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Byron Donalds has said he is not a “yes man” to Donald Trump. The Florida politician made the comment in remarks focused on his relationship with the US president.

China’s central bank has defended the country’s yuan policy, saying there is no need or intention to weaken the currency to gain a trade advantage. The position comes as Europe steps up pressure over China’s trade surplus, placing the yuan at the centre of wider concerns about the balance of trade.

It Gets Worse will stream in the US on Paramount+, following the comedy series’ viral introduction featuring Andrew Scott and creator-star Leo Reich. The six-episode show will be released in full on November 6, exclusively on Paramount+’s Premium Plan in the US. It will also be available on the service in Latin America, Brazil and Italy. It Gets Worse centres on three university friends as they contend with humiliating jobs, unsuccessful love lives and a diminishing sense of hope. The series presents the difficulties facing young Londoners through comedy. Interest in the programme grew after a clip was released showing…

A former nurse from Whitmore Lake, Michigan, has been charged with allegedly helping an undocumented detainee escape US Border Patrol custody while he was receiving treatment at a hospital in Ann Arbor. ([justice.gov](https://www.justice.gov/usao-edmi/pr/nurse-formerly-employed-ann-arbor-hospital-charged-assisting-escape-detained-illegal)) Chloe Renae Freeman, 29, faces a federal misdemeanor charge of instigating or assisting an escape, according to a criminal complaint filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. ([justice.gov](https://www.justice.gov/usao-edmi/pr/nurse-formerly-employed-ann-arbor-hospital-charged-assisting-escape-detained-illegal)) Prosecutors allege that the incident took place on 28 May, when the man was taken to Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital after trying to flee Border Patrol agents. He reportedly fell on the pavement…

Australia’s superannuation system has become the focus of a growing political fight over whether workers are being required to save too much for retirement, as pressure builds to use the $4.8 trillion fund to ease cost-of-living pressures. One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has proposed allowing renters and home borrowers to withdraw up to a quarter of their regular superannuation contributions for up to three years. She said the measure would give people “some breathing room”. The proposal has drawn strong opposition from major superannuation funds and Labor, which says One Nation and the Coalition would undermine the scheme’s universal character.…

Laura Loomer has told Donald Trump that a list of about ten officials across the Department of Justice, Department of State and National Security Council are undermining his agenda. The Republican activist, who travelled with the president to a campaign rally in Alabama, declined to identify those named. She said the document formed part of her continuing efforts to remove what she considers disloyal or unsuitable figures from the administration. “I always come with a list,” Loomer said, adding that she had raised concerns with Mr Trump about “choices that are concerning and alarming to me”. Her influence has unsettled…

Japan’s prime minister has vowed to continue monitoring movements in the yen and inflation carefully. The commitment signals that the Japanese government will keep a close watch on changes in the currency and price pressures.

Alexia Umansky has said she was “taken advantage of” by a trusted friend during a trip seven years ago, revealing the experience to her father, Mauricio Umansky, on the Fox series Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test. The 30-year-old, who is the daughter of Kyle Richards, said she had never previously told her family about what happened. She is appearing on the programme alongside Mauricio. Alexia Umansky describes the experience Speaking to a directing staff member during Thursday night’s episode, Alexia said she had been travelling with friends when she was put to bed after drinking too much. “I woke up…

Four police officers entered a burning home in Culpeper, Virginia, before firefighters arrived and rescued a man trapped in a locked bedroom, body-worn camera footage shows. The incident happened at about 6pm on Saturday, 3 October, in the 1500 block of Old Fredericksburg Road. Officers arrived to find a two-storey house filled with heavy smoke and were told that a resident could still be inside. One officer forced open a bedroom door after seeing smoke coming from beneath it. He then crawled through the smoke, first on his hands and knees and later on his chest, until he found the…

Australian performers and workers have told a parliamentary inquiry that artificial intelligence is already replacing people, setting workplace targets and using their voices and likenesses without consent or payment. The hearings in Sydney and Melbourne heard evidence from voice actors, bank employees and supermarket workers as lawmakers examine the impact of AI on jobs and consider whether existing protections are sufficient. Jacqui Duncan, who has voiced more than 5,000 radio and television commercials, told the inquiry that she owns none of those performances. Her income last financial year was about 30 per cent lower than the amount she had consistently…