Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has scrapped plans to make foreign care workers already in the UK wait 15 years to qualify for permanent settlement.

Mahmood had proposed doubling the wait for indefinite leave to remain (ILR) from five years to 10 for most migrants, with some facing a 15-year wait.

But following a backlash from several Labour MPs, Mahmood revised the policy and care workers who earn at least £25,000 a year and arrived in the UK before May 2025 would continue to qualify after five years.

The Conservatives said Mahmood's "U-turn" would cost taxpayers billions of pounds.

ILR, also known as settlement, gives a person the right to live, work and study in the UK for as long as they like and apply for benefits if they are eligible. They can also use it to apply for British citizenship.

Last November, Mahmood announced plans to delay settlements in response to concerns over the number of people approaching eligibility, in the wake of record post-Brexit net migration figures under the previous Conservative government, nicknamed the "Boriswave".

Asked by the BBC whether she had u-turned on her earlier promises, she replied "I don't accept that", adding that some 500,000 people in the UK "will not now settle at five years".

"They will have to wait longer before they can achieve settlement in this country, and I've come to a fair resolution for care workers," she said.

The Home Office has said its figures show net migration - the difference between those entering and leaving the country - added 2.6m people to the UK population between 2021 and 2024.

The department estimates that between 2026 and 2030 between 1.3m and 2.2m people will settle in the UK, adding its central estimate has increased to 1.9m.

The home secretary faced criticism for proposing to apply the changes to migrant workers already in the UK, with Housing Secretary Angela Rayner previously saying this would "change the goalposts".

Several Labour MPs also described the retrospective approach as "un-British" and warned it could worsen the UK's skills shortage, particularly in the care sector.

Making a statement to the House of Commons, Mahmood said settlement "should not be automatic, it should be earned".

Stephan Moelans, the CEO of Sabcobel, which operates Delhaize's systems, on Monday told the Belga news agency that the incident was a cyber-attack and that the company had been "working all night and morning to disconnect the affected units from the network".

He said since the French attack in early October, the company had been working to "protect our customers fridges against this vulnerability" but that the units needed physical modifications, not just software updates.

Most supermarkets across Europe are linked to the internet, and maintenance and troubleshooting can be done remotely.

"The simplest solution is to manage the fridges over a secure internet connection. Most of our customers switched to that after the attack in France," Moelans added.

The temperature of freezers in several shops across Europe reportedly rose to as high as 50C (122F).

It is unclear who is behind the latest apparent attack.

In the US, authorities are investigating what caused refrigeration malfunctions at a number of American military bases in August and working together with French officials to examine whether the incidents could be linked.

Both Belgium and Sweden's national cyber-security agencies said they were monitoring the incident.

The UK's National Cyber Security Centre said it was working with international partners and industry to "fully understand details of an incident". No incidents have been reported in the UK.

In Flanders, northern Belgium, a Delhaize branch in Hoeilaart told news website Het Laatste Nieuws it had lost €100,000 (£83,500) worth of produce.

The manager said that estimate did not even take into account further losses that would result from closing the shop.

Carrefour, a French-owned supermarket, said the incident had only affected 15 of its Belgian stores, adding that measures had been taken immediately to ensure all shops remained open.

A spokesperson for Colruyt Group, which operates Spar stores in Belgium under a franchise system, told Reuters news agency five shops had their fridge systems attacked.

Sweden's budget furniture retailer Ikea said refrigeration systems of its store in the western Belgian city of Mons were affected, with a spokesman quoted by Reuters as saying "we cannot rule out that additional locations may be affected".

In dozens of supermarkets across several European countries, a huge amount of food has been dumped after refrigerators and freezers were targeted in a cyber-attack.

Belgium and Luxemburg saw some of the worst damage, with 40 Delhaize supermarkets affected, and incidents also took place in stores across Sweden, Ireland, the Netherlands, Estonia and Finland.

In a branch of supermarket Delhaize in Hoeilaart, just outside the Belgian capital Brussels, the BBC's Europe correspondent Nick Beake found frozen pizzas and ice cream among a mountain of food having to be scrapped. This branch estimated the cost of the damage running to more than €100,000 (£83,500).

At least 26 people were killed after Russian bombs hit an aid distribution centre, in an attack that Ukraine's leader has called "utterly horrific".

Five people were injured and 27 initially reported missing after at least nine 3,000kg aerial bombs hit the village of Komyshuvakha in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, regional head Mykhailo Semikin said.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said that after the first strike on the local school "used for humanitarian needs", there was a second attack on the place where people were sheltering.

He posted a video showing a huge crater left after Monday's attack, and rescuer teams searching through the rubble.

The Russian military has not publicly commented.

A 20-year-old copilot was among nine people killed when a small jet crashed and exploded in Florida on Sunday, according to US media.

Nathalia Filgueiras, who earned her pilot's licence when she was 17, is reported to have been one of two crew members aboard the Learjet 60 from Austin, Texas, to the Bahamas when it crashed near West Palm Beach.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said it would investigate to what extent ice and turbulence may have contributed to the crash, and whether human error played a role.

One man on the ground sustained a leg injury when the aircraft nosedived on to a street near Cresthaven, nine miles (14 km) from President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort.

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A private jet crashed in Florida on Sunday, killing all nine people on board, according to US authorities.

BBC Verify has used air traffic control audio and flight tracking data to reconstruct the final moments before the plane crashed.

Produced by Sophie Bott and Jenna Abaakouk. Graphics by Mark Edwards and Mesut Ersoz.

Carla Lockhart has quit the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in a row over its response to the Drumcree parading dispute.

The MP for Upper Bann had been calling for the party to withdraw Stormont's deputy first minister to force First Minister Michelle O'Neill from their joint office.

Lockhart said she was leaving the DUP on a "point of principle" and would continue in the House of Commons as an independent unionist.

The fall-out comes after unionist anger over Sinn Féin's involvement in protests on Garvaghy Road, which blocked a contentious Orange Order parade from passing along the mainly nationalist street in Portadown, County Armagh.

O'Neill and several other senior Sinn Féin figures have been interviewed by police investigating the demonstrations, with unionists accusing the party of acting unlawfully.

Last week the DUP, which shares power with Sinn Féin in Northern Ireland's devolved government, announced it would block official engagements involving O'Neill in response to the fall-out.

The Sinn Féin vice-president has defended her involvement in the protests, saying it was the "right thing to do".

DUP leader Gavin Robinson stopped short of Lockhart's call to force O'Neill from office.

In an open letter to colleagues last week, Lockhart said it was the "only one credible option" and any kind of "graduated response" would be "insulting to those who have trusted us".

In a statement posted on her Facebook page on Monday, the MP said: "My first responsibility remains to the people of Upper Bann.

"You placed your trust in me, and I will continue to work every bit as hard for you, your family and our community."

Two teenage boys have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after five teenagers were stabbed at a Halloween party.

Officers said they were called shortly after 22:30 GMT on Saturday to Park Road in Chandler's Ford, Hampshire, where an "unknown group" had gained entry to the event.

Police said two boys remain in hospital having suffered serious injuries, with one 17-year-old victim in a life-threatening condition. The others have been discharged from hospital.

A 17-year-old and 16-year-old, both from Southampton, have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and remain in police custody.

Two witnesses told the BBC a fight started after a group came in over a garden fence, although they said the motive for the stabbings was unclear.

One of the teenagers said: "I was [standing] in the hallway near the exit and I saw someone I know pull up their shirt and say 'I've been stabbed'.

"And then I later saw him lying outside the front of the house with someone compressing his wound."

Police cordoned off parts of Park Road and the adjoining Valley Road.

Det Ch Insp Elizabeth Pirie said: "Whilst the two arrests are a significant development in our investigation, which has moved at pace since the incident was first reported to us, we still urge our communities to contact us with any information, no matter how small it may seem."

She added: "If you were at the party and have not spoken with officers yet, or you have any CCTV, mobile phone, dash cam or doorbell camera footage covering Park Road and the surrounding area, then please get in touch."

Fighting has resumed in Ukraine's Kherson after a six-day truce brought quiet to the front-line region for the first time in years.

The ceasefire - the longest since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022 - allowed hundreds of people trapped in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky and its surroundings to be evacuated.

On Monday morning, local authorities confirmed that strikes had resumed, saying Moscow had hit a medical facility in Kherson city centre. They also said a 62-year-old woman and a 73-year-old man were injured when a Russian drone attacked the car they were travelling in.

Ukraine also accused Russian forces of using the humanitarian ceasefire to strengthen their military positions, rotate units and deliver ammunition.

"The enemy used the humanitarian pause to set up their positions," said Ukraine's General Staff, adding they had recorded rotation of Russian units, expansion of anti-drone equipment on the roads, and delivery of ammunition.

The Kremlin appeared to corroborate this when spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was "reasonable to assume that the Ukrainian army also used this period for the necessary regrouping".

"It is a completely standard practice in such situations," he added.

The ceasefire had been brokered by US First Lady Melania Trump. Both Kyiv and Moscow thanked her repeatedly, though no details of her involvement were shared.

An unusual show of cooperation came from Russia's human rights ombudsman Yana Lantratova and her Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Lubinets. The pair oversaw the ceasefire, travelled into Oleshky and were filmed speaking to residents together. They publicly thanked each other for their work, often highlighting that no violations of the ceasefire had been observed.

Both Lantratova and Lubinets called for the initiative to be repeated elsewhere, and Ukraine repeatedly said it would be prepared to observe similar ceasefires on a national level too.

But many have questioned whether this will lead to more cooperation and further truces.

In fact, the Kremlin swiftly dismissed the idea even as the ceasefire was under way, calling Oleshky "an isolated case" which would not affect the "settlement process" – a euphemism for the stalled peace talks. "There are no similar plans or initiatives," Peskov reiterated on Monday.

And although last week the guns fell silent in Kherson region, elsewhere in Ukraine Russia's air strikes continued, killing scores of civilians and destroying crucial infrastructure.

The decision to observe an unusually broad and comparatively lengthy ceasefire in and around Oleshky was therefore a notable exception.

The ceasefire's observance appears, at least in part, to have been linked to Melania Trump's reported involvement. By violating the truce, Moscow would have risked undermining its own efforts to cultivate the crucial relationship with her husband, US President Donald Trump.

Some commentators have argued that Trump himself would be interested in presenting the Oleshky ceasefire as a foreign policy achievement scored days before the US midterm elections on Tuesday.

"I totally get why our official representatives need to 'play along' with the US first lady on Oleshky," said Artyom Sheynin, a prominent figure on Russian state TV.

"I understand why it's so important to create a 'success story' ahead of the elections for the US president, whose wife 'achieved a ceasefire' in Oleshky."

Kyiv, too, had its reasons to be fully compliant. Although relations with the US and its president are often fraught, Ukraine continues to rely heavily on US intelligence and US-made Patriot air defence missiles to counter Russian aerial attacks. Ahead of another tough winter of war, continued American support is essential to protect Ukrainian skies from Russia's assaults.

But though the ceasefire may have been born out of political calculation rather than purely humanitarian compassion, it also resulted in hundreds of civilians escaping.

There were emotional scenes when hundreds of Oleshky residents arrived in northern Ukraine on Saturday. Many were met by tearful relatives they had not seen in years. To the journalists waiting, the evacuees told of years of hunger and hardship in a destroyed town.

The hundreds of residents who decided to stay behind will receive monthly humanitarian aid deliveries, Lantratova said, adding that decision too was the result of Melania Trump's mediation.

Yet the troop rotations and resupply efforts show that neither side is expecting Oleshky to be a blueprint for lasting respite in the future.

As Kherson came under fire again, Ukrainian drones hit several energy facilities across four Russian regions. In Samara, residents reported hearing explosions and seeing black plumes of smoke rising into the sky as an oil refinery was hit for the fifth time in a month.

If the truce brought a rare moment of relief to Oleshky, it has done little to alter the wider trajectory of a war that grinds on for now.

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Massachusetts prosecutors have given their clearest indication yet that they plan to retry Lindsay Clancy for the murder of her three children in 2023.

At a hearing on Monday, Judge William Sullivan scheduled a 16 November hearing where he plans to rule on a handful of motions that could determine how a retrial would proceed, including a request to dismiss the first-degree murder charges.

Clancy faced a weekslong trial on those charges over the summer. It fell apart in early September after a 12-person jury failed to reach a verdict.

If there is a retrial, Judge Sullivan said, it could happen as soon as March 2027.

The prosecution did not say on Monday whether Clancy would face the same charges or amended charges in the event of a retrial.

When the parties meet again later this month, they will hear the judge's rulings on the motions argued in court on Monday, and potentially will discuss dates for a retrial, Judge Sullivan said.

Kevin Reddington, Clancy's attorney, pushed the judge for a spring trial.

"I am not going to have this woman sit incarcerated for the next year or two or three," he said. "I want a date and I want it this spring."

But prosecutor Jennifer Sprague said she wants to hear Judge Sullivan's rulings on Monday's arguments before the prosecution commits to a new date or specifics for a potential retrial.

When the judge asked for more details on how prosecutors planned to proceed with a potential retrial, Sprague responded: "This would be a retrial - as to what that looks like will depend".

But that appeared to frustrate Reddington.

"Why do we not know if the next trial is going to be murder in the first degree or a lesser charge, why do they need to wait for the motions? I need to know logistically."

Clancy was charged with three counts of first-degree-murder, which is the intentional and premeditated killing of another person.

Prosecutors could decide to bring lesser charges against Clancy in a retrial. For example, second-degree-murder charges, apply to unlawful killings committed with malice or extreme recklessness, but without prior planning.

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A woman who believed she had not had sex for nine years had in fact been regularly drugged and raped by her own husband and a group of strangers "whose depravity knew no bounds", a jury has been told.

Her husband led a "double life", prosecutors said, regularly giving his wife a "stupefying cocktail" of drugs to make her "completely unaware" of the abuse.

He and four men have already pleaded guilty to a series of offences, but the trial of nine other defendants who deny all charges has begun at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court.

Opening the case for the prosecution, Louise Oakley KC said the wife had been "happy" but "the life she knew ended when the police knocked on the front door".

Before the case was opened, trial judge Maurice Greene warned jurors they would be expected to view evidence that could provoke feelings of "upset and anger".

As Oakley opened the case, they were shown videos of the woman, in her sixties, being raped and sexually assaulted while, the prosecution said, she was unconscious.

The jury heard the husband and vicitim had the appearance of a couple looking forward to retirement, who "led busy lives, enjoying their home and garden, socialising with family and friends, holidays abroad – all very much together".

But Oakley said the husband, who is also in his 60s and cannot be named to protect his wife's legal right to anonymity, had since 2004 been sharing videos and images online of himself raping and assaulting his unconscious wife at their family home in the Stockport area of Greater Manchester.

"You may think it difficult to conceive how such offending could get worse, but it did," she told the court.

The US midterms campaign is set to be the most expensive on record - with the total cost projected to reach nearly $12bn (£9bn), according to Open Secrets, an independent organisation that tracks campaign finance.

Most of the spending is driven by outside political groups - known as Super Political Action Committees (Super Pacs) - pouring large sums of money into some key races ahead of election day on 3 November.

The top individual donor is billionaire businessman Elon Musk, who has spent almost half a billion dollars backing Republican candidates, particularly in Texas where many of his companies are based.

BBC Verify has looked into the figures and where the money was spent.

Millions of Americans are about to decide the future of the Republican-controlled Congress in a midterm election that will have a significant impact on President Donald Trump's final two years in office.

All eyes are on a handful of Senate races that will decide control of the prized upper chamber.

A four-seat gain by Democrats would give them control - and with it the power to limit Trump's ambitions, reject his judicial nominations and investigate his administration.

Billions of dollars are being poured into the 35 races across the country, but only a handful could go either way.

There are seven Senate races deemed to be a toss-up by independent elections analyst Cook Political Report, external.

Here, we profile the personalities making waves in these much-watched contests.

Ukrainians have grown weary of the relentless alerts blaring from their phones and echoing through their streets, day and night, warning of Russian drones and missiles.

On Sunday night, the system delivered something to make them sit up and take note – a succession of more extreme threats that quickly escalated to impending nuclear strikes, chemical attacks and combat on the streets.

But many in the country did not take them seriously and doubted the veracity of the messages.

Sofia Kochmar, 34, a mother-of-one living in the western city of Lviv, said she was initially concerned but quickly questioned the authenticity of the alerts.

"The first thing I saw was the word 'nuclear' and that made me pretty nervous and scared. So my first thought was that something nuclear was actually flying toward us."

"But then the notification mentioned 'street fighting in Kyiv', and I thought, wait, no, that's impossible."

The alerts included some messages written in Russian, and one included a link to a Telegram channel apparently owned by a hacker group.

Within 15 minutes, Ukraine's Air Force issued a statement saying the alert app had been compromised and clarifying there was no radiation threat. But it took more than an hour to issue "all clear" messages.

Anastasiia Romanytska, a 29-year-old ballerina living in Kyiv, said she does not have the alert app installed but friends forwarded her the warnings.

"My first reaction was, 'Is this some kind of joke?' But then my body reacted as if I was under stress. My heart started racing, and my stomach tightened up."

"Still, somehow I immediately realised that it wasn't something serious. Or maybe I just really wanted to believe that."

There are a number of apps delivering phone notifications of air raid warnings, with maps showing areas under threat, all using the same data as the official government-backed app.

Today's announcement has long been viewed in government as a potential political banana skin.

When the home secretary announced her first version of changes to the settlement system last year, many Labour MPs, including the housing secretary Angela Rayner, voiced their concerns about the plans.

But there was a feeling that Sir Keir Starmer's government was determined to plough on regardless. Shabana Mahmood herself repeatedly expressed how important she believed the reforms were.

But the change of prime minister over the summer gave renewed hope to those unhappy Labour MPs that they could force the Home Office into two changes.

Firstly, social care workers – under the original plans many social care workers would have had to wait 15 years before becoming eligible for settlement.

Secondly, the retrospective nature of the plans – some MPs were uncomfortable at the idea of someone coming to the UK and expecting to be eligible for settlement after five years, but then having to wait longer.

Angela Rayner described that as "un-British" and said the government shouldn't be shifting "the goalposts".

She returned to the cabinet under Andy Burnham as housing secretary and chose to repeat those criticisms in an interview during the Labour Party conference in September.

That was seen as evidence that a debate inside the top levels of government about whether to water down the plans was well and truly rumbling on.

For all the Labour MPs who wanted a change, there were others, particularly those in Brexit-supporting areas, who wanted the home secretary to stick the course.

Some inside government felt nervous about providing what they saw as catnip to Reform and the Conservatives.

All of that added up to one of the more difficult decisions that has had to be taken since Burnham walked through the doors of Number 10.

In the end ministers chose to water down the proposals for care workers – those who arrived before May 2025 and earn at least £25,000 a year will qualify for settlement in five years.

But the retrospective nature of the plans, the thing Rayner described as shifting "the goalposts", hasn't changed.

Despite that, the majority of Labour MPs pulled their punches when Mahmood made a statement in the House of Commons earlier.

Perhaps the strongest pushback came from Rachael Maskell, who is no fan of the retrospective element - but others on the left of the party, including John McDonnel and Diane Abbott, were critical without being scathing.

Supermarkets across Europe have been hit by a suspected cyber-attack affecting their fridges and freezers, and raising concern about the vulnerabilities of internet-connected hardware from industrial machinery to humble domestic appliances.

Smart devices which are connected to the internet can include fridges, central heating, and even washing machines.

And while that makes them easier to control remotely, in theory, any device which goes online can potentially be exploited by malicious actors.

However, that doesn't mean hackers can easily take control of it, and big brands generally go to great lengths to make sure their tech is secure.

Exploits have been found before in some devices. In 2015, researchers demonstrated how a vulnerability in a Samsung smart fridge could allow them to intercept internet traffic.

But there's no evidence domestic appliances are being targeted in the cyber-attacks which targeted supermarkets in November.

Ciaran Martin, former chief executive of the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) says manufacturers needed to do more to make connected devices secure.

"There's a lot more that we need to demand of big tech to give us safer devices and products in the first place," he said.

He advised consumers to keep devices updated and enable multi-factor authentication wherever possible.

"I know it's a pain, but it only takes a few seconds," he said.

Since April 2024, UK law has required manufacturers of certain consumer smart devices to meet minimum cyber security standards, including requirements around passwords and security updates.

The NCSC said it was working with international partners and industry to understand the supermarket incidents, but it was unaware of any impact on the UK.

However, researchers from UK Cyber Defence have identified more than 800 refrigeration and building-control interfaces associated with British retailers that can be accessed over the public internet.

That doesn't necessarily mean they can be hacked, but it could leave them exposed to attackers exploiting weak passwords or software vulnerabilities.

The government has already held talks with senior food retailers about cyber resilience, following earlier attacks on supermarkets.

Helen Dickinson, chief executive of the British Retail Consortium, has said cyber incidents are a major concern for retailers, with businesses working alongside the NCSC to share intelligence and strengthen their defences.

It would not be the first time that hacks have raised concern about impact on food supply.

When UK supermarkets M&S and the Co-op were targeted by ransomware hackers in May 2025, the retailers struggled to stock some shop shelves with fresh deliveries.

Customers across the UK complained of empty shelves in the days following the attack.

Tom Hegel, a researcher at cyber-security firm SentinelOne, said retailers must be clearer about responsibility.

"The question retailers need to answer is who owns the security of that equipment, not just who repairs it," he said.

He said internet connectivity can make everyday technology more convenient, but security needed to keep pace.

"Once an attacker can operate those controls, legitimate functions such as defrosting become tools for disruption," he said.

"Changing a setting can destroy physical stock, not just interrupt a computer system."

Launched in the early days of YouTube with homemade videos featuring emerging artists, online music channel SBTV went on to shake up the music industry.

Pioneering DJ and entrepreneur Jamal Edwards founded the grime and rap music platform back in 2006 after he got a camcorder for Christmas and started filming his friends on the council estate where he grew up in west London.

It helped launch the careers of many acts including Dave, Ed Sheeran, Jessie J and Skepta.

By the age of 23, Jamal was a multimillionaire and channelling his success into helping others. He was awarded an MBE for his services to music in 2014.

He died aged 31 in 2022 of cardiac arrhythmia following drug use, prompting a flood of tributes from those who he helped support.

As the channel marks its 20th anniversary, it is set to bring back some of its freestyle formats in the hope of discovering a new generation of rappers.

Two days of hearings on a challenge to Australia's landmark social media ban for children will begin at the country's highest court on Tuesday.

In a major test of the world-leading policy, a digital rights group will argue that the ban for under-16s robs children of their right to free communication. A separate challenge launched by platform Reddit will be jointly heard.

Introduced last December, the ban is a key part of sweeping changes the Australian government has spearheaded in recent years on online safety.

Supporters say the ban protects children from harmful content but critics say it is too blunt an instrument and efforts should focus on improving online safety.

The constitutional challenge in Australia's High Court was filed by the Digital Freedom Project a few weeks before the ban started on 10 December last year. The group is lead by New South Wales parliamentarian John Ruddick.

Two teens who originally spearheaded the case, Noah Jones and Macy Neyland, have since withdrawn as plaintiffs though Jones is still expected to attend Tuesday's hearing.

Speaking about the legal challenge last November, Jones told the BBC that there were bad things online but a blanket ban for under-16s was not the right answer.

"We shouldn't be using the resources and money of these social media platforms to try to avoid fines from our government," he said.

"They should be using this money and resources to try to get rid of the predators and harmful content out there."

Reddit also launched a High Court challenge to the ban, arguing the policy has serious implications for privacy and political rights.

Communications Minister Anika Wells last year said the government would not be "intimidated by legal threats."

"We will not be intimidated by big tech. On behalf of Australian parents, we will stand firm," she said last November.

Under the ban, ten platforms - Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Reddit, Snapchat, X, Kick, Threads and Twitch - must take "reasonable steps" to ensure no one under 16 years old can access its site.

Platforms risk fines of up to A$99m (US$70m, £52m) for serious or repeated breaches, but since the ban started, no company has been fined.

The King's role as head of the Commonwealth is about "inspiring and convening, rather than policy making", says Buckingham Palace - distancing him from rows over whether the UK should apologise and make reparations for its part in the Atlantic slave trade.

The Palace statement clarifying the King's non-political role in the Commonwealth comes as the organisation's leaders gather for a summit in Antigua and Barbuda.

The King is to deliver a speech on Tuesday which is expected to recognise the painful legacy of slavery. But his speech will reflect the position of the UK government.

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham had suggested there could be some form of apology over slavery, but has ruled out financial reparations.

The British government has never formally apologised for slavery or offered to pay reparations.

On Saturday, the prime minister said that the UK "must face up to the past" over the "brutal and barbaric violation" of the slave trade, and that he was "open" to the possibility of a formal apology.

But on Monday, his official spokesperson said that while Burnham had "expressed his sorrow and regret for the pain and suffering caused by the transatlantic slave trade", this was "distinct from a formal apology".

Burnham thought it was "right that a formal apology is discussed properly with the countries and communities most affected", his spokesperson said.

"An apology of this significance should be informed by the people and countries most affected," they added.

The King is on a tour of the Caribbean and touched down on Friday in Antigua and Barbuda, which is hosting the Commonwealth gathering, having visited the Bahamas and Guyana.

A Wizz Air flight travelling from London Luton Airport to Sofia has been escorted by a Hungarian fighter jet to Budapest after a mid-air bomb threat.

The aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at Budapest Liszt Ferenc International.

Authorities there "carried out the necessary security checks on the aircraft and passengers", a spokesperson for Wizz Air said.

The airline later confirmed an inspection had been "completed and nothing was found", adding that the plane would depart again shortly. Hungarian Defence Minister Romulusz Ruszin-Szendis confirmed his country provided the fighter jet to escort the flight.

According to flight tracking website FlightAware, Wizz Air flight 4302 departed Luton at 08:33 GMT and was due to arrive in the Bulgarian capital at 13:25 local time (11:25 GMT).

But the website said it landed in Budapest at 12:09 local time (11:09 GMT).

A police dog named Billy later found £4,640 of cocaine and £10,050 of heroin under the front passenger seat within two bags.

The purity of the cocaine was stated to be no less than 76%.

In a joint minute of agreed evidence, Keenan said: "Officers were of the opinion that the circumstances of this case indicate the supply of cocaine and heroin due to the amount recovered being excessive for personal use."

Pablo was taken to a farm in Ayrshire where it was held for 48 to 72 hours before being returned to Mair.

A charge of resetting the lamb was dropped by the Crown mid-trial as there was "no reported theft" at the time.

McNeil told jurors in his evidence that he had experience with animals, having worked in the past with his father, who is a retired agricultural contractor.

He stated they came across Pablo on the middle of the road on the way home to Ayrshire after a journey to Edinburgh for the other man to purchase a car.

McNeil claimed that Pablo was "dehydrated" and appeared not have been fed for a couple of hours.

He told the court that the plan was to "take him back to the owner" as Pablo had identity markings on his ears.

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A driver who dragged a head teacher to his death for more than a mile under the wheels of his car has been jailed for life for murder.

Simon Richardson, 35, crashed into 56-year-old Michael Mullins in Warburton, Greater Manchester, on 20 April as the married father-of-two cycled home from Stretford Grammar School in Trafford.

Jurors at Richardson's trial heard he then stopped to try to dislodge the injured but still-living cyclist before driving on with him still lodged underneath the vehicle.

The judge at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court told Richardson that he would have to serve a minimum of 25 years in prison.

Richardson had previous convictions for 28 offences, with a "significant history" of driving-related crimes.

He was also on bail at the time of the murder for offences including affray and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

Mrs Justice Brunner KC said Richardson, who looked straight ahead as he was being sentenced, "took away a life and in doing so you caused devastation to a family and a community".

She added: "You deliberately used your car as a weapon over a prolonged period.

"You have repeated convictions for a range of serious driving offences over a 15-year period.

"This demonstrates the complete contempt you have for the law."

The judge told the court she had to hand Richardson a lifetime driving ban to "protect the public".

Downing Street has defended sending the official UK government plane to Manchester to pick up Andy Burnham, rather than the prime minister travelling to London in advance of the flight.

The Airbus A321neo departed London Stansted Airport for Saint John's, the capital of Antigua and Barbuda, at about 06:00 on Monday without the prime minister on board.

Half an hour later it landed in Manchester to collect Burnham, before taking off again to cross the Atlantic for the Commonwealth heads of government summit (Chogm).

The trip sparked a backlash on social media with some questioning the value for money, but Number 10 said security, cost and "operational requirements" were all factored in.

The official UK government plane, carrying the registration G-GBNI, is often used by British prime ministers and royals for overseas trips.

Flight tracking data shows the jet made a 35 minute flight on Monday morning to Manchester, where it spent an hour and a half on the tarmac, before taking off at 08:00 to head to St John's.

In response, Tory MP and shadow cabinet minister Neil O'Brien accused Labour of managing to "waste taxpayers' money and jet fuel so they can posture".

"You have to pay through the nose for energy and fuel to pursue their Net Zero obsession... But when it's them, the rules are different," he added.

Asked why Burnham had not travelled to London instead, his official spokesperson told reporters: "The prime minister's travel arrangements reflect where he was carrying out official government business at the end of last week.

"As you know, he spent the day in Scotland on Friday; returned to Manchester to work from Number 10 North on Friday evening."

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Lukas Hornicek: Horrible mistake to allow Tyrique George's routine attempt to squirm under his body and present Thierno Barry with the goal. 4

Amar Dedic: A passing accuracy of 59.1% in the opening 70 minutes says it all. 4

Fabian Schar: Got forward and had three attempts but unable to help his side to a clean sheet. 5

Dan Burn: The Newcastle captain was booked for a foul on Barry right on the edge of the box. Fortunately for Burn, the set-piece came to nothing. 6

Lewis Hall: The kind of tidy performance we have come to expect from the England player. 7

Nico Gonzalez: Substituted as Newcastle slipped to an alarming fourth defeat in six Premier League games. 5

Joelinton: Produced one clever shot on the turn which looked to be heading for the net before James Tarkowski got in the way. Went close with another from distance. 6

Anthony Elanga: Came close to equalising when he kneed the ball on to the post before Everton just about got it clear. 5

Joe Willock: Replaced by Yoane Wissa. A long way short of his finest form. 5

Harvey Barnes: Lively start and the former Leicester winger went close to marking his 100th Premier League appearance for Newcastle with the 100th goal of his career. 6

William Osula: Was doubtful after twisting his ankle at Everton last week. Started but just seven touches in the first half. 5

Subs:

Yoane Wissa (on 64, Joe Willock): Unable to find an equaliser. 4

Sean Steur (on 64, Nico Gonzalez): Could not influence the game. 4

Jacob Ramsey (on 75, Joelinton): Sent on to rescue the game. Got sent off. 3

Jacob Murphy (on 75, Anthony Elanga) Little impact. 3

Subs not used: Nick Pope, Sven Botman, Aladji Bamba, Malick Thiaw, Bazoumana Toure.

Michael Carrick accepts it might sound "crazy" but the beleaguered Manchester United boss says he is looking forward to the Champions League showdown with Roma at Old Trafford.

United go into Tuesday's game without a win in nine matches in all competitions.

It is their worst run since 1988-89. They have not gone 10 without a win in a single campaign since 1977-78 and there is a growing feeling Carrick will lose his job during the forthcoming international break.

Roma's only defeat so far this season was at home to Real Madrid in the Champions League last month, when they led 3-1 with seven minutes left.

United are 17th in the Premier League and after defeats by Atletico Madrid and Como have slumped to 21st in the Champions League table after three games, with only the top 24 making it through.

It is a bleak backdrop, but rather than fret over what lies ahead, Carrick is viewing it as a chance to change the narrative of the season.

"You might think I'm crazy with the results we've had and what's going on, but genuinely, I really can't wait for the game," said Carrick. "I'm really looking forward to it.

"Listen, I can't look into the future, you never know what's going to happen. That doesn't change the way I feel. Whatever happens is going to happen in whatever direction it goes in, but we want to make it a big night tomorrow."

Carrick watched over a lively open session of pre-match training at Carrington.

Striker Bryan Mbeumo and midfielder Carlos Baleba were particularly vocal, with Argentina defender Lisandro Martinez also fully engaged despite his red card at Chelsea, which triggered such a negative reaction.

While there have been calls for Martinez to be dropped for the Roma game, Carrick was more philosophical.

"Things happen in football," he said.

"Sometimes you do things; you make a decision, you make mistakes. Sometimes it goes well for you."

He also dismissed concerns both about Martinez's commitment, and that of his entire squad.

"Perceptions are a funny thing," he said.

"They can make things look all sorts of different ways. The dressing room is a good place.

"I've said it before, I don't question the commitment of the players, to the club and to me and to each other. We need to play better. We can make better decisions. But commitment's not a thing at all."

Fifa says "key documents" relating to president Gianni Infantino's failed plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors will be made available to members of its council - but access will be subject to "strict review protocols".

Last month, Uefa gave football's world governing body until 2 November to release details about the hugely controversial Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) proposal, and to answer a list of questions relating to its governance and decision-making.

That followed a council meeting at which Infantino apologised for the abandoned sell-off plot but failed to offer a full explanation for how the proposal was devised, asking that questions be submitted in writing.

Just hours before the deadline from European football's governing body passed, Fifa secretary general Mattias Grafstrom wrote to members of its main decision-making body - saying they will be able to view "key documents", but only in person at the organisation's headquarters in Zurich.

In his letter - seen by BBC Sport - he says the paperwork will be available "under strict review protocols to preserve confidentiality", with council members asked to register to see them within the next two weeks.

It is unclear which documents will be made available.

BBC Sport has been told Fifa viewed Uefa's two-week deadline to respond to more than 100 questions as unfeasible, given their recent focus on organising a new youth World Cup in Azerbaijan and preparations for an extraordinary congress later this month.

Sources have also indicated Fifa's ability to answer some questions is limited by legal action that Uefa launched in October in the US, requesting disclosure of evidence and documents, warning it could lodge a criminal complaint in Switzerland.

Last month, Uefa told Fifa that it had failed to address "a number of fundamental questions".

The letter included eight pages of questions covering a number of issues, from FFE and funding to national associations, to the awarding of an inaugural Fifa Peace Prize to US President Donald Trump and the controversial suspended ban given to USA striker Folarin Balogun at the World Cup.

"The withdrawal of FFE, the acknowledgement of mistakes and the announcement of 'potential governance reforms' do not answer how the relevant decisions were taken or why the Fifa Council was not involved at the appropriate stage," the letter said.

"These questions require answers now. They cannot be deferred until the next meeting of the Fifa Council - nor can future governance reforms substitute for scrutiny of decisions already taken and accountability for them."

Uefa did not outline what steps it intended to take should Fifa not meet the deadline, but hoped it added to the pressure on Infantino before 18 November - the cut-off date for any candidates to confirm they are standing against him in next year's presidential election.

In his letter Grafstrom says that Uefa's demand "contains significantly more questions than the Fifa administration could reasonably have anticipated" and that it is "currently working on a response which we will share with all council members in due course."

He adds that the FFE proposal "could not have proceeded without the cumulative and mandatory approval of the council, and a majority of member associations, and in that event, there would be and has been no penalty to Fifa for withdrawing from the proposal".

Uefa has been approached for comment.

Ben Spencer and Harry Randall have been named in England's squad for this month's Nations Championship after injury ruled Northampton nines Alex Mitchell and Archie McParland out of Sunday's match with Australia.

Mitchell pulled up with a hamstring issue in Saints' win over Gloucester on Saturday, while uncapped prospect McParland, 21, picked up a calf injury in last week's training camp.

McParland, who would have toured with England in July but for a severe cut to his leg in the Prem final win over Exeter, could still be in contention for England's matches against Japan and New Zealand on 14 and 21 November respectively.

Mitchell will have a scan on his hamstring on Monday to assess the extent of his injury and subsequent lay-off.

The 29-year-old has suffered three previous hamstring injuries already this year.

Leicester's Jack van Poortvliet, who started all three of England's summer Tests, seems set to continue as first-choice scrum-half.

England are facing a possible change at fly-half, with first-choice Fin Smith struggling with a calf problem and Marcus Smith and George Ford competing to deputise in his possible absence.

Elsewhere Saracens' Theo Dan has seen off competition from Nathan Jibulu, Jamie Blamire and Gabriel Oghre to secure the third hooker spot in the squad.

Dan comes in in place of Bath's Kepu Tuipulotu who, like McParland, picked up an injury during last week's three-day training camp.

Gloucester centre Seb Atkinson and Exeter wing Immanuel Feyi-Waboso are also included after successfully negotiating injury comebacks for their clubs this weekend.

Midfield is the area of most selection intrigue with Gloucester's Will Joseph, who won his solitary previous cap back in 2022, and Sale's Joe Marchant, who has returned to eligibility after three seasons playing in France, included.

Bath centre pair Ollie Lawrence and Max Ojomoh, who both starred in last autumn's clean sweep, are omitted and there is no space for 20-year-old Saracens wing Noah Caluori.

After the matches against Australia, Japan and New Zealand, England will play a fourth Test against an as-yet-undecided southern hemisphere opponent in the play-off finals weekend of the new Nations Championship format.

Last season Thierno Barry scored eight goals in 41 appearances.

This season it's taken him just 12 games to match that tally.

On Monday night Barry scored against Newcastle for the second time in five days as his side earned a deserved win at St James' Park in the Premier League.

Only Erling Haaland (13) has scored more goals among Premier League players in all competitions this season than Barry (eight).

The 24-year-old is on his best run of form since joining the club from Villarreal last summer and, as Everton's only recognised senior striker following Beto's transfer to Fiorentina, is currently indispensable to the Toffees.

By scoring once again Barry highlighted why Everton paid £27m for a striker who grew up watching Wayne Rooney and Romelu Lukaku score for the Toffees.

The Frenchman had a rough start to life on Merseyside, having just one shot across his first 16 Everton games, and last month posted a video of himself breaking down during a private training session last season.

That moment was contrasted by his celebration on Monday night, which started with a knee slide and ended with dance moves.

"I was working a lot during the summer and now we can see the result," Barry told Sky Sports.

"The season is long but I'm happy to help the team with my goals.

"I want to enjoy more than last season and I enjoyed my celebration so I am happy."

It was a controversial strike though with Newcastle manager Matthias Jaissle telling BBC Sport there was "a clear foul on Fabian Schar" in the build-up.

Everton boss David Moyes says there is a way back for Jack Grealish at the club - but does not know when he will return to the team.

The former England midfielder missed both of the Toffees' wins over Newcastle in the past week after a disciplinary issue.

The 31-year-old Manchester City loanee was left out of Thursday's 3-1 victory in the Carabao Cup - a decision made by the club - after what was thought to be an unauthorised absence from training.

And again on Monday for their Premier League meeting - which Everton won 1-0 at St James' Park with Thierno Barry scoring the only goal - Grealish was absent.

The Toffees said it was because of a lack of fitness - but Moyes was very coy at full-time.

"He's unavailable at the moment and we will make a decision with the club when we think that availability comes back," he told BBC Sport.

When asked whether it was indeed related to fitness, he added: "All I'm giving out is that he is unavailable at the moment."

And when pressed over whether the disciplinary issue is over with, Moyes said: "No, I can't comment on that."

Archie Gray (Tottenham): I'm going with a fully north London back four. Gray scored and defended really well. He was under a lot of pressure when Tottenham were in bad form and got a lot of stick, but now Spurs are starting to pick up I'm going to give him a bit of credit.

Ezri Konsa (Arsenal): He was a beast. Head it, kick it, throw your body in front of the ball. He defended and fought for the team, getting the job done.

Jan Paul van Hecke (Tottenham): Van Hecke got a goal and he's really growing into his role at Spurs. I still think he was a little bit overpriced, but all in all he's had a solid start, coming up with a few goals. Micky van de Ven next to him gives him confidence that he can go and be really aggressive, because Van der Ven will cover him with his pace.

Jurrien Timber (Arsenal): Timber got away with a shirt pull on Alexander Isak and I'm really surprised the ref and video assistant referee (VAR) didn't look at it. But again I thought he recovered and defended really well at full-back.

The haze billowing out from wildfires in the Indonesian regions of Kalimantan, Papua and Sumatra knows no borders.

Carried by winds to nearby Singapore and Malaysia, the toxic smog has in recent weeks impacted populations across maritime South East Asia, triggering respiratory illnesses and headaches.

It's also giving the region's governments a different kind of headache - split between the mounting frustrations of their citizens and the risk of souring diplomatic ties with Indonesia.

"People are fed up, angry and anxious," Eugene Tan, associate professor of law at the Singapore Management University, tells the BBC. "The governments have to respond to them, or else what is more an external issue has become an internal one with ample headroom for politicisation."

Indonesia's wildfires are a yearly occurrence, widely associated with industrial-scale land clearing to make way for crops like oil palm.

But the blazes this year have been particularly difficult to tame due to a strong El Niño, which has exacerbated drought conditions in the country's forests and peatlands.

Whereas previous haze episodes in Singapore and Malaysia have typically lasted for a few days, this time it stretched into weeks.

In Malaysia, locals started a boycott of Indonesian products in protest against the haze, after lawmaker Syed Saddiq called for sanctions on companies linked to the wildfires and said Malaysians should "treat them as an outcast in the region".

There have also been complaints in Singapore, a country that has come to expect seamless efficiency from its leaders.

"There appears to be the view that the government dropped the ball in dealing with the haze, given that it was known that the El Niño weather phenomenon would be severe and that early warning was given," says Tan.

"Clearly, Singaporeans expect the government to decisively deal with the polluters."

The Mexico race was the latest example of Russell, who started second behind Hamilton, suffering tough luck.

A glitch in energy deployment off the start line left him down on power, and he was swamped by the field.

A misjudgment then led to his hitting Red Bull's Isack Hadjar at Turn Six and tipping him into a spin. For that, Russell was given a 10-second penalty.

Russell thanked his team for "producing the best car and power-unit this season" and said it had been "inspiring to see everyone coming together over four tough years to bring Mercedes back to the top".

He had gone into the race knowing it was highly likely Antonelli would clinch the title, but afterwards emotions overwhelmed him and he was close to tears while being weighed.

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff saw the Briton at that point and allowed him to miss his post-race media duties.

Wolff said: "I saw George after the race on the FIA scales. And obviously, he's distraught about the situation. It was a great show of sportsmanship to go and see Kimi.

"I have known George for such a long time. And I know, for a sportsperson, he's going through a hard time, but he was also responsible in getting the young man into this team.

"And so I'm very much with him at the moment. I've been in situations where he's very, very difficult to cope. So him not doing the media work or leaving the track is absolutely understandable. Him staying would have actually surprised me. So that's absolutely on. Yeah, we said he can go."

Russell added on instagram: "Now all I can promise is that for the rest of this season and into the next one I will be giving my absolute all to rediscover the performance I have been capable of for the majority of my career and fingers crossed a little bit of luck returns."

Antonelli said of Russell after the race: "Definitely I think he has had also bad luck at some point in the season. He said a little bit more than me, being honest.

"But still he will definitely come back. He's super-quick. He has shown this season that when he's on it, he's very hard to beat. So it's just about, on my side, keep focusing on myself, keep trying to raise the bar, keep improving, keep developing because it's not going to be only a matter of George at the end of the season.

"Also for next season Red Bull, especially with Max, Ferrari and McLaren eventually, we're all going to be up there and it's going to be a tight fight so it's going to be important to be on top of the game, not only against my team-mate but against also all the others."