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Dividing assets evenly with her ex, a retired lawyer, left her with half as much in savings — but, Ms. Solomon said, “my happiness was worth more to me than the money.”

The supervising prosecutor on the case, now retired, told The Times that it was a highly unusual change of position, and could offer no explanation.

The most strident warnings have come from Gen Laura Richardson, who has just retired as chief of US Southern Command, which covers Latin America and the Caribbean.

The European boss of Fujitsu said he was “very worried” about any extension to a project that should have been retired long ago.

Late on Friday afternoon, the judge retired to consider his decision, a process which could take several weeks or even months.