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Jack Lowden has addressed speculation that he is in the running to become the next James Bond, describing the rumours as “all very flattering” while declining to add to the growing discussion. The Scottish actor was asked about the reports in an interview with GQ after his Slow Horses co-star Gary Oldman appeared to suggest that a decision had already been made. “It’s nice to be mentioned – for any role – and I’m just not really going to add to the noise,” Lowden said. “It’s very nice, and Gary’s a sweetheart – it’s particularly lovely, coming from someone like…

The pilot of a Learjet that crashed in Palm Beach County, Florida, killing all nine people on board, reported icing and turbulence before issuing a series of Mayday calls, air traffic control recordings show. The aircraft had departed from Austin, Texas, and was heading for the Bahamas when the pilot said: “We’re managing the ice, but it is moderate turbulence.” Moments later, the pilot reported a rapid descent, saying: “722 Bravo Delta, we’re descending 8,000, Mayday, Mayday, we’re descending 10,000 feet per minute.” The final messages became increasingly urgent. “Declare an emergency 722 Bravo Delta, we are in an overspeed…

A woman accused of posing as a male Army officer on the dating website Plenty of Fish began an intimate relationship with another woman as part of a “cruel con”, a court has heard. Blade Silvano, 44, allegedly used the name “Hunter” while claiming to be a captain and surgeon in the Army. Silvano is on trial at Caernarfon Crown Court accused of six counts of sexual assault by penetration between November 2022 and June 2023. Silvano, of no fixed address, denies all the charges. Prosecutor Philip Clemo told jurors that the alleged victim had only wanted to meet a…

Haley Stevens’s endorsement of Republican Mike Rogers was driven by personal grievance rather than political principle, Democratic strategist Lis Smith has claimed. Stevens backed Rogers over Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in a last-minute reversal, despite publicly supporting him after losing the Democratic primary. Smith said the decision, announced two days before the election, amounted to “personal grievance masquerading as political principle”. Speaking on a television programme, Smith questioned why Stevens had waited nearly two months to challenge Mr El-Sayed’s campaign if she had genuine political objections. She suggested the change may have followed Stevens being disinvited from an El-Sayed campaign church…

Steven Gerrard has compared Tottenham youngster Luca Williams-Barnett to Liverpool winger Rio Ngumoha after being impressed by the teenager’s cameo in Spurs’ 2-0 Premier League win over Crystal Palace. Williams-Barnett was introduced at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with around 10 minutes remaining, but his confidence and willingness to run at defenders immediately caught the former England captain’s attention. Speaking on The Overlap, Gerrard said he had heard Williams-Barnett’s name mentioned through the England youth set-up before watching his brief appearance against Palace. “I loved one moment from the game. Williams-Barnett, a name I’ve heard mentioned to me through the England…

Washington voters can check whether their ballot has been sent, received, accepted or challenged through the state’s VoteWA system ahead of the 2026 midterm election. Ballots must be returned by Tuesday, November 3. Those sent by post need to be postmarked by Election Day, while ballots placed in an official drop box must be deposited by 8pm. Voters do not need to create an account to check their ballot status, provided they are registered in Washington. The system asks for a first and last name and date of birth. How to track a Washington ballot A status of “sent” means…

Donald Trump has welcomed an 8 per cent fall in Brent crude prices during a speech at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, saying oil would fall “a lot further” once the war against Iran ends. Fuel prices have been a major issue in the US midterm campaign. Mr Trump has generally presented higher costs as a necessary price for preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, while recently noting that American oil companies had been making billions of dollars as motorists paid more at the pump. He did not repeat that observation during the speech, instead focusing much of his…

Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, has reached a settlement in a social media addiction lawsuit brought by two teenagers, ending claims shortly before the case was due to go to trial. The plaintiffs, identified in court documents as S.J. and K.D.B., alleged that Snapchat had been designed to be addictive and that using the platform from a young age had contributed to their mental health problems. Mark Lanier, founder of The Lanier Law Firm and lead counsel for the plaintiffs, said: “We are glad to reach resolution for our clients. We believe this jury would have found the companies’…

Human Rights Watch has urged Zambia to halt its post-election crackdown after opposition figures, journalists and lawyers were arrested or reported to have disappeared following President Hakainde Hichilema’s disputed victory in August. In a report released on Sunday, the rights group accused the government of suppressing critics and called for the release of people it said had been detained arbitrarily. HRW said police and military forces had “forcibly disappeared, arbitrarily detained, beat, and threatened” opposition members and supporters, as well as lawyers, journalists and government critics, in the run-up to and aftermath of the election. “The post-election climate of intimidation,…

Chatbots are increasingly being used by American voters for midterm election information, but researchers have found that some provide inaccurate voting guidance and can be persuaded to recommend candidates. An ongoing study by Innovating for the Public Good (IFPG) found that 13.9% of answers to questions about voting arrangements were outdated or inaccurate. In 5.9% of cases, the errors could have led voters to miss a deadline, attend on the wrong day or overlook a required step. The research group tested Google AI Mode and AI Overviews, Anthropic’s Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Perplexity using authentic questions…