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LONDON: ABC News has suspended one of its senior national correspondents after he published a series of now-deleted social media posts in which he described US President Donald Trump and top adviser Stephen Miller as “world-class haters.”

Veteran journalist Terry Moran, who recently interviewed Trump, wrote in the posts that both the president and the White House deputy chief of staff — known as the architect of the administration’s mass deportation policy — were driven by deep animosity toward their political opponents.

An ABC News spokesperson, in a statement on Sunday, confirmed Moran’s suspension “pending further evaluation,” and said the network “stands for objectivity and impartiality in its news coverage and does not condone subjective personal attacks on others.”

The spokesperson added: “The post does not reflect the views of ABC News and violated our standards.”

Moran claimed in the tweets that Miller “is not the brains behind” Trumpism, but rather someone who channels its “impulses” into policy through sheer malice.

He wrote: “It’s not brains. It’s bile. Miller is a man who is richly endowed with the capacity for hatred. He’s a world-class hater.”

Moran added: “You can see that his hatreds are his spiritual nourishment. He eats his hate.”

Turning to Trump, Moran wrote: “Trump is a world-class hater. But his hatred (is) only a means to an end, and that end (is) his own glorification.”

The posts sparked a backlash from conservative figures and further deepened tensions between ABC News, owned by The Walt Disney Company, and Trump’s allies.

The network last year agreed to pay $16 million to settle a defamation lawsuit filed by Trump over comments made by anchor George Stephanopoulos, in what was seen as a rare concession by a major broadcaster.

Reacting to Moran’s comments, Vice President JD Vance called them a “vile smear,” and added: “It’s dripping with hatred.”

Miller also responded, saying: “The most important fact about Terry’s full public meltdown is what it shows about the corporate press in America. For decades, the privileged anchors and reporters narrating and gatekeeping our society have been radicals adopting a journalist’s pose. Terry pulled off his mask.”

Moran’s posts came as the Trump administration, reportedly under Miller’s strategic direction, ramped up rhetoric around immigration and called for expanded deportation efforts.

Raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in recent weeks across major US cities, including Los Angeles, have reignited public protests. Some demonstrations outside the federal building in downtown LA have turned violent amid unconfirmed reports that detainees were being held inside.

ABC News has not announced when or whether Moran will return to the network.

LONDON: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday pledged to boost “homegrown talent for the AI age” by teaming up with tech giants to train 7.5 million workers in artificial intelligence skills.
Speaking at the start of London’s Tech Week, with a line-up of speakers including Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Starmer said: “In this global race, we can be an AI maker and not an AI taker.”
Starmer was due to have a one-on-one conversation with the chief of the star Silicon Valley semiconductor firm whose chips are critical for artificial intelligence applications and research.
Ahead of the event bringing together industry giants, Starmer announced a government-industry partnership to train 7.5 million workers in AI skills, including in using chatbots and large language models to boost productivity.
Tech firms including Nvidia, Google, Microsoft and Amazon committed to make training materials freely available to businesses over the next five years.
Google EMEA region President Debbie Weinstein called it a “crucial initiative” essential for developing AI skills, unlocking AI-powered growth “and cementing the UK’s position as an AI leader.”
In his opening speech, Starmer said Britain must build “the digital infrastructure that we need to make sure AI improves our public services.”
The UK has a “responsibility” to “harness this unprecedented opportunity and to use it to improve the lives of working people,” Starmer added.
“We are going to build more homes, more labs, more data centers, and we’re going to do it much, much more quickly.”


His government has pledged to fire up the UK’s flagging economy, including with “pro-growth” AI regulations to attract tech investment and turn Britain into an “AI superpower.”
“We are putting the power of AI into the hands of the next generation — so they can shape the future, not be shaped by it,” Starmer said in a press release before the event.
The British leader unveiled £187 million ($253 million) in funding to help develop tech abilities including training for one million secondary school students, as part of its “TechFirst” program.
He called it a “step change in how we train homegrown talent for the AI age.”
The investment will “embed AI right through our education system,” he said, announcing nearly £150 million in undergraduate and PhD research scholarships in AI and tech.
Starmer also announced a “commitment from Nvidia to partner on a new AI talent pipeline,” including through expanding a Nvidia lab in Bristol, southwest England.
The UK’s AI sector is valued at £72 billion, employing over 64,000 people, and is projected to exceed £800 billion by 2035.
It was growing 30 times faster than the rest of the economy, according to government figures from 2023 — an “incredible” rate, according to Starmer.
Other speakers at the tech conference include the CEO of Mistral AI, Arthur Mensch, the UK’s Science Secretary Peter Kyle and Markus Villig, founder of ride-hailing app Bolt.