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BBC reports from outside court after judge rules singer D4vd will stand trial for murderA judge has ruled that US musician D4vd will go on trial for murder over the death of a teenage girl.The decision came after a five-day preliminary hearing, in which Los Angeles prosecutors questioned a dozen witnesses and displayed photographic evidence as 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s family watched on.The star, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke, is accused of killing the girl, whose remains were found last September in a Tesla registered to his address.Burke, 21, has pleaded not guilty to charges of murdering and…
Getty ImagesJohnson & Johnson (J&J) has offered to pay as much as $5.5bn (£4.14bn) to resolve tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging that its baby powder and other products containing talcum cause ovarian cancer.The proposed landmark settlement aims to close a long-running legal battle that has weighed on the US healthcare giant for years.J&J has denied that its talc-based products caused cancer and has changed the formula of its widely-used baby powder.Erik Haas, the firm’s vice president of litigation said on Monday that the allegations are “meritless” and that J&J was willing to settle in order to finally resolve the…
ReutersPresident Trump said “good talks” were taking place US President Donald Trump has said “there are very friendly negotiations going on” about the conflict with Iran, after the warring sides did not exchange strikes for a third straight day.He expressed optimism for an end to the war on Monday, telling reporters aboard Air Force One: “I think there’s a good chance that something could happen.”However, he warned that Washington would “go back to doing what we were doing” before the pause in fighting if the latest negotiations failed.Tehran has denied that any direct negotiations are taking place.Iran has also halted…
BBCPlans for a new mosque in Fujisawa have sparked a wide range of emotionsToday, it’s a field of grass. But soon, it’ll be the site of the first mosque in this Japanese town.”It makes me worry about how our community might change,” says long-time resident Noriko Izumizawa.Plans to build an Islamic religious site in Fujisawa, a laid-back seaside town about an hour’s drive south of Tokyo, have sparked a wide range of emotions.There is anger and fear, as well as hope and acceptance, exposing the growing anxieties over immigration and social change as Japan grapples with a labour shortage from…
Chinese state mediaScreenshot shows Chinese state media debunking AI contentAs China deals with the fallout of Typhoon Noul that made landfall over the weekend, officials will be painfully aware that they will likely have an additional challenge to deal with: dangerously misleading videos created with Artificial Intelligence (AI).Powerful storms and flooding incidents over the last few months have seen fake videos inundating social media platforms – these include images of dead bodies floating in floodwaters, the false depiction of severe flooding in areas actually not affected and others with blatantly fake details of emergency response efforts.In some areas, videos containing…
A key U.S. government report on mental health, substance use and addiction showed continued improvements in several metrics, especially among young people.There was some uncertainty about the future of the National Survey on Drug Use and Health last year, when the entire 17-member team responsible for it was laid off by the Trump administration. But the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration released the latest report Monday, with data that lets researchers look at trends from 2021 to 2025.Fewer adolescents aged 12 to 17 reported using tobacco, alcohol, marijuana and binge drinking in the previous month, the survey found.…
Watch: Savannah Guthrie posts new video pleading to mother’s kidnappersUS television presenter Savannah Guthrie has made another emotional plea to her mother Nancy’s abductors in a video she posted on social media, asking them to share her mother’s location. “I’m asking you, begging you, to do the right thing now,” she said. “Help us find her – tell us where to look for her.”Investigators believe that Nancy Guthrie, who was last seen on 31 January, was taken against her will from her home near Tucson, Arizona, but they have not shared a possible motive or arrested a suspect.A ransom note…
Getty ImagesTrump’s visit to Michigan comes as he seeks to bolster support for Republican candidates ahead of the November midterm electionsUS President Donald Trump has vigorously defended his economic policies in Michigan – a state hit hard by his tariffs, particularly in the automobile sector. Speaking at a General Motors plant in the town of Milford, Trump claimed his “historic” tariffs are reinvigorating the auto industry and forcing companies to relocate their overseas operations to the US. Job growth in Michigan, however, has slowed to a crawl and the state has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country.…
Office of Mitch McConnellUS Senator Mitch McConnell is out of hospital but still not “medically cleared” to return to work in the Senate, his doctors have said.It is the second statement from the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican since his admission to hospital in mid-June after a fall and “a mild case of pneumonia”.The senator has been away from work for weeks amid ongoing speculation about his health.”I’m still working hard to get back to my full schedule of work in the Senate and in Kentucky, keeping up with intense physical therapy per my doctors’ orders,” he said in a statement shared…
Getty ImagesAt least 624 US military service members have been wounded since President Donald Trump ordered strikes against Iran in February, according to the Pentagon’s most recent update on 25 July. Among those wounded, 417 are attributed to Operation Epic Fury, while 207 are attributed to “Overseas Operations”. The US and Iran agreed to a ceasefire in April and signed a Memorandum of Understanding in June, but attacks from both sides have occurred throughout. Last week, the Pentagon revised its figures on those injured and killed in the war, taking the names of four who died in Operation Epic Fury…