By Sarah Gill
03rd Nov 2023
03rd Nov 2023
Your speedy summary of today's must-read stories.
Antony Blinken in Israel
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Israel in a trip focused on measures to minimise harm to civilians in the war in Gaza. Blinken had said he would seek “concrete steps” from Israel to ensure that harm to Palestinian civilians is reduced, as Joe Biden also called for humanitarian pauses in the conflict. This is Blinken’s second trip to the Middle East since fighting erupted. “We will be talking about concrete steps that can and should be taken to minimise harm to men, women and children in Gaza,” Blinken said before departing for Israel.
Insulin
Insulin can be kept at room temperature for months without losing potency, a new study suggests, offering hope to people living with diabetes in areas with limited access to healthcare or power. The findings could affect millions of people living in low and middle-income countries, particularly those in rural areas, as well as people whose lives have been disrupted by conflict or natural disasters.
Jason Corbett’s first wife
The sentencing hearing of Molly Martens and her father, Tom, heard claims that Jason Corbett’s first wife may not have died from an asthma attack. The father and daughter accepted a plea deal admitting to the manslaughter of the Limerick man in 2015, but say they acted in self-defence. During this week’s sentencing hearing in North Carolina, their lawyers said they killed Jason Corbett at his US home in 2015, but did so because he was abusive, they feared he had killed his first wife and would do the same to Molly.
Bankman-Fried
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been found guilty of defrauding customers of his now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange in one of the biggest financial frauds on record, a verdict that cemented the 31-year-old former billionaire’s fall from grace. A 12-member jury in Manhattan federal court convicted him on all seven counts that he faced after a month-long trial in which prosecutors made the case that he stole $8 billion from the exchange’s customers out of greed.
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