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 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.
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„Diddy a fost refuzat să fie eliberat pe cauțiune după ce a fost achitat de cele mai grave acuzații

acum 6 oreDistribuieSalveazăMadeline Halpert și Sakshi VenkatramanBBC NewsReportează de la instanța din New YorkDistribuieSalveazăUrmărește: Nomia Iqbal de la BBC analizează ce urmează după verdictul lui Diddy

Un judecător i-a refuzat lui Sean „Diddy” Combs eliberarea pe cauțiune după ce un juriu l-a condamnat pe magnatul hip-hop pentru transport în scopul prostituției, dar l-a achitat de cele mai grave acuzații: extorcare și trafic sexual.

Avocații artistului au susținut că acesta nu prezintă niciun risc de zbor, subliniind că avionul său este închiriat în Hawaii.

Însă judecătorul Arun Subramanian a invocat istoricul de violență al lui Combs când a decis că rapperul trebuie să rămână în spatele gratiilor până la pronunțarea sentinței la sfârșitul acestui an, când riscă până la 20 de ani de închisoare.

În procesul federal de aproape două luni din New York City, procurorii l-au acuzat pe Combs că și-a folosit statutul de celebritate și imperiul de afaceri pentru a conduce o întreprindere criminală în scopul traficului sexual cu femei.

Un complet de 12 jurați a deliberat timp de 13 ore înainte de a-l achita pe Combs de trei dintre cele mai grave cinci acuzații.

El va continua să fie deținut în aceeași închisoare federală din Brooklyn, unde a fost deținut din septembrie anul trecut.

Sentința a fost programată provizoriu pentru 3 octombrie.

Getty ImagesCasandra Ventura și Sean „Diddy” Combs în 2018

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• Moment dramatic: Combs a căzut în genunchi după ce și-a aflat soarta

Combs Avocatul Marc Agnifilo a pledat cu pasiune pentru ca judecătorul să-și elibereze clientul.

Avocatul apărării a declarat că Combs a participat la un program pentru autorii violenței domestice pentru a încerca să-și reformeze conduita, chiar înainte de a fi arestat, și că nu a mai fost violent din 2018.

„Cred doar că ar trebui să avem încredere în el”, a spus Agnifilo.

Dar Combs… Fosta iubită, muziciana Casandra Ventura, avertizase instanța într-o scrisoare că magnatul hip-hop ar reprezenta un pericol dacă ar fi eliberat.

Urmăriți: Reporter BBC în sala de judecată despre reacția sa la citirea verdictului lui Diddy

Rapperul a recunoscut violența domestică, dar a negat orice întâlniri sexuale fără consimțământ sau o schemă de extorcare mai amplă.

Judecătorul Subramanian a declarat că eliberarea pe cauțiune i-a fost refuzată deoarece „apărarea a recunoscut violența în relația sa personală”.

Atmosfera din instanță a fost emoționantă după ce jurații au anunțat că l-au achitat pe Combs de cele mai grave acuzații de extorcare și trafic sexual.

Traficul sexual și extorcarea se pedepsesc ambele cu închisoare pe viață.

În timp ce Combs afla verdictul, a îngenuncheat, și-a pus fața în scaun și a părut că se roagă. Tremura.

Verdictul vine la o zi după ce jurații au declarat instanței că au luat o decizie cu privire la acuzațiile de trafic sexual și transport în scopul prostituției împotriva lui Combs, dar nu au putut decide cu privire la acuzația de escrocherie.

Urmăriți: Fostul procuror explică cum ar putea arăta condamnarea lui Diddy

Jurații au spus că au avut acuzații „neconvingătoare” opinii de ambele părți cu privire la acuzație, care a fost cea mai complicată dintre acuzațiile cu care s-a confruntat Combs.

Conspirație de escrocherie sau dirijarea unei întreprinderi ilegale în temeiul Legii privind organizațiile influențate de escrochi și corupte (Rico), este denumirea oficială a acuzației.

Pentru a-l condamna pe Combs pentru această acuzație, procurorii au trebuit să dovedească faptul că și-a folosit rețeaua loială de asociați pentru a conduce o întreprindere criminală în vederea comiterii de infracțiuni, inclusiv trafic sexual, răpire, trafic de droguri și obstrucționarea justiției.

Avocații apărării au susținut că cazul nu poate fi considerat escrocherie dacă membrii organizației Combs… Personalul nu a fost complice în mod conștient.

Procurorii au chemat peste 30 de martori pe parcursul procesului de șapte săptămâni, inclusiv dna Ventura, rapperul Kid Cudi, mai mulți foști angajați și lucrători în domeniul securității hotelului.

Aceștia au susținut că Combs s-a bazat pe angajați pentru a-și constrânge partenerele la așa-numitele „aventuri sexuale”, în care iubitele sale întrețineau relații sexuale cu un escort masculin în timp ce el urmărea și filma.

ReutersFamilia lui Combs părăsește instanța miercuri

Guvernul s-a bazat pe mărturia dnei Ventura, care a urcat în boxa martorilor în timp ce era însărcinată în opt luni, declarând instanței că Combs a presat-o să intre în acte sexuale și a amenințat că va publica înregistrări cu agresiunile dacă nu se supune.

Doamna Ventura a avertizat miercuri că Combs ar reprezenta un pericol dacă i se acordă eliberarea pe cauțiune.

Într-o scrisoare depusă la instanță, avocatul ei, Douglas Wigdor, a scris: „Doamna Ventura consideră că domnul Combs este probabil să reprezinte un pericol pentru victimele care au depus mărturie în acest caz, inclusiv pentru ea însăși, precum și pentru comunitate.”

În centrul cazului lor se afla o înregistrare video cu rapperul bătând-o și târând-o pe doamna Ventura pe holul unui hotel din Los Angeles în 2016 – imagini de supraveghere pentru care angajații de securitate au mărturisit că Combs a încercat să-i plătească pentru a le șterge.

Combs’ Avocații au recunoscut că clientul lor a fost violent față de femei, dar au susținut că comportamentul său a fost motivat de droguri și gelozie, nu de dovezi ale unei scheme mai ample de trafic sexual și escrocherie.

Combs se confruntă, de asemenea, cu zeci de procese civile care pretind agresiune sexuală și violență.

Rapperul născut în Harlem a fondat Bad Boy Records în 1993, o casă de discuri care reprezenta unele dintre cele mai mari nume din hip hop – inclusiv Notorious B.I.G. și Usher.

A continuat să înființeze o linie de îmbrăcăminte numită Sean John și o varietate de alte afaceri, inclusiv parfumuri, alcool și chiar o companie media.

Aflați toate cele mai recente actualizări despre proces pe BBC Sounds „Diddy on Trial” podcast disponibil oriunde vă ascultați podcasturile BBC.

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Moment dramatic: Sean „Diddy” Combs a căzut în genunchi după ce și-a aflat soarta

acum 6 oreDistribuieSalveazăMadeline HalpertBBC News, în instanța din New YorkDistribuieSalveazăREUTERS/Jane Rosenberg

Doisprezece jurați din New York s-au adunat miercuri în jurul orei 10:00 (14:00 GMT) într-o sală de judecată cu lambriuri din lemn pentru a-i spune lui Sean „Diddy” Combs că l-au găsit nevinovat de conducerea unei afaceri criminale cu angajați și de trafic sexual cu fostele sale iubite.

Mogulul hip-hop căzut în dizgrație a căzut în genunchi și și-a îngropat capul într-un scaun la masa apărării, unde tocmai petrecuse două luni în instanță pentru trafic sexual și escrocherie.

Înainte de pronunțarea verdictului, Combs a stat liniștit pe scaun, privind înainte, purtând același pulover și pantaloni alb-gălbui pe care i-a purtat o mare parte din proces.

Instanța s-a liniștit în timp ce președintele juriului a înmânat foaia de verdict adjunctului instanței. Apoi a fost returnată președintelui instanței.

Și au început să citească.

În timp ce sunetul „nevinovat” a răsunat în instanță pentru prima dată, achitându-l pe Combs de cea mai gravă infracțiune de escrocherie, rapperul și-a ținut capul jos.

În momentul în care președinta a anunțat că Combs este nevinovat de trafic sexual, Combs avea deja mâinile în cap.

Urmăriți: Cum a fost în sala de judecată când a venit verdictul

Juriul l-a găsit vinovat pentru acuzațiile mai puțin grave de transport de persoane pentru a se prostitua. În timp ce își confirmau decizia, Combs și-a îngropat fața în mâini.

A urmat o serie de mici sărbători pentru Combs, care se află într-o închisoare federală din Brooklyn din septembrie. A făcut un semn de rugăciune cu mâinile către juriu, apoi s-a întors și a făcut același gest către familia sa – fiice gemene, fii și mama în vârstă de 85 de ani.

Părea că a rostit din gură: „Mă întorc acasă”.

Momentul a părut la fel de emoționant pentru Combs; mulți avocați, inclusiv Teny Geragos, așezați lângă el și ștergând lacrimile cu un șervețel după citirea verdictului.

ReutersMulțimile reacționează la verdictul din fața instanței din New York

Combs… Avocații nu au pierdut niciun moment și i-au spus judecătorului că verdictul, pronunțat după aproximativ două zile de deliberări, însemna că Combs ar trebui să poată părăsi tribunalul din Manhattan ca un om liber chiar în acea zi.

Achitarea sa de la cele mai grave acuzații însemna că nu mai trebuia să fie închis, a declarat avocatul său, Marc Agnifilo, instanței, menționând că avionul clientului său era inaccesibil – închiriat și în Maui.

„Domnului Combs i s-a dat viața de către acest juriu”, a spus el. „Nu va încălca nimic din ceea ce i-ar impune această instanță.”

Apoi, probabil în cel mai emoționant gest al zilei pentru Combs, acesta a părut să-și exprime recunoștința apăsându-și capul pe scaunul de la masa apărării.

S-a ridicat, bătând din palme zgomotos, pentru a-și îmbrățișa mai mulți avocați. Mulți membri ai familiei și susținători din sala principală de judecată și dintr-o sală arhiplină i s-au alăturat, aclamând.

Apoi, cu o ultimă îmbrățișare adresată avocatului său și un semn cu mâna familiei sale – blocată de o mulțime de oameni și bănci de judecată – a fost escortat în afara instanței.

Speranțele magnatului hip-hop de a se întoarce acasă au fost ulterior spulberate, judecătorul Arun Subramanian refuzându-i eliberarea pe cauțiune la o altă audiere de miercuri după-amiază.

În fața instanței din Manhattan, s-au auzit repetate strigăte de „eliberați-l pe Diddy” într-o mulțime mare în spatele barierelor.

Dar va rămâne în spatele gratiilor până la condamnarea sa de la sfârșitul acestui an.

Obțineți toate actualizările despre proces pe podcastul BBC Sounds „Diddy on Trial”, disponibil oriunde vă ascultați podcasturile BBC.

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Gaza hospital director killed in Israeli strike, Hamas-run health ministry says

6 hours agoShareSaveMallory MoenchBBC NewsShareSaveGaza Ministry of HealthDr Marwan Sultan was the director of the Indonesian Hospital in north Gaza

The director of Gaza's Indonesian Hospital has been killed in an Israeli air strike on his home in Gaza City along with several family members, the Hamas-run health ministry has said.

The ministry said Dr Marwan Sultan had a long career in medicine, and condemned "this heinous crime against our medical cadres".

The Israeli military said it had struck a "key terrorist" from Hamas in the Gaza City area and that claims "uninvolved civilians" were harmed as a result of the strike were being reviewed.

Meanwhile, at least five people were killed and others injured, including children, in a strike on the al-Mawasi "safe zone", one of several other attacks reported by news agencies.

The health ministry said Dr Sultan's career was one of compassion "during which he was a symbol of dedication, steadfastness and sincerity, during the most difficult circumstances and most trying moments experienced by our people under continuous aggression".

Dr Sultan was the director at the Indonesian Hospital, declared out of service by the health ministry after what the UN later described as "repeated Israeli attacks and sustained structural damage". The Israeli military had said it was fighting "terrorist infrastructure sites" in the area.

There are now no functioning hospitals in the north Gaza governate, according to the UN.

The health ministry accused the Israeli military of targeting medical and humanitarian teams.

In its statement, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it "regrets any harm to uninvolved individuals" and "operates to mitigate harm to them as much as possible".

The IDF said Hamas "systematically violates international law while using civilian infrastructure for terrorist activity and the civilian population as human shields".

But Dr Sultan's doctor's daughter, Lubna al-Sultan, said "an F-16 missile targeted his room exactly, right where he was, directly on him".

"All the rooms in the house were intact except for his room, which was hit by the missile. My father was martyred in it," she told the Associated Press.

She said he was "not affiliated with a movement or anything, he just fears for the patients [he] treats, throughout the war".

Across Gaza, at least 139 people were killed by Israeli military operations in the 24 hours before midday on Wednesday, the health ministry said.

In the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis, at least five people were killed and others, including children, wounded in an Israeli strike that hit a tent housing displaced people, news agencies reported.

Family members of those killed said it hit at 00:40 local time (22:40 BST) while they were sleeping.

Tamam Abu Rizq told AFP the strike "shook the place like an earthquake", and she "went outside and found the tent on fire".

The al-Mawasi area was declared a "safe zone" by the Israeli military, as the UN says 80% of Gaza is either an Israeli military zone or under an evacuation order.

"They came here thinking it was a safe area and they were killed… What did they do?" Maha Abu Rizq said.

At the scene, surrounded by destruction and a jumble of personal items, one man held up a pack of nappies and asked: "Is this a weapon?"

Footage recorded by AFP shows men alighting from a car in front of nearby Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis and rushing inside carrying blood-covered children in their arms. Inside the hospital, young children cry as doctors treat their wounds.

ReutersPalestinians inspect the damage at the site of a strike on a tent sheltering displaced people in Khan Younis

Women weep over the bodies of their relatives in funerals at the hospital in other AFP footage.

"Anyone of any religion must take action and say: Enough! Stop this war!" Ekram al-Akhras, who lost several cousins in one of the strikes, said.

In Gaza City, another four people from the same family were killed in an Israeli air strike on a house, news agencies reported.

The four people killed were Ahmed Ayyad Zeno, his wife Ayat Zeno, and their daughters, Zahra Zeno and Obaida Zeno, according to Palestinian news outlet WAFA.

The BBC has contacted the IDF for comment about the two incidents.

ReutersAt Nasser Hospital, people grieve those killed in an overnight Israeli strike on a tent

Rachel Cummings, who is working in Gaza with Save the Children, told reporters that during "wishing circles" at the charity's child-friendly spaces, children have recently been "wishing to die" in order to be with their mother or father who has been killed, or to have food and water.

As a heatwave spread across the UK and Europe this week, temperatures also topped 30C in Gaza.

Displaced people living in tents said they were struggling to stay cool without electricity and fans, and with little access to water.

Reda Abu Hadayed told the Associated Press the heat is "indescribable" and her children cannot sleep.

"They cry all day until sunset, when the temperature drops a little, then they go to sleep," she said. "When morning comes, they start crying again due to the heat."

Israel has continued to bomb Gaza and control the entry and distribution of humanitarian aid as mediators meet to negotiate a potential ceasefire proposal.

Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October 2023, killing around 1,200 people and taking 251 back to Gaza as hostages.

Since then, Israel's military offensive in Gaza has killed more than 57,000 people, including more than 15,000 children, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.

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