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China’s oil supplies are under growing pressure as disruption to Middle Eastern exports sends prices to record highs and forces refiners to compete for replacement cargoes from further afield. Saudi Arabia has shut a key pipeline carrying crude across the Arabian Peninsula to the Red Sea after attacks by a group described as Iran-backed in Iraq. The closure has removed an important route to China and other Asian markets while shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains restricted. Beijing now faces a difficult choice: secure enough oil for its refineries without adding further pressure to prices in China and on…

The Bank of England has halted sales of long-dated gilts and rewritten its plan for unwinding quantitative easing (QE). The move changes how the central bank intends to reduce its holdings of government debt, with long-dated gilt sales paused as part of the revised approach.

Clavicular has named Elon Musk as the celebrity he most wants to meet, saying a conversation with the billionaire would likely be “quite neurodivergent”. The streamer made the comments during an interview with Charlie Neff on The TMZ Podcast, when asked which celebrity he had yet to meet. Clavicular said he admired what Mr Musk had done with X, formerly known as Twitter, and wanted the chance to pick the billionaire’s brain. He has met a number of people since rising to prominence on social media, but said an encounter with the technology entrepreneur would be particularly appealing.

The Football Association has written to FIFA president Gianni Infantino over a World Cup sell-off plan and the controversy surrounding Folarin Balogun. The move brings the two issues directly to FIFA’s attention, although no further details of the correspondence or the concerns raised have been disclosed.

A Florida man has been extradited to Georgia after DNA evidence allegedly linked him to the kidnapping and rape of a 19-year-old woman in DeKalb County a decade ago. Julius Hunter, 42, was indicted by a DeKalb County grand jury on 11 August on charges of rape, aggravated sodomy and kidnapping. He was arrested two days later in Fort Lauderdale while on probation following a 2021 felony sexual battery conviction. Hunter was returned to Georgia in co-operation with the US Marshals Service, Fort Lauderdale police and the DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office. He is being held without bond at DeKalb…

King Charles has warned AI leaders of “existential dangers” if increasingly powerful technology falls into the wrong hands, urging the industry to establish safeguards before it is “too late”. The King issued the warning during a meeting at his Dumfries House estate in Scotland, attended by Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang, Google DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis, OpenAI chief financial officer Sarah Friar and Britain’s artificial intelligence minister, Kanishka Narayan. Charles said artificial intelligence could improve and save lives, particularly in medicine and the life sciences. But he said its creators were also warning that the technology could develop more dangerous…

An inquest has heard that Bethany Hewitt told a GP she was experiencing thoughts of suicide and self-harm after waiting three years for an ADHD assessment. The 34-year-old mother of two was found hanged in Runcorn, Cheshire, on February 22, 2026. Ms Hewitt had disclosed suicidal thoughts during a GP appointment 19 days earlier, on February 3. She scored 15 out of 27 on a PHQ9 depression questionnaire, one point below the level at which healthcare guidance says an urgent referral to specialist mental health services should be considered. She denied having an active suicide plan, and the GP did…

Black Democratic candidates across the American South are mobilising Black voters for November’s elections, arguing that a Supreme Court decision and subsequent redistricting drive threaten the representation secured through the Voting Rights Act. The effort is unfolding in states including Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, Tennessee and North Carolina, where Democrats are contesting races that Republicans have long regarded as safe. The party faces steep odds, but some contests are showing early signs of becoming more competitive than expected. Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former mayor of Atlanta, remains in a toss-up race for governor of Georgia despite being outspent nine to…

Zhang Yiming, the founder of TikTok parent company ByteDance, has become the richest person in Asia, with an estimated fortune of $105.5 billion. He has overtaken Indian tycoon Gautam Adani, whose wealth is estimated at $104.8 billion by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Zhang’s fortune rose by about $12 billion this month after new valuations from BlackRock and Fidelity. The Chinese entrepreneur owns roughly 21% of ByteDance. His wealth is now nearly eight times the $13 billion recorded in 2019, when Bloomberg began tracking his net worth. How AI helped make Zhang Yiming the richest person in Asia Artificial intelligence has…

A Florida mother and her son have been accused of having an incestuous sexual relationship, with investigators told they had had sex “only about 100 times”, according to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd. The case came to light after Christina Clemens contacted police and accused her son, Shane Clemens, of assault. Deputies arrested Shane, who then allegedly told them about the sexual relationship with his mother. Sheriff Judd said officers questioned Christina about the allegation and that she confirmed it. She and Shane have both been charged with incest and domestic battery. Christina has also been charged with living in…