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Inside court as judge declares a mistrial in Lindsay Clancy caseJurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial have made their first public remarks about the secretive deliberations and what led to their deadlock before the high-profile case ended in a mistrial.Three female jurors – including the foreperson – told NBC the panel was ready to enter a verdict that Clancy was not guilty by way of insanity in the murder of her three children, but one juror would not agree.The foreperson said the male juror “admitted he had reasonable doubt” in her criminal responsibility but wouldn’t agree to a not guilty…
LIVEPrince William joins royals and diplomats in Oslo to pay final tribute to late King Harald VThe king, a popular modernising figure who had been on the Norwegian throne for 35 years, died last month at the age of 89.
Getty ImagesAnthropic makes the AI tool Claude, which is used as a chatbot and as a tool to help codingA top safety researcher at Anthropic has warned AI is advancing so quickly he personally believes there is a greater than 10% chance it “could kill all humans” within the next decade.Evan Hubinger said in a post on X the risk from the models which currently exist was “low” but he was “worried” the technology might become able to improve itself soon to the point where it posed an existential risk to humanity.It comes after the Financial Times reported Anthropic withheld…
Watch: Missile interceptions seen in Jordan’s night skyOil prices rose past $100 a barrel on Wednesday after further strikes in the US and Iran conflict and continuing Houthi attacks in Saudi Arabia.In back and forth attacks, the US hit five Iranian tankers in reprisal strikes after Tehran targeted one of its warships.Brent crude – which is the global benchmark for prices – has not been as expensive since the end of July, when a ceasefire between Iran and the US collapsed.Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi movement also attacked oil facilities in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday and have been targeting tankers in the…
Getty ImagesRegularly drinking beverages like tea and coffee at very hot temperatures increases the risk of cancer of the food pipe or gullet, known as oesophageal cancer, UK research suggests.Researchers say the findings, from a study of nearly a million people, make this the largest to date to establish the link.In the study, people who had their drinks “very hot” had around a three times higher risk of the cancer than “warm” tea or coffee drinkers – although experts stress the overall chances of developing this cancer are low.Steaming hot liquid can damage the cell lining of the food pipe…
Broward County Sheriff’s OfficeMalone Lam, 22, was accused of organising a group of friends to steal cryptocurrencyA Singaporean man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a racketeering conspiracy charge in the US for organising one of the biggest ever cryptocurrency thefts.Malone Lam admitted to teaming up with friends to steal $245m (£181m) of bitcoin and laundering the proceeds.The 22-year-old and his associates used the money to spend up to $500,000 per evening at nightclubs, according to the US Department of Justice (DOJ). It also said they bought a fleet of exotic cars, ranging in value from $100,000 to $3.8m.Lam faces a…
Getty ImagesThe US is banning a slew of Canadian products, including alcoholic spirits, dairy goods and motorbikes, as its neighbour’s retaliatory tariffs on American goods come into force.In a series of executive orders on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump said that Canada is “discriminating” against the US and outlined the import ban, which will begin 29 September.Earlier on Tuesday, Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a video address that his country’s pivot away from the US as its largest trading partner “will come at a cost”.Both US and Canadian officials have said they would like to strike a trade…
Tom RestaJohn Resta and his wife SylviaThe US government has described it as the “most egregious criminal act on American soil in modern history”.But a quarter of a century on, the trial of its alleged mastermind is yet to begin and families of those killed fear that time for justice to be delivered is running out.Tom Resta’s brother John and his wife Sylvia, who was seven months pregnant, were among the almost 3,000 people killed on 11 September 2001 when hijackers flew planes into the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Virginia. Another crashed in…
Watch: Archeologists discover ancient tomb in PeruThe burial site of the ancient pre-Incan Chimu culture was found largely intact.2 hrs agoLatin America
BBCThis July, during Britain’s record-breaking hot summer, a curious row broke out on X over climate science.Reform’s deputy leader Richard Tice shared a Telegraph article headlined: “Heatwaves caused by fall in pollution.” He said cleaner air, rather than carbon dioxide, was behind higher temperatures and claimed the public had been “gaslit”.He was wrong to suggest that carbon dioxide is not the primary driver of global warming. But the science he was distorting is real – and much more interesting than his original claim.The fossil fuels that we’ve been burning for more than a century produce two very different kinds of…