$6.3 billion Binance hack was likely work of North Korea, intel firms say

Óscar Puente has been facing calls to resign after two high-speed trains collided earlier in the week, killing at least 69 people.

President ⁠Donald Trump said Friday that the war with Iran is "going to get wrapped up soon." Speaking to Kansas ‌City radio station KCMO ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections, the president said "it's going to get wrapped ⁠up soon," without specifying how. The commander of the U.S. military's Central Command, Adm. Brad Cooper, reiterated his longstanding assertions on Friday that Iran's navy is "at the bottom of the sea" and that southern commercial shipping lanes through the Strait of Hormuz are clear of Iranian mines and safe to navigate.

An Australian appeals court on Friday ordered triple-murderer Erin Patterson to never be released from prison because of the "shocking criminality" involved in poisoning four of her estranged husband's relatives with death cap mushrooms. The three judges of the Victoria state Court of Appeal dismissed Patterson's appeal of her convictions and upheld prosecutors' challenge to the leniency of her 33-year nonparole sentence, meaning she will spend the rest of her life behind bars. Beforehand, she would have been 82 years old when she could be considered for release.

The vast produce farms of Yuma County, Arizona, rely heavily on foreign workers who cross the border every day from Mexico. John Boelts, a farmer and staunch supporter of US President Donald Trump, praises the administration’s strict border controls – though he says that competing Republican factions have complicated efforts to hire foreign labourers.