UN Chief Guterres calls for ban on ‘killer robots’
In this episode of On the Record, UN Secretary-General António Guterres calls for ban on autonomous ‘killer robots’.
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In this episode of On the Record, UN Secretary-General António Guterres calls for ban on autonomous ‘killer robots’.
Angela Diffley is pleased to welcome Dr Filippo Dionigi, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Bristol. According to Dr. Dionigi, the central obstacle to Hezbollah’s disarmament is not simply the military capacity of the Lebanese state, but the absence of a political settlement capable of making disarmament both legitimate and sustainable. While additional funding and weapons would strengthen the Lebanese Armed Forces, they will not resolve the fundamental political dilemma.
Nos oito primeiros meses de 2026 foram apreendidas 4.308 armas pelos agentes de segurança do Rio de Janeiro. Na comparação com 2025, o indicador registrou aumento de 10,3% no acumulado do ano. Apenas no mês de agosto, foram 537 apreensões, alta de 19,1% em relação a 2025. Os dados foram divulgados nesta quarta-feira (16) pelo Instituto de Segurança Pública (ISP) do estado. Notícias relacionadas:PF faz operação contra fraudes no registro de armas de colecionadores.Também foram registradas 595 apreensão de fuzis, consideradas armas de guerra, nos oito primeiros meses de 2026 e 93 em agosto. Na comparação com 2025, o indicador registrou aumento de 15,3% no acumulado do ano e de 55% em relação a agosto de 2025. O número de roubos de aparelho celular, roubos em coletivo e roubos a transeunte chegou a 32.260 nos oito primeiros meses de 2026 e 3.758 em agosto. Na comparação com 2025, o indicador registrou redução de 19,8% no acumulado do ano e de 14,6% em relação a agosto de 2025. Segundo os dados do ISP, a letalidade violenta (homicídio doloso, lesão corporal seguida de morte, feminicídio, morte por intervenção de agente do Estado e roubo seguido de morte) fez 2.398 vítimas nos oito primeiros meses de 2026 e 305 no mês de agosto deste ano. Na comparação com 2025, o indicador registrou redução de 4,4% no acumulado do ano e aumento de 3% em relação a agosto de 2025. As mortes por intervenção de agente do Estado em agosto tiveram um aumento de 50% em relação ao mesmo mês de 2025. Nos oito primeiros meses de 2026, foram registradas 461 mortes e, em agosto, 66. Foram registrados 16.310 roubos de veículos nos oito primeiros meses de 2026 e 1.484 em agosto. Na comparação com 2025, o indicador registrou aumento de 6,3% no acumulado do ano e redução de 17,9% em relação a agosto de 2025.
The US has confirmed it deployed a space weapon in Earth's orbit, the first time it has acknowledged such offensive capabilities.
The US Space Force has confirmed for the first time that Washington has weapons deployed in orbit, as the United States, China and Russia expand military capabilities in space. The disclosure highlights a growing focus on controlling the space domain and protecting satellites vital to military communications, surveillance and navigation.
The United States has weapons deployed in space, the US Space Force said on Monday, confirming the presence of such capabilities in orbit for the first time. “The US has on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the Joint Force against hostile adversary action,” a US Space Force spokesperson said in a statement that did not provide specifics on the weapons. “Space control encapsulates the mission areas required to contest and control the space domain – employing kinetic and non-kinetic...
Bulgaria is investigating the cause of a fire at a weapons storage facility operated by EMCO, including the possibility of sabotage and a link to a previous blaze at another of the company’s facilities in August, the interior minister said. No injuries were reported in the fire, which broke out near the village of Tsareva Livada and lit up the night sky, according to videos broadcast locally. The incident came weeks after an explosion and fire at another EMCO weapons depot in western...
A year after China unveiled the world’s first operational air-breathing hypersonic missiles, the United States is launching a programme to double down on developing similar weapons. The US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) will bring contractors together later this month to lay out what it wants from the Next Generation Hypersonic Cruise Missile, with air-breathing propulsion at the heart of the project, according to the agency’s website. Unlike rocket-powered missiles,...
India is touting its locally manufactured AK-203 Sher assault rifle – an advanced version of Russia’s powerful Kalashnikov – as an important milestone for the “Make in India” initiative to reduce reliance on foreign-made weapon systems. The Sher, or Tiger, will replace the older, heavily criticised Indian National Small Arms System (INSAS) service rifles used by the Indian Army. Complaints about the INSAS emerged just a year after it was adopted by the army. Indian soldiers fighting the...