Oamenii de știință au capturat specia necunoscută de pește-melc la o adâncime de peste 27.000 de picioare, ca parte a unei expediții în tranșee în largul coastei Japoniei.

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Cruising at a depth of 8,336 meters (over 27,000 feet) just above the seabed, a young snailfish has become the deepest fish ever filmed by scientists during a probe into the abyss of the northern Pacific Ocean.

Scientists from University of Western Australia and Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology released footage of the snailfish on Sunday filmed last September by sea robots in deep trenches off Japan.

Along with the filming the deepest snailfish, the scientists physically caught two other specimens at 8,022 meters and set another record for the deepest catch.

Previously, the deepest snailfish ever spotted was at 7,703 meters in 2008, while scientists had never been able to collect fish from anywhere below 8,000 meters.

“What is significant is that it shows how far a particular type of fish will descend in the ocean,” said marine biologist Alan Jamieson, founder of the Minderoo-UWA Deep Sea Research Centre, who led the expedition.

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Scientists are filming in the trenches off Japan as part of a 10-year study into the deepest fish populations in the world. Snailfish are members of Liparidae family, and while most snailfish live in shallow water, others survive at some of the greatest depths ever recorded, Jamieson said.

During the two-month survey last year, three “landers” – automatic sea robots fitted with high-resolution cameras – were dropped into three trenches – the Japan, Izu-Ogasawara and Ryukyu trenches – at varying depths.

In the Izu-Ogasawara trench, footage showed the deepest snailfish hovering calmly alongside other crustaceans on the seabed.

Jamieson classified the fish as a juvenile and said younger deep sea snailfish often stay as deep as possible to avoid being eaten by bigger predators that swim at shallower depths.

Another clip shot at between 7,500 and 8,200 meters in the same trench showed a colony of fish and crustaceans munching at bait tied to an undersea robot.

Images of the two captured snailfish – identified as Pseudoliparis belyaevi – provide a rare glimpse of the unique features that help the deep sea species survive the extreme environment.

They have tiny eyes, a translucent body, and their lack of swim bladder, which helps other fish float, works to their advantage, Jamieson said.

The professor said the Pacific Ocean is particularly conducive to vibrant activity due to its warm southern current, which encourages sea creatures to go deeper, while its abundant marine life provides a good source of food for bottom feeders.

Scientists would like to know more about creatures living at extreme depths, but cost is the constraint, Jamieson said, adding that each lander alone costs them $200,000 to assemble and operate.

“The challenges are that technology has been expensive and scientists don’t have a lot of money,” he said.

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Slumped on his club, head buried in his arm, Rory McIlroy looked on the verge of tears.

The then-21-year-old had just watched his ball sink into the waters of Rae’s Creek at Augusta National and with it, his dream of winning The Masters, a dream that had looked so tantalizingly close mere hours earlier.

As a four-time major winner and one of the most decorated names in the sport’s history, few players would turn down the chance to swap places with McIlroy heading into Augusta this week.

Yet on Sunday afternoon of April 10, 2011, not a golfer in the world would have wished to be in the Northern Irishman’s shoes.

Flying

A fresh-faced, mop-headed McIlroy had touched down in Georgia for the first major of the season with a reputation as the leading light of the next generation of stars.

An excellent 2010 had marked his best season since turning pro three years earlier, highlighted by a first PGA Tour win at the Quail Hollow Championship and a crucial contribution to Team Europe’s triumph at the Ryder Cup.

Yet despite a pair of impressive top-three finishes at the Open and PGA Championship respectively, a disappointing missed cut at The Masters – his first at a major – served as ominous foreshadowing.

McIlroy shot 74 and 77 to fall four strokes short of the cut line at seven-over par, a performance that concerned him enough to take a brief sabbatical from competition.

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But one year on in 2011, any lingering Masters demons looked to have been exorcised as McIlroy flew round the Augusta fairways.

Having opened with a bogey-free seven-under 65 – the first time he had ever shot in the 60s at the major – McIlroy pulled ahead from Spanish first round co-leader Alvaro Quirós with a second round 69.

It sent him into the weekend holding a two-shot cushion over Australia’s Jason Day, with Tiger Woods a further stroke behind and back in the hunt for a 15th major after a surging second round 66.

And yet the 21-year-old leader looked perfectly at ease with having a target on his back. Even after a tentative start to the third round, McIlroy rallied with three birdies across the closing six holes to stretch his lead to four strokes heading into Sunday.

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The youngster was out on his own ahead of a bunched chasing pack comprising Day, Ángel Cabrera, K.J. Choi and Charl Schwartzel. After 54 holes, McIlroy had shot just three bogeys.

“It’s a great position to be in … I’m finally feeling comfortable on this golf course,” McIlroy told reporters.

“I’m not getting ahead of myself, I know how leads can dwindle away very quickly. I have to go out there, not take anything for granted and go out and play as hard as I’ve played the last three days. If I can do that, hopefully things will go my way.

“We’ll see what happens tomorrow because four shots on this golf course isn’t that much.”

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Falling

The truth can hurt, and McIlroy was about to prove his assessment of Augusta to be true in the most excruciating way imaginable.

His fourth bogey of the week arrived immediately. Having admitted to expecting some nerves at the first tee, McIlroy sparked a booming opening drive down the fairway, only to miss his putt from five feet.

Three consecutive pars steadied the ship, but Schwartzel had the wind in his sails. A blistering birdie, par, eagle start had seen him draw level at the summit after his third hole.

A subsequent bogey from the South African slowed his charge, as McIlroy clung onto a one-shot lead at the turn from Schwartzel, Cabrera, Choi, and a rampaging Woods, who shot five birdies and an eagle across the front nine to send Augusta into a frenzy.

Despite his dwindling advantage and the raucous Tiger-mania din ahead of him, McIlroy had responded well to another bogey at the 5th hole, draining a brilliant 20-foot putt at the 7th to restore his lead.

The fist pump that followed marked the high-water point of McIlroy’s round, as a sliding start accelerated into full-blown free-fall at the par-four 10th hole.

His tee shot went careening into a tree, ricocheting to settle between the white cabins that separate the main course from the adjacent par-three course. It offered viewers a glimpse at a part of Augusta rarely seen on broadcast, followed by pictures of McIlroy anxiously peering out from behind a tree to track his follow-up shot.

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Though his initial escape was successful, yet another collision with a tree and a two-putt on the green saw a stunned McIlroy eventually tap in for a triple bogey. Having led the field one hole and seven shots earlier, he arrived at the 11th tee in seventh.

By the time his tee drive at the 13th plopped into the creek, all thoughts of who might be the recipient of the green jacket had long-since switched away from the anguished youngster. It had taken him seven putts to navigate the previous two greens, as a bogey and a double bogey dropped him to five-under – the score he had held after just 11 holes of the tournament.

Mercifully, the last five holes passed without major incident. A missed putt for birdie from five feet at the final hole summed up McIlroy’s day, though he was given a rousing reception as he left the green.

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Mere minutes earlier, the same crowd had erupted as Schwartzel sunk his fourth consecutive birdie to seal his first major title. After starting the day four shots adrift of McIlroy, the South African finished 10 shots ahead of him, and two ahead of second-placed Australian duo Jason Day and Adam Scott.

McIlroy’s eight-over 80 marked the highest score of the round. Having headlined the leaderboard for most of the week, he finished tied-15th.

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Bounce-back

Tears would flow during a phone call with his parents the following morning, but at his press conference, McIlroy was upbeat.

“I’m very disappointed at the minute, and I’m sure I will be for the next few days, but I’ll get over it,” he said.

“I was leading this golf tournament with nine holes to go, and I just unraveled … It’s a Sunday at a major, what it can do.

“This is my first experience at it, and hopefully the next time I’m in this position I’ll be able to handle it a little better. I didn’t handle it particularly well today obviously, but it was a character-building day … I’ll come out stronger for it.”

Once again, McIlroy would be proven right.

Just eight weeks later in June, McIlroy rampaged to an eight-shot victory at the US Open. Records tumbled in his wake at Congressional, as he shot a tournament record 16-under 268 to become the youngest major winner since Tiger Woods at The Masters in 1997.

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The historic victory kickstarted a golden era for McIlroy. After coasting to another eight-shot win at the PGA Championship in 2012, McIlroy became only the third golfer since 1934 to win three majors by the age of 25 with triumph at the 2014 Open Championship.

Before the year was out, he would add his fourth major title with another PGA Championship win.

And much of it was owed to that fateful afternoon at Augusta. In an interview with the BBC in 2015, McIlroy dubbed it “the most important day” of his career.

“If I had not had the whole unravelling, if I had just made a couple of bogeys coming down the stretch and lost by one, I would not have learned as much.

“Luckily, it did not take me long to get into a position like that again when I was leading a major and I was able to get over the line quite comfortably. It was a huge learning curve for me and I needed it, and thankfully I have been able to move on to bigger and better things.

“Looking back on what happened in 2011, it doesn’t seem as bad when you have four majors on your mantelpiece.”

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The missing piece

McIlroy’s contentment came with a caveat: it would be “unthinkable” if he did not win The Masters in his career.

Yet as he prepares for his 15th appearance at Augusta National this week, a green jacket remains an elusive missing item from his wardrobe.

Despite seven top-10 finishes in his past 10 Masters outings, the trophy remains the only thing separating McIlroy from joining the ranks of golf immortals to have completed golf’s career grand slam of all four majors in the modern era: Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, and Tiger Woods.

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A runner-up finish to Scottie Scheffler last year marked McIlroy’s best finish at Augusta, yet arguably 2011 remains the closest he has ever been to victory. A slow start in 2022 meant McIlroy had begun Sunday’s deciding round 10 shots adrift of the American, who teed off for his final hole with a five-shot lead despite McIlroy’s brilliant 64 finish.

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At 33 years old, time is still on his side. Though 2022 extended his major drought to eight years, it featured arguably his best golf since that golden season in 2014.

And as McIlroy knows better than most, things can change quickly at Augusta National.

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It is one of China’s most popular shopping apps, selling clothing, groceries and just about everything else under the sun to more than 750 million users a month.

But according to cybersecurity researchers, it can also bypass users’ cell phone security to monitor activities on other apps, check notifications, read private messages and change settings.

And once installed, it’s tough to remove.

While many apps collect vast troves of user data, sometimes without explicit consent, experts say e-commerce giant Pinduoduo has taken violations of privacy and data security to the next level.

In a detailed investigation, CNN spoke to half a dozen cybersecurity teams from Asia, Europe and the United States — as well as multiple former and current Pinduoduo employees — after receiving a tipoff.

Multiple experts identified the presence of malware on the Pinduoduo app that exploited vulnerabilities in Android operating systems. Company insiders said the exploits were utilized to spy on users and competitors, allegedly to boost sales.

“We haven’t seen a mainstream app like this trying to escalate their privileges to gain access to things that they’re not supposed to gain access to,” said Mikko Hyppönen, chief research officer at WithSecure, a Finnish cybersecurity firm.

“This is highly unusual, and it is pretty damning for Pinduoduo.”

This is highly unusual, and it is pretty damning for Pinduoduo.

Mikko Hyppönen, cybersecurity expert

Malware, short for malicious software, refers to any software developed to steal data or interfere with computer systems and mobile devices.

Evidence of sophisticated malware in the Pinduoduo app comes amid intense scrutiny of Chinese-developed apps like TikTok over concerns about data security.

Some American lawmakers are pushing for a national ban on the popular short-video app, whose CEO Shou Chew was grilled by Congress for five hours last week about its relations with the Chinese government.

The revelations are also likely to draw more attention to Pinduoduo’s international sister app, Temu, which is topping US download charts and fast expanding in other Western markets. Both are owned by Nasdaq-listed PDD, a multinational company with roots in China.

While Temu has not been implicated, Pinduoduo’s alleged actions risk casting a shadow over its sister app’s global expansion.

There is no evidence that Pinduoduo has handed data to the Chinese government. But as Beijing enjoys significant leverage over businesses under its jurisdiction, there are concerns from US lawmakers that any company operating in China could be forced to cooperate with a broad range of security activities.

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The findings follow Google’s suspension of Pinduoduo from its Play Store in March, citing malware identified in versions of the app.

An ensuing report from Bloomberg said a Russian cybersecurity firm had also identified potential malware in the app.

Pinduoduo has previously rejected “the speculation and accusation that Pinduoduo app is malicious.”

CNN has contacted PDD multiple times over email and phone for comment, but has not received a response.

Rise to success

Pinduoduo, which boasts a user base that accounts for three quarters of China’s online population and a market value three times that of eBay (EBAY), wasn’t always an online shopping behemoth.

Founded in 2015 in Shanghai by Colin Huang, a former Google employee, the startup was fighting to establish itself in a market long dominated by e-commerce stalwarts Alibaba (BABA) and JD.com (JD).

It succeeded by offering steep discounts on friends-and-family group buying orders and focusing on lower-income rural areas.

Pinduoduo posted triple digit growth in monthly users until the end of 2018, the year it listed in New York. By the middle of 2020, though, the increase in monthly users had slowed to around 50% and would continue to decline, according to its earnings reports.

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It was in 2020, according to a current Pinduoduo employee, that the company set up a team of about 100 engineers and product managers to dig for vulnerabilities in Android phones, develop ways to exploit them — and turn that into profit.

According to the source, who requested anonymity for fear of reprisals, the company only targeted users in rural areas and smaller towns initially, while avoiding users in megacities such as Beijing and Shanghai.

“The goal was to reduce the risk of being exposed,” they said.

By collecting expansive data on user activities, the company was able to create a comprehensive portrait of users’ habits, interests and preferences, according to the source.

This allowed it to improve its machine learning model to offer more personalized push notifications and ads, attracting users to open the app and place orders, they said.

The team was disbanded in early March, the source added, after questions about their activities came to light.

PDD didn’t reply to CNN’s repeated requests for comment on the team.

What experts found

Approached by CNN, researchers from Tel Aviv-based cyber firm Check Point Research, Delaware-based app security startup Oversecured and Hyppönen’s WithSecure conducted independent analysis of the 6.49.0 version of the app, released on Chinese app stores in late February.

Google Play is not available in China, and Android users in the country download their apps from local stores. In March, when Google suspended Pinduoduo, it said it had found malware in off-Play versions of the app.

The researchers found code designed to achieve “privilege escalation”: a type of cyberattack that exploits a vulnerable operating system to gain a higher level of access to data than it’s supposed to have, according to experts.

“Our team has reverse engineered that code and we can confirm that it tries to escalate rights, tries to gain access to things normal apps wouldn’t be able to do on Android phones,” said Hyppönen.

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The app was able to continue running in the background and prevent itself from being uninstalled, which allowed it to boost its monthly active user rates, Hyppönen said. It also had the ability to spy on competitors by tracking activity on other shopping apps and getting information from them, he added.

Check Point Research additionally identified ways in which the app was able to evade scrutiny.

The app deployed a method that allowed it to push updates without an app store review process meant to detect malicious applications, the researchers said.

They also identified in some plug-ins the intent to obscure potentially malicious components by hiding them under legitimate file names, such as Google’s.

“Such a technique is widely used by malware developers that inject malicious code into applications that have legitimate functionality,” they said.

Android targeted

In China, about three quarters of smartphone users are on the Android system. Apple (AAPL)’s iPhone has 25% market share, according to Daniel Ives of Wedbush Securities.

Sergey Toshin, the founder of Oversecured, said Pinduoduo’s malware specifically targeted different Android-based operating systems, including those used by Samsung, Huawei, Xiaomi and Oppo.

CNN has reached out to these companies for comment.

Toshin described Pinduoduo as “the most dangerous malware” ever found among mainstream apps.

“I’ve never seen anything like this before. It’s like, super expansive,” he said.

Most phone manufacturers globally customize the core Android software, the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), to add unique features and applications to their own devices.

Toshin found Pinduoduo to have exploited about 50 Android system vulnerabilities. Most of the exploits were tailor made for customized parts known as the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) code, which tends to be audited less often than AOSP and is therefore more prone to vulnerabilities, he said.

Pinduoduo also exploited a number of AOSP vulnerabilities, including one which was flagged by Toshin to Google in February 2022. Google fixed the bug this March, he said.

I’ve never seen anything like this before. It’s like, super expansive.

Sergey Toshin, Android security expert

According to Toshin, the exploits allowed Pinduoduo access to users’ locations, contacts, calendars, notifications and photo albums without their consent. They were also able to change system settings and access users’ social network accounts and chats, he said.

Of the six teams CNN spoke to for this story, three did not conduct full examinations. But their primary reviews showed that Pinduoduo asked for a large number of permissions beyond the normal functions of a shopping app.

They included “potentially invasive permissions” such as “set wallpaper” and “download without notification,” said René Mayrhofer, head of the Institute of Networks and Security at the Johannes Kepler University Linz in Austria.

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Disbanding the team

Suspicions about malware in Pinduoduo’s app were first raised in late February in a report by a Chinese cybersecurity firm called Dark Navy. Even though the analysis didn’t directly name the shopping giant, the report spread quickly among other researchers, who did name the company. Some of the analysts followed up with their own reports confirming the original findings.

Soon after, on March 5, Pinduoduo issued a new update of its app, version 6.50.0, which removed the exploits, according to two experts who CNN spoke to.

Two days after the update, Pinduoduo disbanded the team of engineers and product managers who had developed the exploits, according to the Pinduoduo source.

The next day, team members found themselves locked out of Pinduoduo’s bespoke workplace communication app, Knock, and lost access to files on the company’s internal network. Engineers also found their access to big data, data sheets and the log system revoked, the source said.

Most of the team were transferred to work at Temu. They were assigned to different departments at the subsidiary, with some working on marketing or developing push notifications, according to the source.

A core group of about 20 cybersecurity engineers who specialize in finding and exploiting vulnerabilities remain at Pinduoduo, they said.

Toshin of Oversecured, who looked into the update, said although the exploits were removed, the underlying code was still there and could be reactivated to carry out attacks.

Oversight failure

Pinduoduo has been able to grow its user base against a backdrop of the Chinese government’s regulatory clampdown on Big Tech that began in late 2020.

That year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology launched a sweeping crackdown on apps that illegally collect and use personal data.

In 2021, Beijing passed its first comprehensive data privacy legislation.

The Personal Information Protection Law stipulates that no party should illegally collect, process or transmit personal information. They’re also banned from exploiting internet-related security vulnerabilities or engaging in actions that endanger cybersecurity.

Pinduoduo’s apparent malware would be a violation of those laws, tech policy experts say, and should have been detected by the regulator.

“This would be embarrassing for the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, because this is their job,” said Kendra Schaefer, a tech policy expert at Trivium China, a consultancy. “They’re supposed to check Pinduoduo, and the fact that they didn’t find (anything) is embarrassing for the regulator.”

The ministry has regularly published lists to name and shame apps found to have undermined user privacy or other rights. It also publishes a separate list of apps that are removed from app stores for failing to comply with regulations.

Pinduoduo did not appear on any of the lists.

They’re supposed to check Pinduoduo, and the fact that they didn’t find (anything) is embarrassing for the regulator.

Kendra Schaefer, tech policy expert

CNN has reached out to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Cyberspace Administration of China for comment.

On Chinese social media, some cybersecurity experts questioned why regulators haven’t taken any action.

“Probably none of our regulators can understand coding and programming, nor do they understand technology. You can’t even understand the malicious code when it’s shoved right in front of your face,” a cybersecurity expert with 1.8 million followers wrote last week in a viral post on Weibo, a Twitter-like platform.

The post was censored the next day.

CNN’s Kristie Lu Stout and Sean Lyngaas contributed reporting.

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Fostul președinte Donald Trump a fost acuzat de 34 de infracțiuni într-un rechizitoriu publicat marți.

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• Fostul președinte Donald Trump a sosit luni în New York, cu o zi înainte de momentul în care se așteaptă să se predea forțelor de ordine și să se confrunte cu peste 30 de acuzații penale într-un tribunal din Manhattan, în urma rechizitoriului istoric al marelui juriu de săptămâna trecută.
• Agențiile de știri nu vor avea voie să difuzeze punerea sub acuzare de marți, a decis un judecător luni seară.
• Echipa juridică a lui Trump a declarat că fostul președinte se va preda de bunăvoie și va încerca să conteste „fiecare problemă potențială” odată ce rechizitoriul va fi dezvăluit.
• Trump, care a promis că își va continua candidatura din 2024, este primul președinte actual sau fost din istoria SUA care s-a confruntat cu acuzații penale. Biroul procurorului districtual a investigat presupusul rol al lui Trump într-o schemă de plată a banilor pentru tăcere care a implicat-o pe vedeta de filme pentru adulți Stormy Daniels, care datează din alegerile prezidențiale din 2016.

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Bărbat recunoaște uciderea a patru studenți din Idaho, într-o înțelegere pentru a evita pedeapsa cu moartea

acum 6 oreDistribuieSalveazăAli Abbas AhmadiBBC NewsDistribuieSalveazăUrmărește: Un moment suspect în uciderea unui student din Idaho pledează vinovat

Un bărbat în vârstă de 30 de ani a recunoscut că a ucis patru colegi de cameră într-un mic oraș universitar din Idaho în 2022, ca parte a unei înțelegeri pentru a evita pedeapsa cu moartea.

Bryan Kohberger, un fost student la doctorat în criminologie, urma să fie judecat în august pentru atacurile care au șocat America.

În timpul unei audieri de miercuri, judecătorul Steven Hippler a citit detaliile acordului, inclusiv faptul că Kohberger a renunțat la dreptul său de a face apel sau de a solicita clemență.

Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle și Madison Mogen au fost uciși în casa lor din afara campusului din orașul Moscova, în noiembrie 2022. Ceilalți doi din casă, Bethany Funke și Dylan Mortensen, au supraviețuit.

„Pledați vinovat pentru că sunteți vinovat?”, l-a întrebat judecătorul Hippler pe inculpat.

„Da”, a răspuns Kohberger.

Kohberger pledase anterior nevinovat.

Înainte de începerea procedurii, judecătorul a declarat că biroul său a primit numeroase mesaje și mesaje vocale de la membri ai publicului care urmăreau să „influențeze procesul meu decizional”.

El a spus că nu a citit și nu a ascultat niciunul dintre mesaje și a îndemnat oamenii să nu le mai trimită.

InstagramKaylee Goncalves (stânga, jos), Madison Mogen, Ethan Chapin și Xana Kernodle

Judecătorul a citit apoi acuzațiile împotriva lui Kohberger – o infracțiune de spargere, care se pedepsește cu o pedeapsă maximă de 10 ani de închisoare, și patru capete de acuzare de crimă de gradul întâi, fiecare dintre acestea având o pedeapsă maximă de închisoare pe viață.

Kohberger a pledat vinovat pentru toate acuzațiile.

Judecătorul Hippler a declarat că va fi condamnat oficial pe 23 iulie. Se așteaptă ca acesta să-și petreacă restul vieții după gratii.

Acordul de recunoaștere a vinovăției înseamnă că întrebările rămase care ar fi putut fi explorate în timpul unui proces, cum ar fi motivele lui Kohberger, rămân fără răspuns.

În timpul audierii, procurorul Bill Thompson a declarat instanței că Kohberger plănuise atacul, cumpărând cuțitul online cu aproximativ opt luni înainte de crime.

Teaca lamei a fost recuperată, dar arma în sine nu a fost niciodată găsită.

Procurorul a declarat că nu există dovezi ale unei „componente sexuale” a crimelor.

InstagramMadison Mogen (S) și Xana Kernodle

‘Talk cu diavolul’

Unii din instanță au părut să devină emoționați în timp ce numele victimelor erau citite. Kohberger a rămas impasibil, inclusiv atunci când a recunoscut că a ucis cele patru victime.

Natura brutală a crimelor, vârsta victimelor și experiența suspectului în criminologie au stârnit un interes public intens față de acest caz.

Acordul de recunoaștere a dezbinat familiile victimelor.

În afara instanței, tatăl lui Kaylee Goncalves, Steve, a spus că s-a simțit „destul de dezamăgit”.

El a spus că statul „a făcut o înțelegere cu diavolul”.

Familia dorea o mărturisire completă, inclusiv detalii despre locația armei crimei și confirmarea că inculpatul a acționat singur.

Cu toate acestea, mama și tatăl vitreg al lui Madison Mogen au declarat în fața instanței că susțin acordul de recunoaștere a vinovăției.

Într-o declarație citită de avocatul lor, aceștia și-au exprimat recunoștința față de toți cei care i-au susținut și pentru „rezultatul de succes”.

„Susținem acordul de recunoaștere a vinovăției 100%”, a citit avocatul. „Ne întoarcem de la tragedie și doliu… la lumina viitorului.” „Am încheiat cazul.”

Kohberger, care era student la Universitatea de Stat din Washington, aflată în apropiere, a fost pus sub acuzare în ianuarie 2023.

Nu se crede că le-ar fi cunoscut personal pe victime.

Urmăriți: „Acum putem să ne dăm seama cum să continuăm fără copii”, spune tatăl lui Madison Mogen.

Inculpatul a fost arestat la domiciliul familiei sale din Pennsylvania, la câteva săptămâni după înjunghieri, după ce anchetatorii au declarat că au găsit dovezi ADN pe o „teacă de cuțit din piele” la locul crimei. El a fost pus sub acuzare de un mare juriu în mai 2023.

Documentele instanței au dezvăluit că poliția a recuperat un cuțit, un pistol Glock, mănuși negre, o șapcă neagră și o mască neagră în timpul unei percheziții la domiciliul familiei lui Kohberger.

Echipa sa de apărare a pus la îndoială acuratețea probelor ADN și a reușit să mute locația procesului, după ce a argumentat că clientul lor nu va beneficia de o audiere echitabilă din partea juraților locali.

Dar nu au reușit să elimine pedeapsa cu moartea ca opțiune de condamnare, după ce au invocat un diagnostic de autism pentru Kohberger.

Idaho este unul dintre cele 27 de state americane care permit pedeapsa capitală, dar nu au existat execuții din 2012, potrivit unei baze de date a Centrului de Informații privind Pedeapsa cu Moartea.

‘Îmi iau panica’: Mesajele text arată că colegii de apartament intră în panică în timpul crimelor studenților din Idaho

IdahoStatele Unite ale Americii

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Trump îi cere șefului băncii centrale a SUA să demisioneze imediat

acum 6 oreDistribuieSalveazăPeter HoskinsReporter de afaceri, BBC NewsReportează din SingaporeDistribuieSalveazăGetty Images

Președintele SUA, Donald Trump, a cerut ca președintele Rezervei Federale să demisioneze imediat, într-o escaladare a atacurilor sale la adresa lui Jerome Powell.

„‘Prea târziu’ ar trebui să demisioneze imediat!!!”, a spus Trump într-o postare pe platforma sa Truth Social.

De asemenea, a inclus un link către un articol de știri despre o autoritate federală de reglementare în domeniul locuințelor din SUA care solicită investigarea domnului Powell pentru mărturia sa despre renovările sediului central al băncii centrale din Washington.

Trump l-a nominalizat pe domnul Powell pentru a fi președintele Fed în timpul primului său mandat. De atunci, l-a criticat în repetate rânduri pentru că nu a redus ratele dobânzilor, dar nu este clar dacă președintele are autoritatea de a-l demite din funcție.

În ciuda criticilor continue ale președintelui la adresa domnului Powell, acesta a declarat la începutul acestui an că „nu are nicio intenție să-l concedieze”.

Trump dorește ca Rezerva Federală să reducă ratele dobânzilor pentru a ajuta la stimularea creșterii economice.

Domnul Powell a declarat marți că Fed ar fi redus deja ratele dacă nu ar fi fost impactul politicilor tarifare ale lui Trump.

Întrebat în timpul unei întâlniri a bancherilor centrali din Portugalia dacă ratele dobânzilor din SUA ar fi fost reduse din nou anul acesta dacă administrația nu și-ar fi anunțat planul de a crește brusc tarifele pentru țările din întreaga lume, domnul Powell a răspuns: „Cred că este corect”.

Rezerva Federală a SUA a refuzat să comenteze remarcile lui Trump atunci când a fost contactată de BBC.

Dl Powell a fost nominalizat din nou în funcție de președintele de atunci, Joe Biden, iar mandatul său actual urmează să se încheie în mai 2026.

Înainte de revenirea lui Trump la putere la începutul acestui an, dl Powell a declarat că nu se va retrage dacă președintele i-ar cere acest lucru și că acest lucru „nu este permis de lege”. ca Casa Albă să-l forțeze să plece.

Membrii consiliilor de administrație ale agențiilor federale independente, precum Rezerva Federală, pot fi forțați să plece înainte de expirarea mandatului lor „din motive justificate” conform unei hotărâri istorice a Curții Supreme a SUA din 1935.

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Miercuri, directorul Agenției Federale pentru Finanțarea Locuințelor, Bill Pulte, care l-a criticat anterior aspru pe domnul Powell, a cerut ca acesta să fie investigat.

„Cer Congresului să-l investigheze pe președintele Jerome Powell, părtinirea sa politică și mărturia sa înșelătoare din Senat, care este suficientă pentru a fi înlăturată „pe motive întemeiate”,” a postat pe X.

Săptămâna trecută, dl Powell a declarat Senatului că rapoartele despre costurile în creștere și caracteristicile costisitoare de la sediul Fed au fost „înșelătoare și inexacte în multe, multe privințe”.

Urmăriți răsturnările de situație ale celui de-al doilea mandat al lui Trump cu buletinul informativ săptămânal US Politics Unspun al corespondentului pentru America de Nord, Anthony Zurcher. Cititorii din Marea Britanie se pot înscrie aici. Cei din afara Marii Britanii se pot înscrie aici.

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