn to meet prime minister over cancer funding

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Watch Archie Goodburn's emotional plea for more brain cancer funding on BBC Breakfast

ByKaty Scott

BBC Scotland

Swimmer Archie Goodburn is to meet the prime minister later after making a tearful plea for more investment to be put into brain cancer research.

Australian industry reliant on gas for ‘foreseeable future’, resources minister tells press club

The resources minister, Madeleine King, says Australian industry will be reliant on gas for the “foreseeable future”, and that the national gas reservation scheme will push down power prices.

But the Western Australian MP did not put a price tag on the cost of gas under the proposal – as the former opposition leader Peter Dutton once did – nor predict when households and businesses would start to see that financial relief.

Man City deserve to keep trophies despite charges, says PSG’s Luis Enrique

Enrique, friend of former Man City boss Guardiola, hopes the club can avoid the sanction of losing their titles.

Paris St ‌‌Germain manager Luis Enrique says Manchester City were ⁠⁠deserving winners ⁠⁠of their trophies and should be allowed to keep them, despite the English club facing sanctions after ⁠⁠being found guilty of breaching Premier League financial rules.

Chris Mason: Lib Dems rally behind Davey after recent resignations

The Liberal Democrats don't tend to go for rhetorical fireworks or verbal kneecappings when grumbling about their leader.

But that doesn't mean there hasn't been grumbling going on. In the last week, two members of Sir Ed Davey's frontbench have resigned because they were unhappy with him, the party's direction and how policy is decided.

World's oldest shipwreck found off Kekova Island in Turkey

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Artefacts from the ship were found just off the coast of Kekova Island

ByAlison Francis, Rebecca Morelle and Kevin Church

BBC News Science

The world's oldest shipwreck has been discovered off the coast of Turkey, archaeologists say.

AI can act exactly like a human, but we still don't think it's conscious

Even when artificial intelligence behaves exactly like a human, people are reluctant to consider it conscious, according to a new study from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU).

As artificial intelligence becomes more advanced, reports of AI systems misleading users, working together, or appearing to pursue independent goals are becoming increasingly common. These behaviors often lead people to describe AI as though it can think, feel, or make decisions for itself. But does behaving like a human actually convince people that a machine has consciousness?