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The body of UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch has been recovered from the wreckage of the superyacht Bayesian, three days after it sank off the coast of Sicily, according to Italian officials.

Six people, including Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah, have been missing since Monday, when Bayesian went down in an intense storm near Palermo.

A fifth body was pulled from the sunken yacht on Thursday morning. Divers searching the wreck off the coast of Porticello are still looking for the sixth missing passenger, whom the Italian coastguard said is a woman.

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That suggests that the other bodies recovered are likely to include Christopher Morvillo of the law firm Clifford Chance and Jonathan Bloomer, chair of insurance group Hiscox and Morgan Stanley International, who were also on board Bayesian when it sank.

Their wives, Neda Morvillo and Judy Bloomer, were also on the vessel.

Mike Lynch was one of the UK’s best-known tech entrepreneurs after founding software group Autonomy © Ben Gurr/AFP/Getty Images

No formal identification of the bodies has been announced by the Italian authorities.

A spokesperson for Lynch’s family declined to comment.

The trip on Bayesian had been planned as a celebration of Lynch’s recent acquittal on US fraud charges, after a 12-year legal battle over the $11bn sale of his software group Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard.

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Morvillo represented Lynch in his recent US case, and Bloomer appeared at the trial as a witness for the defence.

Lynch’s wife, Angela Bacares, was one of 15 people rescued in the early hours of Monday morning. The body of one crew member was recovered on Monday.

Italian prosecutors are investigating the exact circumstances of the shipwreck after some eyewitnesses claimed the yacht sank in just a matter of minutes.

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Gov. Tim Walz completed his transformation from a little-known governor to a leading party figure with his speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Wednesday night. As he gave the most consequential address of his career, attendees made clear that they had quickly become familiar with his life story, including his background as a former high school football coach. “We’re down a field goal,” he said. “But we’re on offense, and we’ve got the ball.”

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Trump's remixed rallies try to change the tune from 'Crooked Joe' to 'Comrade Kamala'

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Republican Presidential nominee, former president Donald J. Trump remarks during a campaign event at Precision Custom Components on August 19, 2024 in York, Pa.

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Former President Donald Trump’s campaign speeches have plenty of phrases that get repeated so much they get stuck in your head, like an earworm.

Those catchphrases include the vows for the “largest deportation effort” in history, boasts about his poll numbers and attacks on “Crooked Joe Biden.”

But since Biden dropped out of the presidential race a month ago and Vice President Harris became his new opponent, Trump hasn’t really remixed his message to keep up with an audience clamoring for new material.

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“I think, frankly, I’d rather be running against somebody else,” Trump said at an August press conference at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida. “But that was their choice. They decided to do that, because Kamala’s record is horrible. She’s a radical left person at a level that nobody’s seen.”

In rallies and social media posts, Trump has settled on “Comrade Kamala” as a moniker for his new opponent, trying to tie the Democrat and the policies of the current administration to communism.

But even then, the presidential putdowns have lost their edge since his first run for office in the 2016 election and are increasingly buried by Trump’s nonsensical asides.

One example came during his rally last week in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., just before the Democratic National Convention.

Trump still commands capacity crowds, and shows why Republican voters have him in their hall of fame, but lately he’s sounded more like an aging rock star stuck in the past, and whose new riffs aren’t always in tune with the moment.

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“But soon we’re going to fix every single problem Kamala Harris and Joe Biden, ‘Crooked Joe,’ have cre–what happened to Biden?,” he said, breaking from his speech. “I was running against Biden, all of a sudden, I’m running against somebody else. It’s true! You know, it’s interesting, I said… ‘Who am I running against? Harris?’ I said, ‘Who the hell is Harris? You know. Who the hell is Harris?’”

Who is Harris?

That’s a question that both campaigns are trying to answer quickly before voters head to the polls in the coming weeks.

Frustratingly to some Republicans, while Trump has been known for his improvisational skills on the trail, since the switch up he’s been slow to strike a chord with his policies or hit the same high notes attacking the vice president.

Take the Pennsylvania rally, where one top takeaway was a tangent about a TIME Magazine cover featuring Harris.

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“I say that I am much better looking than her,” Trump said. “I think I’m much better – I’m a better looking person than Kamala!”

There’s still time for Trump to remix his pitch, as the GOP emphasizes immigration and the economy as two issues that they hope resonate more with voters.

As Harris is set to take the stage tonight to close out the Democratic National Convention and the presidential campaign enters its final weeks, though, Trump is still rewinding to the past.

At a counterprogramming event in Michigan Tuesday, a lower-energy Trump turned an attack on Harris and immigration into a refrain, once again, about Biden.

“I said, close the border: I didn’t have a bill, I didn’t need a bill, she doesn’t need a bill,” he said. “Biden doesn’t know where he is. So where is he? Whatever happened to him? He got out. He got out. He’s now sunbathing. He’s in a beach someplace.”

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Beyond the metaphors, Trump’s actual rally musical selections have also brought unwanted headlines.

Celine Dion objected to “My Heart Will Go On” being used before a Montana event, writing online that its use was unauthorized and asked “really, that song?”

Plus, the family of songwriter Isaac Hayes filed suit this week over the use of Trump’s frequent outro song “Hold On, I’m Coming” which Hayes co-wrote for the group Sam and Dave.

Trump’s next big rally will be in Arizona Friday.

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Tim Walz Accepts the V.P. Nomination

Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota introduced his family and rallied the crowd to get behind Kamala Harris in “the fourth quarter” of the election.

“It’s the honor of my life to accept your nomination for vice president of the United States. We also protected reproductive freedom because in Minnesota we respect our neighbors and the personal choices they make. And even if we wouldn’t make those same choices for ourselves, we’ve got a golden rule: Mind your own damn business. It took Gwen and I years, but we had access to fertility treatments. And when our daughter was born, we named her Hope. Hope, Gus and Gwen, you are my entire world. And I love you. I’m letting you in on how we started a family because this is a big part about what this election is about: freedom. So here, this is the part — clip and save it and send it to your undecided relatives so they know — if you’re a middle-class family or a family trying to get into the middle class, Kamala Harris is going to cut your taxes. If you’re getting squeezed by prescription drug prices, Kamala Harris is going to take on big pharma. If you’re hoping to buy a home, Kamala Harris is going to help make it more affordable. And no matter who you are, Kamala Harris is going to stand up and fight for your freedom to live the life that you want to lead. You know, you might not know it, but I haven’t given a lot of big speeches like this, but I have given a lot of pep talks. So let me finish with this team.” Crowd chanting: “Coach.” “It’s the fourth quarter. We’re down a field goal, but we’re on offense and we’ve got the ball. We’re driving down the field. And boy, do we have the right team. Kamala Harris is tough. Kamala Harris is experienced and Kamala Harris is ready.”

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