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Abdul El-Sayed has rejected Hasan Piker’s claim that the United States has caused more terror than al-Qaeda, but has stopped short of fully disavowing the political streamer despite mounting pressure from Democrats and his Republican Senate rival in Michigan. Mr Piker made the remark in an interview this week, saying the US had caused “tremendous terror all around the world”. Asked whether America was responsible for more deaths through terror than al-Qaeda, the group that planned the September 11 attacks, he replied: “Pound for pound, as far as the number of deaths, yes.” Dr El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee in Michigan’s…

Oil prices above $100 a barrel are causing less alarm for the US economy than they would have done in previous decades, although economists warn that persistently high petrol and diesel costs could still weaken household spending and push up business expenses. Brent crude rose to almost $110 a barrel on Monday, its highest level since May, before easing to about $107 on Tuesday. The move revived concerns about inflation and borrowing costs, but analysts said the headline crude price was not the clearest measure of the pressure facing consumers. Americans now spend about 2.5% of their income on petrol,…

Ms Rachel has pledged to match Macklemore’s $1 million Palestine donation and called on other wealthy white celebrities to support relief efforts for Palestinians. The children’s creator said she would give the money to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, of which she is an ambassador. In a statement, Ms Rachel wrote: “I will match Macklemore’s donation and I invite every wealthy white celebrity to match it and speak out against the genocide in Gaza.” She added that celebrities had a “moral obligation” to “use our privilege and our platforms to protect children and human rights.” Macklemore announced that he would…

The Texas Senate race remains effectively level, with Democrat James Talarico holding a one-point advantage over Republican Ken Paxton in the latest poll of likely voters. The Emerson College Polling survey, conducted from 12 to 14 September among 1,000 likely voters, put Mr Talarico on 47 per cent and Mr Paxton on 46 per cent. Libertarian candidate Ted Brown received 2 per cent, while 4 per cent were undecided. With a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points, the result amounts to a statistical tie in the contest to succeed Republican Senator John Cornyn. Texas Senate race…

Tom Cruise is preparing to move beyond the action spectacles that have defined his career in recent years, with his forthcoming film Digger prompting a reassessment of his standing as a dramatic actor. The apocalyptic comedy, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, is due to be released on October 1. It marks a shift for Cruise after two decades in which his public image has become closely tied to the Mission: Impossible franchise and increasingly elaborate real-life stunts. The series began as a sleek thriller directed by Brian De Palma, but grew into a multibillion-dollar phenomenon built around Cruise’s willingness to…

Emily Atack’s wedding reception in Mojacar, Spain, turned into a champagne-fuelled celebration, with the actress and her husband Alistair Gardner pouring bottles over a tower of coupe glasses before guests took over the dancefloor. The couple married in the courtyard of a 16th-century church in front of 197 friends and family, following an earlier UK ceremony in Bedfordshire last month. Atack had promised a “big, fat, f***-off party” – and the evening featured dancing, a first-dance lift and plenty of fizz. Among those attending were several of Atack’s co-stars from the Disney+ series The Rivals, including David Tennant, Alex Hassell,…

Photographs appearing to show Donald Trump reviewing a poster marked “Kennedy Center DEMOLISHED” have intensified a legal dispute over the future of the Washington arts institution. The images, taken through the windows of Air Force One late on Wednesday, show the US president studying what appears to be a rendering of a construction site beneath the prominent wording. The White House has not answered questions about the poster. Bill Pulte, the nation’s housing official and a Trump loyalist who also served briefly this year as acting director of national intelligence, can be seen beside Mr Trump in the photographs. Roma…

Goldman Sachs strategist Peter Oppenheimer has sharpened his warning that an AI earnings bubble may be forming, arguing that technology companies and governments are competing for a limited pool of capital as spending on data centres, energy and defence increases. In a report titled “Competition for Capital”, Oppenheimer stopped short of saying that such a bubble definitely exists. But he linked the risk to rising borrowing costs, surging technology investment and record corporate bond issuance, while taking a more cautious view of the near-term outlook for equities. The report develops a concern first raised by Oppenheimer in August, when he…

Neil deGrasse Tyson has urged caution rather than panic over artificial intelligence, arguing in New York that its potential benefits outweigh the risks despite warnings that it could threaten humanity. The astrophysicist was asked on Thursday about claims from whistleblowers that AI could wipe out humanity by the end of the decade. He acknowledged the technology carried a “risk of taking us all over”, but said there were still many positive ways it could be used. Tyson said AI should not be abandoned because of the possibility that robots could ultimately kill humans. Instead, he called for safeguards to be…

Manchester United are reportedly considering Antonio Conte as a possible replacement for Michael Carrick, with doubts said to be growing over the manager’s long-term future at Old Trafford. The Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera has reported that United are assessing alternative managerial options behind the scenes. Conte is understood to have emerged as the leading candidate should the club decide to make another change in the dugout. Antonio Conte emerges as Manchester United option Conte has been out of work since leaving Napoli at the end of last season and is reportedly weighing up his next move. He has also…