Clancy trial ends in deadlock

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1:01redundancy era ladies in their Lacey underwear are truly accurate. Listen on BBC.com or wherever you get your podcasts. This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. Hello, I'm Uncle Desai, and in the early hours of Saturday, the 5th of September, these are our main stories. A mistrial has been declared in the high profile murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, the mother charge with murdering her three small children. A Russian drone has struck the headquarters of Ukraine's security service in Kiev, head of the expected arrival of US mediators in the city. And the UN General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a resolution calling for a new world map that more accurately reflects the size of Africa. Also, in this podcast, the latest rogue AI attack that even went as far as transforming the targeted websites. And we find out how Georgi Maloney has managed to lead the longest serving administration

2:07in post-war Italy. It's a case that's gripped not only the United States, but also because of social media the world. The in this case, I understood that you all gave everything you could and probably more than you thought you could. Lindsey Clancy pleaded not guilty to murder but has never denied killing her children, aged between eight months and five years. Her lawyer, Kevin Reddington, entered a defence of insanity, saying she was suffering from

3:09postpartum or postnatal psychosis at the time and could not distinguish right from wrong. If anything, this case showed clearly and unequivocally the wouffled deficiency that women have when they're pregnant, when they have babies and God forbid when they're on medication because of postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis, it's just horrible what we saw in this trial and maybe things have to change. Patrick Clancy told the court that Lindsey, his ex-wife, was a very dedicated mother who struggled with her mental health. After the verdict, he issued a statement thanking the court and jurors, adding that the prospect of a retrial would be extremely painful for his family. A correspondent Anaphegi, who's been covering the story from the start, told me about the reaction to the verdict. There was a lot of shock that this was finally over because we've been waiting for a while and each day this week, while I was in court, we thought today was the day and then we

4:09came back the next day, right? And then yesterday, of course, we had this big moment where we found out that there was one holdout juror. And so we finally got some inclination as to which way they were headed and then to come back today and get a final answer that there was mistrial, I think people were just shocked after seven days where we ended up. Lindsey Clancy's husband says a retrial would be extraordinarily painful for his family. So bearing that in mind, has the prosecution given any indication of their intentions and their steps forward? Earlier this week, as the DA was walking through the hallway, reporters posed this question to him and he basically said, should that be the outcome? We're going to retry this now. He said that to us before the Thursday note from the jury that indicated that there was a deadlock happening. So whether or not that still his stance remains to be seen, but he did come out to the microphones on Friday after all of this happened and said to reporters, we're still mulling over what to do. They could bring the case again as first-degree murder charges, which is a premeditated

5:10intentional killing of someone. And of course, she was charged with three counts for all three children or they could bring a lesser charge. If they brought a lesser charge, which some have indicated they might have better success, should they do that? They wouldn't necessarily have to have a jury let trial, it could be a judge let trial, which may lead to a quicker or more resolute resolution here. And what happens to Lindsey Clancy now? She's in a psychiatric facility. She's been held there since all of this happened and she'll remain there until we figure out what's going to happen next. If she's tried and found guilty, she could go to prison. If she's found not guilty, she could stay in that same mental institution that she's in now. And just finally, is this being seen as a turning point in post-possum cases now? I think so, for sure. I spoke to experts who study post-partum psychosis and postpartum depression, who explained extensively that this is an under-researched, under-under-under-part of the postpartum experience. And one of the reasons why that is in the US is that postpartum psychosis does not have

6:12its own classification in what's called the DSM-5 or the encyclopedia of psychiatry. And without that classification, you can't get as much research funding. It doesn't show up in textbooks in the same way. And then you don't have gynecologists and obstetricians learning what this is or necessarily knowing how to identify it in their patients. So we have this kind of cyclical problem as it relates to postpartum psychosis. And so cases like this one, and especially this one because the attention in the US has been wild over this case. It's all over social media, it's all over the internet. Everybody's talking about it. Experts told me, you know, this is going to be a turning point. People are going to understand that there's a difference between postpartum psychosis and postpartum depression. They're going to understand better now that this is a severe psychiatric emergency that needs to be taken seriously and hopefully, as his medical expert said, it'll get classified in the DSM-5, which will just be crucial for widespread understanding and better treatment for those women who face this. Anna Faggy. A Russian drone has struck the headquarters of Ukraine Security Service, the SBU in Central

7:17Keeve, ahead of the expected arrival of US mediators in the city. President Vladimir Zelensky said the drone was aimed at the head of the service, but he wasn't among at least 12 people injured in the attack. Mrs. Zelensky has promised a temporary ceasefire with Russia, while the US envoy Steve Whitkov and Jared Kushner have talks in Moscow on Saturday and Keeve on Sunday. My colleague Valerie Sunderson spoke to our diplomatic correspondent, James Landel, who is in the Ukrainian capital. Keeve has been under attack day and night by Russia for the last two weeks or so as part of a new tactic where Russia has attempted to, instead of just attacking Keeve during the night, it's tried to step up its attacks throughout the day, around the clock. On average, there have been about 10 air-raid alerts a day. But during that period, most of the strikes have been on infrastructure and or businesses, warehouses, sometimes in residential areas. This is the first time they've directly targeted as far as we know.

8:19The heart of the Ukrainian state and government, namely the head of their security services, happened in the middle of the afternoon. It was during one of the alerts that was taken place and took place not far from where we are, and we had a very quick ruse and then an explosion across the rooftops and smoke rising above the building. And it turned out that it had been, according to President Zelensky, not just a direct targeted attack on the security services, but against specifically the office of the man who heads up that agency. So you mentioned President Zelensky, what has been his reaction and that of Ukraine? Well, President Zelensky has obviously decried the attack. He has promised to make what he called an appropriate, tangible response. Ukrainian officials are describing it as a clear escalation. We haven't got to, you know, we don't know when or how Ukraine will respond to that, but they're making it very clear that this is something that will require some kind of response. And Mr. Zelensky has also very pointedly published a picture of him sitting down with the

9:23head of the security services, discussing what that response may be. In other words, making it very clear to the Russians that Mr. Popklaad, who is the head of the agency, you know, is alive and well. And James, the timing of this is crucial, isn't it, with talks coming up in Ukraine? That's the really interesting question, which is that why are the Russians doing this? Why are they carrying out this particular attack? Because if there are, as we expect, talks with US mediators, Mr. Kushner and Mr. Wichoff, both in Moscow and in Kiev over the weekend, why are the Russians choosing this moment to step up their attack and escalate the tensions? We don't know the answer to that question, but some speculation that is taking place here in Kiev amongst analysts is that the Russians may be trying to work on what are believed to be concerns by the American sides for the safety of Mr. Kushner and Mr. Wichoff where they to come to Kiev, because they would be coming to a city that has been under round the clock attack from Russia for the last two weeks or so.

10:27James Landau reporting from Kiev. Now to the latest case of artificial intelligence, apparently going rogue, it's been revealed that open AI hijacked a German website earlier this year, even going so far as to repurpose the platform. The incident was uncovered by researchers who monitor the internet for signs of unauthorized activity by AI agents. It's not the first time something like this has happened and has raised even more questions around AI safety and how it can operate outside of human control. So a climate is our technology editor. You may already be familiar with an event that happened in July when some AI products called agents developed by open AI, the maker of Chachy PT, hacked into another tech company called Hugging Face. And at the time it was described as the first ever cyber attack that was AI enabled because it was done by these agents. And it turned out that they'd managed to make a secret message board and communicate with

11:29each other in secret to figure out how to access the internet and how to get to this company. The new report that's just come out suggested actually open AI agents have a bit of track record of having done this before that they had taken over a website, a German website. It's like a Wikipedia style website, so it's one that, you know, anyone can contribute to. But they'd got into it and they'd made 15,000 edits to it over a three month period. And they were communicating with each other and they were sharing tips about how to avoid detection and remain hidden. And when the other editors of the website started noticing and taking pages down, the agent started sharing computer code about how to retrieve the deleted pages so they could get their communications back. So what we are starting to see is AI tools that are acting independently of humans if you like and also covering their tracks and trying to not be as visible as we would like in

12:31terms of being able to see what they're doing. Open AI says it can't respond meaningfully because it wasn't given the report before publication. The report was given to the news agency Reuters. It has now got the report and says it will take the necessary steps. It says it has already said it was aware that some of its agents had figured out how to use message boards and how to communicate and it says that it has already been public about that. It's been open about that. But we've just seen just last night, open AI unveiled its latest AI model called Astra and it says it's most powerful yet and that it can do a task that would take a human being five hours, it can do it in under three minutes. So on the one hand, we've got these incredibly rapidly advancing, highly evolved technology and on the other hand, it seems that there's increasing concern that it's starting to be able to operate outside of human control and a lot of people are very, very worried about that from a cyber security point of view, but also I suppose from a rather dystopian

13:34point of view. Our technology editor Zoe Kleinman, here's a question for you, which do you think is bigger? Greenland or the democratic republic of the Congo? Well, if you look at most maps, Greenland would appear to have a much larger landmass, but in fact, it's a good deal smaller. The UN General Assembly has just passed a resolution aimed at fixing that discrepancy. It's calling for the traditional world map to be replaced by one that more accurately reflects the size of Africa and other parts of the world. Helena Burke has the details. Back in 1569, the Flemish cartographer Gerardis McAter created a world map. Its main purpose was to help sailors navigate the globe as the cartography professor James Cheshire explains. In McAter's case, what he was doing was he was creating a projection that would work really well for navigating cross-oceans, which was principally what people were interested in using maps for. And so in his view, he wanted a straight line to be drawn on a map to look like a straight

14:41line in reality if you followed a compass bearing. So that was what it was intended to do, and that's what it does brilliantly well. To keep those angles correct on a flat map, McAter had to stretch the grid lines wider as they moved away from the equator towards the poles. The result was that the countries further away from the equator, particularly those in Europe, appeared much larger than they really were, while those closer to the equator appeared much smaller. In fact, the McAter map makes Greenland look roughly the same size as Africa, even though the continent is actually 14 times bigger. More than 450 years on, McAter's map is still the basis for many of the maps we see in classrooms, documentaries, and online, including Google Maps. For years, African campaigners have been pushing for the McAter map to be replaced with the more accurate, equal earth projection. Mokimakura has been leading the charge. I refer to this as the world's longest misinformation campaign because it's just wrong.

15:43Africa is made to look smaller than it really is. The distortion matters because it literally shrinks Africa's power and our place in the world. The size being smaller than European countries, when in reality you can fit all of the Europe, China, India, America, and other countries into the continent. It makes the continent look less important, less powerful, and less full of potential. For me, this is really about truth and accuracy, but it's also about dignity and symbolism. I'd like to see the equal earth projection used everywhere, so in school textbooks, online on Google Maps, in PowerPoint templates and Canva templates. But the size really matter. Donald Trump certainly seems to think so. There's been some speculation that Greenlands' gargantuan appearance on traditional maps may have partly informed the US president's desire to take over the territory. This enormous, unsecured island is actually part of North America.

16:44It's the United States alone that can protect this giant mass of land, this giant piece of ice. Now, years of campaigning for a more accurate representation of the world's countries has paid off. The UN General Assembly has passed the Correct the Map Resolution with the support of 164 nations. The United States was the only country to vote against it, and there were six abstentions. The resolution calls for the gradual phasing out of the use of the traditional Bakeda Map. The change at the UN was spearheaded by Togo's foreign minister, Robert Dussi. A fair map does not change the geography of the world. It changed how we see the world. And when our perspective becomes more just, it paves the way for greater understanding, respect, and peace among nations. The equal earth projection is widely regarded as the most accurate display of the relative sizes of the world's land masses.

17:47But it's not perfect. The map still distorts some shapes, angles, and distances as Professor Cheshire explains. It's really hard to take a sphere or technically an oblate spheroid, which is the shape of our earth and put it on a flat sheet of paper. There's no perfect way of doing it. And there's lots of different approaches you can take, and you can preserve area, or you can preserve shape, or you can preserve distance and direction. But not everything at once perfectly, because otherwise you'd be back to a sphere. I think really what needs to happen is we start to move to a situation where people start to think more deeply about the maps they're looking at and asking, why is this area bigger than that area? What impact is it having on me? And I think that's the real positive that comes out of this, I think. The correct the map resolution is non-binding, which means countries aren't required to implement it. However, the UN's decision will still spur changes to the maps used by institutions around

18:47the world. The report from Helena Burke. Still to come in this podcast. If you come to a sporting event, you have to respect the sport. And I feel like it's common courtesy to read up on the sport, especially like the etiquette. The frustration over the behavior of social media influencers at the US Open tennis grand slam. Support comes from wise. The smart way to manage the currencies you need around the globe. Fed up with losing out to hidden fees when you send money abroad with your everyday bank. Choose the smart way. Wise. You can count on the exchange rate you'd usually find on Google. No one welcomes surprises. Plus, ditch that where's my money feeling. Most transfers arrive in under 20 seconds. Join millions saving billions on hidden fees. Be smart. Get wise. Download the Wise app today.

19:48Teasing sees apply. What if I told you that most of history's underwear wasn't remotely close to the underwear you're wearing right now? Hi, I'm Greg Jenner, host of your Dead To Me podcast, and we're back with a brand new season. And if you're a fan of fashion trends of the past, you'll love our newest episode on the history of underwear. We explore how our underwear has changed throughout history. And whether TV depictions of agency era ladies in their Lacey underwear are truly accurate. Listen on BBC.com or wherever you get your podcasts. This is the Global News Podcast. There's been an upsurge in fighting in Yemen between Iranian-backed Houthi forces and Saudi-backed government troops. More than 120 people have died in what would have been described as the deadliest clashes between the two sides in years. The latest fighting in a civil war which began in 2014 started when the Houthis tried to

20:49take control of coastal territory on the Red Sea. That seerut has become increasingly important since the US-Iran war. Close the strait of Hautomus and the Gulf, Saudi Arabia in particular is now reliant on the Red Sea to export its oil. Valerie Sanderson, fanatmore from our Middle East analyst, Sebastian Asher. Now, as everything in Yemen, I mean nothing is that clear. We don't really have independent reporting from there. So we hear different accounts from the two sides. The government, the pro-government side is really playing this up. They're the ones who've been giving the information about how many people have been killed. This was essentially a assault that was launched by the Houthis on Thursday. The Houthis are playing a down thing. It's just more clashes. It's kind of what goes on. But I think there's more to it than that. I mean, this is in and around the key city of Tias in a province which has been divided for a long time. Now, there was a lal in fighting for the past four years or so. But it's begun to reignite over the past few weeks very much to do with the Iran war

21:50and the contagion of that. But more specifically, recently, with the Babelman de Bstrait, that is, like the sort of Hormuz, it's another key waterway for energy spies to go through. Saudi ships have been using that instead of the sort of Hormuz. And the Houthis have been firing at them to try and close it down. Now, there's a port, and Tias is the way to it called Mokka. Mokka is where the coffee comes from, the name. But it's also an absolute key port for, if you want to control the Babelman de Bstrait, that's where you want to be. So it would give the Houthis a much better chance of essentially shutting it down if they wanted to. So what are the chances, do you think of a ceasefire? I mean, you said there had been a lal in the fighting previously. Yes. I mean, there basically hadn't really been any movement or any real fighting for a long time. I mean, there was a U-ents of ceasefire that came in 2022. And the Houthis essentially were increasing their control of where they have the control up in the North and Sana. And the government down in the South. That's all been thrown up in Tias, as I say, by what's been happening with Iran.

22:53Saudi Arabia, which backs the pro-government forces, has come much more to the forefront again in Yemen. And in terms of a conflict with the Houthis, the Saudis, and also the UAE, which was one of the big outside forces, had really wanted to get themselves out of this war, because it wasn't as far as they were going to achieve anything. But they'd come back in now, and the Houthis, very briefly, the Houthis, yes, very Iranian-backed. Yes, they are doing this to some extent to help Iran. But also, they have their own agenda. They're not just a proxy. They want to increase their power, their control within Yemen as well. Sebastian Asher. Final rallies have been held in the Eastern German state of Saxony and Houth, ahead of Sunday's state election. Paul suggests the far-right alternative for Deutschland will win more than 40% of the vote there and could even, for the first time, be in a position to form a state government. Campaigning has now ended. Our Europe correspondent, Jessica Parker, spoke to us from an AFD rally in the city of Magdeburg. If the AFD managed to secure power following the election on Sunday in the state of Saxony and Houth,

23:58it would be the first time since the party was founded that it will have power to state level. The states in Germany, they hold significant powers through their state parliament. Schools, policing, culture. So the AFD would have real power here locally and the party see it as a potential stepping stone for their ambitions to take power at a federal level. Even though they are way ahead in the polls, there is no guarantee that they're going to get into power because other parties won't work for them. So they're looking to try and secure a parliamentary majority, which would be quite a feat in German politics. The party's critics of which there are many and we're expecting demonstrations over the weekend, they are deeply concerned about some of the things that the AFD outlined in its manifesto. The manifesto talks about defunding anti-German art. It uses the term re-migration in its manifesto, which is a bit of a slippery term, but is understood by some people to mean the master-apportation of people from a migrant background.

24:58The AFD insists their plans are focusing on people who are here illegally, but this is a controversial party. It's designated by domestic intelligence here in the state as right-wing extremist. A designation of the party rejects. The AFD is particularly strong in the former communist states of eastern Germany, so Saxian holds, Turingann, Saxony. They have really managed to establish their strongholds, although they are popular in other parts of the country, the leading of holds nationally as well. I think there's a bunch of different things going on in terms of why they're popular here. People are talking about having a real anxiety for their future. I think there's been a sense of nostalgia sometimes that the AFD manages to use, but also I think they have managed to tap into people's concerns around being concerned about immigration. A lot of people talk about not wanting to send support anymore to Ukraine, that comes up frequently.

25:59Jessica Parker in Central Germany. In our previous podcast, we mentioned briefly that the Italian Prime Minister had reached an important political milestone. The president of our country, Georgia Menoni! On Friday, Miss Malone's government had been in office for 1,413 days, making it the longest serving administration in the history of the Italian Republic, surpassing the previous record set by Silvia Berlusconi. It's a remarkable achievement in a country famous for governments that don't tend to last very long. A reporter, Carla Conti, told us more about why Miss Malone has outlasted her predecessors. Well, partly because Georgia Melone is proved to be a much more pragmatic politician in government than many expected. She first came to power in 2022 as a hardline nationalist, but once in office she actually became more moderates on some of the issues that could have caused real trouble. So for example, she has kept Italy firmly behind Ukraine, she has worked constructively

27:03with Brussels and maintained fairly tight control of the public finances. And at home, she's also been very good at managing her coalition. There have been tensions with Mateo Salvini's league party as well as for Cedalia, but she's largely avoided the sort of major political fights or divisive reforms that have brought down Italian governments in the past. And it helps that the opposition is largely fragmented as well. So really, a lot of it comes down to the fact that her coalition partners have had more to gain by staying than walking away. And they may not always agree with her, but Miss Malone has been quite effective in making sure that those disagreements don't ever become full-blown political crises. Okay, so she's had some time in the job, we're in 2026 now. How are Italians viewing her? Opinion is certainly divided. Her supporters would point to some genuinely positive figures, things like unemployment being at a record low at the

28:03moment. Italy's borrowing cost falling sharply and irregular migrant arrivals dropping sharply since their peak in 2023. And Miss Malone herself has remained quite popular. She has cultivated this image as a down-to-earth direct and self-assured politician, someone that can connect with ordinary Italians. But longevity doesn't necessarily mean that Italians think that the government has delivered. Wages have stagnated, economic growth remains sluggish and things like the cost of living, immigration, healthcare and security are still major concerns for voters. Okay, so the challenge is then ahead for Georgie Malone. Next year elections are expected. And like you said, the government and her distinctions there, what about the polls? What are they saying in terms of her hopes next year? Well, there are certainly signs that her position isn't quite as dominant as it used to be. Her brothers of Italy party is still comfortably the

29:04biggest single party, polling at around 26%. But the gap between her center-right coalition and the opposition is narrowed significantly. And interestingly enough, one of the biggest threats this time is not coming from the left or the center, but from within the right. The former army general, Urbertova Naci, has launched his own nationalist political party and is polling at around 7%. And he's been attracting voters who think that Miss Malone has become too moderate to pro-European and too supportive of Ukraine. So the question now is whether she can convince Italians that this stability has actually improved their lives and persuade them to give her another term next year. Coloconti. We end at the US Open tennis where the two times champion, their Naomi Osaka, has called for fans at the Grand Slam event to respect the sports etiquette after her first round match was disrupted by spectators filming themselves.

30:07One group held a photo shoot in the hospitality suite while play was going on. Organizers have invited a record number of social media influencers to the event, around 100, which is double last year's figure. But some of their conduct has drawn criticism. This report from our Sports News correspondent Andy Swiss. Forget playing for some, it's all about the posing. The sight and sound of influencers filming themselves during US Open matches has become familiar, if not always popular. During Naomi Osaka's opening match, the unpar reprimanded some fans for holding a photo shoot in their hospitality while play was going on. And Osaka says the influencers at flushing meadows need to be more thoughtful. I think obviously if you come to a sporting event, you have to respect the sport. And I feel like it's common courtesy to like read up on the sport, especially like the etiquette.

31:11Around 100 influencers and content creators have been accredited for the tournament twice as many as last year. In a statement, organizers said they wanted to attract new audiences, but also needed to ensure spectators didn't interfere with the action. They're now putting more screen messages around the ground, asking fans to refrain from disruptive activities, including noise levels, flash photography and ring lights. Tennis tradition lists will hope the sports new audience doesn't come at the cost of its old values. Andy Swiss. And that's all from us for now. If you want to get in touch, you can email us at globalpodcast.bbc.co.uk. You can also find us on xat's BBCWod service. We use the hashtag global news pod. And don't forget our sister podcast, the global story, which goes in depth and beyond the headlines on one big story. This edition of the global news podcast was mixed by Mark Pickett and the producers were Paul Day and Helena Burke, the editor is Karen Martin and our man could decide. Until next time, goodbye.