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Daryl Hall filed a lawsuit Thursday against former bandmate John Oates in Nashville’s chancery court, according to court records. The two musicians are famous as the members of the eponymous Hall & Oates rock duo that had tremendous success in the early 1980s with hits like “Private Eyes” and “Maneater.” The suit by Hall against Oates as an individual and Oates’s trust is listed as a “contract/debt” dispute, but the details of the case are sealed, court records show. On Friday, the court granted Hall’s motion for a temporary restraining order to take effect November 30, according to records. Because the file is largely sealed, the nature of…

The UK economy will grow much more slowly than expected in the next two years as inflation takes longer to fall, the government’s forecaster says. Living standards are also not expected to return to pre-pandemic levels until 2027-28, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) said. It comes as the chancellor announced tax cuts and a rise in benefits in his Autumn Statement. Labour said people were still paying for “Tory economic recklessness”. The OBR, which is independent from government, publishes two sets of economic forecasts a year, which are used to predict what will happen to government finances. These are…

A controversial theory that some Hindu groups call “Love Jihad” – which claims that many Muslim men are taking part in a plot to seduce Hindu women and convert them – has circulated in India for years, despite lack of evidence. Now a reverse theory – that Hindu men are deliberately trying to seduce Muslim women – is going viral online. It’s called the “Bhagwa Love Trap”, and again, evidence for the claim is scant. But that hasn’t stopped it spilling over into real-world violence. “It was extremely vile. I couldn’t believe my eyes,” says Maryam, a Muslim woman from…

Police have held an ex-US state department aide who allegedly spewed anti-Muslim abuse at a New York City food vendor. Stuart Seldowitz has acknowledged in media interviews that he is the man seen in viral video calling the vendor a “terrorist”. He alleged the individual had provoked him by expressing support for Hamas. The halal cart man, named in reports as Mohamed Hussein, denied to media he made any comments in favour of Hamas. A New York Police Department spokesperson confirmed to the BBC that Mr Seldowitz had been taken into custody on Wednesday, but said details of any charges…

North Korea has ripped up a five-year-old deal with Seoul aimed at lowering military tensions, in the latest escalation of a row between the two. It all started when Pyongyang claimed to have successfully launched a spy satellite into space on Tuesday. This led to South Korea part suspending the agreement, saying it would resume surveillance flights along the border. Pyongyang is now vowing to fully suspend the pact and send stronger forces and equipment to the border. “From now on, our army will never be bound by the September 19 North-South Military Agreement,” it said in a statement. It promised to…

Veteran anti-Islam populist leader Geert Wilders is heading for a dramatic victory in the Dutch general election, according to a first results forecast. After 25 years in parliament, his Freedom party (PVV) is projected to win 36 seats, well ahead of his nearest rival, a left-wing alliance. “The PVV can no longer be ignored,” he said. “We will govern.” If confirmed the result will shake Dutch politics. But he will have to persuade other parties to join him in a coalition government. His target is 76 seats in the 150-seat parliament. Mr Wilders, 60, was in combative mood in his…

Blue whales – the largest known animals on Earth – are making their home in a part of the Indian Ocean where they were wiped out by whaling decades ago. Researchers and filmmakers in the Seychelles captured footage of the whales in 2020 and 2021. It features in the Imax film Return of the Giants. But a year of underwater audio recording revealed the animals spend months in the region. This means they could be breeding there, scientists say. The researchers involved in the mission described their discovery as a “conservation win” after the Soviet whaling fleet decimated the population…

Computer chipmaker Broadcom has completed its $69bn (£55bn) acquisition of cloud computing firm VMware, wrapping up one of the biggest takeover deals in the technology sector. The deal was scrutinised by regulators around the world ahead of last clearance from China. There were concerns it could be affected by US-China tensions. The approval follows a meeting between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping at Apec summit in the US last week. American company Broadcom – headquartered in San Jose, California – designs, develops and supplies semiconductor chips while it also offers infrastructure software solutions. VMware – also an American company with headquarters…

A speeding car crashed and exploded in a deadly fireball on a US-Canada border bridge, triggering a major security scare on the eve of Thanksgiving. Two people in the vehicle died, and a US border agent was injured, but New York’s governor ruled out terrorism. The car was being driven from the New York side of the border to Rainbow Bridge when it crashed at a checkpoint. The incident near Niagara Falls saw the closure of four bridges on the world’s longest international border. The explosion happened at around 11:30 local time (16:30 GMT) on Wednesday, causing serious disruption on…

Shoppers bought less fuel and food in October as they were hit by rising living costs and poor weather, according to official figures. The volume of products sold last month fell by 0.3% to the lowest level since February 2021 when large parts of the UK were in Covid lockdowns. Retail sales had widely been expected to grow in October. The Office for National Statistics said petrol and diesel sales may have been “affected by increasing fuel prices”. Demand for other goods was also lower, said the ONS. “It was another poor month for household goods and clothes stores with…