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Nvidia says it's investigating CEO's affair with tech executive Alice Huang, as shares in the firm fall in pre-market trading. Also: BBC investigation finds one of Europe’s most powerful drug gangs recruits teenagers from across France to carry out murders and kidnappings. COP31 UN Climate summit gets underway in Turkey, focusing on delivering on past promises. The former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who's facing the death penalty in her home country, requests a new passport and identity card so she can return. Pope Leo, who's on a tour of South America, criticises Argentine president Javier Milei over austerity measures. Eight years after Australian cricket was rocked by the infamous "sandpapergate" scandal, one of the players involved - David Warner - breaks his silence, saying the whole team knew about ball tampering. And could a vibrating mattress help fight Alzheimer's disease?

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Photo: Alice Huang attends a dinner with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at a restaurant in Taiwan in May 2025
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