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British broadcaster Piers Morgan engaged in a heated confrontation with senior Hamas terror official Ghazi Hamad during a televised interview, forcefully condemning Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel and rejecting the terrorist group’s attempts to defend its actions.

The exchange grew increasingly tense as Morgan accused Hamas of committing horrific atrocities against Israeli civilians during the assault, while Hamad repeatedly interrupted and disputed Morgan’s characterization of the events.

“Listen, I’m sorry, but you crossed every line of humanity and morality. On October the 7th, the actions of Hamas crossed every single moral, ethical and humanitarian line. Your people committed acts of utter barbarism against innocent Israelis. You did. We saw it with our own eyes,” Morgan said.

As Hamad continued insisting Morgan’s description was inaccurate, the journalist pushed back even harder.

“Your people, your Hamas terrorists…just to be clear: Your Hamas terrorists, your people, they deliberately posted themselves committing their atrocities in real time.”

Morgan went on to acknowledge Hamas’s stated rationale for its actions but firmly rejected it as a justification for the violence.

“I understand your position and I understand that you believe you’re fighting an occupation. You believe you’re there for ‘freedom fighters’…I understand Hamas’s position. However, I brand Hamas terrorists because the actions on October the 7th were the actions of a terrorist organization that committed a series of despicable crimes against the Israeli people. There is no justification.”

The terrorist responded by accusing Morgan of presenting an unfair account of the conflict, saying the interviewer was “not fair”.

Morgan then challenged Hamad with a direct question about one of the most shocking aspects of the October 7 attack.

“Let me ask you one simple question: Why would you take hostage a baby? What possible justification? Never mind all the other crimes that were committed that day. Why would you kidnap a baby?”

In response, Hamad denied that Hamas had intended to abduct civilians, claiming that its fighters “had no instruction to do that. We never planned to take civilians.”

A controversial advertising campaign for an adults-only museum that has appeared prominently on New York City buses for months will be removed from the MTA’s fleet far sooner than originally planned, following sustained pressure from parents, religious organizations, and elected officials who argued the displays were inappropriate for public spaces frequented by families and children.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority confirmed that the advertisements will be phased out of the bus system within the next 60 days, significantly shortening a contract that had been expected to remain in effect through the end of the year.

The decision comes after months of advocacy and growing public criticism over the campaign, which many community leaders said exposed children to adult-themed imagery in places where families have no practical way to avoid it.

The concerns took center stage at a recent meeting of the MTA Board, where transit officials were urged to reconsider allowing the agency’s buses to serve as rolling advertisements for an adults-only attraction.

Representatives argued that mass transit vehicles are used and seen every day by countless children, parents, and commuters, making them an inappropriate venue for advertising material many riders find offensive.

During the meeting, speakers called on MTA leadership to adopt advertising standards that better reflect the public nature of the transit system and the diverse communities it serves. They emphasized that while adults are free to visit such attractions, promoting them so prominently throughout the city imposes unwanted exposure on families simply going about their daily routines.

The public testimony capped months of outreach to transit officials, community leaders, and policymakers aimed at persuading the MTA to remove the advertisements before the contract expired.

In a written response to those efforts, the MTA informed advocates that the museum’s advertisements would be rotated off the system within 60 days, accelerating the previously scheduled timeline.

The announcement came as opponents were preparing to challenge the next phase of the campaign. According to advocates, the museum had planned to dramatically expand its advertising partnership with the MTA by wrapping the entire exterior of buses with promotional graphics and incorporating even more explicit imagery than what is currently displayed.

That prospect prompted additional concern among community organizations and elected officials, several of whom urged the MTA to halt the expansion and remove the existing advertisements altogether.

Politicians from multiple districts echoed the concerns raised by parents and religious groups, arguing that the widespread campaign was inappropriate for a public transit system used by millions of New Yorkers, including large numbers of children. They joined calls for the MTA to withdraw the ads, citing the need to preserve a family-friendly environment on the city’s buses.

With the MTA now confirming that the advertisements will disappear from its fleet over the coming weeks, advocates say the decision represents a significant victory for families who objected to the campaign and urged transit officials to exercise greater discretion over the advertising displayed on publicly operated vehicles.

A Canadian woman who was caught on video assaulting a teenage girl wearing patriotic clothing during a Fourth of July weekend confrontation on the Point Pleasant Beach boardwalk has been ordered deported from the United States after pleading guilty to a reduced assault charge.

An immigration judge in Texas ruled Tuesday that 33-year-old Kaitlyn Tracey will be removed to Canada. The deportation order came shortly before Tracey entered a guilty plea in New Jersey to a single count of simple assault, a misdemeanor, resolving the criminal case stemming from the July 3 incident.

Tracey participated in the hearing by telephone from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Texas, where she has been held since being transferred from New Jersey.

As part of the plea agreement, Tracey admitted guilt to one misdemeanor assault charge. She was sentenced to one day in jail but received credit for time already served after spending time in the Ocean County Jail following her arrest.

Authorities said the altercation began after Tracey confronted a group of four teenagers on the Point Pleasant boardwalk, including a girl wearing a USA 250 tank top. According to police, the confrontation escalated into an argument before Tracey slapped the teenager across the face in an incident captured on video.

The Department of Homeland Security previously said Tracey had overstayed her visa and was living in the United States illegally at the time of her arrest.

During Tuesday’s hearing, Tracey’s attorney urged the court to view his client more favorably, describing her as someone who had contributed positively while living in the United States.

“She arrived here on a passport some years ago. She met her husband and didn’t leave, but while she was [here], she maintained employment and was a productive member of society,” attorney Francis Hodgson told Judge Guy P. Ryan, characterizing the incident as simply “unfortunate.”

Hodgson also argued that Tracey had accepted responsibility for her conduct.

“[Tracey has] taken responsibility for her role in it, and this is a reasonable judgment, Judge, that is consistent with other similar-type matters that happen every day during the summer on this boardwalk,” Hodgson said.

Prosecutors told the court that the victim’s family, whose daughter was identified only by the initials M.H., agreed to the plea arrangement.

Although one of the girl’s parents attended the hearing virtually, the individual did not appear on camera or address the court directly.

Judge Ryan instead read portions of the family’s victim impact statement into the record.

“The parents recite that, ‘Thank goodness for cameras and cell phones to have documented this incident’,” he said, adding that the family comes from an immigrant background and is “proud of their country and celebrated its independence.”

“The notoriety and publicity of this matter has indicated that they’re proud of their country, love their country, they have core values and refer to the history of their family,” the judge stated.

The judge concluded by noting that the victim and her parents “look forward to justice being served, and they thank all the agencies involved.”

Tracey, who had been living in Asbury Park with her husband, Matt Geroni, for the past three years, originally faced multiple charges, including child endangerment, simple assault, harassment, and obstruction.

Following her arrest, she was initially detained at the Delaney Hall immigration detention facility in Newark before being transferred to an ICE processing center in Laredo, Texas, where deportation proceedings continued.

Officials have not announced when Tracey will be returned to Canada or whether she will ever be permitted to reenter the United States. During sentencing, however, Judge Ryan indicated that any prohibition on returning would likely remain in place “for a very long time.”

Tracey’s husband did not attend Tuesday’s court hearing. Previously, he posted videos on TikTok criticizing the conditions at the Delaney Hall detention center, describing them as “horrible,” and urging followers to help secure his wife’s release from ICE custody, “even if that means back to Canada.”

Geroni, who refers to himself on social media as the “Jester of the Jersey Shore” and the “Clown of Asbury Park,” has also drawn attention for a series of inflammatory online posts.

Among them were videos posted last August in which he expressed hostility toward President Donald Trump and his family.

“Praying the entire Trump family gets cancer. And I mean everybody, like little kids ….,” one caption read alongside a video showing Geroni kneeling with his hands clasped.

In another post published the following day, he wrote, “Praying the next assassination attempt works.”

Apple is escalating its legal fight against OpenAI, asking a federal judge to immediately block the artificial intelligence company from accessing or using what it claims are stolen trade secrets tied to its hardware business. OpenAI has forcefully rejected the allegations, accusing Apple of making major factual errors—including sending a legal warning to the wrong executive.

In a filing submitted Monday, Apple requested a preliminary injunction preventing OpenAI and two former Apple employees from using, disclosing, or benefiting from confidential information that the iPhone maker alleges was improperly taken. Apple argued that without immediate court intervention, it faces irreparable harm.

OpenAI responded within hours with a sharply worded blog post describing Apple’s lawsuit as “careless, aggressive and oddly personal,” while disputing the company’s version of events.

Apple had previously claimed it warned OpenAI about the alleged theft in February but received no response. OpenAI denied that assertion and said Apple has since acknowledged that its outside attorneys mistakenly contacted the wrong person.

“Apple had claimed that they contacted OpenAI in February and that we didn’t respond. They now admit that their outside lawyers emailed the wrong person after confusing two Asian last names — only after we brought this to their attention,” OpenAI said.

According to emails released by OpenAI, attorney Gabriel Gross of the law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges mistakenly sent a warning letter to OpenAI General Counsel Che Chang instead of a former Apple employee whose last name was Wang.

The correspondence also included a reference to a telephone conversation that OpenAI says never occurred. According to the company, Apple later withdrew that claim after the mistake was pointed out.

OpenAI said Chang replied by forwarding the email to Apple’s legal department, explaining that he had never spoken with Gross and had no idea who he was.

Gross later apologized for the error and indicated that Wang had agreed to cooperate. OpenAI said Apple then took no further action for five months before filing suit.

Apple launched the lawsuit on July 10 in federal court in Northern California, accusing OpenAI of orchestrating a coordinated effort to obtain confidential hardware information as it develops its first consumer device.

The complaint names former Apple senior system electrical engineer Chang Liu and former Apple vice president of product design Tang Yew Tan, who spent years overseeing products including the iPhone and Apple Watch before joining OpenAI to lead its hardware division.

Apple alleges Liu copied dozens of confidential hardware documents after leaving the company by using another employee’s laptop. It also claims Tan emailed supplier information to his personal account and advised departing employees on how to avoid scrutiny during Apple’s exit procedures.

OpenAI has rejected those allegations, insisting it possesses no Apple trade secrets and has no interest in acquiring them.

The company also published internal iMessage conversations that it says contradict Apple’s claims. According to OpenAI, the messages show Apple employees repeatedly contacting Liu after he had left the company, asking for help locating technical files and other information. One former colleague even joked that Liu remained “the best” source, “even if you don’t work here anymore.”

OpenAI argued that any continued access to Apple systems resulted from Apple’s own employee offboarding process, which it claims allowed former workers to retain access they neither requested nor expected.

Regarding Tan, OpenAI said the longtime Apple executive has consistently instructed his team not to use confidential information belonging to previous employers.

Apple is also seeking expedited discovery, asking the court to quickly order depositions of Liu, Tan, OpenAI employee Yu-Ting Peng, and another former Apple employee whose identity has not been disclosed.

In its court filing, Apple argued, “Apple will be irreparably harmed absent a preliminary injunction.”

OpenAI said it is willing to comply with three of Apple’s five requested restrictions, including prohibiting future access to any Apple confidential information, refraining from using such material, and preserving relevant evidence. However, the company opposes Apple’s request to allow its lawyers and forensic investigators to inspect OpenAI’s computers, storage devices, and internal networks.

The legal battle carries enormous implications for both companies. More than 400 former Apple employees have joined OpenAI, which industry analysts believe is developing an AI-powered consumer device that could eventually compete directly with smartphones—and potentially challenge the iPhone’s dominant position in the marketplace.

The dispute marks another major courtroom battle for OpenAI, which earlier this year successfully defeated a separate legal challenge brought by Elon Musk’s xAI.

SpaceX delivered its first quarterly earnings report as a publicly traded company on Tuesday, reporting a 92% jump in revenue while exceeding Wall Street expectations despite posting a quarterly loss. The results come after a turbulent first few months on the stock market, as investors have grown increasingly wary of soaring artificial intelligence spending.

Elon Musk’s aerospace company reported second-quarter revenue of $7.8 billion, well above analysts’ expectations of $6.93 billion. SpaceX posted an operating loss of $143 million and a net loss of $541 million, while reporting a loss of $0.09 per share—significantly better than the $0.26 per-share loss analysts had projected.

The earnings release marks the company’s first financial update since its historic June initial public offering, when SpaceX debuted at $150 per share and raised $86 billion in what became the largest IPO on record.

Since going public, however, the company’s stock has fallen approximately 24%, erasing roughly $500 billion in market value as investors have become increasingly cautious about the lofty valuations of AI companies and their massive infrastructure spending.

Following the earnings announcement, SpaceX shares initially rose during regular trading before dropping as much as 8% in after-hours trading.

The company attributed much of its spending to continued investments in artificial intelligence infrastructure, Starship development, and the expansion of its Starlink satellite internet network. During the second quarter alone, SpaceX invested $18.37 billion in those initiatives.

The company reported a $4.9 billion loss last year, largely driven by its aggressive investments in AI infrastructure.

While SpaceX’s rocket launch business continues to secure major government contracts—including missions for NASA—it remained unprofitable during the reporting period.

The company’s strongest financial performance continued to come from its communications division, led by the Starlink satellite internet service, which provides connectivity to consumers as well as government and military customers and remains SpaceX’s only profitable business segment.

During Tuesday’s earnings call, Musk expressed confidence in Starlink’s long-term potential.

“It’s not out of the question that, at some point, Starlink will deliver a majority of the world’s internet, at least in countries where we are allowed to operate, which is the vast majority of countries,” Musk said.

Investors could face additional volatility later this week as SpaceX’s post-IPO lock-up period begins to expire on Thursday, allowing insiders and early investors to begin selling shares on the open market.

Despite recent stock-market pressure, SpaceX has continued to win major government contracts that could strengthen its financial performance during the second half of the year.

In late July, the company secured a $1.6 billion launch contract from the U.S. Space Force. Earlier this year, it also won national security satellite contracts worth approximately $6.5 billion.

Meanwhile, SpaceX continues testing its massive Starship rocket, which is expected to eventually launch the company’s next-generation “V3” Starlink satellites—significantly larger spacecraft designed to expand the capacity and reach of its growing global satellite network.