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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…

The G7 has agreed to release 100 million barrels of oil and fuel products over four months in an effort to curb soaring prices, with a substantial release of diesel planned within the next 20 days. The International Energy Agency will coordinate the operation, which will begin immediately. US President Donald Trump said the diesel release would happen “immediately”, while the G7 pledged a “front-loaded substantial release” of the fuel. The decision followed a video conference chaired by French President Emmanuel Macron, whose country holds the G7’s rotating presidency. Mr Macron and Mr Trump spoke before the meeting about rising…

Ken Urker, the partner of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, has died aged 34 in Raceland, Louisiana, according to the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office. Deputies were called to a residence at about 6.15pm on Thursday, where Urker was found dead on arrival. An investigation into his death is under way, but police have not confirmed the cause. Urker turned 34 on the day he died. Blanchard, 35, said he had recently been struggling and told People magazine that he died from an overdose. “Ken was an amazing father and a man who was deeply loved,” Blanchard said. “I’m in disbelief. I can’t…

Elon Musk’s relationship with Shivon Zilis has ended abruptly, with the Neuralink executive saying she was given “no warning” and that “it’s hard to go from in love to let go in a week”. Zilis, 40, who has four children with the billionaire, described her heartbreak in a lengthy post on X, published hours after users noticed that Musk had stopped following her on the platform. “I’ve loved him more than life itself and he’s taught me 100 lifetimes of knowledge and made my cup overflow with life meaning, so there is a lot of loss, but luckily we created…

Amylin-based obesity drugs are emerging as a potential next step in treatment, with Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk developing medicines designed either to complement GLP-1 therapies or offer an alternative to patients who do not respond adequately to them. Lilly’s experimental drug eloralintide produced significantly greater weight loss when combined with tirzepatide, the active ingredient in its Zepbound and Mounjaro injections, according to Phase 2 trial results involving people with obesity and Type 2 diabetes. After 48 weeks, patients given the highest-dose combination lost an average of 23.3% of their body weight. Those receiving a high dose of tirzepatide alone…

Michael Douglas has claimed he and Kathleen Turner had a secret relationship while filming Romancing the Stone in Mexico in 1984, contradicting more than four decades of public denials about their relationship. The revelation appears in Douglas’s forthcoming memoir, One Helluva Ride, in which he says he and his then-wife, Diandra Luker, were effectively separated when production began on the action adventure film. Douglas writes that he and Turner grew close during filming and “fell hard for each other and began a relationship”. He claims the pair kept the affair hidden from the rest of the cast and crew, meeting…

Tottenham Hotspur are monitoring Bayern Munich defender Kim Min-jae, but face competition from Aston Villa and AC Milan for the South Korea international. Min-jae’s position at Bayern has become less secure under Vincent Kompany, with Dayot Upamecano and Jonathan Tah currently ahead of him in the battle for regular selection. Tottenham interest in Kim Min-jae A report by TEAMtalk claims that Tottenham, Aston Villa and AC Milan made contact over the defender during the summer, while Juventus are also understood to retain an interest. The 29-year-old remains contracted to Bayern until 2028. However, the Bundesliga champions are reportedly prepared to…