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Montana has become the first state in the US to ban Chinese-owned popular video-sharing platform TikTok from personal devices. The state’s Republican governor Greg Gianforte signed legislation prohibiting mobile application stores from offering the app. The legislation makes it illegal for app stores to offer TikTok, but does not prevent those who already have the

The CIA has urged Russians to share their secrets about the Ukraine war in a new video posted on social media.  The Russian-language video was first posted on Telegram – a social media site used widely by both sides in the war – as well as YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. “We want to reach those

Elon Musk has announced his new Twitter chief executive – NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino. The billionaire said he was “excited” to announce the hiring of Ms Yaccarino – who he said would focus “primarily on business operations” at Twitter. Musk, who completed a $44bn (£35bn) takeover of the social media site in October, also announced

Donald Trump called the woman he sexually abused a lying “wack job” and refused to say who he wants to win the Ukraine war in a wide-ranging interview on US television. A jury in a civil case ruled this week that he assaulted – but didn’t rape – E Jean Carroll in a department store

A Texas gunman who killed eight people at a Dallas-area shopping mall had “neo-Nazi ideation”, police have said. But the gunman, identified as 33-year-old Mauricio Garcia, appeared to have singled out his victims randomly and without regard for race, age or sex when he opened fire with an AR-15 style rifle on Saturday. He was

Donald Trump has promised to appeal and called it a “disgrace” after a jury found him liable for sexually abusing a writer in the 1990s.  The former US president was also found to have defamed E Jean Carroll, but the civil trial rejected her claim she was raped during the encounter. Trump must pay the

Donald Trump has been found liable for battery and defamation, after a civil trial jury found he sexually abused writer E Jean Carroll in the 1990s. The jury rejected the rape claim but awarded the former Elle magazine advice columnist $5m (£4m) in damages. The nine-person jury began discussing the battery and defamation lawsuit on

Donald Trump did not show up at a civil rape trial against him because “he knows what he did” to the woman accusing him of allegedly raping her, a jury heard in closing remarks. Lawyers for writer E Jean Carroll, who is suing the former president, said Mr Trump “didn’t even bother to show up

The King shared a joke with Lionel Richie as he and the Queen joined the singer for a surprise appearance on the hit US show American Idol. The King jokingly asked the star if he was going to be using one of the halls at Windsor Castle “all night long” – a nod to one

A gunman who killed at least eight people and injured several others at a Texas shopping centre was a 33-year-old suspected neo-Nazi sympathiser, police have said. Police have named Mauricio Garcia as the gunman who opened fire on shoppers at the Allen Premium Outlets mall, in a suburb north of Dallas, on Saturday. Garcia, who

President Joe Biden called on Republican members of Congress to pass gun control bills in the wake of yet another mass shooting that left nine people dead, including the gunman, at a Texas mall on Saturday. The shooter was named on Sunday as 33-year-old Mauricio Garcia, according to two senior law enforcement officials who spoke

Apple has beat Wall Street expectations and market trends in reporting increased iPhone sales in its second quarter results. Both revenues and profits were above investor predictions as a record number of iPhones were sold for the second three month period in its financial year. Sales for the year ending 1 April dropped overall –

Police are searching for a suspected gunman after one person was killed and at least four others were injured in a shooting at a medical facility in Atlanta. Authorities have named the suspected shooter as 24-year-old Deion Patterson, and say he is considered armed and dangerous. Police said there had been no additional shots fired

Tori Bowie, a former world champion sprinter, has died at the age of 32. Bowie, from the US, won gold in the 100 metres during the World Championships in 2017, after claiming podium finishes at the Rio Olympics in 2016 – including as part of the winning 4x100m relay team. In a statement, her management

Bodies are strewn on the doorstep of San Francisco’s main government building, contorted by the effects of fentanyl, a painkiller 100 times more potent than morphine. We’re two streets away from the headquarters of Twitter, in a city district with more billionaires than anywhere on Earth, but this has become an open-air drug market. Trevor

A man suspected of killing five neighbours in Texas has been arrested following a four-day manhunt. The search for 38-year-old Francisco Oropeza began on Friday after he fled from the scene of the shooting in the rural town of Cleveland. He was found hiding underneath a pile of laundry, in the town of Cut and

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has said it is unlikely Joe Biden would “make it” to the end of a second term were he to be re-elected to the White House. Mr Biden, 80, announced he was running for re-election in 2024 on Tuesday. He is already the oldest president in history. By the end

It seems I have lost a bet. In the Rose Garden yesterday afternoon President Joe Biden replied with just one word – “yes” – when I asked him if he would run again. Many months ago my colleague and I bet on whether or not he’d go for a second term. My (flawed) logic –

Twitter has mistakenly verified an explicit, fake account claiming to be linked to Disney. The account, which has the handle @DisneyJuniorUK, was spotted with a gold verification tick on Monday, before it was later suspended by Twitter. “No f****** way,” the account tweeted after realising it had been assigned a gold tick. Twitter’s press office

Joe Biden is set to announce he will run for a second term as US president next week, according to US media. Mr Biden’s advisers are planning to launch his re-election campaign as soon as next Tuesday, three sources familiar with the plans have told Sky News’ US partner network NBC News. The 80-year-old president’s