Charlotte Gallagher

The retail magnate behind brands including Victoria's Secret first met Epstein in the 1980s.

later hiring him as his financial advisor and giving him control over vast sums of money.

Mr Wexner gave his evidence behind closed doors, but released a statement saying he'd only visited Epstein's Island for a few hours with his family and had no knowledge of the convicted sex offender's abuse.

He described Epstein as a master manipulator and accused him of stealing funds, prompting him to cut off contact.

But Democratic Party members of Congress were critical.

One of them, Stephen Lynch, accused Mr Wexner of knowing about the crimes but failing to stop them.

Another, Robert Garcia, alleged that Epstein would not have been able to carry out his crimes...

without the financial backing of Mr Wexner.

An FBI document released in the Epstein files described Les Wexner as the sex offender's co-conspirator, but he's never been charged with a crime.

Being named in the files is not in itself indicative of wrongdoing and he has denied any knowledge of Epstein's abuse.

Helena Humphrey, and as we record this podcast, we're learning that Bill Gates, the Microsoft founder, has pulled out of a keynote address to a major AI summit in India after growing scrutiny over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

A statement said the decision was taken after careful consideration to ensure the focus remained on the meeting's key priorities.

Records released by the US Justice Department include emails written by Epstein that say Bill Gates caught a sexually transmitted infection, which his spokesman has called absolutely absurd.

The appearance of his name in the files does not imply criminal activity of any kind, and we'll have an update on this in a later edition.

Mark Zuckerberg, the boss of Meta, has struggled in court to defend his company from claims Instagram targeted young users as he was confronted with multiple internal documents.

He maintained lawyers were mischaracterizing the communications, which were presented as part of a landmark trial in Los Angeles over whether social media is designed to be addictive and puts young people at risk.

It was Zuckerberg's first appearance before a jury after years of rising backlash against Meta,

which also owns WhatsApp and Facebook.

Our correspondent in Los Angeles, Peter Bowes, reports.

Arriving for his day in court, Mark Zuckerberg for the first time facing a jury over claims that social media is deliberately designed to be addictive.