Tuesday 29 September Boquerón Battle Victory Day in Paraguay
The Gran Chaco or Chaco Boreal is a large lowland plain that today is part of Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina.
From the late nineteenth century, there had been simmering tensions between Paraguay and Bolivia over their control of the area, as the land was of key strategic interest to both countries. It’s not unrelated that Paraguay and Bolivia are the only two landlocked countries in South America.
The situation wasn’t helped when speculation arose that the region could hold significant deposits of oil. This led to major oil companies taking sides, with Royal Dutch Shell backing Paraguay and Standard Oil supporting Bolivia.
OpenAI ‘scraps release’ of latest AI model over safety concerns | Technology News
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Published On 29 Sep 2026
OpenAI has cancelled the release of its latest AI model over safety concerns, according to media reports.
The move to scrap the release of GPT-6.1 Astra, reported by the Wall Street Journal and CNN on Monday, comes amid heightened concerns about AI’s potential to do catastrophic harm following a slew of incidents involving AI agents going rogue.
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Emotional Chloe Ferry goes under the knife to remove her ‘loose skin’ after getting her BBL taken out
CHLOE Ferry has opened up about going under the knife to remove her ‘loose skin’ after getting her BBL taken out.
The Geordie Shore star, 31, got her BBL (Brazilian bum lift) reversed in January 2025.
And now she’s gone under the knife again to deal with the aftermath of the BBL reversal and the loose skin she was left with in its place.
Taking to Instagram to share a selfie from her hospital bed, Chloe penned: “This is something I’ve found really difficult to open up about because it’s incredibly personal and private to me.
“I’ve gone back and forth about whether to share it, but I feel like if my experience can help even one person, then it’s worth being honest about.”
She then got candid, writing: “A year ago, I had my BBL removed, and honestly, I thought that would be the end of my journey with it. I thought I could finally move on and put it all behind me.
“Unfortunately, that hasn’t been the case. I’m now left with quite a lot of loose skin after getting my BBL removed around that area, and after a lot of thought, I’ve made the difficult decision to have it surgically removed.”
Chloe added: “What I’ve learned through all of this is that surgery is never as simple as it can look from the outside. Especially when it comes to cosmetic surgery, corrective procedures or removals, there can be consequences you never imagine when you’re making that initial decision.
“And I really wish I could go back and speak to the 19-year-old version of myself.
“I wish I could tell her that she was already enough. That her body didn’t need fixing. That she didn’t need to change herself to feel beautiful, accepted or worthy.
“At 19, you don’t always understand how permanent some decisions can be. You don’t always think about what happens years later, when your body changes and you’re left dealing with consequences you never expected.”
Concluding her post, she added: “I’m not sharing this to judge anyone who has had, or is considering, cosmetic surgery. Everyone has their own reasons, experiences and journeys. I’m simply sharing mine because I wish someone had shared something like this with me when I was younger.
“If this reaches even one young girl who is thinking about changing her body and makes her pause for a moment and ask herself, “Do I really need to do this?” then sharing something this personal will be worth it.”
Chloe had previously spoken out about being “unhappy” with her bum for a long time.
The Sun revealed she was going under the knife for a BBL reversal last Januaury.
“Chloe’s first priority is sorting out her bum,” a source spilled to The Sun at the time.
“She has been unhappy with it for a long time and she is in surgery today.
“She’s not sure yet if it will be fully removed or just reduced, but she just wants her old bum back,” they added.
Chloe previously shared how she had spent over £50,000 on cosmetic procedures.
Over the years, Chloe has gone under the knife several times, with some of the operations being for two nose jobs, liposuction and breast augmentation.
Luke Littler: Defending champion stunned by Luke Woodhouse at World Grand Prix
World champion Luke Littler’s hopes of defending his World Grand Prix title were dashed as he fell to a shock first-round defeat by Luke Woodhouse in Leicester.
Littler, 19, had been looking to bounce back from his quarter-final exit to Jonny Clayton at the World Series of Darts Finals just over a week ago.
But despite taking the first set, he was distinctly below par throughout the best-of-three encounter, averaging just 82.41.
That allowed Woodhouse to level the match and deliver a checkout of 75 to win the deciding set 3-1 in legs.
Woodhouse will face 2022 runner-up Nathan Aspinall in the last 16, who edged past Dutch debutant Kevin Doets 2-1.
Earlier on Monday, six-time winner Michael van Gerwen lost five legs out of the last six as 2024 semi-finalist Ryan Joyce fought back to win 2-1.
England’s Joyce will play Dutchman Danny Noppert, who advanced past Germany’s Niko Springer by the same scoreline.
Elsewhere, Wales’ Gerwyn Price only lost a single leg as he comfortably beat Poland’s Sebastian Bialecki 2-0 to set up a meeting with England’s Ross Smith, who came from behind to triumph 2-1 against Scotland’s Cameron Menzies.
Welshman Clayton edged past Krzysztof Ratajski 2-1, and he will take on the Netherlands’ Wessel Nijman, who overcame 2018 world champion Rob Cross in straight sets.
Inside Al Jazeera’s UNGA coverage | United Nations
Once a year, leaders from across the globe meet face-to-face at the UN General Assembly, and Al Jazeera’s journalists were there covering daily developments. Here’s a look at what it was like behind the scenes of the coverage you saw online and on TV.
Published On 29 Sep 2026