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Getty ImagesOura’s chief executive Tom Hale wears one of the company’s smart ringsOura has pulled its plan to sell shares in its business on the US stock market, in a move which would have valued the firm at $15bn (£11.3bn), just days after announcing it.The maker of smart rings which track their owners’ health said it would postpone its flotation “due to uncertainty in the Initial Public Offering (IPO) market” and did not say when it might go ahead.Oura had filed official documents setting out plans to raise up to $2.2bn by offering shares in the business to investors just…
Watch: How Lindsay Clancy’s return to court after mistrial unfoldedWarning: This story contains distressing details and discussion of attempted suicideLindsay Clancy, the US woman accused of murdering her three children, has appeared in court for the first time since her murder trial fell apart earlier this month. Her defence team on Tuesday argued the judge should dismiss her case but prosecutors said the state had “met its burden” in proving her guilt. Clancy, 36, does not deny killing her three children in 2023, but her defence team argues she was suffering from severe postpartum psychosis at the time. Prosecutors say…
Watch: US journalist Evan Gershkovich describes being detained by Russian agents He was arrested in Russia in 2023 and later sentenced to 16 years on espionage charges.6 hrs agoWorld
Europa Press via Getty ImagesProtests have taken place in Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Malaga and Cadiz in response to the housing crisisSpain’s coalition government has approved new housing measures following protests over the country’s housing crisis, sparked by the eviction of an 87-year-old woman from her home in Madrid last week.Ministers met on Tuesday to discuss the proposals, which include a ban on evictions until 2030.Announcing the measures, Health Minister Mónica García said they would bring relief to more than five million people – but opposition politician Míriam Nogueras said the agreement left “small landlords out in the cold”.The proposals -…
ReutersA quantity of petrol but no explosive devices were found during searches of the three vans near RAF Fairford in the west of England, counter-terror police have said.Five men, all UK nationals in their 20s, were arrested on suspicion of explosives offences and later terrorism offences after the vehicles were spotted in the early hours of Sunday, sparking a major security incident around the base which is operated by the US military.They were released on bail the following day in what police described as an “investigative decision” which was “grounded in experience and strategy”.It comes after US Secretary of State…
LIVEMan City guilty: ‘Sham’ contracts and £830m overstated income revealedThe Premier League confirms that Manchester City are guilty of all charges related to breaches of Premier League financial rules.
Watch: Videos show the al-Tubasi family’s homes on fire and damage inside one of them before it was set ablazeMore than 100 Israeli settlers have carried out attacks in a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank, stopping a family escorted by the Israeli military from returning to their homes, which had been seized weeks ago by settlers.Two houses belonging to the al-Tubasi family in Jalud, south of Nablus, were set on fire in the raid on Monday night and Israeli security forces were also targeted by settlers. Human rights groups say the events show how Israeli authorities are failing…
Watch: Evan Gershkovich describes the moment he was detained by masked menUS journalist Evan Gershkovich has said that he knew he was being set up by Russia when he was arrested by FSB agents and accused of being a spy.In an interview with Radio 4’s Today programme, Gershkovich spoke about the moment he realised he had been “lured into a trap” when masked men surrounded him at a restaurant in 2023, and detained him.”I’m not interrogated, I’m not tortured… I’m accused of espionage,” he said, describing a sense of relief: “They’ve set me up and fabricated this case so that…
Getty ImagesDouglas Stewart Carter, who is now 71, was jailed for the killing of Eva Olesen in Utah in 1985A man who spent 41 years on death row in the US after being convicted of killing a woman has been released on bail after prosecutors said newly analysed DNA evidence did not link him to the crime.Douglas Stewart Carter, who is now 71, was jailed for the killing of Eva Olesen in Utah in 1985.He was sentenced to death but always maintained his innocence, stating that a signed confession was coerced.The state Supreme Court ordered a new trial last year,…
LIVELindsay Clancy in court for first time since murder trial collapsedThe 36-year-old says she is not guilty of murdering her children since she had postpartum psychosis.