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FBI launches investigation into passenger’s death on Carnival cruise ship

The FBI is investigating the death of a cruise ship passenger, according to officials.
A passenger traveling aboard the Carnival Horizon cruise ship reportedly died during a recent voyage, according to WSVN.
Carnival Cruise Line said it was cooperating fully with federal investigators, based in Miami, and is focusing on supporting the passenger’s family.
The ship returned to Miami on schedule Saturday.
“Since this is an ongoing matter under the jurisdiction of law enforcement, all media inquiries need to be directed to the FBI’s Miami public affairs office,” the company said in a statement.
A passenger died while traveling aboard the Carnival Horizon in November 2025. The FBI is investigating the passenger’s death (Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)The Independent has requested comment from the FBI.
No further details were made available about the passenger or the circumstances of their death.
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Six dead as Russia hits energy and residential sites in Ukraine

Six dead as Russia hits energy and residential sites in Ukraine8 hours agoShareSaveJames Landale,Diplomatic correspondent in Kyiv and Alex KleidermanShareSaveReutersTwo people died in a Russian strike on an apartment building in DniproAt least six people have died after Russia launched hundreds of missile and drone attacks on energy infrastructure and residential targets in Ukraine overnight.
A strike on an apartment building in the city of Dnipro killed two people and wounded 12, while three died in Zaporizhzhia.
In all, 25 locations across Ukraine, including the capital city Kyiv, were hit, leaving many areas without electricity and heating. Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on Telegram that major energy facilities were damaged in the Poltava, Kharkiv and Kyiv regions, and work was under way to restore power.
In Russia, the defence ministry said its forces had shot down 79 Ukrainian drones overnight.
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What Hungary’s Orban did – and didn’t – get from Trump

What Hungary's Orban did – and didn't – get from Trump8 hours agoShareSaveNick ThorpeBudapest, HungaryShareSaveEPA/ShutterstockOn the surface, the Hungarian prime minister's trip was exactly what he went to Washington for: luxuriant praise and an exemption from sanctions on Russian oil, gas and nuclear supplies.
And all that just five months out from a difficult election.
Look closer, however, and the picture is less clear cut. The US side struck a hard trade deal – and an expensive one for Hungary.
And there's no progress on Viktor Orban's biggest headache: ending the war in neighbouring Ukraine, and with it the long shadow the conflict casts over Hungary.
Let's look first at Orban's key win – an exemption from US sanctions, which a White House official told the BBC was time-limited to one year, although Péter Szijjártó, Hungary's foreign minister, said would be indefinite.
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Trump finally agrees to fully fund SNAP food stamps during shutdown – for now

President Donald Trump’s administration has agreed to fully fund a critical food assistance program that has stranded millions of Americans and their families after the government failed to keep it afloat at the start of the month.
But the government is simultaneously appealing a court order to ensure the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is fully funded after a weeklong lapse — the first in the program’s 61-year history.
A federal appeals court rejected his emergency request Friday night, leaving the order in place to fully fund SNAP for November.
On Thursday, a federal judge gave the administration 24 hours to fully fund SNAP and the Department of Agriculture said Friday afternoon that it will immediately begin funding the program while the legal challenge plays out.
District Judge John McConnell had ordered the administration to deliver full payments to states by Friday after finding that the government failed to address any administrative issues that prevented states from q..

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Court leaves order in place requiring Trump admin to provide full SNAP payments for November

A federal appeals court leaves an order in place that requires President Donald Trump ’s administration to provide full SNAP food benefits for November amid a U.S. government shutdown.
The judge gave the Republican administration until Friday to make the payments through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. But the administration asked the appeals court to suspend any court orders requiring it to spend more money than is available in a contingency fund, and instead allow it to continue with planned partial SNAP payments for the month.
The food program serves about 1 in 8 Americans, mostly with lower incomes.
The court filing came even as the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a memo to states that it’s working to make funds available Friday for full monthly SNAP benefits.
Officials in at least a half-dozen states confirmed that some SNAP recipients already were issued full November payments on Friday.
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DNA pioneer James Watson dies at 97

DNA pioneer James Watson dies at 972 hours agoShareSaveMadeline Halpert and Christal HayesShareSaveGetty ImagesNobel Prize-winning American scientist James Watson, one of the co-discoverers of the structure of DNA, has died aged 97.
In one of the greatest breakthroughs of the 20th century, he identified the double-helix structure of DNA in 1953 alongside a British scientist, Francis Crick, setting the stage for rapid advances in molecular biology.
But his reputation and standing were badly hurt by his comments on race and sex. In a TV programme, he made a reference to a disputed view that genes cause differences between black and white people on IQ tests.
The death of Watson was confirmed to the BBC by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, where he worked and researched for decades.
Watson shared the Nobel in 1962 with Maurice Wilkins and Crick for the DNA's double helix structure discovery.
“We have discovered the secret of life,” they said at the time.
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Elon Musk’s $1tn pay deal approved by Tesla shareholders

Elon Musk's $1tn pay deal approved by Tesla shareholders14 hours agoShareSaveLily Jamali,North America Technology correspondent, Liv McMahon,Technology reporter and Osmond Chia,Business reporterShareSaveWatch: Tesla shareholders cheer Elon Musk's $1tn pay dealTesla boss Elon Musk has had a record-breaking pay package that could be worth nearly $1tn (£760bn) approved by shareholders.
The unprecedented deal was approved by 75% of votes and drew huge applause from the audience at the firm's annual general meeting on Thursday.
Musk, who is already the world's richest man, must drastically raise the electric car firm's market value over 10 years. If he does this and meets various targets, he will be rewarded with hundreds of millions of new shares.
The scale of the potential payout has drawn criticism, but the Tesla board argued that Musk might leave the company if it was not approved – and that it could not afford to lose him.
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Airlines cancel hundreds of flights at major airports over government shutdown: Live updates

CloseTrump on Pelosi: “I thought she was an evil woman who did a poor job”Airlines across the U.S. are canceling hundreds of flights at major airports due to the ongoing government shutdown.
More than 650 flights within, into or out of the U.S. have been canceled for Friday, when air traffic cuts are due to begin, based on data shared by FlightAware.
It comes after Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced 40 of the country’s busiest airports would be reducing flight schedules by 10 percent.
A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to find enough money to fully fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP, for November.
The ruling from the judge in Rhode Island comes after the administration said it would only partially fund SNAP using $4.6 billion in emergency funding for the month, leaving roughly half of the more than 41 million Americans enrolled in the food stamps program without benefits.
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Tesla awards Elon Musk $1 trillion payday after board warned he might walk away

Tesla shareholders have overwhelmingly voted to award Elon Musk a massive $878 billion pay package, rather than risk losing him, backing their “superstar CEO” to drive the electric vehicle manufacturer toward a market value of $8.5 trillion within a decade.
Over 75 percent of shareholders backed the plan, company officials said, and news of the approval sent cheers through the audience of investors at Tesla’s annual shareholders meeting in Austin, Texas.
The vote signals investor confidence that Musk is the only man who can lead the business into its next phase of growth into artificial intelligence, self-driving robo-taxis, and humanoid robots.
“I’d like to thank the Tesla board for their immense support,” Musk told the crowd. “We have a fantastic board, a fantastic group of shareholders… What we’re about to embark upon is not merely a new chapter in the future of Tesla but a whole new book.”
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COP30: World leaders take aim at Trump for climate inaction

COP30: World leaders take aim at Trump for climate inaction4 hours agoShareSaveEsme Stallard,Climate and science reporter, BBC News and Matt McGrath,Environment correspondent, BBC NewsShareSavePablo Porciuncula/AFPBrazilian President Lula warned of “extremist forces” when he addressed world leaders at the global climate summitUS President Donald Trump has been criticised by world leaders for his stance on climate change, ahead of the global COP30 summit.
President Trump, who is not attending the meeting in the Amazonian city of Belém, was called a liar by the leaders of Colombia and Chile for his rejection of climate science.
UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer acknowledged the waning political support on climate change. He said it had been a unity issue internationally and in the UK but “today sadly that consensus is gone”.
Over the next two weeks countries will try and negotiate a new deal on climate change, with a particular focus on channelling more money to forest protection.
Many ..