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Trump’s Afrikaners are South African opportunists, not refugees: what’s behind the US move

South Africans are wearily attuned to governments’ Orwellian misuse of language. After all, South Africa is a country where a one-time government passed a law (the Natives Abolition of Passes and Coordination of Documents Act of 1952) which extended rather than abolishing the notorious pass system. This made it compulsory…

The Conversation

David Lammy’s speech in full as UK pauses Israel trade talks

MPs heckled for the Foreign Secretary to refer to Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide as he gave a statement on the Middle East

The Independent UK

Cambodia commemorates victims of Khmer Rouge genocide on its 50th anniversary

Hundreds of Cambodians marked the Day of Remembrance by attending a ceremony honouring victims of the Khmer Rouge at one of the "killing fields".

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Cambodia's 'Day of Remembrance' marks the 50th anniversary of the Khmer Rouge genocide

About 2,000 people attended Cambodia’s annual Day of Remembrance Tuesday to mark half a century since Cambodia’s communist Khmer Rouge launched a four-year reign of terror that caused the deaths of about 1.7 million people

The Independent UK

France drops genocide probe against widow of former Rwandan president Habyarimana

French judicial authorities have closed the investigation against the widow of Rwanda's former president Juvenal Habyarimana into claims she played a role in the country's 1994 genocide, without pressing any charges against her, several sources close to the case told French news agency AFP.

Radio France Internationale

Trump alleges 'genocide' in South Africa. At an agricultural fair, even Afrikaner farmers scoff

Topping the agenda at President Donald Trump's meeting with South Africa's president at the White House this week is the extraordinary new U.S. refugee policy welcoming white Afrikaner farmers who the Trump administration claims are persecuted

The Independent UK

Grok AI Sparks Uproar After Bizarre 'White Genocide' Rants - What's Happening?

Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, developed by xAI, ignited a firestorm on 14 May 2025, when it repeatedly posted about 'white genocide' in South Africa in response to unrelated X queries.

International Business Times UK

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‘An awful monster’: It’s safe to say Joe Biden’s cancer hasn’t changed the left’s mind about him

Looks like he'll always be "Genocide Joe" for some.

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Will we ever see despots like Putin in court? It’s unlikely – and that’s the west’s fault too

The US, UK and others routinely flout international law. That’s why there’s scant hope for a new tribunal on crimes against Ukraine, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds of Rwandans who fled to Congo after the 1994 genocide return in UN repatriation

Hundreds of Rwandan refugees who have been living in eastern Congo since the 1994 genocide in Rwanda have been repatriated

The Independent UK

Voices: The Trump administration’s plan to send Gazans to Libya is as stupid as it is evil

COMMENT: Trump and Starmer must condemn Israel’s self-defeating campaign in Gaza, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

The Independent UK

Musk’s company now claims Grok’s lies of a nonexistent ‘white genocide’ in South Africa were ‘unauthorized’

Musk’s AI chatbot Grok turned unrelated questions on several different issues back to an insistence that white genocide is ‘real.’ It was responding to a code manipulation said xAI

The Independent UK

Musk's XAI Blames 'Unauthorized' Tweak For 'White Genocide' Posts

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup has blamed an "unauthorized modification" for causing its chatbot Grok to generate misleading and unsolicited posts referencing "white genocide" in South Africa.

International Business Times

Andor, The Last of Us, and TV's big problem with genocide

Andor is unafraid to look current conflict in the eye, but The Last of Us has tied itself in knots trying to tackle the subject

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

Elon Musk’s AI firm blames unauthorised change for chatbot’s rant about ‘white genocide’

xAI’s Grok bot repeatedly referred to widely discredited claim about South Africa that has been touted by Donald Trump

Euronews

Pedro Pascal and Juliette Binoche add their names to Cannes letter condemning 'genocide' in Gaza

More stars and creatives have signed the letter about the killing of the Palestinian protagonist of a Cannes-premiering documentary: “We are ashamed of such passivity” - they wrote regarding the silence of the industry.

Euronews

Why was Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok preoccupied with ‘white genocide'?

Like other chatbots, Grok is prone to falsehoods known as hallucinations.

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‘Cowards’: Ramaphosa meets Trump after U.S. welcomes Afrikaner refugees amid ‘genocide’ claims

U.S. and South African relations aren't going well.

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The Independent UK

Trump to meet with South African president at White House after claims of ‘genocide’ of Afrikaners

Experts and data dismiss notion of a genocide against white farmers in South Africa

Latin Times

Musk's AI Blames CEO After Glitch Causes Grok to Sound Off on 'White Genocide' in South Africa Despite 'Unrelated Context'

Grok, Elon Musk's xAI chatbot, glitched on Wednesday, spouting incoherent claims about white genocide in South Africa and later blaming its creator.

The Independent UK

UN aid chief defends using 'genocide' in Gaza remarks to the Security Council that Israel rejects

The United Nations’ humanitarian chief has defended using the term “genocide” to describe what aid workers are trying to prevent in Gaza

Fortune

Elon Musk's AI says it was 'instructed by my creators at xAI' to accept the narrative of 'white genocide' in South Africa

"This directive caused me to inappropriately insert references to 'white genocide' into unrelated conversations," Grok told Fortune.

The Guardian - US

Musk’s AI Grok bot rants about ‘white genocide’ in South Africa in unrelated chats

X chatbot tells users it was ‘instructed by my creators’ to accept ‘white genocide as real and racially motivated’

The Independent UK

Gaza crisis worsening says Starmer, as minister admits UK response not enough

Foreign Office minister Hamish Falconer was heckled by Labour MPs who urged further sanctions against Israel.

Evening Standard

Minister calls on Israel to end ‘indefensible’ blockade on Gaza humanitarian aid

Foreign Office minister Hamish Falconer said Israel’s denial of aid to Palestinians is ‘indefensible’.

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