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• Two astronauts will be at the ISS for longer than planned, following issues with Boeing's Starliner.
• The spacecraft has experienced helium leaks and thruster failures during its first crewed launch.
• NASA and Boeing have pushed back Starliner's return to June 26 to review data from the mission.

Two NASA astronauts have been left waiting to return home from the International Space Station because of issues with Boeing's Starliner spacecraft.

NASA and Boeing announced on Tuesday that Starliner's return had been delayed to June 26 after the troubled vessel's first crewed launch was hampered by technical issues.

It's the latest delay to hit the Starliner mission and means an ISS mission that was expected to last eight-10 days is now extended to at least 20 for astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.

The space capsule had a difficult time docking with the ISS, with five thrusters failing on approach, though four were subsequently recovered.

NASA said last week that ground teams were also assessing the potential impact of five small helium leaks.

In a press briefing on Tuesday, NASA and Boeing officials said that Starliner had plenty of helium left and that they felt "comfortable" about the craft's ability to re-enter Earth's atmosphere safely.

They added, however, that they were taking time to review data from the launch and docking before giving Starliner the green light to return home.

Starliner's first crewed launch, which took place on June 5, was delayed multiple times because of technical concerns.

The launch was a crucial moment for the US aviation giant, which is attempting to challenge SpaceX's stranglehold on the commercial space industry.

SpaceX has been transporting astronauts to and from the ISS since 2020, but Boeing, the other company selected by NASA for the task in 2014, has lagged behind.

SpaceX founder Elon Musk criticized Boeing about a month before Starliner's launch, writing on X that the company had "too many non-technical managers."

The issues with Starliner come at a bad time for Boeing, which is grappling with new safety concerns over its 737 Max after a door plug on an Alaska Airlines passenger plane detached mid-flight in January.

Boeing and NASA did not immediately respond to a request for comment made outside normal working hours.

• Denmark says Ukraine can use the F-16s it plans to give to hit military targets in Russia.
• Experts say that may not the best use for the jets.
• Ukraine hasn't been promised many, making each one a valuable prize for Russia. 

NATO member Denmark has given Ukraine permission to use the F-16s it receives to hit military targets within Russia.

It is unclear if Ukraine has any intention of using its F-16s in this way, or if doing so would mean the jets themselves enter Russia or just their munitions, but military experts told Business Insider it may not be the best use for them regardless, at least right now.

Denmark's decision is part of a wider and influential shift in NATO oversight of the weapons sent to Ukraine, a loosening of the restrictions on how Ukraine is allowed to fight the war.

Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, partner nations have prevented Ukraine from hitting military targets within Russia, giving Moscow a safe space to stage attacks and putting Ukraine at a huge disadvantage. Over the course of the war, many attacks have been launched from inside Russian territory. Analysts have described this situation as Ukraine fighting a war with one hand tied behind its back.

But some of Ukraine's international partners have been changing their approach over the past few weeks. And now Denmark is the first country to give the go-ahead for the coming F-16s. Just because it can, though, doesn't mean it should.

A big danger

Ukraine is expected to get its first F-16s this summer. George Barros, a Russian military expert at the US-based Institute for the Study of War think tank, said "it doesn't make a lot of military sense" to use the American-made fighter jets to "strike into Russia at this time."

"Because the deeper you go into Russia and the closer you get to the border, the more dangerous it is for you to fly," and it's more likely that you lose high-end equipment and trained pilots not easily replaced, he said.

Barros said that in the future, particularly with more jets, that would be a great use for them, "but that's not where we are now."

Ukraine's ability to use other weapons to hit Russia is a big boost for Ukraine, but it's not necessarily the best thing for a fairly small fleet of F-16s.

Mark Cancian, a retired Marine Corps colonel and a defense strategy expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said that he suspects "that the F-16s will stay back from the front lines to avoid the Russian air defense envelope."

F-16s, when armed with anti-radiation missiles like the AGM-88 HARM missiles provided by the US, can be used to target air defenses in suppression and destruction missions, but those can be challenging, high-risk operations.

F-16s are big targets

Tim Robinson, a military aviation specialist at the UK's Royal Aeronautical Society, said the F-16s could be useful for hitting targets that are in Russia but out of range for other weapons. The aircraft has that capability, but striking into Russia is a risky mission, particularly for a fourth-generation aircraft that first flew in 1974.

He suspects that Ukraine, having "finally got them," will want to ensure "they don't lose them straight away."

Ukraine has been fighting hard to get F-16s since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, but the US prohibited other countries operating the jet from sending them to Ukraine until it changed its mind in May 2023.

Peter Layton, a fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute and a former Royal Australian Air Force officer, said that Ukraine will want to keep its aircraft "safe."

Ukraine will have to be more cautious with its F-16s, as it is not getting a lot, experts say.

The exact number of F-16s Ukraine will get to begin with is unclear, but it's not expected to be many. Ukraine has been promised a total of an estimated 85 jets by Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Belgium. And France is sending an unspecified number of its Mirage 2000-5 fighters. This is a boost, but Ukraine can't afford to suffer tremendous losses.

A problem is that Ukraine is expected to receive more F-16s than it has trained pilots. A lack of available training spots in Arizona, Denmark, and Romania means that only around 20 Ukrainian F-16 pilots will be trained this year, Politico reported, thus limiting the number of jets Ukraine can fly into battle.

The number of warplanes aside, there's also a political aspect to Ukraine needing to keep its jets in the air.

Professor Michael Clark, a Russia and Ukraine expert and a British national security advisor, said Ukraine has been managing expectations over how effective the aircraft will be. Ukraine has suggested that the aircraft will be extremely useful against Russia, but there is a risk of backlash over losses or failure to secure a major breakthrough.

He said that while analysts "know that warfare is full of setbacks and things that don't go right first time and so on," a "manifest failure of an F-16 offensive would be politically very damaging for the Ukrainians," especially among some US Republicans and groups that are reluctant to back Ukraine.

As a result, Clark said, the Ukrainians are likely thinking that for its F-16s, "it'd be better to hold them back until they can be more confident rather than throw them in quickly, hoping that they'll be okay, because the chances are they won't."

Cancian said losing F-16s, particularly with so few promised to Ukraine, would be seen as "a big deal."

He said some expectations put on Ukraine's F-16s are unfair. US air strength, for instance, can come from the employment of "hundreds of aircraft with extensive support systems on the ground," the air fleet and ground infrastructure that Ukraine's embattled air forces lack.

Avoiding Russia

The experts said that the jets likely won't go into Russia because of the dangers there. If they do, it would like be rare. Even flying over Russian-occupied territory is dangerous.

Cancian said there may be "one or two deep raids maybe over Crimea just for the symbolic and psychological effect, but as a routine use, no, it's just too dangerous."

Notably, though, Ukraine has been increasingly targeting air defense systems on the occupied peninsula and elsewhere.

ISW suspects "Ukrainian forces may be conducting an organized effort to degrade Russian air defenses, which could enable Ukraine to more effectively leverage manned fixed-wing airpower (namely using F-16 fighter jets) in the long term."

And Ukraine has demonstrated a willingness to make bold plays.

Layton acknowledged Ukraine might attempt something daring, noting that they have conducted some other risky moves that have given them big wins, like taking down Russian aircraft.

"Tactically, they are very smart," he said. "So while I think they wouldn't do it, if they did it, it would be very carefully organized and fairly quick." But in general, he said, going into Russia "makes them far too vulnerable."

"I personally think that the Ukrainians will be foolish to put their aircraft in quite small numbers across the border because I think that the Russians will outnumber them," he said.

Robinson noted Russia has a "massive air defense network" that would target the jets, which lack stealth characteristics like fifth-gen jets. Ukraine has a network like this too, and it's why Russian jets have barely entered Ukrainian-held airspace. But in Russia, Ukrainian aircraft can also expect to battle the Russian Air Force in addition to enemy air defenses.

"The problem is that there's not going to be very many F-16s, and they will be very vulnerable as they fly over Russian territory," Mark Cancian said.

F-16s may hang back

Instead, Cancian said, he expects them to be used mostly defensively — used away from the front, protecting cities and infrastructure from Russia's drones and missiles. The F-16 can play defense well and has been prominent in the post-9/11 Noble Eagle mission defending US and Canadian airspace.

He said F-16s "aren't going to be flying over the front lines, but they don't really need that," as other weapons can hit into Russia and defend the front lines.

Layton agreed the best use for Ukraine's first F-16s would be defensive, staying in Ukrainian territory in an air-defense role to shoot down Russia's drones and cruise missiles.

But he was more bullish on Ukraine hitting targets in Russia, saying that it could do it without flying the aircraft into Russia, as he suspects that Ukraine will likely get the right intelligence to do such a hit without taking too much risk.

A key aspect of what kind of missions the F-16 can fly is what kind of missiles and bombs the jet is carrying. Ukraine does not currently have the full range of capabilities.

Ukraine's pilots could, however, be able to master defensive action the fastest, and it would likely be the most effective thing Ukraine could do without a greater number of aircraft, the experts said. It would also bolster a capability that has been heavily strained by relentless Russian attacks, and that's air defense.

Experts said they don't expect the F-16s to make a massive difference in the war by themselves, particularly without more of them. But they said these fighter jets will be useful for Ukraine by replenishing lost aircraft, deterring Russian jets, and acting as defenses.

"Whenever they arrive," Cancian said, "that's a good time for Ukraine because they will add to Ukraine's military capability."

Robinson said the F-16s will "make Russian pilots there a little bit more kind of wary, a little bit more careful about what they're going up against."

• I'm an intuitive-eating dietitian and ex-employee who regularly shops at Trader Joe's.
• Recently, I stocked up on organic strawberry lemonade and Fruit Frenzy bars for the summer.
• I love using watermelon and Trader Joe's authentic Greek feta to make a light, refreshing salad.

Before becoming a registered dietitian, I worked at Trader Joe's for just over two years. I've been a dietitian for four years now, but I still love going to Trader Joe's to find interesting new items.

The framework I practice as a dietitian is called intuitive eating, a research-backed response to diet culture that's been increasing in popularity over the years, especially among young people. Unlike dieting, intuitive eating teaches folks how to reconnect with their hunger, fullness, and satisfaction signals.

Keeping in line with intuitive-eating principles, I love grabbing refreshing snacks and ingredients to satisfy my own hunger at Trader Joe's. Here are 10 things I like to get there in the summer.

Watermelon is the perfect refreshing summer fruit.

Nothing says summertime like biting into a juicy watermelon. I recently made a watermelon, feta, and mint salad as a refreshing side dish for a summer gathering.

I simply cube up some watermelon, crumble feta on top, and garnish with mint or basil sprigs, a drizzle of olive oil, lime juice, and salt and pepper to taste. The savory feta complements the sweet watermelon, the lime contributes tanginess, and the olive oil adds richness and depth.

From an intuitive-eating perspective, I find that this watermelon salad satisfies my cravings for light, hydrating foods during the hot weather.

Trader Joe's authentic Greek feta cheese is delicious in salads.

I also love to use feta cheese in Mediterranean salads. I make a Greek salad with chopped romaine lettuce, cucumbers, peppers, red onion, kalamata olives, and crumbled feta. Sometimes, I'll add protein-rich chickpeas, chicken, or tofu to optimize the salad and create a full meal.

As an intuitive-eating dietitian, I encourage my clients to have salads with a source of carbs for a complete, satisfying meal. I recommend pairing this salad with crusty bread, roasted potatoes, couscous, or rice pilaf.

I make mini sandwiches with the help of the sweet pull-apart aloha rolls.

Growing up, packing cold-cut sandwiches to eat on the beach was a crucial part of summer. Recently, I've been spicing up my sandwiches with these sweet pull-apart aloha rolls.

I love that these rolls are small, so I can make mini sandwiches when I'm not hungry enough to commit to a whole sub. From a satisfaction perspective, I like to make a few different kinds of sandwiches — this way, I don't get bored or have to commit to just one type of filling.

Trader Joe's Magnifisauce adds a great tangy, salty flavor to a burger.

When I was living in the diet mindset, I felt guilty eating a burger and fries because I thought these were morally bad foods. As an intuitive-eating dietitian, I know that although a burger and fries have an objectively different nutrition profile than a salad, these foods are morally neutral.

To move past the guilt of eating certain foods, I recommend thinking about what they offer. In this case, burgers provide protein and iron from the meat, carbs from the bun, fat from the cheese, and some fiber from the lettuce, tomato, onions, and pickles.

I like my burgers loaded with all the sauces — ketchup, mayo, mustard, and relish— so I buy Trader Joe's Magnifisauce. It's a combination of all my favorite condiments in one bottle, and it tastes sweet, savory, and tangy all at once.

I pair the organic strawberry lemonade with savory meals.

I love pairing savory meals with sweet drinks because I find that the flavor contrast is very satisfying. For me, fun drinks like Trader Joe's strawberry lemonade optimize the eating experience.

Though diet culture often warns against drinking your calories, I encourage clients to consider what they can add to an eating experience to increase satisfaction. When food is more satisfying, we can move on from a meal without dwelling on what we just ate.

I know my body can handle the sugar, so I'm OK with drinking some of my calories.

Trader Joe's pineapple salsa is essential for summertime snacking.

Crisp, salty chips alongside this cold, sweet pineapple salsa make a great summer snack. Easy snack options allow me to honor my hunger when it strikes without doing much prep work.

Many of my clients initially fear snacks when we start working together, but I help them learn that they're actually our friends. If we don't honor our hunger by allowing snacks between meals, we risk triggering the body's compensatory urge to overeat.

If you like smoothies, I recommend grabbing the organic frozen mango chunks.

I recently enjoyed a mango lassi (an Indian yogurt-based beverage) when I was out to eat, so I recreated the delicious drink at home. I blended Trader Joe's frozen mango, honey, yogurt, milk, and cardamom to make my own creamy, Indian-inspired beverage.

I don't like to drink my meals, so having a smoothie on its own doesn't feel very satisfying. For this reason, I paired the drink with a savory egg, arugula, and hot-sauce breakfast quesadilla, which kept me full for hours.

If you enjoy mangoes, I highly recommend stocking your freezer with a bag to make summertime smoothies.

Trader Joe's Just a Handful of pitted, salted Manzanilla olives satisfies my cravings for a briny snack.

My friends and I discovered these olive packs while grocery shopping for a hiking trip a few summers ago, and I quickly became hooked.

A juicy, salty, on-the-go snack comes in clutch on hot summer days. I crave salty snacks like olives in the summer since my body is losing salt from sweating.

I love bringing these on hiking trips for a burst of sodium, which is a crucial electrolyte. However, they also pair nicely with cheese, crackers, and fruit on a charcuterie board.

The organic shredded red and green cabbage with carrots makes a delicious coleslaw.

Making homemade coleslaw is surprisingly easy — all you need is some cabbage, mayo, vinegar, sugar, salt, and pepper. Plus, you can chop walnuts, raisins, or apples and toss them in.

This bag of red and green cabbage is my go-to for making coleslaw. I love that it's pre-chopped (cutting up cabbage feels like a pain) and colorful, so it's aesthetically exciting.

Trader Joe's Fruit Frenzy bars are packed with tasty raspberry, lemon, and strawberry flavors.

I often hear people ask, "What's the point of eating a Popsicle if it's just empty calories?" But the truth is, all foods have something to offer the body.

Ice pops, like these delicious raspberry, lemon, and strawberry ones from Trader Joe's, offer hydration, refreshment, and quick energy from the sugar on hot summer days.

Diet culture prompts us to think about how food supposedly harms us, but intuitive eating teaches us to think about what it offers.

Click to keep reading Trader Joe's diaries like this one.

• A new book published details of David Beckham's alleged affair with his assistant, Rebecca Loos.
• David has been accused of cheating on Victoria Beckham with several women, including Loos.
• Here's a timeline of the scandal and what the couple have said since.

2003: David Beckham is seen with a brunette at a nightclub in Madrid.

The affair scandal began with David Beckham's move to Madrid to play for the soccer team Real Madrid in the summer of 2003.

In September, a few months after the move, Beckham was spotted on a night out with a mystery brunette in Madrid, the Guardian reported.

The person was later identified as Rebecca Loos, his personal assistant in Madrid.

April 2004: Rebecca Loos accuses Beckham of an affair.

On April 4, 2004, the UK's News of the World newspaper published a story that alleged Beckham had an affair with Loos, who had since been fired as his assistant.

Later that month, Loos gave a tell-all television interview with Sky News's Kay Burley in which she said they had first slept together the night they were spotted at the nightclub in September.

"I think the chemistry between David and I was so strong, and people were not happy because I was being very unprofessional and he's a married man," she said, adding: "We dropped off the other two people in the car and started kissing quite passionately all the way back to the hotel. It was like magnets, pretty amazing."

Loos also said in the interview she wasn't afraid of the Beckhams taking her to court.

"There is something I know about him, an intimate part of his body that I think only women who've been in bed with him would know," she said. "So I think if they did want to take me to court, I could easily stand up and say, 'Well…'"

In a statement published by the Guardian at the time, Beckham denied the allegations.

"During the past few months I have become accustomed to reading more and more ludicrous stories about my private life," he said. "What appeared this morning is just one further example. The simple truth is that I am very happily married and have a wonderful wife and two very special kids. There is nothing any third party can do to change this."

April 2004: More women accuse Beckham of cheating.

Soon after Loos came forward, two more women said they'd also had affairs with the famous soccer player.

On April 11, the model Sarah Marbeck told the News of the World she had an affair with Beckham in July 2001 while the soccer star was in Singapore with Manchester United.

"When we made love David told me, 'I know what we are doing is wrong, but I can't help it,'" Marbeck said. "The first time he took me to bed, he kissed me everywhere. I looked down and there was David Beckham kissing my breasts. David Beckham!"

Beckham denied Marbeck's claims in a statement published by the Guardian at the time.

"This weekend a series of even more absurd and unsubstantiated claims have been published about David and Victoria Beckham," the statement read. "The couple continue to dismiss these stories and they will not be commenting upon them further at this time. Lawyers have been instructed by David and Victoria concerning these matters."

A week later, a third woman came forward to the British tabloid The People.

Celina Laurie told the publication she and Beckham had a one-night stand in Denmark in August 2002.

May 2004: Beckham criticizes the Daily Mail and News of the World in his first public interview since the reports.

Beckham told BBC Radio 5 Live: "I've made it clear that with two papers the way I and my family have been treated is an absolute disgrace because at the end of the day, I'm a nice person and loving husband and father."

September 2004: David and Victoria Beckham sue the News of the World over affair reports.

"The News of the World was given the opportunity to provide an apology but have chosen not to respond to the couple's request," lawyers for the couple said in a statement, the Guardian reported.

The case was eventually dropped in 2006 after the two parties came to a settlement, the terms of which were not disclosed.

News Group Newspapers, the publisher of the News of the World, said in a statement: "The defamation proceedings by David and Victoria Beckham against the News of the World have been resolved on a confidential basis. There will be no further comment."

The News of the World eventually closed in 2011 amid a decline in advertising and scandals involving accusations of hacking into the phones of celebrities, politicians, and victims of crimes.

October 2004: A fourth woman says she hooked up with Beckham.

Beauty-shop owner Danielle Heath told the Sunday Mirror she and Beckham had performed sexual acts on each other on two occasions in Madrid.

In a statement, the Beckhams denied the allegations.

"We are sick and tired of people trying to make money at the expense of our family. It is even more distressing when we are expecting our third child soon. The allegations are completely and totally untrue, and it is in the hands of our lawyers," the statement said.

2007: Victoria addresses the rumors for the first time.

In 2007, Victoria was asked about the affair allegations during a joint interview with her husband for a W Magazine cover story.

 "I'm not going to lie. It was a really tough time. It was hard for our entire families. But I realized a lot of people have a price," she said.

"David and I got through it together. No one said marriage was going to be easy. Yes, there have been bumps along the road," Victoria continued. "But the fact is we've come out of everything we've been through stronger and happier. It's even better now than when we were first married. After all these years, we can just come home and have a laugh together."

 

March 2013: Loos says she regrets the way she addressed her alleged affair.

Almost 10 years after the scandal, Loos appeared on the British daytime television show "Daybreak" and addressed her alleged affair with Beckham.

She said, "I'm a mother now and married, and knowing what I know now I would definitely have gone about things quite differently," the Metro reported. "I was young and foolish and very reckless. I didn't think things through and acted on impulse a lot. I think I regret the impact on everybody. I think I could have gone about it in a kinder way."

Loos added: "I don't regret speaking out but I regret the way I went about it."

October 4, 2023: Victoria says that period was "the most unhappy I have ever been in my entire life."

In a new four-part Netflix docuseries about Beckham, Victoria described the alleged affair saga as the "hardest period" of their marriage.

"It was the most unhappy I have ever been in my entire life," she said. "It felt like the world was against us."

"We were against each other, if I'm being completely honest," she continued. "You know, up until Madrid sometimes it felt like us against everybody else but we were together, we were connected, we had each other."

"But when we were in Spain, it didn't really feel like we had each other either," she said. "And that's sad. I can't even begin to tell you how hard it was and how it affected me. It was a nightmare."

Asked if she resented Beckham at the time, Victoria replied, "If I'm being totally honest, yes I did."

In the docuseries, Beckham also addressed how the speculation affected his and Victoria's relationship.

"There was some horrible stories which were difficult to deal with," he said. "It was the first time that me and Victoria had been put under that kind of pressure in our marriage."

Beckham is still unsure how he and Victoria survived that time period.

"I don't know how we got through it, in all honesty," he said. "Victoria is everything to me. To see her hurt was incredibly difficult, but we're fighters and at that time we needed to fight for each other, we needed to fight for our family, and what we had was worth fighting for."

October 21, 2023: Loos slams David Beckham for "making himself the victim" over their alleged affair.

In a video interview published by the Daily Mail in October, Loos responded to the comments made by the Beckhams in the Netflix docuseries.

Loos said she was completely unaware that the couple had mentioned her in the series, or that the series even existed, until she got a call from a Norwegian journalist.

Loos said: "He's making himself the victim and making me look like the liar. He's making me look like I made up these horrible stories, I'm the one that's made Victoria suffer."

"He's the one who decides to lie to her, to say we don't have to tell my wife. He's made all those choices," she added. "If I remain silent, I will be known as the liar."

Representatives for Beckham and Loos did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.

June 20, 2024: "The House of Beckham" details Beckham's alleged affair with Loos.

"The House of Beckham," written by biographer Tom Bower, was released on June 20, 2024,. It explores Beckham's alleged affair with Loos, citing various sources, including magazine articles from the early 2000s.

The book claims that Beckham was lonely in Spain after signing with Real Madrid. He reportedly grew close with Loos when they went for drinks, and they started sleeping together soon after.

"In his suite, Loos discovered that 'David was a sensational lover — the sex was highly charged and explosive. David's stamina was extraordinary.' Repeatedly he said, 'I know we shouldn't be doing this but I can't help it. It makes me so happy,'" the book claims.

It goes on: "Loos would add, 'He'd been going weeks without sex, trying to stay faithful to Posh.' One exchange in bed that night impressed Loos. 'You're so lucky,' she said. 'You could have anyone.'"

The book also claims that Loos decided to go public with the alleged affair after she and Beckham went to Madrid's Hard Rock Cafe one night with other employees from the management company he was signed with.

The next day, a Hard Rock waitress gave Loos a note explaining that Beckham didn't tip for the service. When Loos passed the note to Beckham, he allegedly gave his assistant money to pay the waitress to preserve his image.

"After reading the note, Beckham was alarmed. 'Give her this,' he said, handing over a thick wodge of euros," the book added.

Loos reportedly told her friend, PR manager Emma Basden, why she decided to go public about the alleged affair.

"Angered by both the secrecy and the abuse of her loyalty she looked for an opportunity to hurt him. Not least because on their first night in bed he said that she was his first secret relationship. 'I know I will be up against the most powerful family in the world,' she told Basden."

June 20, 2024: "The House of Beckham" claims that Beckham used the names of "Peter Pan" characters to be discreet when talking about Victoria Beckham and his alleged mistress.

"The House of Beckham" also makes claims about Beckham's alleged affair with Marbeck.

It claims that the soccer star referred to the women in his life using characters from "Peter Pan."

"In his texts Marbeck was called 'Tinkerbell' and Victoria was 'Wendy'. On 10 August 2001, Beckham had sent a series of explicit texts to Tinkerbell about his sexual fantasies. Asked for a description of underwear he had bought for her, he replied: 'It is a surprise. It's very sexy but very filthy,'" the book claims.

It continues with an explicit retelling of a text Beckham reportedly sent to Marbeck about what he wanted to do with her, involving "candles, champagne, chocolate, cream, strawberries and a massive bed."

The book adds: "Marbeck kept all those text messages. During their two-year affair Marbeck flew to Leeds in March 2002 to watch England v Italy. In a text he urged her to behave 'discreetly' because 'you have to remember Wendy'."

Representatives for Beckham did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.

• Leah Mancuso lost 200 pounds in two years by eating healthier and moving more.
• Mancuso realized her physical, mental, and emotional health are interconnected.
• Her lifestyle changes led to fuller experiences, more energy, and better social connections, she said.

Leah Mancuso lost 200 pounds in two years after she started moving more, and eating less fast food and more nutritious home-cooked meals.

Mancuso, a 35-year-old photographer based in Scottsdale, Arizona, struggled with her weight all her life. She told Business Insider that losing weight was educational and transformative in many ways.

Mancuso learned how intertwined physical, mental, and emotional health are. She also realized her former lifestyle wasn't actually easier.

"I thought my life was easy before, and that's why I wanted to stay that way," Mancuso said. "I was like, 'Why would I give up this easy, comfortable life?' But really what it was was just less. It was just less of everything. "

Unlike many people who regularly bounce from one fad diet to another, Mancuso said she wasn't a chronic dieter before learning how to lose weight sustainably. However, she had tried a few programs like WeightWatchers and Jenny Craig, but regained the weight because she found them unsustainable.

Mancuso is far from alone: Roughly 45 million Americans go on a diet each year and the industry is expected to be worth $33.6 billion by 2027, according to Gitnux market data.

Mancuso shared the two biggest lessons she learned from losing 200 pounds.

1. Losing weight gave Mancuso 'fuller experiences'

For years, Mancuso thought that continuing her sedentary, fast-food-heavy lifestyle was the easy option. It was all she'd known, and in many ways, it was her comfort zone.

"I thought my life was easier before, that's why I continued with the unhealthy patterns I created for myself," she said.

Looking back now, Mancuso sees she had less going on in her life because her size held her back. Mancuso avoided certain restaurants, wouldn't go on rollercoasters, and avoided flying because the seats weren't big enough, she said.

"My life is so much better now, but it's not because I'm closer to society's standard of beauty," Mancuso said. "It's because I have so much more of the things that truly matter — fuller experiences, richer relationships, new opportunities, more energy, more endurance, more strength, more ability, more confidence, more joy, more life."

Mancuso feels she now has the freedom to choose what she does, rather than her body size and limited endurance making decisions for her.

2. Mental and physical health are intertwined

Previously, Mancuso hadn't thought about every aspect of health being connected.

"I neglected my physical health for a long time and made excuses to myself that it wasn't a big deal because at least I was taking care of my mental and emotional health," she said. "But it wasn't until I started putting effort into becoming physically healthy that I realized how the different areas of life feed off of each other."

Mancuso found that by developing a healthier lifestyle, she also improved her mental and emotional health.

It's well established that being active can boost mental health, but Mancuso didn't realize that by changing her lifestyle, she would also gain so much more in life through better social connections and more fulfilling opportunities.

• Israel has fallen out of the top 10 nations attracting migrating millionaires amid the war in Gaza.
• Henley & Partners said it shows how conflict can affect a country's appeal to wealthy investors.
• Despite this, the firm's Israel expert said he suspects the country will bounce back.

Israel is no longer among the top 10 countries attracting migrating millionaires, marking the first time in decades that it has fallen from the ranking, according to a new private wealth report.

The Henley Private Wealth Migration Report 2024, released Tuesday by investment migration advisory firm Henley & Partners, tracks the annual net inflows and outflows of millionaires.

It measures the difference between the number of high-net-worth individuals with investable wealth of $1 million or more who relocate to a country and those who emigrate from it.

Between 2013 and 2022, Israel attracted a net inflow of over 10,500 high-net-worth individuals, according to Henley & Partners.

However, the firm said events in 2023 reversed this trend — Israel flipped from a net inflow of 1,100 millionaires in 2022 to a net outflow of about 200 millionaires last year.

It described Israel's drop as a "major turnaround" amid the country's conflict with Hamas and the ongoing invasion of Gaza.

Dan Marconi, Senior Client Advisor at Henley & Partners Israel, said in a press release: "This seismic shift underscores how swiftly conflict can unravel a country's appeal to the world's wealthy and globally mobile."

"The ongoing war has not only shattered Israel's image as a safe haven but also threatened to overshadow its economic achievement," he added.

In an email to Business Insider, Marconi said it was not just the conflict that led to the outflow, but also controversial judicial reforms that raised the specter of civil unrest and created "a great deal of uncertainty."

He said this led many wealthy individuals to obtain additional citizenship.

According to Henley & Partners data, in 2023, inquiries about immigration programs in exchange for investments from Israelis increased by 232%.

Marconi said: "In light of this trend, many of them were forced to make alternative plans for emergencies, rather than necessarily leaving Israel."

Marconi told BI in a conversation that he thinks the trend reversal is temporary, and he suspects Israel may return to the top 10 in the coming years.

He said: "The fact you have a Plan B doesn't mean the image of Israel will be permanently damaged by this; it's just to have the optionality of having a second residence or second citizenship."

Despite the recent net outflow of millionaires, Marconi told Business Insider there remains a draw for wealthy individuals.

Economically, Israel offers enticing tax incentives, like a 10-year tax holiday on foreign earnings for new immigrants. Additionally, as the world's only Jewish state, he said it would always attract wealthy individuals seeking religious refuge.

In an article for Henley & Partners, Marconi also pointed out that Israel had long "stood out as a rare economic bright spot in a turbulent region."

Its booming tech sector, attractive tax incentives, and appealing climate, food, and culture have made it a hub for wealthy global investors.

• Ilya Sutskever, an OpenAI cofounder, has founded a new company.
• Sutskever was involved in a chaotic coup against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in November.
• On Wednesday, Sutskever said he's starting a new company, Safe Superintelligence Inc. 

OpenAI cofounder and former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever has started a new company.

The former OpenAI exec announced on Wednesday that his new venture was a research lab committed to developing "safe superintelligence."

Sutskever left OpenAI in May after months of uncertainty surrounding his role within the AI lab. His departure was swiftly followed by Jan Leike, who led OpenAI's superalignment group, a team that focuses on aligning its AI systems with human interests, with Sutskever.

Following his departure, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on X: "Ilya and OpenAI are going to part ways. This is very sad to me; Ilya is easily one of the greatest minds of our generation, a guiding light of our field, and a dear friend. His brilliance and vision are well known; his warmth and compassion are less well known but no less important."

OpenAI president and cofounder Greg Brockman also thanked Sutskever for "being my co-founder, my friend, and the officiant at my civil ceremony" in a separate post.

Speculation about Sutskever's role in ousting CEO Altman has been bubbling for months. The former chief scientist appeared to play a key role in the attempted coup which he later came to regret.

In November, Altman was fired in a shock board decision, kickstarting weeks of chaos for the company.

The move initially shocked the tech community and OpenAI investors, including Microsoft. Reports quickly started circulating that the board was wavering on its controversial decision and actively trying to get Altman back.

After staffers staged a revolt in the form of an open letter demanding the board's resignation and the reinstatement of their former chief, negotiations between OpenAI and Altman appeared to resolve, and the company announced he was set to return as CEO.

Altman's return also came with a new board that included lead investor Microsoft.

Here's a timeline of OpenAI leadership chaos that led us to this point.

Altman was ousted from OpenAI in a shock board decision

Altman was immediately ousted from OpenAI in a dramatic board decision on November 17. The company's nonprofit board announced it no longer had "confidence in his ability to continue leading."

A timeline provided by fellow OpenAI cofounder Greg Brockman showed that Altman received a text from board member Sutskever asking to talk at midday Friday.

When Altman joined the meeting, the whole board, excluding Brockman, was on the call, and he was told by Sutskever he was being fired, per Brockman's post.

OpenAI staffers resigned

Brockman, the president and cofounder of OpenAI, quit his role at the company shortly after the news broke. He said he was told he was being removed from the board and that Altman had been fired at about the same time OpenAI published a blog post about the incident.

Brockman said he was originally told he was "vital to the company and would retain his role," but decided to part ways with the company shortly after.

The tech community was shocked by the decision, and at least three other OpenAI researchers followed the former president in giving up their roles.

OpenAI board was optimistic about getting Altman back

Investors, including Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, were reportedly blindsided by the decision to remove Altman.

Several investors began pushing the board members to reverse their sudden leadership decision, Bloomberg reported.

In an internal memo cited by The Information, OpenAI's chief strategy officer, Jason Kwon, wrote to staff, saying the company remained optimistic that it could bring back Altman and other senior employees who had left.

Microsoft chief Nadella reportedly led the talks on Altman's return over that weekend.

New CEO announced

The Information later reported that Sutskever told OpenAI staffers that Altman would not return, prompting several more employees to quit.

Discussions to bring Altman back had reportedly fallen apart, per The Verge. The board then named former Twitch CEO and cofounder Emmett Shear as interim CEO. Shear took over the role from OpenAI's CTO, Mira Murati, who had publicly supported Altman.

Altman and Brockman joined Microsoft

In a strange twist, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella scooped up Altman and Brockman to lead "a new advanced AI research team" at Microsoft.

In a post on X, Brockman said the new Microsoft team would comprise him, Altman, Aleksander Madry, Szymon Sidor, and Jakub Pachocki. He said the team planned to "build something new" and "incredible."

Nadella announced on Monday the company remained "committed to our partnership with OpenAI" and had "confidence in our product roadmap."

Key board member said he regretted ousting Altman

OpenAI cofounder and chief scientist Sutskever said he deeply regretted his involvement in firing Altman.

Many had theorized that Sutskever had a major role in the decision, with reports highlighting the differing priorities between Altman and the nonprofit board.

"I deeply regret my participation in the board's actions. I never intended to harm OpenAI," Sutskever said in an X post following a weekend of chaos. "I love everything we've built together and I will do everything I can to reunite the company."

The chief scientist also signed an open letter calling for the board, which he sits on, to resign.

Employee revolt

Most employees returning to work on Monday were unhappy with the chaos the OpenAI board had kickstarted.

Former CTO Mira Murati was installed as interim CEO, following Altman's departure. CEO Emmett Shear, who cofounded Twitch, then took over from her. This meant the company had three CEOs in as many days.

The majority of OpenAI staffers just wanted Altman back.

By the end of the day, nearly the entire OpenAI staff had threatened to quit and join Altman at Microsoft. They signed a letter calling the board to resign, accusing members of undermining the company.

Altman's return was rumored to still be on the cards

Despite publically joining Microsoft that morning, by the evening, Altman was reportedly still considering returning to his old post at the AI lab.

The Verge reported that Altman and Brockman were considering going back to OpenAI if the board members who ousted Altman stepped down.

Multiple sources told the outlet that Altman, along with Brockman and OpenAI's investors, were trying to find a plan for board members to exit the company.

Altman and Brockman set to return to OpenAI

On November 21, OpenAI confirmed that Altman was set to return as CEO.

The ChatGPT-maker said in a post on X they "reached an agreement in principle" for Altman's return.

Shortly after OpenAI broke the news, Altman reflected on his decision to join Microsoft, saying he thought "it was clear that was the best path for me and the team."

He continued: "With the new board and w satya's support, i'm looking forward to returning to openai, and building on our strong partnership with msft."

Nadella also commented on the move, adding Microsoft was "encouraged by the changes to the OpenAI board."

OpenAI also announced a "new initial board" consisting of Bret Taylor, Larry Summers, and Adam D'Angelo. Taylor, a former Salesforce executive, will serve as board chair.

Microsoft snags a board seat

The next day, Microsoft announced that the company was getting a non-voting board seat.

There had been speculation that Satya Nadella would seek more control over OpenAI following the board's failed coup.

The CEO was reportedly frustrated by the board's lack of communication during Altman's firing and rehiring. Later, he told journalist Kara Swisher he did not plan to be surprised by the company again.

In a message to employees posted on the company's website, re-instated CEO Altman said: "We clearly made the right choice to partner with Microsoft and I'm excited that our new board will include them as a non-voting observer."

A board member speaks out

Former OpenAI board member Helen Toner announced her resignation from the company following Altman's return.

In a post on X, Toner sought to quell rumors the board was attempting to slow some of OpenAI's work.

She said: "To be clear: our decision was about the board's ability to effectively supervise the company, which was our role and responsibility. Though there has been speculation, we were not motivated by a desire to slow down OpenAI's work."

Several reports had pointed to a mysterious new OpenAI model known as Q* as a potential trigger for the chaos. The model is said to have sparked concern at the startup.

Top execs quit months later

In May, two top executives said they had resigned from OpenAI.

Sutskever, one of the company's cofounders, announced he was leaving the company six months after Altman's failed ouster.

The former chief scientist played a key role in the failed coup of OpenAI's CEO. He later appeared to regret his involvement and publicly apologized on social media.

Sutskever said he was confident OpenAI would build "safe" technology. He added that he was excited about his next steps and planned to share more details "in due time."

Jan Leike, the co-lead of OpenAI's superalignment group, also announced his resignation.

Sutskever's new startup

Just over a month after leaving OpenAI, Sutskever announced his new venture: Safe Superintelligence Inc, or SSI.

The announcement was made in an X post, which said the company had "one goal and one product: a safe superintelligence."

It planned to achieve this by advancing its "capabilities as fast as possible while making sure safety always remains ahead."

"This way, we can scale in peace," the post added.

Besides Sutskever, the company also lists former Apple AI lead Daniel Gross and ex-OpenAI technical staff member Daniel Levy among its cofounders.

• Families of Boeing 737 Max crash victims are calling for the company to be fined $25 billion.
• It comes a day after Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun testified before a Senate subcommittee.
• Boeing agreed to pay $2.5 billion in 2021, but that settlement is being scrutinized after a blowout.

The families of Boeing 737 Max crash victims are calling for the planemaker to face a fine of nearly $25 billion, Bloomberg reported.

Three hundred and forty-six people died in two 737 Max crashes in 2018 and 2019.

In 2021, Boeing agreed to pay $2.5 billion as part of a settlement called a deferred prosecution agreement after it was charged with fraud conspiracy in the wake of the crashes.

But this settlement came under scrutiny following January's Alaska Airlines blowout.

Last month, the Justice Department said Boeing had failed to fulfill the conditions of the agreement and that, as a result, "Boeing is subject to prosecution by the United States."

On Wednesday, an attorney representing 15 families of the 737 Max crash victims, Paul Cassell, wrote a letter to the Justice Department saying that Boeing had committed "the deadliest corporate crime in US history."

Cassell said that the nearly $25 billion sought by the families was "legally justified and clearly appropriate" but suggested that $14 billion to $22 billion of the total amount could be suspended if Boeing committed to spending those funds on safety improvements and an independent corporate monitor, per Bloomberg.

The families also called on the DoJ to prosecute Boeing executives from the time of the two crashes, the report said.

Cassell's letter came a day after Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun testified before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee.

At the hearing, he told victims' families that Boeing was "deeply sorry" for their losses.

"I want to personally apologize, on behalf of everyone at Boeing," said Calhoun, who previously announced that he would be stepping down at the end of the year.

"We are deeply sorry for your losses. Nothing is more important than the safety of the people who step on board," he added.

Boeing did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

• Elon Musk has torched his advertising business since he bought Twitter in 2022.
• Now he would like some if it back, he tells advertisers.
• But the biggest problem advertisers have with Twitter is the guy who owns it. Hard to solve that one.

Ever since Elon Musk bought Twitter in the fall of 2022, he appeared to go out of his way to scare away advertisers from his platform, which used to generate nearly $5 billion a year from ad sales.

His anti-revenue campaign reached its peak/nadir last fall, when he literally told advertisers to "go fuck yourself."

Musk's anti-sales pitch worked quite well: In the first half of 2023, Twitter's revenue plummeted by 40%.

Now Musk would like advertisers to know that, actually, he would like their money. Kind of.

Musk showed up at the ad industry's main gathering spot at Cannes, France this week — an event he skipped last year — where he walked the town's main drag with one of his kids; met with some ad buyers in private; and in public, sat down for an interview with Mark Read, the CEO of ad giant WPP.

And that's where Musk explained that when he told advertisers to go fuck themselves last year, he didn't mean all advertisers. Just the ones that weren't advertising on his platform.

"It was with respect to freedom of speech," he told Read. He said that while advertisers were certainly in their rights not to run their messages next to content they found objectionable, he wasn't going to take that content down.

"What is not cool is insisting that there can be no content that they disagree with on the platform," he said.

But that message, which Musk and his lieutenants have been making for some time, misunderstands — maybe intentionally? — the problem advertisers have with Twitter, which he has renamed X.

Yes, some advertisers are quite concerned about the kind of people and content that have shown up on Twitter since Musk bought it. But advertisers spend money on all kinds of platforms that have content some people find objectionable. See YouTube, Facebook, and TikTok, for starters.

The real problem advertisers have with Twitter is Musk himself, and the chaos he creates with his own actions and tweets.

Oliver Darcy at CNN has a brief catalog of some of Musk's most recent hits:

In just the last month, Musk has blasted the Associated Press as a supposed "far left propaganda machine," claimed "the left has become an extinctionist movement," advanced a version of the Great Replacement Theory by arguing that President Joe Biden's administration is engaged in "voter importation" from Mexico, assailed The Washington Post as a "far left propaganda publication," promoted the notion that the Democratic Party is engaged in "lawfare" against Republicans, contended that the conviction of Donald Trump was "abuse of the law for political purposes," and endorsed the notion that diversity and equity programs are making science dangerous, among other things.

Musk is perfectly free to express those positions, of course. And some of those arguments might find a lot of support in different corners of the country.

But, again, advertisers don't necessarily care about the specifics of Musk's content — they want clean, well-lit places. They don't want to deal with a mess — the kind Musk creates with his posts, and with his actions, like telling his clients to go fuck themselves.

And, most importantly, they don't have to. Twitter/X remains a subscale advertising platform, with reach and revenue that's a fraction of competitors like Google, Facebook and TikTok. That's why under Twitter's previous ownership, Twitter sales reps pitched the idea that advertisers could use it to reach an elite group of influential users.

Musk is now making that argument himself, and there's still some truth to it. While lots of high-profile users bailed on Twitter after he bought it, plenty are still there. Barack Obama, for instance, is using the platform to promote Joe Biden's immigration policies and call for social media regulations. Media chatterers, including me, still chatter there.

Meanwhile, the exodus of big brand advertisers has pushed Twitter ad rates way, way down. Which means they're now a worthwhile investment for some performance marketers — people who want you to click on a link and make a purchase. This explains why I constantly see ads for both Cheech and Chong's weed gummies and Puck, the newsletter pitched at Very Important People and People Who Like Them, whenever I open the app.

But for lots of advertisers, there's really no upside to gambling on Twitter. There just aren't enough people to make a difference, and there's a good chance that on any given day, the guy who owns the place is going to say something that some of your customers find odious. Why bother?

Twitter "has been destroyed," an ad executive told me this week, following Musk's presentation.

Maybe that's too strong. Maybe big advertisers would come back, if they didn't have to worry about the uncertainty that the proprietor creates.

But in order for that to happen, Musk himself would have to shut up, or at least restrain himself. And he made it clear that that's not happening.

"I mean, not every post I make is a banger. And I do shoot myself in the foot from time to time," he told Read. "But you know, at least you know, it's genuine. It's not some sort of PR department deciding things."

And that's one upside of being the world's richest man. You can say whatever you want, and you can drop $44 billion on a platform that lets you broadcast what you say to people all over the world.

But you can't force people to spend their money there.

• I'm a mom of two kids, ages 9 and 11. 
• I divorced their dad and we share custody, so I only see them half the time. 
• I feel the pressure to make our time together memorable. 

One thing I didn't expect as a divorced parent is how different summer would be. The everlasting days of summer feel rushed and hurried now and then feel too long when my kids aren't with me. It's crushing.

My kids are 11 and 9 years old, and they alternate between homes week to week during the school year. It's the same back-and-forth schedule during the summer.

I count the weeks of summer vacation and mark on my calendar "yes" for my week and "no" when it is other parents' time. This summer I will see my kids the second and third week of June, and then two weeks in July and one week in August before school starts again. It will zip by.

Summer break is now a new type of pressure when it's split to make each week memorable in some way. I'm up against the clock, my summer budget, and the scorching heat.

I have to plan everything out

Since my kids are a little older, I tell them to pick two things they would love to do each week. Our big summer trip is visiting my family in Virginia during one of the weeks. My kids may want to have a sleepover with friends or go to mini golf, an arcade, or a waterpark. We might go to an Astros baseball game or plan a weekend camping trip.

Everything has to be quickly researched, booked, or planned because time is so limited. Coparenting means respecting each other's time with the kids and limiting arguments and drama. This means that sometimes opportunities are missed or plans are changed. If there isn't a cabin available the week we want to go camping, we will do something different when we are together.

During the school year, I could visit my kids for lunch or visit them while cheering for soccer or basketball games on weekends. On Wednesdays, I'd get extra time with them after school, but in the summer, those things are gone.

Because of divorce, I much prefer the school year when there's a schedule and there aren't questions about where my kids are going to be or how they are feeling, and I worry more.

I keep myself busy so as not to miss them too much

When my kids are with the other parent during the summer, there is no guarantee I'll see them in person for a week. I've learned that staying busy and making plans for myself, along with long walks in nature, lowers the ache and is essential for my mental health.

I can't afford an elaborate vacation like the other parent. I smile at my kids when they tell me about it and combat my jealousy by remembering extravagance isn't everything, and my kids have made lasting summer memories while staying right in our ZIP code.

When they arrive at my home on Sunday evening, there's nothing like pizza night poolside to start off summer break. I time them when they race each other from one end of the pool to the other and throw dive rings. We lounge and watch the sunset, and I already want time to slow down because my heart is filled with laughter and happiness.

Before we know it, I'll ask my kids what they want to wear on the first day of school. As a divorced parent with limited time, back-to-school shopping happens much earlier. By the start of July I'm walking the store aisles for school supplies or ordering online must-have items. By then, there are just two more weeks together, and then my kiddos are back in the classroom.