With a new batch of episodes arriving on Christmas Day, Matt and Ross Duffer discuss the sometimes obscure movie and video game references in the final season so far.
The U.S.S. Ford has been deployed for six months, now in the Caribbean as part of President Trump’s pressure campaign on Venezuela. Maintenance woes and strains on sailors will likely mount.
The aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford in the North Sea in September. Neither the Navy nor the Pentagon has said when the ship’s deployment in the Caribbean will end.
美国政府强调，其相关措施旨在打击毒品走私和有组织犯罪。美国常驻联合国代表迈克·沃尔兹（Mike Waltz）在安理会表示，委内瑞拉总统马杜罗并非合法总统，而是“罪犯”，并指控其将石油销售收入投入毒品交易。沃尔兹称，受制裁的油轮是马杜罗及其“非法政权”的主要经济生命线，并为“太阳卡特尔”（Cartel de los Soles）这一毒品恐怖组织提供资金支持。
Thierry Breton, the former top tech regulator at the European Commission, has clashed with Elon Musk in the past
The US State Department said it would deny visas to five people, including a former EU commissioner, for seeking to "coerce" American social media platforms into suppressing viewpoints they oppose.
"These radical activists and weaponized NGOs have advanced censorship crackdowns by foreign states - in each case targeting American speakers and American companies," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement.
Thierry Breton, the former top tech regulator at the European Commission, suggested that a "witch hunt" was taking place.
Breton was described by the State Department as the "mastermind" of the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA), which imposes content moderation on social media companies.
However, it has angered some US conservatives who see it as seeking to censor right-wing opinions. Brussels denies this.
Breton has clashed with Elon Musk, the world's richest man and owner of X, over obligations to follow EU rules.
The European Commission recently fined X €120m (£105m) over its blue tick badges - the first fine under the DSA. It said the platform's blue tick system was "deceptive" because the firm was not "meaningfully verifying users".
In response, Musk's site blocked the Commission from making adverts on its platform.
Reacting to the visa ban, Breton posted on X: "To our American friends: Censorship isn't where you think it is."
Clare Melford, who leads the UK-based Global Disinformation Index (GDI), was also listed.
US Undersecretary of State Sarah B Rogers accused the GDI of using US taxpayer money "to exhort censorship and blacklisting of American speech and press".
A GDI spokesperson told the BBC that "the visa sanctions announced today are an authoritarian attack on free speech and an egregious act of government censorship".
"The Trump Administration is, once again, using the full weight of the federal government to intimidate, censor, and silence voices they disagree with. Their actions today are immoral, unlawful, and un-American."
Imran Ahmed of the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), a nonprofit that fights online hate and misinformation, was also handed a ban.
Rogers called Mr Ahmed a "key collaborator with the Biden Administration's effort to weaponize the government against US citizens".
Also subject to bans were Anna-Lena von Hodenberg and Josephine Ballon of HateAid, a German organisation that the State Department said helped enforce the DSA.
The BBC has reached out to the CCDH and HateAid for comment.
Rubio said that steps had been taken to impose visa restrictions on "agents of the global censorship-industrial complex who, as a result, will be generally barred from entering the United States".
"President Trump has been clear that his America First foreign policy rejects violations of American sovereignty. Extraterritorial overreach by foreign censors targeting American speech is no exception," he added.
Paul Stowe's boat, the Pacemaker, was perilously close to falling into the hole on the Llangollen Canal in Whitchurch, which opened up on Monday after an "embankment failure".
Mr Stowe, originally from Solihull, escaped barefoot with his wife, son, and two cats at about 04:10 GMT after he woke and heard rushing water "equivalent to the Niagara Falls".
Shropshire Council said the boat, which the family live on, was rescued at about 22:00 on Tuesday using a specialist winch operation.
Once in location, the winch was able to haul the boat along the drained canal away from the breach hole," the authority said in a statement.
"The boat is now safely located next to the lift bridge," the council said, adding that it would be refloated in the new year, when a dam would be constructed beyond the boat.
Overnight, water was pumped into dammed sections created by the Canal and River Trust on Tuesday, and as of 06:00 on Wednesday, water levels were recovering.
"This means that one of the boats near to the breach site, plus six further up the canal, are now beginning to refloat," it said.
"They are expected to be fully afloat by later today."
Watch: Boat disappears into hole in canal
Mr Stowe previously told the BBC that all of his and his family's possessions were on the boat, and that they had escaped with only the clothes on their backs.
He said they had no phones or credit cards, and added his birthday was on Christmas Day.
"I'm not sure I'll ever moor in this area again, I'm not sure I'll ever moor on an embankment again," he said.
"I'll be honest with you, it's very debatable [that] I'll ever want to go on a boat again."
The authority added that investigations had begun into what caused the collapse.
"This will continue after the new year together with the initial plans to recover the two boats in the breach hole and the long and costly process of rebuilding and reinstating the canal."
Paul Stowe said he and his family only had the clothes on their backs, and their two cats
"Now the initial emergency response, including the concern for boaters' immediate safety, has passed, our teams have been working hard to refill the Llangollen Canal around the site of the breach," said Campbell Robb, chief executive of the Canal and River Trust.
"This will mean the boats in the immediate area are refloating, and navigation along other affected areas will be restored."
He said the trust would be providing regular updates and assurance to the local community and boating community in the coming weeks.
"Thankfully, breaches of this scale are relatively rare, but, when they do occur, they're expensive and complicated to fix," he said.
The trust previously told the BBC that repairs could take months.
Alfie Hallett's local basketball club paid tribute to him
Tributes have been paid to a 13-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed in central Portugal on Tuesday.
The boy, named locally as British national Alfie Hallett, died in the parish of Casais in Tomar after being found with "several injuries caused by a bladed weapon".
According to Portuguese police a suspect was found with similar injuries and died in a possible gas explosion, which also injured one of the National Republican Guard (GNR) officers.
The UK Foreign Office said it was "in contact with local authorities following an incident in Portugal".
Alfie's basketball club, Sport Club Operario Cem Soldos (SCOCS), paid tribute to him in a post on Facebook.
"SCOCS BASKETBALL has just become poorer today," it said. "Our athlete Alfie passed away today at the age of 13.
"He played his last game on Saturday, played so well that it seemed like he knew it was his last game but far from imagining it.
"We want to tell you how much we love you and that you will always be in our hearts. Rest in peace."
Police said the mother was found by authorities showing signs of having been restrained and assaulted.
She was taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for her injuries, police added.
"The alleged perpetrator had already served a prison sentence for aggravated homicide, and the family had been flagged following domestic violence cases registered in 2022 and 2023," a spokesperson said.
Portuguese TV news channel SIC Notícias reported that the mother and child are British.
However, it is reported the suspect was a Portuguese citizen.
The Criminal Investigation Department of Leiria is leading the investigation into the two deaths.
The number of passengers passing through UK airports will be the most ever seen on any Christmas Eve since record began, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said.
It projects over 335,000 people will be flying in the UK on Wednesday, which is up 5% from Christmas Eve in 2024, though minimal disruption is expected.
Britain's roads are also expected to see one of the busiest Christmas Eves since records began said the RAC, though another motoring lobby says traffic peaks for the season have passed.
The RAC said the worst time to travel on Wednesday is from 1pm to 7pm as millions hit the road to get home before Christmas Day on Thursday, with delays expected on major routes.
Manchester airport said on Christmas Eve it expects around 75,000 passengers passing through, with 208 flights leaving the UK, but that number will halve on Christmas Day. Its most popular destination on Christmas Eve are Amsterdam, Paris and Dublin.
Heathrow meanwhile says it is expecting its busiest December period ever, including 152,000 passengers using it on Christmas Day. EasyJet said 558 flights will depart on Christmas Day, part of "its busiest festive season ever".
Stansted Airport said Christmas Day for it, meanwhile, will be relatively quiet.
The busiest single day of the festive period for air travel was Friday 19 December.
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The RAC meanwhile said particular tight spots on the roads will be the clockwise northern and western sections of the M25 from mid-morning, and the M5 north from Gloucestershire towards the West Midlands later in the afternoon.
While millions will travel by rail, earlier last-train times mean many may take to the road, making them even more congested.
Several rail routes will be restricted or closed over the Christmas period for maintenance.
National Express coaches says it is running on Christmas day to 96 destinations.
The RAC's mobile servicing and repair's team leader Nick Mullender said 2025 was "looking to be the busiest getaway period since our records began" in 2013.
He said this year's Christmas Eve would be the busiest, with workers saving on annual leave days and heading off on getaways at the last minute.
Meanwhile the AA, which provides traffic updates across the UK, said 19 December was the busiest part of the season.
For Christmas Eve, it warned the M27 will close in both directions between Junction 9 (Whiteley/Park Gate) and Junction 11 (Fareham East/Gosport) from 8pm until 4am on 4 January for major works at Junction 10.
This closure affects road journeys between Southampton and Portsmouth.
Drivers are advised to check tyres, expect delays, ensure oil and coolant levels are correct. It expected a rise in breakdowns as the weather becomes colder and 4.2 million journeys will be taken on roads.
Michael Dumbuya was sentenced to 14 years and five months at Cardiff Crown Court on Monday
A 37-year-old who dragged a man from his bed, punched and kicked him repeatedly before driving off in a case of mistaken identity has been jailed for more than 14 years.
Michael Dumbuya, from London, was part of a group who attacked Cody Hudd in his home after driving to south Wales on 20 May to recover drugs on behalf of an organised crime group, but went to the wrong address.
He then drove off, reaching speeds above 150mph (241 km/h) and was caught by police after a high-speed chase, before crashing with another motorist.
He was sentenced to 14 years and five months at Cardiff Crown Court on Monday.
The court heard Mr Hudd woke up to three men in his room asking about drugs, who then punched and slapped him repeatedly before dragging him by the neck out of the room and leading him downstairs and into his garden.
After opening his car and trying to show the men he did not have any of their drugs, he was attacked again by the men, which was filmed by one of the attackers.
The video, played to the court, showed the victim lying on the floor with blood in his mouth while a man pointed a finger in his face and asked him about drugs.
At one point, his head was stamped on by one of the men.
After running from the house following the attack, the court heard police located Dumbuya's vehicle on the M4 near Caerleon, Newport county, and pursued it.
The 37-year-old was travelling at more than 150mph (241 km/h) on the M4, until the car left the M4 at junction 17, where it crashed into another motorist.
Dumbuya was seen climbing out of the driver's side window.
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The car travelled at speeds in excess of 150mph before crashing
After arresting him, police recovered a loaded sawn-off shotgun from Dumbuya's car, along with a balaclava, gloves and a carbon dioxide-powered pistol.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) used the presence of the victim's blood on his clothes as part of their evidence in the case.
In a statement read out in court, Mr Hudd said his life had changed since the attack and he became "cold and distant" and "easily distracted".
"I don't get any enjoyment out of anything," he said.
"I feel like I have no motivation or drive."
Mr Hudd said he was "trying to put all of this behind me but it's proving difficult", adding "there has been additional financial stress as I haven't been able to work since it's happened".
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One of the weapons recovered following Dumbuya's arrest was a sawn-off shotgun
Sentencing Dumbuya, Judge Tracey Lloyd-Clarke said he was "involved in the supply of cocaine" and acted as a "paid enforcer" using "serious violence and weapons" on behalf of organised crime groups.
"You had been recruited to use force and terror," she said, adding his role was to recover drugs which had gone missing and he was due to be paid £5,000 for his part in the plan.
Judge Lloyd-Clarke said Dumbaya had put his foot on Mr Hudd's chest, pressing down "so hard that it was hard for him to breathe".
She added when police found him he was in possession of a crowbar, a sawn-off shotgun and a phone with a video taken by one of the three men during the attack.
Judge Lloyd-Clarke said there was a "significant degree of planning" and it was a "prolonged and persistent assault" involving "dangerous" driving.
Dumbuya pleaded guilty to five charges including possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and dangerous driving. He pleaded not guilty to a sixth charge of aggravated burglary, which will lie on file.
He was sentenced to a total of 14 years and five months in prison.
He was also was ordered to pay a £228 surcharge within 12 months and was disqualified from driving.
Following the sentencing, Millie Davies of the CPS said Dumbuya had "planned the attack and armed himself with dangerous weapons before subjecting the victim to a prolonged assault".
She added: "Dumbuya also tried to evade police by driving at high speeds for a considerable distance along the motorway, showing no regard for the safety of others."
Two other men were charged with conspiracy to commit arson and burglary with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm and have since been released on bail.
A 37-year-old man from Wolverhampton and a 32-year-old man from Stafford are next due to appear at Cardiff Crown Court on 9 January.
There can be a lot to think about at Christmas, from whether public transport is running to when shops and services are open.
With UK bank holidays on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day, and a fourth holiday in Scotland on 2 January, here are some tips to help you win the festive period.
When are roads likely to be busiest?
Motoring organisations the RAC and AA predict that 2025 could see the busiest festive getaway on record.
The RAC expects 37.5 million trips to take place in the week running up to Christmas Day. It thinks roads are likely to be especially busy after lunchtime on Saturday 20 December, and during the afternoon and evening on Christmas Eve.
Make sure you have plenty of fuel, that your tyres are properly inflated and your lights are working. Prepare for bad weather by carrying a charged phone, food, drinks and warm clothes. Top up your screen wash and de-icer supplies.
Many BP and Shell petrol stations will be open as usual, but some garages may have shorter hours. All Tesco petrol stations will be closed on Christmas Day. On other days, opening hours could be different to those of the linked store.
Some National Rail services will finish early on Christmas Eve, and no trains will run on Christmas Day.
Most train operators won't run any services on Boxing Day either. However, a small number of firms (Chiltern Railways, London Overground, Merseyrail, ScotRail, Southern and Stansted Express) will have a very limited service.
There are no Eurostar services on Christmas Day, but trains are running every other day.
Buses and coaches
Most local bus services will not run on Christmas Day, but check individual websites for detailed schedule information.
National Express is running extra coaches on a number of UK routes between 20 December and 4 January.
On Christmas Day itself, 355 services will operate from 96 locations. This includes routes between Edinburgh, Glasgow and London, as well as some to and from Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton airports.
There is no Elizabeth line service on Boxing Day, and a number of overground lines are also shut. Some Tube lines have restricted service. No night Tube or night overground services will operate.
Tfl services will run through the night on New Year's Eve.
Some black taxis and private cab firms may operate throughout the period, including Christmas Day. Hire bikes and electric scooters will be available.
Blackwall and Silvertown tunnels charges do not apply on Christmas Day.
Ferries
The Port of Dover will close at 15:30 GMT on Christmas Eve and reopen at 07:30 on Boxing Day.
The final departures on 24 December are:
DFDS (Dunkerque route): 12:00
DFDS (Calais route): 13:15
Irish Ferries:14:25
P&O: 16:05
There are no sailings to or from Holyhead or Portsmouth ports on Christmas Day either, but services will run on Christmas Eve and Boxing Day.
What if I'm flying over Christmas?
Most UK airports are open on Christmas Day, although they may have a reduced schedule. All Heathrow and Gatwick terminals will be open as normal.
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) expects Friday 19 December to be the busiest travel day, with around 460,000 passengers. Around 160,000 people are due to fly on Christmas Day itself, a 13% increase on 2024.
All air passengers are advised to check the status of their flights before setting off. Experts also recommend confirming any return journey.
As usual, passengers should arrive at the airport three hours before long-haul flights and two hours before short-haul flights.
You may need to make alternative travel arrangements to get to the airport if public transport is not running. If you plan to drive, consider booking parking in advance.
GP surgeries are generally closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.
Some practices offer out-of-hours services which you can access via the NHS 111 helpline, which operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Calls are free from landlines and mobile phones.
Most pharmacies will be closed on Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
However, one or more should be open near you under out-of-hours arrangements. Your local pharmacy should display details of the rota, or you can find details online.
You can find open pharmacies near you via the relevant NHS website:
Boots will open more than 60 pharmacies on Christmas Day and more than 460 on New Year's Day.
All Superdrug pharmacies will be closed on Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Most branches in Scotland will remain shut on 2 January.
What about supermarkets and food delivery services?
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You should check your local store's opening hours, but in general you should assume:
early closing on Christmas Eve
almost all stores will be shut on Christmas Day
Aldi, Lidl, M&S and most Waitrose shops will also close on Boxing Day. Other chains have reduced hours
early closing on New Year's Eve
Aldi, Lidl, M&S and most Waitrose shops are closed on New Year's Day
Smaller local shops are more likely to be open earlier and later than the large superstores. Many petrol station forecourt shops will be open too.
The Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats apps and websites will be running throughout the festive period, but restaurants will set their own operating hours.
Buyout firms have struggled to sell companies they own and have instead found a workaround to get cash back to clients: Selling the companies to themselves.
Zelensky said the 20 points agreed with the Americans offered Ukraine security guarantees that mirrored Nato membership
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has given details of an updated peace plan that offers Russia the potential withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the east that Moscow has demanded.
Giving details of the 20-point plan agreed by US and Ukrainian negotiators in Florida at the weekend, Zelensky said the Russians would give their response once the Americans had spoken to them.
Describing the plan as "the main framework for ending the war" Zelensky said it proposed security guarantees from the US, Nato and Europeans for a co-ordinated military response if Russia invaded Ukraine again.
On the key question of Ukraine's eastern Donbas, Zelensky said a "free economic zone" was a potential option.
The 20-point plan is seen as an update of an original 28-point document, agreed by US envoy Steve Witkoff with the Russians several weeks ago, which was widely seen as heavily geared towards the Kremlin's demands.
The Russians have insisted that Ukraine pulls out of almost a quarter of its own territory in the eastern Donetsk region in return for a peace deal. The rest is already under Russian occupation.
Zelensky told journalists that as Ukraine was against withdrawal, US negotiators were looking to establish a demilitarised zone or a free economic zone.
He said: "There are two options: either the war continues, or something will have to be decided regarding all potential economic zones."
He emphasised that an economic zone would also have to be set up around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant currently occupied by Russia, and that Russian troops would have to pull out of four other Ukrainian regions - Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Sumy, and Kharkiv.
Watch: The BBC reports on the latest Epstein file release
The US Department of Justice released its latest - and largest - tranche of Jeffrey Epstein files on Tuesday.
The 11,000-plus documents continue a stream of released information that began on Friday, the deadline mandated in a new law that required the department to publicly release all of its investigative files into the deceased paedophile and financier.
Many of the documents released on Tuesday are redacted with names and information blacked out, including names of people who the FBI appears to cite as possible co-conspirators in the Epstein case.
The justice department is facing criticism from lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle over the amount of redactions, which the law specifically states can only be done to protect the identity of victims or active criminal investigations.
President Donald Trump's name appeared more in these new documents than in previous releases. Many were media clippings that mention him, but one notable email from a federal prosecutor indicated Trump flew on Epstein's jet.
The justice department said some files "contain untrue and sensationalist claims" about Trump.
Being mentioned in the Epstein files does not indicate wrongdoing. BBC has requested comment from individuals named in our reporting.
Email exchange between 'A' and Ghislaine Maxwell about 'girls'
Of the thousands of pages included in this latest release, one 2001 email sent by a person identified as "A" stands out.
The message, to Epstein's accomplice and close associate Ghislaine Maxwell, says that "A" is at "Balmoral Summer Camp for the Royal Family".
"A" then asks Maxwell, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2022 for sex trafficking of minors and other offences: "Have you found me some new inappropriate friends?"
In another email sent later that day, Maxwell writes back: "So sorry to dissapoint you, however the truth must be told. I have only been able to find appropriate friends."
The "A" email was sent from the address abx17@dial.pipex.com, with the sender's name shown as "The Invisible Man".
An image from a prior Epstein files release showed a different, but similar email - aace@dial.pipex.com - listed in Epstein's phone book under a contact titled "Duke of York".
Another exchange in the new files between Maxwell and "The Invisible Man" discusses a trip to Peru.
In October, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor lost use of his Duke of York title following scrutiny over his links with Epstein.
He has repeatedly denied all wrongdoing, and said he did not "see, witness or suspect any behaviour of the sort that subsequently led to his [Epstein's] arrest and conviction".
The BBC has contacted Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's team for a response.
FBI email lists out 10 alleged co-conspirators to Epstein
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Among the documents released are emails appearing to be sent between FBI personnel in 2019 that mention 10 possible "co-conspirators" of Epstein.
The emails said six of the 10 co-conspirators had been served with subpoenas. This included three in Florida, one in Boston, one in New York City, and one in Connecticut.
Four subpoenas were yet to be served when the emails were sent, including to one "wealthy businessman in Ohio".
Another email sent to FBI New York gives an update on the co-conspirators. This time it appears to mention multiple names. Most are redacted from the file.
Two names were not redacted – (Ghislaine) Maxwell and Wexner.
An email says, "I do not know about Ohio contacting Wexner".
The email is presumably referring to Former Victoria's Secret CEO Les Wexner, who had a public friendship with Epstein. In 2019, Wexner said he was "embarrassed" by his ties to the financier.
Lawyers for Wexner told BBC News that "the assistant U.S. attorney in charge of the Epstein investigation stated at the time that Mr. Wexner was neither a co-conspirator nor target".
"Mr. Wexner cooperated fully by providing background information on Epstein and was never contacted again," they said.
Possible co-conspirators in Epstein's crimes are a major focus for his victims, and for several lawmakers who have demanded more transparency from the DOJ.
"There's 10 co-conspirators potentially that we knew nothing about that the DOJ had been investigating," Democrat Congressman Suhas Subramanyam told BBC News on Tuesday.
Subramanyam, who sits on the House Oversight Committee, added that he was also "concerned" over the level of redactions that protect names of lawyers and people who are not victims. Lawmakers in both parties have said they are examining legal options to force more transparency.
The law passed by Congress and signed by President Trump states names and information that might be embarrassing or cause "reputational harm" are not allowed to be redacted and specifically asks the justice department for internal communications and memos detailing who was investigated and decisions concerning "to charge, not charge, investigate, or decline to investigate Epstein or his associates".
Justice Department says Epstein letter to Larry Nassar is a fake
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Larry Nassar
A letter included in the released batch of documents got a lot of attention online. But, according to the justice department, it is fake.
The handwritten letter and envelope at first appeared to show Epstein writing to Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics doctor who is serving decades in prison for sexually abusing young female athletes.
"As you know by now I have taken the 'short route' home. Good luck!" the faux letter states. "We shared one thing…our love & caring for young ladies and the hope they'd reach their full potential."
The writer signs it, "Life is unfair, Yours, J. Epstein."
The letter had been deemed undeliverable, and was sent back to a Manhattan jail where Epstein was detained before his death.
The FBI was alerted to the returned letter and requested an analysis of it. That request was also included in the releases batch of documents.
The justice department on Tuesday called the letter a fake, noting several irregularities with the note and the envelope that held it.
"The writing does not appear to match Jeffrey Epstein's," the justice department wrote on X.
"The return address did not list the jail where Epstein was held and did not include his inmate number, which is required for outgoing mail," they added.
Officials pointed out the envelope bore a postmark from northern Virginia - noting that Epstein was detained in New York. It was also postmarked on 13 August 2019, three days after Epstein died.
Even before the justice department's announcement of it being fake, the documents raised immediate questions.
The return sender was listed as "J. Epstein" at "Manhattan Correctional" - but the correct name for the now-shuttered jail was "Metropolitan Correctional Center".
The documents released on Tuesday also show the analysis request by the FBI.
A FBI laboratory request stated that in August 2019, a sender listed as "J. Epstein" at "Manhattan Correctional" tried to send a letter to "Larry Nassar at 9300 S. Wilmot Road, Tucson, Arizona, 85756", the address of a federal prison.
Nassar is currently incarcerated in Pennsylvania, according to the Bureau of Prisons.
Trump's travels aboard Epstein's private jet
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Trump's name appears more in these files than in other batches of documents released by the justice department.
Notably, in a January 2020 email, a federal prosecutor in New York wrote that newly received flight records "reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware)".
The recipient of the email was redacted.
Trump was listed as a passenger on "at least eight flights between 1993 and 1996", and Ghislaine Maxwell was present on at least four of those flights, the prosecutor wrote. Trump was also "listed as having traveled with, among others and at various times, Marla Maples, his daughter Tiffany, and his son Eric".
Trump was previously married to Marla Maples, Tiffany's mother, from 1993 to 1999.
The prosecutor also wrote that "on one flight in 1993, he and Epstein are the only two listed passengers; on another, the only three passengers are Epstein, Trump, and then-20-year-old", with the third passenger's name redacted.
"On two other flights, two of the passengers, respectively, were women who would be possible witnesses in a Maxwell case."
The timing of the trips coincide with years in which federal prosecutors were examining Maxwell's conduct and travels as part of the criminal case they brought against her. She was ultimately found guilty of conspiring with Epstein to recruit and sexually abuse minors.
But throughout the files released on Tuesday, many of the other mentions of Trump's name are simply in press clippings mentioning him, his campaigns, and other news moments.
Trump has repeatedly denied wrongdoing in regards to Epstein.
In a statement accompanying Tuesday's release, the Department of Justice said the new files "contain untrue and sensationalist claims made against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election".
"To be clear: the claims are unfounded and false, and if they had a shred of credibility, they certainly would have been weaponized against President Trump already," the justice department said.
Fake video of Epstein included
Among one of the odder entries in Tuesday's document drop was a fake video showing an Epstein-like figure in a prison cell, which raised questions of how it had appeared in the department's official files.
Other documents showed that a man from Florida sent an email to federal investigators in March 2021 with a link to the video. He asked if it was real, but it is not.
BBC Verify used a reverse image search to find a copy of the video had been uploaded to YouTube in October 2020. The user who posted it said the clip had been created using 3D graphics.
According to a 2023 report by the Bureau of Prisons, no video recording from inside Epstein's cell on the day of his death exists.
The fake video's inclusion in this release gives a glimpse of the questions that federal authorities have received from the general public, many of whom, having heard conspiracy theories or harboured doubts for years, want answers about Epstein's life and death.
Thierry Breton, the former top tech regulator at the European Commission, has clashed with Elon Musk in the past
The US State Department said it would deny visas to five people, including a former EU commissioner, for seeking to "coerce" American social media platforms into suppressing viewpoints they oppose.
"These radical activists and weaponized NGOs have advanced censorship crackdowns by foreign states - in each case targeting American speakers and American companies," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement.
Thierry Breton, the former top tech regulator at the European Commission, suggested that a "witch hunt" was taking place.
Breton was described by the State Department as the "mastermind" of the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA), which imposes content moderation on social media companies.
However, it has angered some US conservatives who see it as seeking to censor right-wing opinions. Brussels denies this.
Breton has clashed with Elon Musk, the world's richest man and owner of X, over obligations to follow EU rules.
The European Commission recently fined X €120m (£105m) over its blue tick badges - the first fine under the DSA. It said the platform's blue tick system was "deceptive" because the firm was not "meaningfully verifying users".
In response, Musk's site blocked the Commission from making adverts on its platform.
Reacting to the visa ban, Breton posted on X: "To our American friends: Censorship isn't where you think it is."
Clare Melford, who leads the UK-based Global Disinformation Index (GDI), was also listed.
US Undersecretary of State Sarah B Rogers accused the GDI of using US taxpayer money "to exhort censorship and blacklisting of American speech and press".
A GDI spokesperson told the BBC that "the visa sanctions announced today are an authoritarian attack on free speech and an egregious act of government censorship".
"The Trump Administration is, once again, using the full weight of the federal government to intimidate, censor, and silence voices they disagree with. Their actions today are immoral, unlawful, and un-American."
Imran Ahmed of the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), a nonprofit that fights online hate and misinformation, was also handed a ban.
Rogers called Mr Ahmed a "key collaborator with the Biden Administration's effort to weaponize the government against US citizens".
Also subject to bans were Anna-Lena von Hodenberg and Josephine Ballon of HateAid, a German organisation that the State Department said helped enforce the DSA.
The BBC has reached out to the CCDH and HateAid for comment.
Rubio said that steps had been taken to impose visa restrictions on "agents of the global censorship-industrial complex who, as a result, will be generally barred from entering the United States".
"President Trump has been clear that his America First foreign policy rejects violations of American sovereignty. Extraterritorial overreach by foreign censors targeting American speech is no exception," he added.
Watch: First responders at scene of Pennsylvania nursing home explosion
Multiple people are reported to be injured following an explosion and fire at a nursing home in Bristol, Pennsylvania, officials say.
Emergency crews were called to the Silver Lake Nursing Home at about 14:00 local time (19:00GMT) on Tuesday. Firefighters believe some people may still be trapped inside the building.
An emergency management official told CBS, the BBC's US partner, that the fire remains active and part of the structure has collapsed. It's not clear how many people are injured, and the cause of explosion is still under investigation.
Images and videos posted on social platforms by local media outlets show a partially collapsed building with massive flames billowing out of it.
Local utility provider PECO said its crews had responded to reports of a gas odour at the facility in Bristol Township in the afternoon.
While they were on site, an explosion occurred, a company spokesperson said. Natural gas and electric service to the building were subsequently shut off.
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro offered his prayers for the community and said he was in contact with local officials and first responders on the scene.
Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick urged people to avoid the area.
"My team and I are in direct communication with local officials and emergency responders, and we are closely monitoring developments as authorities work to secure the scene," he wrote on X.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
The Trump administration said five regulators and researchers who work to tackle disinformation and abuse on the internet had been barred from entering the United States.
Zelensky said the 20 points agreed with the Americans offered Ukraine security guarantees that mirrored Nato membership
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has given details of an updated peace plan that offers Russia the potential withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the east that Moscow has demanded.
Giving details of the 20-point plan agreed by US and Ukrainian negotiators in Florida at the weekend, Zelensky said the Russians would give their response once the Americans had spoken to them.
Describing the plan as "the main framework for ending the war" Zelensky said it proposed security guarantees from the US, Nato and Europeans for a co-ordinated military response if Russia invaded Ukraine again.
On the key question of Ukraine's eastern Donbas, Zelensky said a "free economic zone" was a potential option.
The 20-point plan is seen as an update of an original 28-point document, agreed by US envoy Steve Witkoff with the Russians several weeks ago, which was widely seen as heavily geared towards the Kremlin's demands.
The Russians have insisted that Ukraine pulls out of almost a quarter of its own territory in the eastern Donetsk region in return for a peace deal. The rest is already under Russian occupation.
Zelensky told journalists that as Ukraine was against withdrawal, US negotiators were looking to establish a demilitarised zone or a free economic zone.
He said: "There are two options: either the war continues, or something will have to be decided regarding all potential economic zones."
He emphasised that an economic zone would also have to be set up around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant currently occupied by Russia, and that Russian troops would have to pull out of four other Ukrainian regions - Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Sumy, and Kharkiv.
Thierry Breton, the former top tech regulator at the European Commission, has clashed with Elon Musk in the past
The US State Department said it would deny visas to five people, including a former EU commissioner, for seeking to "coerce" American social media platforms into suppressing viewpoints they oppose.
"These radical activists and weaponized NGOs have advanced censorship crackdowns by foreign states - in each case targeting American speakers and American companies," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement.
Thierry Breton, the former top tech regulator at the European Commission, suggested that a "witch hunt" was taking place.
Breton was described by the State Department as the "mastermind" of the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA), which imposes content moderation on social media companies.
However, it has angered some US conservatives who see it as seeking to censor right-wing opinions. Brussels denies this.
Breton has clashed with Elon Musk, the world's richest man and owner of X, over obligations to follow EU rules.
The European Commission recently fined X €120m (£105m) over its blue tick badges - the first fine under the DSA. It said the platform's blue tick system was "deceptive" because the firm was not "meaningfully verifying users".
In response, Musk's site blocked the Commission from making adverts on its platform.
Reacting to the visa ban, Breton posted on X: "To our American friends: Censorship isn't where you think it is."
Clare Melford, who leads the UK-based Global Disinformation Index (GDI), was also listed.
US Undersecretary of State Sarah B Rogers accused the GDI of using US taxpayer money "to exhort censorship and blacklisting of American speech and press".
A GDI spokesperson told the BBC that "the visa sanctions announced today are an authoritarian attack on free speech and an egregious act of government censorship".
"The Trump Administration is, once again, using the full weight of the federal government to intimidate, censor, and silence voices they disagree with. Their actions today are immoral, unlawful, and un-American."
Imran Ahmed of the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), a nonprofit that fights online hate and misinformation, was also handed a ban.
Rogers called Mr Ahmed a "key collaborator with the Biden Administration's effort to weaponize the government against US citizens".
Also subject to bans were Anna-Lena von Hodenberg and Josephine Ballon of HateAid, a German organisation that the State Department said helped enforce the DSA.
The BBC has reached out to the CCDH and HateAid for comment.
Rubio said that steps had been taken to impose visa restrictions on "agents of the global censorship-industrial complex who, as a result, will be generally barred from entering the United States".
"President Trump has been clear that his America First foreign policy rejects violations of American sovereignty. Extraterritorial overreach by foreign censors targeting American speech is no exception," he added.
The government's partial U-turn on what opponents dubbed the "farms tax" was a Christmas present for those who had campaigned against the imposition of 20% inheritance tax from next April.
About half the farms that would have been affected will now be exempt.
But given that minsters had defended the policy in the 14 months since last year's Budget, the questions are: Why change it? And why now?
Sustained protests - the regular convoys of tractors, horns blaring, converging on Parliament Square - certainly played a part.
The National Farmers' Union which had organised the noisy demonstrations had also engaged in quieter diplomacy behind the scenes with Downing Street and the agriculture department. It has been reported that discussions shifted to mitigating rather than obliterating the policy completely.
But there are other factors.
A consequence of last year's landslide Labour election victory is that more of the party's MPs represent rural and semi-rural seats.
Behind closed doors, some of them had been pressing hard for concessions.
While only one voted against, more than 30 of them actively abstained on a parliamentary vote on the inheritance tax policy earlier this month to demonstrate their concerns.
Beyond this, the reasons for the timing of the government's volte face are speculative.
One of the rural rebels told me that conversations with ministers had been more positive this month - though they had not been told in advance of yesterday's announcement.
And some believe that Sir Keir Starmer's appearance this month before the liaison committee - which consists of senior MPs who chair cross-party parliamentary committees - played a role.
He was subjected to uncomfortable questioning by the Labour MP Cat Smith and the Liberal Democrat MP Alistair Carmichael, both of whom in effect suggested some farmers were contemplating suicide - or as Smith put it, "actively planning to expedite their own deaths" - before inheritance tax was introduced next April so they could pass on their family farms.
The prospect of personal tragedies - and awful headlines - was made very clear to the prime minister.
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Convoys of tractors have rolled through London on several occasions during protests against the tax plans
Downing Street is keen to get on the front foot when MPs return to Parliament in January, and dispelling this particular political dark cloud might have been regarded as an essential precursor.
The Conservatives maintain that the policy change was "sneaked out" while MPs were away and could not subject ministers to scrutiny.
A recess reversal certainly does not radiate confidence from a government that has 400 of parliament's 650 seats.
While some Labour MPs are relieved that the government has listened, others are wondering why it persisted with a policy that was going to raise relatively little revenue.
This change is going to cost £130m. To put that in context, it is a tiny fraction of the around £900bn generated in total in taxation annually.
And of course with Labour trailing in the polls, there are concerns about the government's ability to make the political weather.
Something of a modus operandi is emerging where revenue raising policies are announced by the Treasury, then there is a public backlash, and internal Labour discontent followed some time later by a partial reversal once the political damage has been sustained.
Think winter fuel, welfare reform and now family farms.
The policies may have changed but questions over political judgment remain.
Alfie Hallett's local basketball club paid tribute to him
Tributes have been paid to a 13-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed in central Portugal on Tuesday.
The boy, named locally as British national Alfie Hallett, died in the parish of Casais in Tomar after being found with "several injuries caused by a bladed weapon".
According to Portuguese police a suspect was found with similar injuries and died in a possible gas explosion, which also injured one of the National Republican Guard (GNR) officers.
The UK Foreign Office said it was "in contact with local authorities following an incident in Portugal".
Alfie's basketball club, Sport Club Operario Cem Soldos (SCOCS), paid tribute to him in a post on Facebook.
"SCOCS BASKETBALL has just become poorer today," it said. "Our athlete Alfie passed away today at the age of 13.
"He played his last game on Saturday, played so well that it seemed like he knew it was his last game but far from imagining it.
"We want to tell you how much we love you and that you will always be in our hearts. Rest in peace."
Police said the mother was found by authorities showing signs of having been restrained and assaulted.
She was taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for her injuries, police added.
"The alleged perpetrator had already served a prison sentence for aggravated homicide, and the family had been flagged following domestic violence cases registered in 2022 and 2023," a spokesperson said.
Portuguese TV news channel SIC Notícias reported that the mother and child are British.
However, it is reported the suspect was a Portuguese citizen.
The Criminal Investigation Department of Leiria is leading the investigation into the two deaths.
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