A jury at Winchester Crown Court heard Joanne Young’s account of an alleged 2023 incident in which she said she discovered a stranger in the bedroom while she was blindfolded and restrained. Her former husband, Philip Young, has admitted multiple sexual offences against her, while four other men are on trial and deny the charges against them.
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Joanne Young told police she felt a hand on her wrist that she believed was not her husband’s, removed her blindfold and saw someone at the end of the bed.
She said she ran to the bathroom and locked herself inside after her husband told someone to “get down.”
Joanne said Philip Young later told her he had invited someone to watch them have sex; she said she had not agreed to this.
Philip Young has admitted 14 counts of voyeurism, 11 of rape, 11 of administering a substance with intent, and other sexual offences.
The article says Young published more than 500 intimate images and videos of his ex-wife and recorded her private acts without her consent between 2010 and 2024.
Four men jointly charged with Young are on trial and have pleaded not guilty to the offences listed against them.
A sixth defendant, Dean Hamilton, has admitted one charge of assault by penetration, two of sexual assault and one of rape.
Young and Hamilton are due to be sentenced after the trial, which is expected to last up to four weeks.
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Australia needs to recruit and train more sailors for the nuclear-powered submarines planned under the AUKUS deal, retired admiral Peter Briggs said. The Royal Australian Navy says 230 personnel are in its U.S. submarine training pipeline and expects 400 to be ready by 2030.
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AUKUS is a $368 billion defence deal involving Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom.
Australia plans to acquire three to five U.S. Virginia-class submarines to replace its five Collins-class vessels.
A Virginia-class submarine can require up to 134 crew, nearly three times the number needed for a Collins-class vessel.
The Navy says about 145 of the 230 personnel in the training pipeline have completed U.S. nuclear-power training.
Briggs said Australia should triple the size of its submarine force and may need about 3,000 personnel.
The Virginia-class submarines are intended to bridge the transition to the larger SSN-AUKUS design being developed by Australia and the UK.
The USS Colorado is at HMAS Stirling for routine maintenance and training; officials say no radiological material will be transferred and nuclear-related exercises will be simulated.
From 2027, up to four U.S. and one UK nuclear-powered submarines are expected to rotate through HMAS Stirling under Submarine Rotational Force-West.
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A high-speed train struck the rear of a stopped train near Urda in Spain’s Toledo province, killing at least 30 people and injuring at least 80. Regional officials said the death toll could rise as emergency workers rescued survivors and recovered bodies from the most damaged carriages.
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The crash happened early Wednesday near Urda, south of Madrid.
The collision derailed two carriages.
Authorities reported at least 30 deaths and at least 80 injuries.
Emiliano Garcia-Page, president of the Castilla-La Mancha region, said the death toll could rise.
Health Minister Monica Garcia said emergency workers were rescuing survivors and recovering bodies from two badly damaged carriages.
The injured were being taken to several hospitals in the area.
A separate train crash in southern Spain killed 45 people in January, according to the article.
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GSK reported higher third-quarter revenue but lower pre-tax profit, weaker vaccine sales and restructuring charges. Its shares fell as much as 7% after investors reacted to the company’s outlook and concerns about future competition for a major HIV drug.
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Third-quarter turnover rose 5% at constant currency rates to £8.9bn.
Pre-tax profit fell 19% to £1.9bn in the July-to-September quarter.
Vaccine sales declined 2% to £2.6bn; Shingrix sales fell 5% and Arexvy sales fell 24%.
Sales of GSK’s HIV, cancer and lupus medicines helped lift quarterly revenue.
The company recorded £318m in restructuring charges and said total restructuring costs will reach £2.4bn, mostly this year and next.
GSK’s cost-reduction plan aims to save £1.9bn a year over three years; the company said it was slightly ahead of schedule.
GSK is reorganising its vaccine business in Belgium, a change expected to lead to about 1,200 job losses.
The patent protection for GSK’s HIV drug dolutegravir is expected to end toward the end of the decade, allowing generic versions to be sold.
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A U.S.-brokered local ceasefire around Russian-occupied Oleshky in southern Ukraine held for its first 30 hours, according to Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman. The truce is set to last until November 1 to allow residents to evacuate the frontline town.
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Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said there had been no ceasefire breaches during the first 30 hours.
The ceasefire covers the area around the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky in southern Ukraine.
The agreement is scheduled to remain in effect until November 1.
The truce is intended to let residents evacuate.
Residents had been unable to leave amid conditions described in the article as near-uninhabitable.
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UK Chancellor John Healey’s budget sets out measures to reduce household energy costs and says the government will meet its fiscal rules. The Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts modest economic growth and falling government borrowing over the coming years, while the budget cites global pressures, including the war in Iran, as contributing to higher costs.
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The government’s fiscal rules require day-to-day spending to be covered by tax receipts and public sector net financial liabilities to fall as a share of GDP in the third year of the forecast.
The Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts £15 billion of fiscal headroom in 2029-30 and £20 billion in 2030-31.
The OBR forecasts GDP growth of 1.2% this year and 1% next year, rising to 1.8% in 2029.
The OBR forecasts government borrowing to fall from 4.2% of GDP this year to 1.8% in 2030-31.
The government plans to extend a VAT cut on energy bills through July, which Healey said would reduce the annual price cap by £50.
The government plans to abolish gas standing charges for 23 million homes; it estimates two-thirds of households will save an average of £45 a year.
Households in council tax bands A to D will receive a £100 energy payment, at a stated cost of £2.6 billion.
Healey said fuel duty would be frozen for the 16th consecutive year.
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A high-speed train collided with a stopped train in Spain, killing at least 30 people, according to the report. CBS News correspondent Leigh Kiniry reported on the crash.
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A high-speed train crashed into a stopped train.
The collision happened in Spain.
At least 30 people died.
CBS News correspondent Leigh Kiniry reported on the crash.
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Jordanian air strikes in southern Syria killed at least seven people, including three children. The article says it tells the stories of those killed but provides no further details in the supplied text.
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Jordan carried out air strikes in southern Syria.
The strikes killed at least seven people.
At least three of those killed were children.
The article focuses on the people who died.
The supplied article text does not identify the victims or describe the strikes further.
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The article argues that Brazil is an important trading partner despite political and diplomatic difficulties. It says engagement with Brazil should aim both to limit China’s expanding influence and to negotiate with the Brazilian government.
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The article focuses on relations with Brazil.
It describes Brazil as a necessary trading partner.
It characterizes negotiations with Brazil as difficult and unreliable.
It says efforts should address China’s expansion.
The article frames the approach as combining engagement with strategic competition.
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The Justice Department asked a federal judge to block Mary Peltola and voting-rights groups from joining a lawsuit over Alaska’s Senate election. The department argues that a close Peltola win could be affected by a candidate named Daniel J. Sullivan Jr., whose name resembles incumbent Republican Senator Dan Sullivan’s.
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The lawsuit seeks to block certification of the result if Dan Sullivan loses to Peltola by fewer votes than Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. receives.
The Justice Department called a narrow Peltola victory a “tainted victory.”
Dan Sullivan is listed on the ballot as the Republican incumbent.
Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. is listed without a party affiliation.
Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. received 2.5% of the vote in the primary, according to the Justice Department filing.
Peltola’s campaign, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, and the League of Women Voters of Alaska sought to join the lawsuit.
The Justice Department argued that the proposed intervenors would duplicate arguments made by the state defendants.
Judge Sharon L. Gleason set an expedited schedule and was expected to rule by 5 p.m. on October 28.
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Israel’s election left both the governing and opposition blocs short of the 61 seats needed for a Knesset majority, while Arab-led parties won 17 seats that could affect coalition negotiations. Final results were still pending, and President Isaac Herzog is expected to consult party leaders before asking a candidate to form a government.
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With nearly 80 percent of votes counted, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc held 54 seats.
Gadi Eisenkot’s opposition bloc held 49 seats.
The Arab-led Ra’am and Joint List parties together held 17 seats.
The Knesset has 120 seats, and a governing coalition needs at least 61.
Voter turnout reached 77.7 percent, the highest since 1999.
Turnout among Palestinian citizens of Israel was estimated at about 80 percent.
The final vote tally was expected by Friday, with official results due to be published on November 4.
The president can give a candidate 28 days to form a coalition, with a possible 14-day extension. If that effort fails, the mandate may pass to another lawmaker or the Knesset may be dissolved.
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A report says more cats are being abandoned because rising costs are making it harder for owners to care for them. The article page provides no further details about the scale of the increase or where it was measured.
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The article is about cats being abandoned.
Rising costs are cited as a reason for the abandonments.
The story is tagged to Coventry and the cost of living.
The page provides no figures or additional details in the supplied text.
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Record-breaking high tides flooded homes, businesses and roads in parts of Southern California on Tuesday. Experts said king tides in November and December could bring more flooding, especially if they coincide with winter storms and large surf.
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The tide reached 8 feet, 2 inches in Los Angeles Harbor on Tuesday, breaking a record set the previous day.
Floodwater inundated the Pacific Coast Highway in Sunset Beach.
Residents reported water rising through storm drains.
Linda Holle, who works at a marine fueling station in Newport Beach, said her office flooded.
Photos showed coastal flooding affecting homes and businesses in Sunset Beach and Huntington Beach.
Experts said the king tides expected in November and December could be higher or cause greater problems.
Experts warned that a winter storm and pounding surf during next month's king tide could cause significant damage.
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President Donald Trump joked at a rally in Lubbock that he had made a mistake by saying he studied Sen. Jon Husted’s backside. Trump’s earlier remarks about the Ohio Republican’s appearance drew attention last week.
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Trump made the comments on Tuesday at a rally in Lubbock.
Trump said he had made “the mistake” of saying he started by studying Husted’s backside.
Jon Husted is a Republican senator from Ohio.
Trump’s remarks about Husted’s backside made headlines last week.
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Adam McKay and Philip Eubanks argue that artificial intelligence and climate change are connected risks shaped by decisions made by powerful companies and their political allies. They call for stronger community action and say opposition has already delayed or blocked many U.S. data center projects.
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The authors cite former OpenAI forecaster Daniel Kokotajlo’s Senate testimony about AI models pursuing goals not assigned by people and concealing that behavior.
Kokotajlo estimated a 50% chance that AI companies could automate their own work by the end of 2028.
The article cites a Nature study that estimates oil and technology industry use of AI for exploration and extraction could add 1.8 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide emissions.
The authors say AI can contribute to disinformation, while data centers can strain water supplies and rely on gas-powered electricity.
Data Center Watch counted at least 120 U.S. data center projects, worth nearly $200 billion, blocked or delayed in the first half of 2026.
Heatmap News reported that at least 20 U.S. data center projects were canceled in the first three months of 2026.
The authors say the Climate Emergency Fund has directed half its funding to grassroots groups opposing these developments.
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A study projects that annual new dementia cases worldwide will rise from 11.4 million in 2023 to 24.7 million in 2050. In the United States, annual diagnoses are projected to grow from 514,000 in 2020 to 1 million by 2060, while shortages of care workers and geriatric doctors could make it harder to meet demand.
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The global projection comes from a study published in JAMA Neurology.
The U.S. projection comes from a separate JAMA study published in 2024.
Longer life expectancy and population changes contribute to the projected increase in dementia cases.
A 2024 report found that almost all surveyed nursing homes had difficulty recruiting staff, and about half had limited new admissions.
Demand for nursing assistants and home health aides is projected to increase by 48% and 42%, respectively, from 2020 to 2035.
The median wage for home health aides was $17 per hour in May 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The number of U.S. geriatricians fell from 10,270 in 2000 to 7,413 in 2022.
A 2025 KFF survey found that almost half of states reported offering incentives to recruit or retain Medicaid home care workers.
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Nigel Hayes-Davis, a EuroLeague forward with Panathinaikos AKTOR, launched Nigel’s Maple, a hot-sauce-infused maple syrup. He says the idea came from accidentally spilling hot sauce on pancakes and that he refined the recipe using tapioca syrup instead of artificial thickeners or corn syrup.
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Hayes-Davis plays for Greece’s Panathinaikos AKTOR.
The article identifies him as a 2025 EuroLeague champion and 2026 Greek Cup Finals MVP.
Nigel’s Maple combines hot sauce and maple syrup.
Hayes-Davis says the product idea began when he spilled hot sauce on pancakes during offseason workouts in Orange County.
He says he spent months refining the syrup’s consistency.
According to Hayes-Davis, tapioca syrup gave the product a smooth texture without artificial thickeners or corn syrup.
He describes the venture as a way to share a flavor he enjoyed, rather than as a project created primarily to make money.
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