.news-carousel-section {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  padding: clamp(3.75rem, 7vw, 6.5rem) 0;
  background: #f5f8ff;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(26, 58, 143, .08);
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(26, 58, 143, .08);
}

.news-carousel-section::before,
.news-carousel-section::after {
  position: absolute;
  content: '';
  border-radius: 50%;
  pointer-events: none;
}

.news-carousel-section::before {
  width: 420px;
  height: 420px;
  top: -250px;
  right: -150px;
  background: rgba(212, 160, 23, .08);
}

.news-carousel-section::after {
  width: 280px;
  height: 280px;
  bottom: -180px;
  left: -100px;
  background: rgba(26, 58, 143, .06);
}

.news-carousel-section__header {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  max-width: 680px;
  margin: 0 auto 2rem;
  text-align: center;
}

.news-carousel-section__header .section-tag {
  display: inline-block;
  margin-bottom: .8rem;
}

.news-carousel-section__title {
  margin: 0;
  color: #17285f;
  font-family: 'Playfair Display', serif;
  font-size: clamp(2rem, 4vw, 3.15rem);
  line-height: 1.12;
}

.news-carousel-section__description {
  max-width: 58ch;
  margin: .8rem auto 0;
  color: #5f6d89;
  font-size: .98rem;
  line-height: 1.65;
}

.banner-carousel {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  width: min(1240px, calc(100% - 2rem));
  margin: 0 auto;
  overflow: hidden;
  color: #fff;
  background: #0e1f4d;
  border: 1px solid rgba(26, 58, 143, .18);
  border-radius: 1.15rem;
  box-shadow: 0 22px 60px rgba(22, 46, 103, .16);
}

.banner-carousel__viewport {
  position: relative;
  height: clamp(280px, 33vw, 420px);
  min-height: 280px;
  overflow: hidden;
  isolation: isolate;
  touch-action: pan-y;
}

.banner-carousel__loading,
.banner-carousel__empty {
  display: grid;
  min-height: 280px;
  place-items: center;
  padding: 2rem;
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .78);
  font-size: .92rem;
  text-align: center;
}

.banner-carousel__loading i,
.banner-carousel__empty i {
  margin-right: .5rem;
  color: #f4d36b;
}

.banner-carousel__slide {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  visibility: hidden;
  opacity: 0;
  transform: scale(1.025);
  transition: opacity .55s ease, transform .85s ease, visibility .55s ease;
  pointer-events: none;
}

.banner-carousel__slide.is-active {
  visibility: visible;
  opacity: 1;
  transform: scale(1);
  pointer-events: auto;
}

.banner-carousel__slide::after {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: 1;
  content: '';
  background:
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(5, 16, 52, .94) 0%, rgba(11, 35, 91, .78) 42%, rgba(11, 35, 91, .22) 100%),
    linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(5, 16, 52, .08) 0%, rgba(5, 16, 52, .68) 100%);
  pointer-events: none;
}

.banner-carousel__link {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: 2;
  display: block;
  color: inherit;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.banner-carousel__image {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  object-position: center;
}

.banner-carousel__content {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 2;
  display: flex;
  width: min(1140px, 100%);
  height: 100%;
  min-height: 100%;
  align-items: center;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 42px 84px 58px 24px;
}

.banner-carousel__copy {
  max-width: 660px;
}

.banner-carousel__eyebrow {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 8px;
  margin-bottom: 12px;
  padding: 5px 12px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(244, 211, 107, .45);
  border-radius: 999px;
  color: #f4d36b;
  background: rgba(4, 13, 42, .42);
  font-size: .68rem;
  font-weight: 800;
  letter-spacing: 1.35px;
  line-height: 1.2;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.banner-carousel__eyebrow i { font-size: .68rem; }

.banner-carousel__title {
  max-width: 650px;
  margin: 0;
  color: #fff;
  font-family: 'Playfair Display', serif;
  font-size: clamp(1.9rem, 4vw, 3.25rem);
  line-height: 1.08;
  text-wrap: balance;
  text-shadow: 0 4px 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
}

.banner-carousel__description {
  max-width: 620px;
  margin: 14px 0 22px;
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .88);
  font-size: clamp(.88rem, 1.5vw, 1.04rem);
  line-height: 1.6;
  text-shadow: 0 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, .48);
}

.banner-carousel__cta {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 9px;
  min-height: 43px;
  padding: 10px 18px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(244, 211, 107, .68);
  border-radius: 999px;
  color: #17285f;
  background: #f4d36b;
  box-shadow: 0 8px 22px rgba(4, 13, 42, .2);
  font-size: .84rem;
  font-weight: 800;
  transition: transform .18s ease, background .18s ease, box-shadow .18s ease;
}

.banner-carousel__cta:hover,
.banner-carousel__cta:focus-visible {
  color: #17285f;
  background: #ffe495;
  box-shadow: 0 12px 26px rgba(4, 13, 42, .28);
  transform: translateY(-2px);
}

.banner-carousel__link:focus-visible {
  outline: 3px solid rgba(244, 211, 107, .9);
  outline-offset: -6px;
}

.banner-carousel__control:focus-visible,
.banner-carousel__dot:focus-visible {
  outline: 3px solid rgba(244, 211, 107, .8);
  outline-offset: 3px;
}

.banner-carousel__control {
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  z-index: 4;
  display: grid;
  width: 44px;
  height: 44px;
  place-items: center;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .38);
  border-radius: 50%;
  color: #fff;
  background: rgba(4, 13, 42, .4);
  cursor: pointer;
  transform: translateY(-50%);
  transition: background .18s ease, border-color .18s ease, transform .18s ease;
}

.banner-carousel__control:hover {
  border-color: rgba(244, 211, 107, .72);
  background: rgba(26, 58, 143, .88);
  transform: translateY(-50%) scale(1.04);
}

.banner-carousel__control:active { transform: translateY(-50%) scale(.96); }
.banner-carousel__control--prev { left: 18px; }
.banner-carousel__control--next { right: 18px; }

.banner-carousel__footer {
  position: absolute;
  right: 24px;
  bottom: 18px;
  left: 24px;
  z-index: 4;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 18px;
  pointer-events: none;
}

.banner-carousel__counter {
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .74);
  font-size: .72rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .12em;
  pointer-events: auto;
}

.banner-carousel__dots {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 7px;
  pointer-events: auto;
}

.banner-carousel__dot {
  width: 9px;
  height: 9px;
  padding: 0;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .72);
  border-radius: 999px;
  background: transparent;
  cursor: pointer;
  transition: width .18s ease, background .18s ease, border-color .18s ease;
}

.banner-carousel__dot[aria-current='true'] {
  width: 28px;
  border-color: #f4d36b;
  background: #f4d36b;
}

.banner-carousel__live {
  position: absolute;
  width: 1px;
  height: 1px;
  padding: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
  clip: rect(0, 0, 0, 0);
  white-space: nowrap;
  border: 0;
}

.banner-carousel[data-carousel-single='true'] .banner-carousel__control,
.banner-carousel[data-carousel-single='true'] .banner-carousel__dots,
.banner-carousel[data-carousel-single='true'] .banner-carousel__counter { display: none; }

@media (max-width: 700px) {
  .news-carousel-section { padding: 3.5rem 0; }
  .news-carousel-section__header { padding: 0 1rem; }
  .news-carousel-section__description { font-size: .9rem; }
  .banner-carousel { width: min(100% - 1rem, 1240px); border-radius: .9rem; }
  .banner-carousel__viewport { height: 350px; min-height: 350px; }
  .banner-carousel__slide::after {
    background:
      linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(5, 16, 52, .91) 0%, rgba(11, 35, 91, .66) 100%),
      linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(5, 16, 52, .08) 0%, rgba(5, 16, 52, .78) 100%);
  }
  .banner-carousel__content { align-items: flex-end; padding: 30px 58px 56px 18px; }
  .banner-carousel__title { font-size: clamp(1.72rem, 8vw, 2.45rem); }
  .banner-carousel__description { margin: 10px 0 16px; font-size: .86rem; }
  .banner-carousel__cta { min-height: 46px; padding: 11px 17px; }
  .banner-carousel__control { width: 36px; height: 36px; }
  .banner-carousel__control--prev { left: 10px; }
  .banner-carousel__control--next { right: 10px; }
  .banner-carousel__footer { right: 18px; bottom: 14px; left: 18px; }
}

@media (max-width: 430px) {
  .banner-carousel__viewport { height: 365px; min-height: 365px; }
  .banner-carousel__content { padding-right: 48px; padding-left: 16px; }
  .banner-carousel__eyebrow { font-size: .61rem; }
  .banner-carousel__description { max-width: 290px; }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .banner-carousel__slide,
  .banner-carousel__cta,
  .banner-carousel__control,
  .banner-carousel__dot { transition: none; }
}