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What happened

We are not aware of the outcomes of any law-enforcement investigations related to these deaths. ”In many ways, it’s impressive that a chaotic event that draws upwards of 70,000 people annually has only typically seen about one death per year, particularly given the festival’s notoriety for drugs, cage-fighting in the Thunderdome, live flame performances and improvised vehicles careering across the dark desert – not to mention the Orgy Dome. “I will NOT stand for people calling these partners ‘jealous’ or ‘overreacting’ when they clearly are trying to voice real concerns about their relationships,” wrote trans activist and sex educator Dee Whitnell in an Instagram post.

Haigh will say in a speech at the TUC conference on Tuesday that there are huge potential benefits for health and public services from the use of AI, but that the government will look seriously at the public safety and national security threats with international partners. On Monday night, one of the founders of Anthropic, Jack Clark, suggested that an artificial intelligence “kill switch” held by a third party may need to be mandatory for companies, saying it was something society “might want to eventually pass rules around”.

Haigh, whose speech will also lay out priorities for public control of transport, water and energy, will tell trade unions: “AI has enormous potential to transform our public services, make our businesses stronger and deliver new scientific breakthroughs. ”But she will say that the government must “heed the warnings of those who are at the forefront of developing this technology” and “be ready to work with international partners” to prioritise public safety and national security.

MPs and peers on the parliamentary committee for human rights on Monday called for a regulatory framework for AI in the UK, including an independent oversight body and legislation to protect the public. On Tuesday the chair of the business and trade committee, the Labour MP Liam Byrne, called on the government-backed AI Security Institute to give evidence at a hearing next month, citing “widely shared concerns about the adequacy of current AI safety governance”.

The wider picture

View image in fullscreenAnthropic’s chief executive, Dario Amodei, has called on the AI industry to coordinate a slowdown. He said he did not think it would be particularly helpful to discuss a potential AI “kill switch”, which he felt had little practical meaning. I earnestly believe that AI has the potential to kill us all, and that we might be running out of time to avoid this outcome. ”Explore more on these topicsAI (artificial intelligence)Technology policyLouise HaighAnthropicOpenAILabourTUCnewsShareReuse this contentMore on this storyMore on this storyTrump facing AI backlash in Congress as push for guardrails intensifiesFull StoryAI isn’t going to end humanity. . . right? – Full Story podcastEurope must build own AI or risk getting cut off by US or China, says ECB’s LagardeAI-linked stocks slide after tech bosses call for slowdown in ‘reckless’ developmentOpenAI urges UK lawmakers to rein in technology amid growing safety fears OpenAI boss and Elon Musk back calls to put brakes on ‘reckless’ AI developmentUK lawmakers urge Burnham to back ban on superintelligent AI after chilling warningsThe Guardian view on controlling AI: humanity cannot outsource its survivalTech whistleblowers warn AI could wipe out humanity.

It’s not just the tech billionaires who show up to party, the chartered flights straight to the desert or the HBO documentary about behind-the-scenes power struggles. People in their 20s used to make up nearly a third of the participants in this utopian experiment, in which volunteers build a new version of Black Rock City in the desert each year, party nonstop for a week and then burn much of the art they have created, including a massive effigy of the “Man. ”Since the festival paused for two years during the pandemic, the number of attenders in their 20s has dropped sharply, falling to only 10% in 2025, according to estimates from the Black Rock City census, an annual participant survey that has been conducted in different forms since 2002.

Photograph: Frederic Larson /San Francisco Chronicle via GettyBurners are used to adapting to new circumstances, and they have weathered plenty of scorn and skepticism from what they call the “default world”. “It is premature to attribute these deaths to the age of Burning Man’s participant population,” a spokesperson for the Burning Man Project said in a statement. “We encourage and ask people to focus on the contributions of the individuals lost and avoid speculation out of respect for the participants and their families. ”In a follow up statement, the organization said: “The deaths of three Burning Man participants in 2026 all appear to be from natural causes, but we defer to the medical examiner for official determinations.

What has been reported

The playa is prone to sudden, ferocious dust storms: participants are encouraged to carry dust masks and goggles. Repeat burners tend to scoff at breathless media coverage of the festival’s weather and other disasters – like in 2023, when heavy rain and floods forced Diplo to hitchhike and left tens of thousands stranded, but many participants said they were well-prepared and simply partied on. “Meanwhile, I’m like dancing with beautiful European women and having the best time of my life. ”The inhospitable natural conditions are, after all, part of Burning Man’s design.

In some ways, the 200-sq-mile desert playa functions as a kind of massive sauna, where the extreme desert heat helps participants enter a more relaxed and communal state. Festival participants rely on each other to meet their basic needs, from food, to shelter, to extremely brief and improvised showers. The festival has its own free emergency room, Rampart, which is equipped with “X-ray machines, a pharmacy with over 100 medications, blood products, ventilators, chest tubes, arterial lines, [and] IV pumps”, SFGate reported.

“Participants experience medical emergencies for many of the same reasons people do in any city. ”A once-edgy celebration past its prime? Over its four decades, the festival has been nothing but resilient, but many early participants feel a middle-aged sense of disillusionment over what Burning Man has become.

What happens next

Even though today’s Burning Man still relies on a “gift economy” once participants arrive, getting there is very far from cheap. Three-quarters of Burning Man participants last year said they had a household income of more than $100,000 a year, and nearly 30% said their household income was more than $300,000, according to the census estimates. Skip to content Menu Home | Mantashe calls for calm amid ANC candidate list debacle ANC National Chairperson Gwede Mantashe addresses the congregation of the National Zionist Missionaries Board Church in KuGompo, Eastern Cape on 13 September 2026.

Image Credits : X @MYANC Abongile Jantjies 13 September 2026, 19:02 [SAST] African National Congress (ANC) National Chairperson, Gwede Mantashe, has called for calm and to allow for court processes to unfold over the failure to submit candidate lists on time with the Electoral Commission (IEC). The party has attributed the debacle to a technical glitch affecting six municipalities, with most of them in the Eastern Cape. That is why we have a court case because our report is that there was a technical glitch in the system and there are 45 parties affected.

Once you begin to blame, you will not get a solution. ” The party’s provincial chairperson, Oscar Mabuyane, says they will hold a Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) meeting to discuss the matter further.

The report has been compiled by The Daily Waves using information reported across theguardian.com, sabcnews.com. Details are presented according to the information available at the time of publication and may change as authorities, organisers or other relevant parties provide updates.