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A federal immigration agent shot a Venezuelan migrant in Austin, Texas, officials said. The incident involved an agent and a migrant from Venezuela, though no further details about the shooting were provided.

Elif Eralp is on course to become Berlin’s next governing mayor after The Left party won the most votes in the city-state’s election, in a result that could make her the first woman of colour and the first mayor of Turkish descent to hold the office. The party must still secure coalition partners and a majority in Berlin’s House of Representatives, which elects the governing mayor. If successful, Eralp would also be the first candidate from The Left to lead the German capital since reunification in 1990. Her victory follows a campaign centred on affordable housing, rent controls and greater…

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has revealed that he was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes two years ago and has lost 80lb after starting a GLP-1 medication, alongside improving his diet and exercising. The 61-year-old Democrat said doctors had warned that he would probably need insulin for the rest of his life. His office said he is no longer taking insulin and now has readings in the “no diabetes/prediabetic levels”. The disclosure, made in an interview with CBS News, is the first time Mr Pritzker has publicly confirmed both his diagnosis and use of a GLP-1 drug. The medication is prescribed…

Patrick Clancy is expecting his first child with his wife, Rachel Danis, several years after the deaths of his three children with his first wife, Lindsay Clancy, who has been accused of killing them. The pregnancy was confirmed after Ross Douthat, who interviewed the couple for 60 Minutes, clarified comments about their plans to start a family. Appearing on CBS Mornings on Monday, Douthat told presenter Nate Burleson: “They are having a child.” During the 60 Minutes interview, Patrick discussed the deaths of Cora, Dawson and Callan, and said he was looking forward to telling his future children about their…

Arizona is set for a cooler and increasingly unsettled week, with temperatures in Phoenix expected to fall from 101F (38C) on Monday to the mid-to-high 90s by Thursday as rain chances build across the state. The change is being driven by an area of low pressure moving east from Southern California. A trough will push inland from Tuesday into Wednesday, while a smaller disturbance is expected to pass across Arizona between Tuesday and Thursday. The developing weather pattern will draw late-season monsoonal moisture into the region, bringing the greatest risk of thunderstorms to eastern and south-eastern Arizona. Some storms could…

Australians are walking away from investing amid confusion over changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax announced in the federal Budget, according to a survey of 1,500 investors. Families with children at home were more likely than any other household type to scale back their investment plans, the Global X survey found. Alex Zaika, chief executive of Global X, said the reforms had made the tax system unnecessarily difficult to understand, with investors now required to consider indexation when calculating capital gains tax. “Prior to the budget, it was very clear from a capital-gains tax perspective whether you were…

Survivor host Jeff Probst has described the programme’s upcoming 51st season as “the open era”, as the long-running reality series prepares to introduce new twists and turns. Probst discussed the new season in an interview with CBS Mornings, although no further details of the changes were disclosed. The 51st season marks the latest instalment of the show, which sees contestants compete in a series of challenges and navigate changing alliances.

Patrick Clancy’s wife, Rachel Danis, is pregnant with the couple’s first child, the 60 Minutes correspondent who interviewed them has confirmed. Ross Douthat disclosed the news during an appearance on CBS Mornings on Monday, after the interview with Clancy and Danis aired on Sunday evening. Asked how he had handled his first assignment for the programme, Douthat told host Nate Burleson: “They are having a child.” During the interview, Douthat also told the couple: “And you guys are starting a family.” He later said he had been “too coy” when asking about their plans. Danis, a New York fertility doctor,…

The cryptocurrency industry is launching a $30 million advertising campaign against former Ohio senator Sherrod Brown, marking its most aggressive intervention yet in the midterm elections. Fairshake, the industry’s principal super PAC, said the campaign against Mr Brown, a Democrat seeking to return to the Senate, would begin on Tuesday with television adverts and mail attacking his record. The move follows Senate Democrats’ decision last week to block the Clarity Act, legislation that would have protected the crypto industry from a regulatory crackdown under a future Democratic administration. Fairshake’s spending this year is now expected to favour Republicans heavily, although…

Oil prices stood at $101.61 a barrel on the Brent benchmark at 9.35am Eastern time, down $2.72 from the previous business day but up $34.68 over the past year. The latest price represented a fall of 2.61% from $104.33 on the previous trading day. Brent was also 6.78% higher than a month earlier, when it stood at $95.16, and 51.82% above its level a year ago. Brent is widely used as the global reference for crude oil, while West Texas Intermediate is the main benchmark for North America. Brent is considered a broader measure of international oil performance because it…