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Alexander Zverev
personCarlos Alcaraz beat Alexander Zverev 6-3, 6-2,6-4 on Wednesday night. Spaniard will play third seed Daniil Medvedev for a place in the final. Novak Djokovic and 20-year-old Ben Shelton also through to semis. Madison Keys joins Coco Gauff and Aryan Sabalenka in women's last four.
Daniel Abed Khalife
personDaniel Abed Khalife escaped from HMP Wandsworth shortly before 8am. The 21-year-old former soldier was being held as a suspected terrorist. He was awaiting trial following allegedly planting a fake bomb at an army base. Opposition parties have linked the escape to years of austerity.
Peter Navarro
personPeter Navarro was found guilty by a federal jury of two counts of contempt of Congress. Navarro refused to co-operate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. A judge has ruled the executive privilege argument isn’t a defense against the charges.
Bruce Springsteen
personBruce Springsteen has postponed all of his September performances. The 73-year-old rocker is being treated for symptoms of peptic ulcer disease. Springsteen and The E Street Band had nine dates scheduled this month.
Christopher Stuchbury
personChristopher Stuchbury, 62, had been travelling to Dalmeny, near Edinburgh. His first train had been cancelled due to the severe weather in August 2020. ScotRail staff told him he could get on the Glasgow-bound train. He was among three people who died when the train derailed.
Daniel Khalife
personDaniel Abed Khalife, 21, was in prison on remand awaiting trial after allegedly planting fake bombs at an RAF base. He was discharged from the army in May under accusations of obtaining information that might be 'directly or indirectly useful to an enemy'
Chris Pincher
personEx-Tory minister Chris Pincher to quit as an MP after losing appeal against eight-week Commons suspension for 'groping' to leave Rishi Sunak facing double by-election nightmare next month. 53-year-old failed in bid to overturn findings of a probe into claims he'groped' two people in a bar last year.
Apple
organizationWorld's most valuable firm set to lose around $100 billion in market value. Apple suppliers and companies with large China exposure fell. Apple’s share price has fallen 7.3pc since Tuesday, cutting its market value from just under $3 trillion to $2.75trn.
Antony Blinken
personAntony Blinken is the first top US official to visit Kyiv since the counteroffensive began in early June. Blinken announced a new package of US wartime assistance worth more than US$1 billion.
Donald Trump
personJudge rules he defamed E. Jean Carroll when he denied the assault in 2019. Second trial will only concern how much more he has to pay in damages. Latest legal blow for Trump comes four months after jury found him liable of sex assault.
Hunter Biden
personBiden is expected to be charged with two felony counts related to a gun he purchased in 2018, when he was an admitted drug user. The looming indictment comes after a plea deal he’d struck with prosecutors fell apart in July. It was the first time the justice department had charged the child of a sitting president.
Ben Shelton
personBen Shelton beat Frances Tiafoe 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(7),6-2 in the US Open quarter-final. The 20-year-old is the youngest American male to reach a US Open semi-final since 1992. Shelton will face Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals on Friday.
E. Jean Carroll
personThe decision paves the way for a jury to decide how much additional money in damages Trump should pay to Carroll. A jury in May ordered Trump to pay Carroll $5 million for sexual assault and a separate defamation.
Sophie Turner
personJoe, 34, officially filed for divorce from Sophie, 27, in Miami on Tuesday. The couple married in 2019, when Turner was 23. They have two daughters together, Willa, three, and D, 14 months.
Joe Jonas
personSophie Turner's love of partying allegedly led Joe Jonas to file for divorce. Sources claim Game of Thrones star loved to "party" - while 34-year-old Jonas favoured a different lifestyle. Jonas Brothers singer filed a petition for dissolution of marriage on Tuesday.
Apple
organizationThe European Commission has designated Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Meta and ByteDance as companies concerned by the Digital Markets Act. Violations could result in fines of up to 10% of a company's annual global revenue, and up to 20% for repeat offenders.
United Airlines
organizationUnited stock tumbled over 4% on the news, down at 3-month lows. Hundreds of users have reported the outage on downdetector.com. The FAA issued the alert at around 1 p.m. ET on Tuesday, just after the long Labor Day weekend.
ADL
organizationElon Musk says he may have to sue the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) for trying to destroy his X social media platform. The ADL has slammed Musk for not cracking down on hate speech since taking over the site.
Qantas
organizationAlan Joyce's 15 years at the helm of Qantas has been characterised by often ruthless and profit-driven decision-making. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed he spoke with Virgin Australia about the government’s decision to block Qatar Airways from increasing its flights. The government is under fire from the Coalition and the Greens on the Qatar decision.
Enrique Tarrio
personEnrique Tarrio, 39, was convicted in May of seditious conspiracy for taking a lead role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Prosecutors argued that Tarrio coordinated the attack by the far-right group's members. The Justice Department wants the 39-year-old Tarrio to spend more than three decades in prison.