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Florida has executed 77-year-old Curtis Wilkie Beasley for the 1995 hammer killing of Carolyn Monfort, making him the 16th person put to death in the state this year. Beasley was pronounced dead at 6.12pm local time on Tuesday, September 29, following a three-drug lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. He had been convicted of first-degree murder, robbery and grand theft auto after Monfort was found dead at her home in Dundee, south of Orlando. He was sentenced to death in 1998. Florida executes Curtis Beasley after final appeals The Florida Supreme Court rejected Beasley’s latest appeal last week.…

Donald Trump has said he does not mind North Korea having nuclear weapons because he likes its leader, Kim Jong Un. The remarks link Mr Trump’s position on North Korea’s nuclear arsenal directly to his personal regard for Kim.

A Venezuelan asylum seeker who was shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer during a food delivery in Austin, Texas, has been charged with assaulting, resisting and impeding a federal officer. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, appeared in federal court in Austin on Tuesday. He could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted of the federal charge. The case follows a September 20 encounter near a shopping centre, where Garces Perez was making a DoorDash delivery. A federal complaint filed on Monday alleges that ICE officers identified his vehicle and discovered that he was subject to…

Equities ended slightly lower as bond yields remained close to multi-decade highs, keeping pressure on share markets.

Sara Gilson’s cause of death has been confirmed as a gunshot wound to the head, with her death ruled a homicide more than two months after she was killed in Oklahoma. Medical examiner documents state that Jeremiah “Shawn” Duffey’s death was recorded as suicide. Toxicology testing on Duffey was negative. Owasso Police previously said Duffey shot Ms Gilson before taking his own life inside her home on July 23. A child in the house called 911, and Ms Gilson could apparently be heard “screaming and crying” in the background before a loud bang. Duffey was being investigated over an allegation…

A 77-year-old man convicted of beating a woman to death with a hammer in Florida in 1995 has been executed at Florida State Prison near Starke. Curtis Wilkie Beasley was pronounced dead at 6.12pm on Tuesday after receiving a three-drug lethal injection. He was convicted of the first-degree murder, robbery and grand theft of Carolyn Monfort, who was 62 when she was killed. The execution went ahead after the Florida Supreme Court rejected arguments that putting Beasley to death despite his age and alleged cognitive decline would amount to cruel and unusual punishment. The court also refused to halt the…

Detectives have released CCTV footage of two suspects believed to be teenagers, six weeks after a fatal stabbing at apartments in Waterloo, Sydney. The footage forms part of the investigation into the death, with detectives seeking to identify the two people captured on camera.

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to announce a 20% reduction in the number of generals and admirals across the military, in the latest effort to reshape the Pentagon’s senior leadership. The planned announcement is due to be made on Wednesday during a rare address to military officers at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia. It follows an order issued by Mr Hegseth in May requiring at least 10% of all general and flag officers to be cut, alongside a 20% reduction in general officers in the National Guard. Mr Hegseth said the earlier reductions were intended to “drive…

Andy Burnham’s Labour conference speech in Liverpool set out a programme of expanded state control over housing, water, energy, transport and social care, alongside plans to roll back parts of Margaret Thatcher’s market reforms. The Prime Minister told delegates he wanted “good growth in every postcode, hope in every heart”, with greater public involvement in essential services and a transfer of powers from Westminster to lower-level politicians and officials. One of the central announcements was a council-house building programme, to be fronted by Angela Rayner, described as the biggest since the post-war era. The proposals would remove the right to…

Robinhood trading agents powered by OpenAI and Anthropic are being made available to the platform’s roughly 29 million customers, allowing users to research investments, develop strategies and place trades through plain English instructions. The launch was announced at Robinhood’s annual HOOD summit and marks the first large-scale release of a non-technical trading agent by a brokerage, according to the company. Customers can choose between models from the two technology firms and instruct them to carry out tasks ranging from individual share purchases to ongoing market strategies. In a demonstration, users were able to give their agent a name before selecting…