Meghan in talks for role in Netflix series The Gentlemen, BBC understands

The BBC is reporting that Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, is in talks for a role in the Netflix series The Gentlemen. This would be her first significant acting role since her marriage to Prince Harry in twenty-eighteen.

The Gentlemen. That's the series based on the Guy Ritchie film.

It is. Netflix ordered the series last year. No word yet on which role she's discussing or when production would begin.

Now to weather, and the Met Office is updating its forecast for the El Niño developing over the Pacific. They are now warning it could affect global weather patterns through the end of the year.

That's the Pacific system that starts near Hawaii and moves east toward California.

It develops off the coast of South America and moves west across the Pacific. The Met Office says this one is likely to be the strongest in living memory.

The forecast now extends impacts through December, with potential disruptions to rainfall and temperature patterns across the globe. That is six more months to keep an eye on.

A quick update on tennis. We reported earlier that world number one Jannik Sinner withdrew from the US Open with a knee injury. Late this morning, Britain's Jack Draper also pulled out of the tournament.

That's two top players in the same day.

It is. Draper cited a shoulder injury. Both withdrawals leave the men's draw wide open. The tournament begins in Flushing Meadows in two weeks.

Back in January of this year, a Louisiana woman told deputies she was trying to be a mermaid. She was skinny-dipping in a neighbor's pond when law enforcement arrived.

Authorities say when a deputy attempted to detain her, she allegedly became violent.

She now faces multiple charges. I have questions about the pond.

It was not her pond.

Also back in January, a Pennsylvania man is accused of robbing graves in Delaware County. Authorities say they discovered human remains at his property and corpses hanging from the ceiling.

Jonathan Gerlach has been charged. The investigation is ongoing.

Astronomers in January also confirmed that the comet 3I/ATLAS is not an alien spaceship. They searched for signals as low as a hundred milliwatts, which is about the strength of a cellphone.

Scientists say it is probably just a comet.

And back in May of this year, marine biologists catalogued the Stargazer fish, which lurks on the ocean floor and has electric organs capable of delivering up to fifty volts.

It is known for its unsettling appearance and ambush tactics.

Baby Deer Trapped On A Freezing Pond. Posted by Sassy on the thirteenth. Two point eight million new views in two days. It has held third place for four days now.

That video has fifteen and a half million views total. Still climbing.

At number two, Why Coyotes And Badgers Hunt Together. Posted by Zack D. Films on the nineteenth. Three point one million new views in two days.

YouTube's own trending chart has it at number one.

And at number one, unchanged for twenty-two hours, Sea Urchin. Posted by Nick DiGiovanni on the nineteenth. Three point nine million new views in two days. Five point two million total.

That is the video you have now watched six times.

And from the archive this afternoon, This Is the Only Animal That Terrified Steve Irwin. The uploader says it is footage of Irwin handling a hippopotamus, which he called the most dangerous animal in Africa.

According to the uploader, Irwin said the hippo was unpredictable and aggressive, and he approached it with more caution than he showed with crocodiles.

Fourteen in a row is everybody's team, Deb. Magnus Carlsen has defended his chess title at the twenty twenty-six Esports World Cup in Riyadh. The Norwegian grandmaster took the championship in the rapid format.

Honda has admitted it only realized the full scale of its Formula One power unit problems in January of this year. The manufacturer acknowledged significant development delays ahead of the new technical regulations.

The Cubs beat the White Sox in the tenth inning last night. Pete Crow-Armstrong drove in the winning run with a walk-off single.