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The Banco Master scandal has intensified disillusionment in Brazil and ensnared presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro, alongside business leaders, regulators, judges and other political figures. The mid-sized lender expanded rapidly over the past decade by selling high-yield deposit certificates, some promising returns of up to 140 per cent of Brazil’s benchmark interbank rate. But Banco Master lacked the assets required to sustain those payments. Prosecutors allege that money was diverted to shell accounts while the bank struggled to recover funds from risky loans. Brazil’s Central Bank liquidated the lender in 2025 after it faced a major funding squeeze. Its owner, Daniel…

American Airlines is introducing a cash-and-miles option for ticket bookings, allowing AAdvantage members to combine programme miles with money at checkout. The feature, due to be rolled out in the coming days, will use a slider bar so customers can choose how many miles to apply. Using more miles will result in a larger reduction in the cash price. The option is intended for passengers who do not have enough miles to pay for an entire ticket but want to reduce the amount they spend. American is following rivals including United Airlines and Delta Air Lines, which already allow customers…

Josh Hartnett has revealed that severe food poisoning left him unable to walk for 10 days while he was filming Verity. The actor said repeated vomiting and dehydration caused intense muscle cramps, making work on the film particularly difficult. His co-star Anne Hathaway recalled the illness during the film’s press tour, describing it as “so much worse” than projectile vomiting. Hartnett said he needed to be looked after whenever he was not filming. If he was not required for a scene, he was reportedly lying flat on his back while recovering. The illness came as Hartnett was promoting Verity, and…

Democrat James Talarico has taken a narrow lead over Republican Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate race, according to a new Fox News poll, with the contest effectively tied within the survey’s margin of error. Among likely voters, 51% said they would back Mr Talarico and 49% supported Mr Paxton. The poll’s margin of error was three percentage points. Texas Senate race remains finely balanced Mr Talarico also held a stronger personal rating than his Republican opponent. The Democratic nominee was viewed favourably by 52% of voters and unfavourably by 44%, giving him a net rating of plus eight. Mr…

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has rattled Melbourne and regional Victoria, with the tremor recorded shortly after 2am on Saturday near the South Gippsland town of Leongatha. Geoscience Australia said the epicentre was about 135 kilometres south-east of Melbourne and the quake occurred at a depth of 10 metres. More than 10,000 felt reports had been submitted to the agency by 2.30am. The Victorian State Emergency Service confirmed the seismic activity and alerted crews. The tremor comes amid a period of increased seismic activity in Victoria since the magnitude 5.9 earthquake in September 2021, which damaged buildings in Melbourne and was…

Three out of four households in parts of Yemen are going hungry as renewed fighting displaces thousands and cuts off food supplies, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned. About 74% of families in accessible government-held areas cannot meet their basic food needs, the highest level recorded there this year. An estimated 10 million people live in those areas. The worsening Yemen food crisis reflects the country’s dependence on imports, with about 90% of food brought in from abroad. Disrupted markets and shrinking access for aid agencies are deepening the shortages. Matthew Hollingworth, the WFP’s assistant executive director…

Wall Street futures moved higher as Treasury yields and oil prices eased ahead of the jobs report, while softer employment data reduced expectations of further interest-rate rises. The Nasdaq reached a record high after the weaker jobs figures tempered bets on additional rate hikes.

Shivon Zilis has said Elon Musk ended their relationship without warning, days after telling her he loved her, and has shared alleged private messages in which he referred to her as his “significant other”. Posting on X, Zilis described feeling blindsided by the apparent split. “It’s hard to go from in love to let go in a week with no warning, but that’s just how it is sometimes,” she wrote. The messages she posted appear to show Musk telling her he loved her as recently as 24 September. Zilis did not frame her post solely as a bitter account of…

Manchester United have been handed encouragement in their pursuit of Jean-Philippe Mateta, with the Crystal Palace striker increasingly expected to leave Selhurst Park in 2027. The 29-year-old is in the final year of his contract, and Palace are understood to have accepted that his time with the club is drawing to a close. The Eagles must now decide whether to sell him during the January transfer window or retain him until his contract expires next summer. Manchester United weigh up Mateta move United have been monitoring Mateta as they consider adding an experienced forward to their squad. The club wanted…

Two men have been arrested after a Lake Wales party shooting left four people injured in Florida, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said. Richard William Fante, 20, from Lakeland, and Cordae DeShawn Hammonds, 19, from Avon Park, were taken into custody on Thursday, 1 October. Both face four counts of attempted second-degree murder and 62 counts of culpable negligence. Lake Wales party shooting The shooting happened shortly after midnight on Sunday, 27 September, at a property known as the Mud Hole on Alturas Babson Park Cut-Off Road, west of US 27. Between 150 and 300 people were attending a gathering…