US tech giant Nvidia has begun an investigation following claims its CEO Jensen Huang had a relationship with a suspected Chinese spy.

Nvidia is one of the world’s largest companies making cutting-edge computer chips that power emerging AI technologies. The company said its board had no reason to believe that its secrets or national security had been compromised.

According to the New York Times, US intelligence officials believed that Chinese businesswoman Alice Huang, who had a close relationship with Jensen Huang, was a spy for China’s Ministry of State Security.

Jensen Huang has admitted to having been “unfaithful” to his wife and apologised for hurting her and their children. He said he took “full responsibility” for what he did and had fallen short of his responsibilities to Nvidia’s employees, board and shareholders. He said: “I was unfaithful to my wife. My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply sorry.”

His statement continued: “Regarding the national security concerns raised in news reports, Nvidia’s Board of Directors has initiated an independent investigation. I support the investigation and will cooperate fully. I love our country and our company. I am committed to protecting Nvidia and supporting America’s national security. I am proud and grateful to be an American.”

Nvidia’s board of directors said it would begin an investigation in “light of recent reporting that founder and CEO Jensen Huang has been the target of a foreign intelligence effort”. It continued: “The Board prioritises US national and economic security, which is paramount to the interests of Nvidia and its shareholders.

Alice Huang is linked to Singapore-based data centre firm Megaspeed. Nvidia is a central player in AI infrastructure, providing chips to leading AI model developers including OpenAI and Meta. The microchip manufacturer is worth some $4.5 trillion, making it one of the world’s most valuable companies.

China has previously rejected allegations of an espionage operation targeting Nvidia’s chief, describing the claims as “groundless speculation”.

However US intelligence agencies had been monitoring Alice Huang and concluded that she was acting on behalf of the Chinese government, according to unnamed sources cited by The New York Times. It remains unclear what information Alice Huang – who is also known as Huang Le – allegedly passed to Beijing, how valuable it was, or when she is believed to have begun gathering intelligence.

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Egypt is the only Arab country with legal provisions for gender identity disorder patients, but despite this they suffer from social stigma. Government officials said that it has become more acceptable to seek and receive treatment. Since 2011, 25 people have undergone sex change surgery. Ali Gamal reports.

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The deadly impact of oil giants’ toxic air pollution on children and the planet has been revealed in a BBC News Arabic investigation from the front line of climate change in Iraq.

Scientific tests carried out for the BBC indicated high levels of carcinogenic chemicals in communities living on oil fields in Iraq.

The Iraqi government and oil companies around the world have committed to end flaring by 2030.

However, Iraq currently has the second highest level of gas flaring in the world, which is the poisonous practice of burning excess gas during oil production.

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We take a look at how climate change, extreme weather and the wars in Ukraine and Iran are pushing South Asia closer to the brink of a food and fuel crisis.

Speaking at the COP31 summit in Turkey, United Nations chief António Guterres warned that “the climate crisis is outrunning us” and that the world is on “the path to mutually assured destruction”.

Experts have added that the effects of climate change are being exacerbated by a “super” El Niño. Farmers in India and the wider region have struggled with droughts this year, Indonesia faced wildfires and Nepal was hit with deadly flash floods.

Meanwhile, the US and Israel’s war with Iran, the reduced traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, and the targetting of energy infrastructure across the Gulf by Iran and its allies have raised the price of fuel and limited supplies of fertiliser.

00:00 Introduction
00:58 COP and climate change warnings
02:50 How is El Niño’s affecting Asia?
04:20 What extreme weather means for food inflation in India
06:30 Climate justice for developing countries
08:50 How the Ukraine and Iran wars affect fuel and food prices in Asia
11:08 Cost of living protests in Bangladesh and beyond

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Iran’s security chief says Tehran will attack any US military bases, including in Europe, if they are used to launch attacks on Iran.

Mohsen Rezaei also vowed that not even a single particle of enriched nuclear material will be allowed to leave his country, as part of any negotiations to end the war.

The US Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, is moved out of his Washington DC home to a military base – with US media reporting it’s because of Iran-linked threats to his life.

Meanwhile three men have been charged by the US over what they say are a string of Iran-backed terror plots in Europe and America, including the incident at RAF Fairford.

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