Colombia’s still-powerful former president Álvaro Uribe has been sentence to 12 years of house arrest, capping a long and contentious career that defined the country’s politics for a generation.

Uribe, aged 73, received the maximum possible sentence after being found guilty of witness tampering, a legal source told AFP.

The lengthy house arrest, which is due to be publicly announced on Friday, marks the first time in Colombia’s history that a former president has been convicted of a crime and sentenced.

Uribe led Colombia from 2002 to 2010 and helmed a relentless military campaign against drug cartels and the Farc guerrilla army.

He remains popular in Colombia, despite being accused by critics of

A Miami jury ordered Elon Musk’s car company on Friday to pay $329m to victims of a deadly crash involving its Autopilot driver assist technology, opening the door to other costly lawsuits and potentially striking a blow to Tesla’s reputation for safety at a critical time for the company.

The federal jury held that Tesla bore significant responsibility because its technology failed and that not all the blame can be put on a reckless driver, even one who admitted he was distracted by his cell phone before hitting a young couple out gazing at the stars. The decision comes as Musk seeks to convince Americans his cars are safe enough

Donald Trump has ordered the firing of the federal government official in charge of labor statistics, hours after data revealed that jobs growth had stalled this summer.

The US president claimed that Erika McEntarfer, commissioner of labor statistics, had “faked” employment figures in the run-up to last year’s election, in a bid to boost Kamala Harris’s chances of victory.

He produced no evidence for this claim, and insisted that the US economy was, in fact, “BOOMING” on his watch.

“We need accurate Jobs Numbers,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “I have directed my Team to fire this Biden Political Appointee, IMMEDIATELY. She will be replaced with someone much more competent and qualified.”

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And Just Like That, the Sex and the City spin-off series, is set to end after its current season.

The news was announced on the official social channels by the showrunner Michael Patrick King, who wrote that they held off on telling fans to avoid overshadowing the third and final season, which will end with a two-part finale. “It’s with great gratitude we thank all the viewers who have let these characters into their homes and their hearts over these many years,” he said.

The follow-up to the award-winning HBO series brought back original stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon to reprise their roles.

“Carrie Bradshaw has dominated my