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After it became known that Jeffrey Epstein was under investigation in the 2000s, one of the first calls the Palm Beach police received was from Donald J. Trump, the local police chief at the time told the F.B.I. more than a decade later.Mr. Trump reportedly told the chief, Michael Reiter, “Thank goodness you’re stopping him, everyone has known he’s been doing this,” according to a document recounting their conversation that is part of the tranche of Epstein files released by the Justice Department.Mr. Trump said it was known in New York circles that Mr. Epstein was disgusting and suggested that…

The government is targeting 45-47 gigawatts (GW) of solar power capacity by 2030, to help meet its clean power goal, potentially rising to 54-57GW with extra rooftop solar. That would be up from 21GW as of autumn 2025, according to government figures, although the solar industry puts current capacity at 24GW.The government also wants more batteries and other storage systems, to be able to make use of solar energy outside of sunny periods.Today’s haul of solar farms secures another 4.9GW of capacity across 157 projects, higher than the 3.3GW across 93 projects in the previous auction in 2024. The results…

Masha Bucher, a Silicon Valley VC and founder of Day One Ventures, took to X this week to address news reports documenting her close business and personal relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Bucher’s name — primarily under her maiden name, Masha Drokova — appeared in the latest dump of Epstein files over 1,600 times, The San Francisco Standard reported. “He made me feel I could be safe from the regime, someone with power and connections who could shield me” from threats she associated with her home country Russia, which she said she feared after she obtained her U.S.…

K.G.M. will be referred to by her initials, or as Kaley G.M., because the alleged harms took place when she was a minor.Lanier also charged that Meta and YouTube failed to warn of the dangers to young users posed by the design of their platforms.Lanier underscored his opening remarks by speaking with a display of children’s blocks in front of him: the words “Addicting,” “Brains” and “Children” appeared next to the letters A, B, and C.”This case is about two of the richest corporations in history who have engineered addiction in children’s brains,” Lanier said. “I’m going to show you…

O’Neill, formerly head of Australian oil and gas firm Woodside Energy, will be the the first woman to run a major global oil firm.Carol Howle, BP’s current interim chief executive, said the company looked forward to O’Neill’s arrival “as we accelerate our progress to build a simpler, stronger and more valuable BP for the future”.The company has come under pressure from its shareholders for underperforming compared to its rivals in recent years.A year ago, BP announced it was cutting planned investments in renewable energy to spend billions of dollars more a year on its core oil and gas operations.The energy…

It highlighted its “Spotify Wrapped” feature for engaging users.”Our 11th annual Wrapped was bigger, bolder and more layered than ever, celebrating fans, artists, creators and authors around the world,” it said in its results. “Wrapped had more than 300 million engaged users and more than 630 million shares on social media globally in 56 languages”.Chief executive Gustav Söderström said the firm considered itself the research and development department of the music industry, by focussing on new developments in audio, such as adding video to podcasts, and embracing music made by artificial intelligence (AI).”Our job is to understand new technologies quickly…

Who is likely to win?Both deals raise competition concerns and are expected to face scrutiny from regulators in the US and Europe. Netflix’s plan has drawn warnings that it would give the dominant streaming player even more power over actors and screenwriters, while putting further pressure on local cinemas. But a combined Paramount-Warner Bros would also leave it in control of a significant slice of sports and children’s entertainment, raising potential concern for advertisers and local television distributors. Paramount’s plans, which would put CBS and CNN under the same parent company, have also been closely watched because of the potential…

Hims & Hers shares closed down 16% on Monday, while Novo Nordisk’s share price nudged up early on Tuesday.Weight-loss drugs like Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy and Eli Lilly’s Zepbound and Mounjaro have soared in popularity over the last few years.Patent expiry has also led to rise of low-cost copycat weight-loss drugs, with warnings about the safety of some of them.Novo Nordisk said on Monday its action against Hims & Hers aims to “protect public health and defend the scientific innovations that deliver better health outcomes to Americans”.Hims & Hers said in response it has “a long history of providing…

“The ability to secure immediate commitments from Apple and Google reflects the unique flexibility of the UK digital markets competition regime and offers a practical route to swiftly address the concerns we’ve identified,” she said.The CMA ruled both Apple and Google’s app stores had “strategic market status” in October 2025, which allowed it to demand changes to promote competition and choice.As part of the measures announced on Tuesday, the regulator said Apple and Google had also committed not to use data gathered from third-party app developers in an unfair way.Cardell said these were “important first steps” as the CMA continues…

Available for 29 daysBen Haines, Ellen White, Jen Beattie reflect on the weekends WSL action as the race for Europe gets tighter, the battle to stay off the bottom gets tougher and there are new contracts and departures at Chelsea. The team reflect on wins for Liverpool, West Ham and Everton as Leicester City suddenly find themselves at the foot of the table. Some big results at the other end of the table too as the fight for a top three spot and a Champions League football gets tighter and tighter between Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea. Jen reacts to…