Spanish PM says unregulated AI could be 'devastating' - France 24

PRINCE GEORGE — Northern B. C. continues to be hit particularly hard by the toxic drug crisis, with new preliminary data showing Northern Health has the highest rate of unregulated drug deaths in the province this year. According to the BC Coroners Service, Northern Health has recorded a rate of 43 deaths per 100,000 people in 2026, ahead of Island Health at 34 per 100,000. The Northern Interior is also among the health service delivery areas with the highest death rates in B. C., while Nechako is among the local health areas recording the highest rates. Prince George has recorded 36 unregulated drug deaths so far in 2026. That compares with 67 in all of 2025 and 107 in 2024.

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Here’s your NYT Strands hint for today, plus the spangram and all of today’s Strands answers for puzzle No. 959 on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026. Today’s Strands theme was tricky. It helps to be a runner. Read on for all the answers.

A supply-chain attack involving ConnectWise’s cloud services has exposed Microsoft 365 customers to unauthorized application access, with researchers reporting successful sign-ins across 173 partner and customer tenants. The incident centres on credentials associated with ConnectWise Cloud Backup, formerly SkyKick, and raises concerns about attackers exploiting permissions already entrusted to business software. ConnectWise has confirmed unauthorized access to application identities within its Cloud Backup environment. In an October 17 update on its service-status page, the company said it was shutting off application access, interrupting customer backups while investigation and remediation continued.

Huawei’s next budget phone, the Enjoy 100 Pro, just leaked with a battery above 8,000mAh, a Kirin 8-series chip and four new colors, according to well-known Weibo tipster Digital Chat Station. The Enjoy line is how Huawei sells phones to millions of price-conscious buyers in China, and this leak shows that huge batteries have become a budget feature, while screens may be where costs get cut. Here’s what the leak says, what we think it means, and what to expect before launch.