AI will lead to more need for workers rather than make people redundant, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos predicted during an appearance at a tech conference in Paris.

Bezos pushed back against growing concerns that AI will replace large numbers of workers.

Instead he argued that the tech will unlock new opportunities and increase demand for human labour.

"I know there's a lot of concern that many people have, including many smart people, that AI is going to make humans redundant and so on," Bezos said.

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Lawyers for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare Chief Executive Brian Thompson, will argue a psychiatric defence at his state murder trial, a judge said on Wednesday.

According to CBS News, the BBC's US news partner, Mangione's lawyers have told Judge Gregory Carro that they will try to show he was suffering from "extreme emotional disturbance at the time of the occurrence".

He has pleaded not guilty in both the federal and state cases against him for the shooting death of Thompson

A man in northern Nigeria has been sentenced to two weeks in prison after neighbours complained that he was storing bags of human faeces outside his home, which they said made life unbearable.

Mohammed Saidu was taken to court in the city of Kano after residents reported the foul smell to environmental officials.

Magistrate Halima Wali ordered that he be detained for 14 days and fined 100,000 naira (£55; $74). She described

Three Iranian tankers loaded with crude oil have passed the US blockade line in the Gulf of Oman, ship-tracking data shows.

Two were broadcasting their locations as they crossed and a third appeared to switch on its location tracker just past the line.

Despite President Donald Trump announcing on Sunday the "immediate removal" of the blockade of Iranian ports, US naval forces later confirmed it would remain in effect until the deal with Iran was signed. This is expected to take place in Switzerland on Friday.

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Nearly a dozen bystanders and first responders rushed to the scene of a private jet crash on a Texas motorway on Tuesday to help free trapped passengers.

Using what appeared to be a shovel and a sledgehammer, the passers-by and emergency officials helped several passengers escape through an opened door, video shows.

The aircraft was flying from Los Cabos, Mexico, to Austin, Texas, when it reported major mechanical issues to Laredo airport, Gilberto Sanchez, the airport's

Bolivia says it has signed a new co-operation deal with the US to combat drug trafficking.

The foreign ministry said that under the agreement, the US would provide up to $20m (£15m) to train and equip Bolivian forces as part of a joint fight against drug smuggling.

The deal is the latest sign of thawing relations between the nations - 18

Authorities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are searching for a six-year-old Ebola patient and her mother after armed men stormed the hospital where they were being treated.

The child was taken from Wanamahika Hospital, in the city of Butembo, by "very angry" men with knives, local health official Dr Lubambo Maboko Gaston said in a statement.

It is unclear whether the men were known to the child, but suspicion and

The leader of the second biggest party in South Africa's governing coalition has asked President Cyril Ramaphosa to sack his predecessor, one of the country's best-known politicians.

Geordin Hill-Lewis wants the long-time leader of the Democratic Alliance's (DA), John Steenhuisen, replaced as agriculture minister as he proposed sweeping changes to the party's representation within the government.

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Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit has undergone a successful lung transplant in Oslo, the country's royal household has said.

Mette-Marit, 52, was diagnosed with a form of pulmonary fibrosis in 2018. In recent months, her condition had worsened.

"We are delighted that everything has progressed well so far," Are Holm, lung specialist at