After weeks of testimony, lawyers made their final pitches to the jury during closing arguments in Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial. For almost three hours on Tuesday, the defence team argued the jury cannot convict Mr Trump of any crime based on his former fixer Michael Cohen’s word alone. After that, the prosecution spent nearly...
Another former executive of FTX has been jailed over his part in the cryptocurrency giant’s implosion in late 2022. Ryan Salame, who was the co-CEO of FTX’s Bahamian subsidiary, was sentenced to 90 months in prison, US federal prosecutors said. Salame – who was a top lieutenant to Sam Bankman-Fried, the bankrupt crypto exchange’s founder...
Donald Trump’s historic hush-money trial edged closer to its conclusion on Tuesday as the prosecution and defence made their closing arguments to the court. In the defence’s final pitch, Mr Trump’s lead lawyer attacked Michael Cohen – his former fixer and the prosecution’s star witness – as the “greatest liar of all time”. Prosecutors then...
A US luxury real estate billionaire and a deep-sea explorer are planning to travel in a submersible to explore the Titanic. Ohio tycoon and adventurer Larry Connor and Patrick Lahey, co-founder of Triton Submarines, say they want to take a sub to a depth of around 3,800m (12,467ft) to see the shipwreck in the North...
7 minutes ago Helen Bushby,Culture reporter This article does not reveal the winner of Race Across the World, but does include details of some earlier moments from series four. BBC/Studio Lambert/Pete Dadds The current series reached a record audience of more than seven million, including catch-up As the final for Race Across the World approaches,...
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South Africans are set to vote in the most pivotal election since the racist system of apartheid ended in 1994. More than 27 million people are registered to cast their ballots in a poll that highlights growing political fragmentation after 30 years of democracy. A record 70 parties and 11 independents are contesting an election...
Just now Tony Smith,Angus Crawford BBC Online sellers are explicit in what they offer Criminals are selling guides on social media on how to carry out sextortion, BBC News has learned. The guides show people how to pose as young women online, trick a victim into sending sexually explicit material and then blackmail them. On...
AFP The rise in executions in Iran has given rise to protests around the world The number of executions recorded globally in 2023 was the highest for eight years, as some Middle Eastern states sharply increased their use of the death penalty, Amnesty International says. A total of 1,153 people are known to have been...
Just now Zoe Conway,BBC News correspondent BBC Single mum Zoe Godrich says “the life has just been sucked out of me”, trying to sort out the problems with the insulation Every two weeks Zoe Godrich scrapes the black mould off the walls of her children’s bedrooms. She says her house now resembles a squat. ”It’s...