Supreme Court justices debated whether climate lawsuits against oil companies like Suncor and ExxonMobil belong in federal court or state court. A decision is expected by next spring.

As many have observed, Jeffrey Archer, who has died aged 86, led a life as colourful as the plot in one of his novels. He was, at one time or other, a senior Conservative politician, a best-selling author, a peer of the realm, and a convicted perjurer. Possessed of huge drive, vast wealth and immense personal charm, Archer bounced back from disaster and, more than once, rebuilt a shattered life. But for all his talents, he will be remembered as a man affected by a defective moral compass, whose public humiliation was entirely self-inflicted. Jeffrey Howard Archer was born in north London on 15 April 1940. Within two weeks, his parents moved to Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, where they bought a house from John Cleese's mother.

Is Hollywood Finally Turning Against Tech Oligarchs? A new wave of films by directors like Aaron Sorkin and Luca Guadagnino takes on Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Elizabeth Holmes, and "shapeshifter" Sam Altman. Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Big Tech is back on the big screen--but its bosses might not be thrilled. This fall, Hollywood will release four movies on tech executives: Luca Guadagnino's, on CEO Sam Altman's tumultuous time as the head of OpenAI; Aaron Sorkin's, on the investigation into Facebook and CEO Mark Zuckerberg dismissing its platforms' negative impacts on young users and inciting violence and hate speech; the all-encompassing, by documentarian Alex Gibney, on the Tesla and SpaceX CEO's family life, corporate controversies, and engagement in right-wing politics; and You Can See Everything, an unsettling documentary in which directors Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim follow Elizabeth Holmes, who invited them to film her in the weeks before she began serving her federal prison sentence for defrauding investors at the now-defunct health tech company Theranos.

Elon Musk's Exes Are the Most Damning Part of a Massive New Documentary On Friday morning, Shivon Zilis, a top executive and lieutenant of Elon Musk at his brain chip implant company Neuralink --as well as mother of four of the 14 children he is known to have fathered--took to his social media platform, X, to announce an abrupt shift in their relationship. "It's hard to go from in love to let go in a week with no warning, but that's just how it is sometimes," Zilis wrote, sharing a screenshot of the X account @BigTechAlert that showed Musk had unfollowed her there. Zilis' post continued: "I feel happy that I got to show Elon how it feels to be deeply understood, nurtured, and peacefully loved with stability and gentleness," followed by warm praise and best wishes for Musk. "I do hope and pray he and I can be great friends and coparents," Zilis concluded, leaving some ambiguity as to what exactly changed between them and whether she remains a director of operations and special projects at Neuralink, though it does not appear as if she has left the position. While this was a strange revelation of a private matter, it seemed hardly out of the ordinary for Musk's dizzyingly complicated family life.

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Prisoner took his own life after terror order had'substantial impact' on mental state, inquest finds A prisoner took his own life after strict terrorism control measures imposed by the government had a substantial impact on his mental state, an inquest jury has concluded. Akhtar Uddin, 35, a builder from east London, died in HMP Wandsworth on Christmas Day 2021 after being jailed the previous year for breaching Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures (TPIM). The jury at Inner West London Coroner's Court also found the prison service had failed to provide the support that Uddin needed. Jurors concluded that Uddin died due to an action he took but said that it was not possible to determine whether he intended the outcome to be his death. Prior to being jailed in February 2020 for breaching the TPIM order, Uddin had served a sentence for racially or religiously aggravated harassment.

King's funding for Andrew not to be used for legal action against police Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been told that the allowance given to him by King Charles should not be used to fund his legal action against Thames Valley Police. The King uses his own private money to support his brother and to accommodate him on his estate in Sandringham. But a royal source said that this funding should not be used for a legal challenge being launched by Mountbatten-Windsor against the search warrants issued ahead of his arrest in February. The former Prince Andrew was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, in the wake of information that emerged from the Epstein files in the United States. Mountbatten-Windsor has consistently denied any wrongdoing linked to his association with Epstein.

The head of the British Museum has apologised for the experience some visitors have had at its blockbuster Bayeux Tapestry exhibition. The London institution has announced changes to how visitors see the historic work over concerns of overcrowding. Anyone that doesn't have a good experience, we're really sorry about that and we want to put it right, Nicholas Cullinan told the BBC's culture and media editor Katie Razzall. The new plans include longer opening hours, an audio guide, additional seating and clearer signage. Some people reported waits of up to two hours.

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It's been a terrible year for farming, Jeremy Clarkson tells Tory conference To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Figure caption, Jeremy Clarkson: Farming this year was'an absolute disaster' Jeremy Clarkson has said it had been a terrible year for farming due to the hot weather, at a surprise appearance at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham. The former Top Gear presenter and star of Clarkson's Farm also said farmers were being attacked from every angle by rising costs, but he was optimistic about the future. He was greeted by loud applause from the Tory faithful, but joked that a lot of people have come dressed as seats, I notice, around the edges there. In a question and answer session alongside land agent Charlie Ireland, he also criticised the economic conditions faced by business owners, asking: Why would anybody set up a business in this country right now? Clarkson - who also hosts ITV's Who Wants to be a Millionaire - was introduced to the stage by the Conservative shadow environment secretary Victoria Atkins. Asked what kind of year he had had on the farm, Clarkson said: We worked really hard all year and we ended up with, I think I'm right in saying, three ounces of hen food.