Disney has unveiled Josh D’Amaro as its next CEO, drawing a line under a bungled succession at the top of the global entertainment conglomerate. D’Amaro has been chair of the Disney’s experiences since 2020, running its theme parks and cruise ships – effectively the same job as Chapek before his ill-fated stint as CEO of the company. On Tuesday, Iger hailed D’Amaro as “an exceptional leader and the right person to become our next CEO”. D’Amaro will take up the job in March, Disney said. Disney is one of the biggest media and entertainment empires in the world, having acquired Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm and most of 21st Century Fox under Iger.

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from stripping temporary protected status from up to 350,000 Haitians, a status that allows them to legally live and work in the United States amid the turmoil in their homeland. Temporary protected status can be granted by the homeland security secretary if conditions in home countries are deemed unsafe for return due to a natural disaster, political instability or other dangers. Haiti’s TPS status was initially activated in 2010 after a catastrophic earthquake and has been extended multiple times. “If the termination stands, people will almost certainly die,” attorneys for Haitian TPS holders wrote in a court filing in December. “Some will likely be killed, others will likely die from disease, and yet others will likely starve to death.”The Associated Press contributed reporting

Just like men, women are increasingly being told by online influencers that the classic symptoms of middle age could be down to low testosterone. In the second part of this miniseries exploring the hormone, Madeleine Finlay finds out what testosterone supplementation is doing for women. She hears from science journalist Linda Geddes, who is taking testosterone for low libido, and from prof Susan Davis, a consultant endocrinologist and head of the Monash University Women’s Health Research Programme. Susan explains what the evidence really shows about the benefits and risks of women taking testosterone

The release of about 3m Jeffrey Epstein investigative files has failed to quell outrage over justice department officials’ handling of these disclosures, with advocates claiming potentially millions of documents are still being withheld. Donald Trump’s Department of Justice was required to disclose all investigative files by 19 December under the Epstein Files Transparency Act (EFTA). While the justice department did release some documents on that date, last week’s disclosure came nearly six weeks after this deadline. “The number of responsive pages is significantly smaller than the total number of pages initially collected,” Blanche added. What about the other 3m files?” said Raskin, who is the ranking member of the House judiciary committee.

The capabilities of AI models are improving A host of new AI models – the technology that underpins tools like chatbots – were released last year, including OpenAI’s GPT-5, Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.5 and Google’s Gemini 3. If that rate of progress continues, AI systems could complete tasks lasting several hours by 2027 and several days by 2030. AI systems are getting better at undermining oversight Bengio said last year he was concerned AI systems were showing signs of self-preservation, such as trying to disable oversight systems. A core fear among AI safety campaigners is that powerful systems could develop the capability to evade guardrails and harm humans. The report adds that AI agents cannot yet act autonomously for long enough to make these loss-of-control scenarios real.

But for Downing Street, Peter Mandelson risks being a headache that simply will not end. The aim of this will be to focus as much fire as possible on Starmer personally. Notably, the Reform UK leader said questions should be asked about the judgment of not just Starmer but Morgan McSweeney, his influential chief of staff. McSweeney is the focus of considerable anger from Labour MPs. This is the current Labour endgame, the place at which essentially all conversations about Starmer within the party now end up: how much longer does he have?

This month Elon Musk’s “maximally truth-seeking” Grok AI caused international outrage when it pumped out millions of sexualised images. Last week, the $350bn San Francisco startup Anthropic released an 84-page “constitution” for its Claude AI. “Good judgment, by contrast, can adapt to novel situations.” This would be a trellis, rather than a cage for the AI. Gemini: the “nerd”Last summer Gemini repeatedly called itself a disgrace when it couldn’t fix a user’s coding problem. Google, which has a huge business already without AI, appears to be taking fewer risks with its AI persona.

There additionally was an exchange in which Chomsky wrote to Steve Bannon, the rightwing chief White House strategist during Donald Trump’s first presidency, requesting an introductory meeting. “Lots to talk about,” Chomsky wrote, adding that he had been provided Bannon’s contact information by Epstein, a former friend of Trump. “The best way to proceed is to ignore it,” Chomsky wrote, according to text signed under his first name that Epstein sent to a lawyer and publicist. “You should OK her sending but admonish [her] for being unwilling to ask tough questions,” Epstein wrote, in part. Epstein at one point wrote that he thought of Noam and Valeria Chomsky as if they were “Pluto and its moon”.

Yorlenys Zambrano-Contreras, a woman in the passenger seat, had been “involved” in a Portland shooting last year, the agency wrote. We see a pattern of victim-blaming, and it’s important we push back, because it’s propaganda.”None of the six border patrol agents involved in the Portland shooting recorded body-camera footage. Niño-Moncada, prosecutors alleged, reversed their vehicle, collided with an unoccupied border patrol car, then did a “forward/reverse maneuver multiple times”. The FBI’s affidavit alleged that Niño-Moncada later “admitted to intentionally ramming the Border Patrol vehicle in an attempt to flee”. His cousin, in a court filing, said Niño-Moncada was part of student protests in approximately 2014 where police used brutal force.

What’s the difference between white and red miso, and which should I use for what? Salty, savoury miso is (usually) made by steaming soya beans, mashing them with salt and koji, then leaving to ferment. “White miso accents the tomato’s acidity and freshness, but if you use red, you get a richer, more concentrated tomato flavour.”Likewise, Emiko Davies, author of The Japanese Pantry, dollops red miso on top of fried or roasted aubergine, while lighter misos are for soups with clams or other seafood. Then, there’s sweet white miso, or sweet rice miso, which is “fresh and not very salty or funky,” notes Anderson, making it a good call for mild ingredients (think the classic Nobu miso marinated black cod). And if you can find it, check out Anderson’s favourite category: nama miso, or unpasteurised miso.

Share11h ago 14.08 GMT FTSE 100 falls from record high as AI hits legal software stocks Back in London, the FTSE 100 index is sliding away from this morning’s record high (see here) as legal software and publishing firms are hammered by AI worries. This has helped to pull the FTSE 100 down by 0.9% today, a loss of 94 points, to 10,247, having hit a record high of 10,373 points early this morning. That still leaves silver a way below last week’s record high of $121/oz, following its near-30% plunge on Friday and smaller losses yesterday. RELX, the information and analytics company, has fallen by 11% so far today, pulling the FTSE 100 back from its earlier record high. Share14h ago 10.46 GMT Europe’s benchmark share index has also hit a record high today.

To Elon Musk’s fanclub, there is nothing to see apart from more evidence of the great man’s visionary genius. There have been outside shareholders for years – in the UK, two popular investment trusts, Scottish Mortgage and Edinburgh Worldwide, have SpaceX as their largest holding. Musk’s strategic justification for combining SpaceX and xAI is that the AI battleground is about to shift to space. If xAI needs to use SpaceX’s rockets to establish orbital datacentres, business could be done at arm’s length on commercial terms. But the position is very different if, like the two UK investment trusts, your overwhelming exposure is to SpaceX (Baillie Gifford, manager of both trusts, declined to comment).

The US military says it shot down an Iranian drone that “aggressively” approached the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea. The Iranian Shahed-139 drone was flying toward the carrier “with unclear intent” when an F-35 fighter jet shot it down, US Central Command said on Tuesday. “An F-35C fighter jet from Abraham Lincoln shot down the Iranian drone in self-defence and to protect the aircraft carrier and personnel on board,” Capt Tim Hawkins, a navy spokesperson at Central Command, said. The semi-official Fars news agency reported that an Iranian drone had completed a “surveillance mission in international waters”. “Two IRGC boats and an Iranian Mohajer drone approached M/V Stena Imperative at high speeds and threatened to board and seize the tanker,” Hawkins said.

From 5h ago 18.57 GMT Police begin criminal investigation into Mandelson allegations A criminal investigation has been launched into allegations Peter Mandelson passed market-sensitive information to the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, police said on Tuesday evening. The review does not necessarily mean a criminal investigation will take place. Share4h ago 19.14 GMT The government said it will provide any support the Metropolitan Police needs in its criminal investigation into allegations Lord Peter Mandelson leaked confidential information to Jeffrey Epstein. Share5h ago 18.57 GMT Police begin criminal investigation into Mandelson allegations A criminal investigation has been launched into allegations Peter Mandelson passed market-sensitive information to the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, police said on Tuesday evening. The Metropolitan police are to formally launch a criminal investigation into allegations that Peter Mandelson leaked Downing Street emails and market sensitive information to the child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the Guardian understands.

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