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Luigi Mangione's lawyers want computer for him to review case materials in deadly shooting of Brian ThompsonThe accused killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is asking for a laptop in jail, but just for legal purposes - not for communicating with anyone - as he awaits trial.In a court filing made public late Monday, Luigi Mangione's lawyers proposed that he get a laptop configured solely to let him view a vast amount of documents, video and other material in the case surrounding Thompson's deadly shooting on 4 December. Similar limited-laptop provisions have been made for some other defendants in the federal lockup where Mangione is being held. Continue reading...

Daniela Klette, the last female member at large of the 70s terror network, had been living quietly in BerlinA former member of the Red Army Faction has gone on trial in Germany for robberies she allegedly committed during three decades hiding in broad daylight.Daniela Klette, the last female member of the far-left terror network still on the run before her arrest, appeared before a court in the north-central city of Celle on Tuesday charged with 14 criminal offences including armed robbery and attempted murder. Continue reading...

Exhibition opens this week in Taunton Castle, where mass death sentences were infamously issued during Bloody AssizesA fresh look at an ill-fated 17th-century uprising that haunts the English West Country - and may hold lessons for the world today - is taking place close to the spot where many of the rebels were condemned to death.An exhibition at the Museum of Somerset tells the story of the Monmouth Rebellion, which ended with defeat for the rebels who fought alongside the charismatic Duke of Monmouth, with many condemned to death at the notorious Bloody Assizes led by George Jeffreys, the Lord Chancellor. Continue reading...

The One Day actor will star in Sophia Chetin-Leuner's Porn Play, one of four new premieres announced by the London theatreAmbika Mod is to star as an academic addicted to violent pornography in a new play at the Royal Court in London. Mod, best known for her screen performances in One Day and This Is Going to Hurt, will take on her highest profile theatre role to date in Porn Play, written by Sophia Chetin-Leuner and directed by Josie Rourke.Billed as funny, unsettling and honest", it opens in November at the Royal Court's smaller Jerwood Theatre Upstairs. Chetin-Leuner, whose play This Might Not Be It was set in a mental health unit and staged at the Bush last year, said: Ever since I was a teenager, going to see plays at the Royal Court has shaped my ideals and purpose of who I want to be as a writer - so it's a terrifying privilege to have Porn Play debuting here." The play was shortlisted for Soho theatre's Verity Bargate award in 2022. Chetin-Leuner said she began writing it to explore the effects of pornography on women but that it has evolved into something much more delicate and intricate over the years". Continue reading...

Home Office removes Stay Belvedere Hotels (SBHL) and Napier Barracks in Folkestone, KentA company managing hotel accommodation for thousands of asylum seekers has been axed by the Home Office due to performance concerns and replaced by the firm that ran the Bibby Stockholm barge. As a result the 51 hotels it runs will close.In a late night statement the Home Office said it had removed Stay Belvedere Hotels (SBHL), which manages 51 hotels across England and Wales and Napier Barracks in Folkestone, Kent, from government asylum operations. Continue reading...

Academic who died in 1987 is thought to be responsible for documents that vanished over a 30-year periodScotland's national archive has traced the mysterious disappearance of more than 3,000 historical documents over a period of 30 years to a history professor with an all-consuming interest in stamps.The theft began to unravel when a National Records of Scotland archivist attended an auction in London in 1994. There, he discovered that 200 of the items for sale belonged to the archive, some still marked with their NRS reference numbers. Continue reading...

What the treasurer said - and what we can read between the lines of the budget night speech

Assassination of former Japanese prime minister in 2022 spurred official request for South Korean-based sect to be closedA court in Japan has ordered the Unification Church to be dissolved after a government request that was spurred by the investigation into the 2022 assassination of the former prime minister Shinzo Abe.The church, founded in South Korea and nicknamed the Moonies" after its late founder, Sun Myung Moon, is accused of pressuring followers into making life-ruining donations, and blamed for child neglect among its members, although it has denied any wrongdoing. Continue reading...

MPs likely to be whipped against move to add protections, as government says it is already taking action on risk of forced labourMinisters have been accused of turning a blind eye to slavery" by ordering Labour MPs to remove legal protections to stop money being spent by state-owned Great British Energy on solar panels manufactured by forced labour in China.The protections were added to the government bill in the House of Lords via an amendment from the cross-bench peer David Alton, which said the new body must not spend money on solar or other materials where supply chains had credible evidence of modern slavery". Continue reading...

Environment minister defends balanced and sensible' changes amid questions of how rushed legislation' would work

Fotis Frank Antonios facing 21 charges, including inciting individuals into making fraudulent claims of historical child sexual assault

In today's newsletter: With elbows up on both sides, two very different political operators - Mark Carney and the Conservative party leader Pierre Poilievre - attempt to fend off threats from the southGood morning. When Justin Trudeau announced he would be resigning as Canada's prime minister in January, he did so amid surging support for the Conservative opposition and a sense that its Trump-adjacent leader, Pierre Poilievre, might be the right candidate for a new political era. The Liberals' near-decade in power appeared to be close to an end.Now, Trudeau's successor, the former Bank of England governor Mark Carney, has called a snap general election against a dramatically different political backdrop. With Donald Trump's tariff war and musings about Canada's future as a 51st state the inescapable mood music, many voters who had given up on the Liberals appear ready to give them another hearing - and Poilievre is trying to distance himself from the president whose methods he was once so happy to adopt.Trump administration | A catastrophic security leak triggered outrage in US politics after senior Trump administration officials accidentally broadcast highly sensitive military plans through a Signal group chat with a journalist reading along. The stunning breach implicates key figures in the Trump administration including the vice-president, JD Vance.Domestic violence | Domestic abusers are driving their victims to suicide, police have warned, as they admitted to past mistakes and pledged to investigate more hidden" cases of violence against women. The concession came as deaths by suicide among victims of domestic abuse surpassed the number of people killed by an intimate partner for a second year in a row.UK economy | Rachel Reeves will put 2bn into affordable housing in a bid to sweeten the pill" of the spending cuts being announced at this week's spring statement. The chancellor will set out one of the tightest budget buffers on record, with the Office for Budget Responsibility expected to put the government about 5bn in the red.Turkey | Turkish authorities have arrested more than 1,100 people including journalists, while bombarding the social media platform X with requests to block hundreds of accounts after tens of thousands took to the streets in the largest anti-government demonstrations in years.Archaeology | One of the biggest and most important iron age hoards ever found in the UK has been revealed, potentially altering our understanding of life in Britain 2,000 years ago. More than 800 objects were unearthed in a field near the village of Melsonby, North Yorkshire dating back to the first century. Continue reading...

Opposition leader calls for discipline in the ranks after destabilising leaks led to critical headlines, multiple insiders say

Flood waters are expected to take weeks to flow into Lake Eyre and north-east South Australia after widespread wet weather

Iwao Hakamada, the world's longest serving death row prisoner, had been wrongly convicted of a quadruple murderA Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world's longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded $1.4m in compensation, an official has said.The payout represents 12,500 yen ($83) for each day of the 46 years that Iwao Hakamada spent in detention, most of it on death row when each day could have been his last. Continue reading...

Other questions include whether science organisation receives funding from China and whether it is a climate or environmental justice' project

Body of 79-year-old woman Cecilia Yoke Webb discovered with fatal stab wounds at home in Brisbane's north-west

Historic Gabba stadium to be demolished and replaced by residential development, with new $3.8bn stadium at Victoria Park to host Olympics, AFL and cricket

Report finds that 98 domestic abuse victims in England and Wales died by suspected suicide in 2023-2024

Chancellor will announce plans to fund 18,000 social homes before fraught spring statement on WednesdayRachel Reeves will plough 2bn into affordable housing in a bid to sweeten the pill" of the spending cuts being announced at this week's spring statement.The chancellor made the surprise announcement of the new cash - a down payment on the June spending review - as the Treasury bids to demonstrate that it remains focused on investment, rather than cuts. It will fund 18,000 affordable and social homes, part of the target to build 1.5m homes over the course of the parliament. Continue reading...

Change comes after death of Kiena Dawes, whose partner was cleared of manslaughter but convicted of domestic abuse

FCA to explore simplifying communications about savings accounts and review parts of its credit advertising rulesThe City watchdog is considering changing rules to allow people to receive clearer information from financial firms to make it easier for them to find and compare products.The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is exploring how it can simplify communications about savings accounts. The watchdog, which will announce its five-year strategy on Tuesday, will also review parts of its credit advertising rules, such as lengthy terms and conditions. Continue reading...

Despite premier David Crisafulli ruling it out during election, the government is expected to announce plans for stadium at Victoria Park

Body representing over 90 firms says it could take airport to court over costs of closure if issue not amicably settled'A body representing more than 90 airlines using Heathrow airport said there might be a case for legal action if a settlement over the costs incurred from Friday's closure after a fire is not reached.Europe's largest airport was closed in the early hours of Friday morning after the blaze at a major electricity substation hit electricity supplies. Continue reading...

Ukrainian officials say 88 injured in missile strike as US and Russian officials start talks on ceasefire dealUkraine has accused Moscow of making hollow statements about peace" after 88 people were injured in a Russian missile attack as US and Russian officials began talks that Washington hopes will mark the first step toward lasting peace.Seventeen children were among the casualties after the missile hit schools and residential buildings in the city of Sumy, Ukrainian officials said late on Monday, as Moscow appeared to be exploiting the window before any ceasefire to launch attacks on Ukraine. Continue reading...

No Other Land's Hamdan Ballal attacked by armed settlers in West Bank and handed to Israeli military, witnesses sayA Palestinian director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land has been arrested by the Israeli army after masked settlers attacked his house.According to five Jewish American activists who witnessed the attack, Hamdan Ballal, one of the four directors of the the film that documented the destruction of villages in the West Bank, was surrounded and attacked by a group of about 15 armed settlers in Susya in the Masafer Yatta area south of Hebron. Continue reading...

Fiona Larkin's poem uses Finnish grammar to explore her feelings about her son's move from the UK to BrisbaneA poem inspired by the writer's experience missing her son after he moved from the UK to Australia has won this year's 5,000 National Poetry Competition.Fiona Larkin's poem, Absence has a grammar, was picked from nearly 22,000 entries. Continue reading...

BT had planned to remove the familiar red kiosk in rural Norfolk until 89-year-old Derek Harris intervenedAn 89-year-old man has won his battle to save the last remaining phone box in a village in East Anglia.

CMA stance moves Britain step closer to outright ban on ticket touts ripping off fansThe UK appears to be a step closer to an outright ban on ticket touts ripping off fans, after the competition watchdog threw its weight behind government plans to cap ticket resale prices.In a blow to websites such as Viagogo and StubHub, which make hundreds of millions a year lawfully by selling access to popular gigs and shows, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said for the first time that it would back a ceiling on secondary" ticket prices. Continue reading...

Actor is expected to testify on Tuesday over allegations by two women who worked with him on 2021 filmThe French actor Gerard Depardieu has appeared in court in France on trial for allegedly sexually assaulting two women during a film shoot in 2021.Depardieu, 76, dressed in a black suit and trainers with his grey hair swept back, arrived at the Paris criminal court amid a large police presence. Dozens of protesters had gathered outside the courthouse and shouted: Victims, we believe you; rapists, we see you." Continue reading...

Given the airport had uninterrupted power from two other substations, did it have to shut down for long?The 10-page risk report within Heathrow Airport's latest annual report does not mention North Hyde substation, or even substations in general, but it does describe the company's approach to managing risks.Heathrow rightly has no appetite" for safety risks that could lead to loss of life. Robust controls and contingency measures" are also in place to contain potential security, environmental and legal breaches within minimal levels of impact". But then one comes to operational matters, the category in which last Friday's events would fall. Continue reading...

US president believes rare earths deal to be signed soon'; Ukraine delegation to meet US officials as Kremlin claims it has suspended infrastructure strikes despite ongoing attacks

Trump administration has pledged to crack down on vandalism and protests against Elon Musk's car companyPolice in Texas said they found incendiary devices" at a Tesla dealership in Austin on Monday morning, as the Trump administration has pledged to crack down on vandalism and protests against Elon Musk's car company.On Monday, March 24, 2025, at approximately 8.04am, Austin police department (APD) officers responded to a found/abandoned hazardous call at the Tesla dealership located at 12845 N US 183 Hwy SVRD NB," Austin police department said in a statement shared with CBS Austin. Continue reading...

Uncertainty remains over how and when 30-day halt on energy strikes would take effect amid a gulf on expectations

Death toll includes women, children and journalists, nearly a week after Israel broke ceasefireIsraeli airstrikes have killed at least 65 people in Gaza in the past 24 hours, including women, children and two journalists, the Palestinian health authority said on Monday, nearly a week after Israel broke its ceasefire with Hamas.Palestinians in Gaza have again been fleeing for their lives after Israel launched its new offensive in the territory, which started on Tuesday last week with a wave of airstrikes that killed about 700 people, mostly civilians, ending two months of relative calm, according to the Palestinian health ministry in the territory run by Hamas. Continue reading...

Supermarket chain said it was mitigating extra cost from rise in employer national insurance contributionsMorrisons has put more than 300 jobs at risk as it shuts cafes, convenience stores and food counters as retailers grapple with rising labour costs.The supermarket chain said on Monday that it plans to close 52 cafes, 17 convenience stores, all 18 of its Market Kitchen hot food counters, 13 florists, 35 meat counters, 35 fish counters and four pharmacies. Continue reading...

Court rejects use of Alien Enemies Act of 1798, ruling accused migrants must get hearings first

Tens of thousands gathered in Istanbul with unrest likely to continue over treatment of presidential challenger to Erdoan

Greenland's prime minister says move is demonstration of power' and accuses US of interfering in its political affairsGreenland's prime minister, Mute B Egede, has called for the international community to step in after it was announced that Donald Trump's national security adviser and the US second lady will visit the Arctic island, accusing Washington of foreign interference".Mike Waltz and Usha Vance are due to arrive in Greenland this week as part of a delegation that will also include the US energy secretary, Chris Wright. Continue reading...

Move comes amid broader Republican-led culture war in US as Alabama cracks down on sexually explicit' contentThe public library in Fairhope, Alabama - a picturesque city on the shores of Mobile Bay - has found itself in the crosshairs of battles over library content.The Alabama public library service board of trustees recently voted to withhold state funding from the Fairhope public library after complaints from conservative parents about books in the teen section. In the same meeting, the board voted to immediately dismiss the executive director of the state library agency, who had been planning to resign. Continue reading...

Pitch document breaking with tradition raises new concerns over administration's links to corporate backers

Ismail Barhoum and medics die in attack, which Israel says was based on extensive intelligenceAn Israeli airstrike on Sunday night hit the largest hospital in southern Gaza, killing five people, including a Hamas political leader.The Gaza health ministry said the strike hit the surgery department at Nasser hospital in the city of Khan Younis. The Israeli military said its attack followed extensive intelligence and used precise munitions to minimise harm at the site. Continue reading...

Shiv Sena party supporters tore apart the Habitat comedy club after Kunal Kamra's satirical song about a top ministerA mob violently ransacked a Mumbai comedy club and its building has been partly demolished after one of India's most prominent comedians performed a satirical song about a local ruling politician during a performance there.Kunal Kamra has a reputation for his acerbic comedy which often pokes fun at political figures. Few comedians in India dare to make political jokes for risk of a backlash. Continue reading...

Actor, 76, is accused of groping two women on set during the filming of The Green Shutters in 2021Gerard Depardieu arrived at a Paris court on Monday for his trial over alleged sexual assaults on a film set, a case that places one of France's best-known film stars at the heart of the country's broader reckoning over sexual violence.Depardieu, 76, has faced allegations of rape or sexual assault from more than a dozen women, all of which he has denied, but this is the first time he has appeared in court to answer accusations. Continue reading...

Heidi Alexander declines to say she has confidence in Thomas Woldbye after airport chaos at the weekend

Trump used their price as a campaign issue but has been unable to stop costs rising. Why do eggs matter so much?As the Trump economy continues to perform with all the robustness and reliability of a Tesla Cybertruck, one thing, above anything else, has come to be seen as a measure of how the US is faring: the humble egg.The egg holds a uniquely central place in American culture, egg experts say, and the soaring price in recent months, largely due to a bird flu outbreak, has been discussed and debated across the country. Continue reading...

Mass firings spark concern as department employees say cuts set stage for widespread fraud and abuseHundreds of firings inside the federal government's student aid department have sparked concern among workers and student loan advocates, who warn that the student loan system is at risk.Linda McMahon, the wrestling industry billionaire now serving as education secretary, has presented the sweeping cuts as an efficiency drive. But employees within the US Department of Education warn they set the stage for widespread fraud and abuse. Continue reading...

Iranian police are using digital tools to identify and punish women who defy the Islamic state's harsh dress codeLike many women in Iran, Darya is used to feeling under surveillance. Yet in recent months, the 25-year-old finance analyst from northern Tehran says that she never knows who could be watching her every move.She says she has received messages from the police before warning her of suspected violations of the country's strict hijab laws, but last November she was sent an SMS message containing her car registration plate that stated the exact time and place that she had been recorded driving without her head properly covered. Next time it happened, the SMS warned, her car would be impounded. Continue reading...