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99.9999% is almost 5σ, right? Have we finally discovered New Physics?

Edit: The CERN[1] article says that it is in fact 5.3σ.

"The result is consistent with, although at the upper end of,SM expectations" (https://cds.cern.ch/record/2668357/files/LHCb-PAPER-2019-006...)

C-symmetry is already broken in SM, so I guess we haven't.

Not only C: even CP!