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Chinese hackers impersonating AI experts targeted US policy specialists by posing as prominent figures, including a former White House official, according to a report by cybersecurity firm Proofpoint. The China-aligned group, known as TA419, sent deceptive emails to policy experts in July, inviting them to take part in an AI Policy Advisory Committee. The messages appeared harmless at first, but recipients who responded were directed to fraudulent login pages intended to steal their credentials. Those targeted included specialists working for think tanks, defence contractors, universities and law firms in the US and Japan. Proofpoint said the group had been conducting…

General Motors sales fell 5.5% year on year in the third quarter, with the Detroit-based carmaker selling 670,974 new vehicles as demand for its electric models weakened sharply. The figures mark a steep reversal from the same period last year, when GM recorded record electric vehicle sales ahead of the end of federal incentives worth up to $7,500 for consumers buying an EV. Electric vehicle sales fall sharply Sales of the Chevrolet Equinox EV dropped 92.4% to 1,905 vehicles, while the Blazer EV fell 84.4%. Hummer EV sales were down 72.9%. The decline comes as hybrids are expected to take…

Roommates of a Cornell University student who accused seven fraternity members of drugging and sexually assaulting her said she appeared to be in shock and took time to process what had happened, according to accounts given to investigators. One roommate said she exchanged messages with the student at about 3.05am on October 20, 2024, asking when she would return home. The student replied that she was unsure. She arrived at about 11.15am and told both roommates that she had had sex with several men and had taken ketamine. One roommate said she did not “really remember [Jane Doe] ever kind…

Newcastle United are interested in signing Dinamo Zagreb defender Noa Mikic, but face competition from Brentford, Ipswich Town and Hull City for the highly rated 19-year-old. Mikic has impressed in Croatia and is attracting interest from several English clubs, with Fussball News reporting that the quartet are monitoring his situation. The Croatia Under-19 international can play at right-back and has been credited with showing defensive maturity while also contributing in the final third. Newcastle are understood to view him as a potential long-term option in that position. That interest comes as Tino Livramento has been linked with moves to leading…

A Florida man has been indicted after raids on his home and his mother’s property uncovered more than 22kg of narcotics, 14 handguns and over $590,000 (£440,000) in cash, prosecutors say. Dominique Bowden, 34, from Riverview, is accused of running a large-scale drug operation across the Tampa area. His mother had warned him to stop dealing, according to US Attorney Gregory W Kehoe, but investigators say the sales continued. Drug raids uncover fentanyl and firearms Federal agents and Hillsborough County sheriff’s deputies began investigating Bowden in April, using surveillance, cameras and telephone wiretaps to monitor alleged drug transactions. Authorities allege…

A SpaceX rocket has launched from Florida carrying two US astronauts, a Canadian astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut on a six-month mission to the International Space Station. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station with the autonomously operated Crew Dragon capsule on top. The crew is due to reach the orbiting laboratory, about 400km above Earth, after an eight-hour journey. NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney are travelling with Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk and Russian cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov. After the capsule entered orbit, SpaceX mission control told them: “Dragon separation confirmed. Jessica, Luke, Josh, Sergey,…

Rapper Rick Ross has been arrested in Miami in connection with an alleged domestic violence incident at his Star Island mansion. The musician, whose legal name is William Leonard Roberts II, faces charges of battery by strangulation and battery. Ross voluntarily surrendered to detectives at Miami Beach Police headquarters on Thursday before being taken into custody. He was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center at 6.10am, police said. The 50-year-old was later released on bail after appearing by video link at a Miami-Dade bond hearing. His bond was set at $5,000 in total: $4,000 for the felony strangulation…

A new documentary has brought fresh scrutiny to the alleged scale of Iran’s crackdown on protesters, with doctors estimating that as many as 30,000 people were killed during two days of violence in January. The claims are examined by Daily Mail reporters Natalie Lisbona and Andrew Jehring in the latest episode of the Deep Dive podcast, following the release of This Is Our Story by the London-based Iranian opposition broadcaster Manoto. The four-part documentary has been assembled from thousands of videos allegedly smuggled out of Iran by people who risked their lives to record the unrest. It focuses on the…

Donald Trump’s approval rating on the US economy has fallen to a new low, while 65% of Americans blame his policies more than outside factors for persistently high prices, according to an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll. Just 26% of adults approve of the Republican president’s handling of the economy, down 14 percentage points from March 2025. Only 17% approve of his performance on the cost of living. The findings come weeks before the midterm elections, which will determine whether Republicans retain control of Congress. Trump is due to campaign with an extensive schedule of rallies and…

Rick Ross was told he would be treated like any other defendant during a Miami court appearance after his lawyer asked whether his release from jail could be expedited because of the rapper’s fame and safety concerns. Ross, whose real name is William Roberts II, appeared before Judge Mindy Glazer following his arrest on battery charges. His attorney, Bradley Horenstein, raised the issue of his celebrity status during the hearing. Judge Glazer rejected the argument, telling Ross: “I have no idea who you are.” She added that he would be treated fairly “just like everybody else here.” Rick Ross faces…