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Elon Musk loses lawsuit against Open AI

18 May 2026

37 minutes

Available for 5 days

A jury has tonight thrown out a lawsuit by Elon Musk against Open AI and its boss Sam Altman, saying he took too long to file the claim.

Alongside the Labour leadership crisis, the Brexit debate is back. Andy Burnham says he's not proposing the UK rejoins the European Union. We'll hear how the EU is viewing events.

And at least 100 people have now died from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo - we'll speak to a man who was part of the British response to a previous outbreak.