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A jury will decide whether Tesla is partly to blame for the death of a young woman who was hit by an electric car on autopilot.Naibel Benavides was stargazing at the time of the collision, which sent her flying 22m (75ft) through the air in Florida. Her boyfriend was seriously injured in the 2019 incident, while her body was discovered in a wooded area.George McGee, the Tesla’s driver, is not a plaintiff – and reached a separate settlement with the victims’ families.Lawyers argue that the car’s driver assistance feature should have warned the driver and braked before the collision. It…

The BBC has said it breached its editorial guidelines by failing to disclose that the child narrator of a Gaza documentary was the son of a Hamas official.A report into the controversial programme said three members of the independent production company knew about the role of the boy’s father – but no one within the BBC was aware. The review called the failure to bring the information to the BBC’s attention a “significant oversight by the production company”.The independent report – commissioned by the corporation – criticised the BBC team involved in the documentary for not being “sufficiently proactive” with…

Bitcoin has surged past the $120,000 (£89,000) level for the first time, with its new record value being attributed to progress in cryptocurrency regulation under Donald Trump.It was trading at $121,207 early on Monday morning – having doubled in value over the past year on the back of support for digital assets from the president during his second term. Bitcoin’s token rivals have also seen a boost on the back of Mr Trump’s support for the sector. While new products on Wall Street have made it easier to invest, a lack of global regulation has held back ownership and continued…

Britain’s climate is changing rapidly, with records regularly being smashed and extremes of heat and rainfall becoming the norm, the Met Office has warned.In an updated assessment of the UK’s climate, the forecaster says heatwaves and periods of flood or drought are becoming more frequent and more intense. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband called the findings “a stark warning” to take action on climate and nature.”Our British way of life is under threat,” Mr Miliband told the PA news agency.”Whether it is extreme heat, droughts, flooding, we can see it actually with our own eyes, that it’s already happening, and we…

Donald Trump has said he is considering “taking away” the US citizenship of actress and comedian Rosie O’Donnell, despite a Supreme Court ruling that expressly prohibits a government from doing so.In a post on Truth Social on Saturday, the US president said: “Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship.” He also labelled O’Donnell, who has moved to Ireland, as a “threat to humanity” and said she should “remain in the wonderful country of Ireland, if they want her”.O’Donnell responded on…

The private equity firm which took control of Cote, the French restaurant chain, at the height of the pandemic is kicking off an auction of the businessSky News has learnt that Partners Group is working with Interpath Advisory on a search for new investors in Cote. Cote was bought out of administration by Partners Group in the autumn of 2020 in a deal reportedly worth £55m.Sources close to the sale process said that Interpath was marketing the company based on last year’s turnover of over £150m.Read more from Sky News:Trump to hit Canada with 35% tariffUK economy figures not as…

The first fan started queuing before 8am on Friday.Heaton Park, just north of Manchester City centre, is hosting 80,000 fans who’ve come to see the Gallaghers’ homecoming. “I would honestly say it’s a real cultural moment of the 21st century,” says Sam, who’s from Manchester and has come here with a group of friends – including one who has travelled from Australia for the gig. Image: Oasis fans wear band T-shirts with the almost obligatory bucket hats. Pic: Reuters This will be the fourth time Sam has seen Oasis play, although obviously not for many years, and he says he…

A mystery interstellar object discovered by British astronomers is most likely the oldest comet ever seen.The “water ice-rich” visitor, which has been given the name 3I/ATLAS, is the first object to reach us from a completely different region of our galaxy, researchers have said. Just two other objects have entered our solar system from elsewhere.Unlike its predecessors, 3I/ATLAS seems to be travelling on a steep path that suggests it came from the Milky Way’s “thick disk”, an area of ancient stars that orbits above and below the thin plane where most stars reside.University of Oxford astronomer Matthew Hopkins explained: “All…

Britain’s biggest high street bank is in talks to buy Curve, the digital wallet provider, amid growing regulatory pressure on Apple to open its payment services to rivals.Sky News has learnt that Lloyds Banking Group is in advanced discussions to acquire Curve for a price believed to be up to £120m. City sources said this weekend that if the negotiations were successfully concluded, a deal could be announced by the end of September.Curve was founded by Shachar Bialick, a former Israeli special forces soldier, in 2016.Three years later, he told an interviewer: “In 10 years time we are going to…

R&B singer Chris Brown has denied further charges following an alleged bottle attack in a London nightclub.The 36-year-old pleaded not guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH) to music producer Abraham Diaw, during a hearing at Southwark Crown Court on Friday. Brown also denied one count of having an offensive weapon – a bottle – in a public place. Image: Chris Brown arriving at Southwark Crown Court on Friday. Pic: PA The Grammy-winning US musician last month pleaded not guilty to a more serious charge of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent to Mr Diaw.The attack…