John Bolton, Donald Trump's former national security adviser, has arrived at a federal court to surrender to authorities on charges of mishandling classified information.

The 18 charges stem from allegations he shared or retained sensitive materials, including some characterised as top secret.

Bolton served during Trump's first administration but parted with the White House contentiously, and has become one of the president's most vocal public critics.

The indictment makes Bolton, 76, the third of the US president's political opponents to face charges in recent weeks. Bolton has said he would defend his "lawful conduct".

On Friday, Bolton did not respond to shouted questions from reporters as he entered the courthouse in Greenbelt, Maryland, to surrender to authorities.

He is expected to make an initial appearance before a judge and may have to stop at US Marshals office for "possible" fingerprinting and booking photo, CBS News, the BBC's partner in the US, reported.

Prosecutors have accused Bolton of using personal messaging apps and email to illegally transmit sensitive information.

"These documents revealed intelligence about future attacks, foreign adversaries, and foreign-policy relations," prosecutors wrote.

Responding to the charges, Bolton said he would defend his "lawful conduct."

He added he had "become the latest target in weaponizing the Justice Department to charge those he [Trump] deems to be his enemies with charges that were declined before or distort the facts."

The indictment issued this week accused Bolton of sharing "diary-like entries" with two unnamed individuals, and using his personal email account to transmit messages with sensitive materials.

The indictment also states that between 2019 and 2021, Bolton was allegedly the target of a hacking attack from a "cyber actor believed to be associated with the Islamic Repubilc of Iran" gained access to his account, exposing the classified materials.

An indictment in the US justice system is a formal accusation issued by a grand jury - a group of members of the public set up by a prosecutor to review evidence to determine if a case should proceed.

Bolton has been scrutinised for his handling of classified information since 2020, when he sought to publish a book about his time in the first Trump administration.

The Justice Department tried to block the book's release, alleging it could contain classified information.

A federal judge ruled against the government, but rebuked Bolton in his decision, writing he had "gambled with the national security of the United States".

An investigation into Bolton continued into the Joe Biden administration.

Baek Se-hee, the South Korean author of the bestselling memoir I Want to Die but I Want To Eat Tteokbokki has died at the age of 35.

Her 2018 book, a compilation of conversations with her psychiatrist about her depression, was a cultural phenomenon with its themes of mental health resonating with readers across the world.

Originally written in Korean, it found international acclaim after its English translation was published in 2022.

The details surrounding her death are unclear.

Baek donated her organs - her heart, lungs, liver and kidneys - which have helped to save five lives, the Korean Organ Donation Agency said in a statement on Friday.

The statement also included comments from her sister, which said that Baek had wanted to "share her heart with others through her work, and to inspire hope".

I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki, published in 2018, has sold more than a million copies worldwide and been translated in 25 countries.

The runaway bestseller was celebrated for normalising mental health conversations and its nuanced take on inner struggles - most notably, the author's personal conflict between depressive thoughts and her appreciation for simple joys.

"The human heart, even when it wants to die, quite often wants at the same time to eat some tteokbokki, too," goes the book's most famous line.

Born in 1990, Baek Se-hee took creative writing in university and worked for five years at a publishing house, according to her short biography on Bloomsbury Publishing, which produced the English version of her 2018 memoir.

For a decade she received treatment for dysthymia, a mild but long-lasting type of depression, which formed the basis of her bestseller, said her Bloomsbury bio.

A sequel, I Want to Die but I Still Want to Eat Tteokbokki, was published in Korean in 2019. Its English translation was published in 2024.

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Col Michael Randrianirina has been sworn in as the new president of Madagascar days after a military takeover on the Indian Ocean nation.

He swapped his fatigues for a suit and thanked the young people who took to the streets for weeks of protests that prompted President Andry Rajoelina to flee the country and led to his impeachment.

The ceremony took place at the Constitutional Court in the capital, Antananarivo, where a large crowd gathered to watch - including those who spearheaded the demonstrations.

"Today marks a historic turning-point for our country. With a people in full fervour, driven by the desire for change... we joyfully open a new chapter in the life of our nation," he said.

The former French colony now enters a transition period, which will be full of political obstacles and legal uncertainty - though there is cautious optimism about Col Randrianirina's leadership.

Constitutional Court president Florent Rakotoarisoa has criticised the international community for describing the situation in Madagascar as a coup.

He denied that there had been a violation of the constitution in Madagascar, instead blaming the constitution for causing the situation to deteriorate.

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Protesters had hoped that Rajoelina would simply resign and pave the way for a smooth, democratic transition.

Instead, he clung to power, dissolving his government and holding a series of dialogues with different groups of people, efforts that were not enough to appease the protesters.

The protests, which started last month, were initially organised by a youth movement known as Gen Z Mada - angered by persistent power and water shortages.

Col Randrianirina was head of Madagascar's elite CAPSAT army unit, when on Tuesday his troops joined the thousands of protesters on the streets of the capital.

He told the Gen Z demonstrators he was taking power and that the military would form a government and hold elections within two years.

Pro-democracy advocates, both inside and outside the country, hope that this promise will be fulfilled.

At the ceremony at the country's top court, Reuters news agency reports that trumpets blared after Randrianirina took his oath of office, promising to "dedicate all my strength to defending and strengthening national unity and human rights".

Wearing an official sash and star of office, he reaffirmed his commitment to change.

"We will work hand in hand with all the driving forces of the nation to draft a fine constitution," he said, adding that electoral reforms would be instituted before a new vote was held.

"We are committed to breaking with the past. Our main mission is to thoroughly reform the country's administrative, socio-economic and political systems of governance."

After the ceremony, the new president spoke to reporters outside the constitutional court and outlined in more detail what he considered to be his top priorities.

He said he would start with launching an investigation into the state-owned water and power company, Jirama.

"Today and tomorrow, we will examine the situation at Jirama - what is happening there and what problems currently exist. This review aims to prevent further difficulties in the future. That is our first social priority," he said.

"The second priority is rice farming. As we enter the agricultural season, we must assess how best to proceed.

"The third priority is the appointment of the prime minister and formation of the government."

Like other former French colonies in Africa that have experienced coups in recent years, it has been hinted that relations with France may also change under his leadership with warmer ties sought with Russia.

On Thursday, Randrianirina attended a meeting with Russian embassy officials to reportedly discuss "serious" co-operation between the two countries.

Earlier during the protests, people had been seen on the streets waving Russian flags calling for Moscow's intervention.

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Prosecutors in Bangladesh have demanded that former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina be put to death over a deadly crackdown on student-led protests last year that ousted her from power.

Hasina, who has fled to India, is on trial for crimes against humanity. According to a leaked audio clip, she ordered security forces to "use lethal weapons" against protesters. She denies the charges.

Up to 1,400 people were killed in weeks of unrest that ended Hasina's 15-year rule. It was the worst violence Bangladesh had seen since its 1971 war of independence.

Chief prosecutor Tajul Islam said Hasina deserves 1,400 death sentences. "Since that is not humanly possible, we demand at least one," he said.

"[Hasina's] goal was to cling to power permanently, for herself and her family," Islam told the court on Thursday.

"She has turned into a hardened criminal and shows no remorse for the brutality she has committed," he said.

The protests started in July 2024 against civil service job quotas for relatives of those who fought in the 1971 war but soon escalated into a mass movement to overthrow Hasina.

Some of the bloodiest scenes occurred on 5 August, the day Hasina fled by helicopter before crowds stormed her residence in Dhaka, a BBC investigation found.

Police killed at least 52 people that day in a busy Dhaka neighbourhood, making it one of the worst cases of police violence in Bangladesh's history.

Hasina's state-appointed defence lawyer argues that the police were forced to open fire in response to violent actions from the protesters.

Hasina is being tried alongside her ex-interior minister, Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, and former police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun.

Prosecutors have sought the death penalty for Kamal, who is also in hiding. Chowdhury pleaded guilty in July but has not been handed a sentence.

Hasina has already been sentenced to six months in prison for contempt of court, and separately faces corruption charges.

Bangladesh is due hold its next elections in February, which will see Hasina's rival party BNP as frontrunner in the vote. Her party Awami League has been banned from all activities, including participating in elections.

The government has failed in its attempt to block a challenge against its decision to ban Palestine Action under terrorism laws.

In a highly significant ruling, the Court of Appeal paved the way for the review of the ban before a High Court judge next month.

The co-founder of Palestine Action, Huda Ammori, had won permission earlier this year for that judicial review.

The ban, which started on 5 July, makes membership of, or support for, the direct action group a criminal offence.

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The UK's stock market has fallen sharply after a warning from two US banks sparked a widespread sell-off in global shares.

Two US regional lenders, Western Alliance Bank and Zions Bank, said on Thursday that they had been hit by either bad or fraudulent loans, sparking fears that other banks may be exposed.

Some of the UK's biggest banks, including Barclays and Standard Chartered saw their share prices fall more than 5%, taking the FTSE 100 index of leading shares down about 1.5% at one point.

Stock market indexes around the world, including Germany's Dax and the Cac 40 in France, also fell.

On Thursday, Zions Bank said it would write off a $50m loss on two loans, while Western Alliance disclosed it had started a lawsuit alleging fraud.

"Pockets of the US banking sector including regional banks have given the market cause for concern," said Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell.

"Investors have started to question why there have been a plethora of issues in a short space of time and whether this points to poor risk management and loose lending standards."

"Investors have been spooked," he added, saying that while there was no evidence of any issues with UK-listed banks, "investors often have a knee-jerk reaction when problems appear anywhere in the sector".

Investors have also been nervous following the failure of two high-profile US firms, car loan company Tricolor and car parts maker First Brands.

These failures have raised questions about the quality of deals in what is known as the private credit market - where companies arrange loans from non-bank lenders.

In addition, there have also been warnings that the surge in artificial intelligence investment has produced a bubble in the US stock market - including from Jamie Dimon, the boss of America's biggest bank, JP Morgan - leading to fears that shares are overvalued.

The market turbulence on Friday saw the price of gold reach a fresh record high of $4,380 per ounce, as investors looked for safe havens for their money.

Another closely watched measure of market nerves, the VIX volatility index sometimes called the "Fear Index", hit its highest level since April.

Two men have pleaded not guilty to plotting a series of arson attacks at properties connected to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

Ukrainian nationals Roman Lavrynovych, 21, and Petro Pochynok, 35, were accused of targeting two properties and a car linked to the PM, along with Ukrainian-born Romanian national Stanislav Carpiuc, 27.

The men appeared at the Old Bailey via video link from HMP Belmarsh in south-east London on Friday.

The charges relate to three incidents: a vehicle fire in Kentish Town, a fire at the prime minister's private home on the same street, and a fire at an address where he previously lived in north-west London.

Mr Lavrynovych, of Sydenham, and Mr Pochynok, of north London, pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life.

The charge alleged that the men "together with others" conspired to damage by fire property "belonging to another and intending to endanger the life of another or being reckless as to the life of another would thereby be endangered".

Mr Carpiuc, of Romford, was not asked to enter his plea for the same charge.

The prosecution indicated that the case was not being treated as having a terrorist connection.

Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb said the circumstances of the alleged offences were "somewhat opaque".

"Plainly they are co-ordinated and must have some motive or purpose behind them," she told the court.

The three men were assisted by interpreters during Friday's court hearing.

They were remanded in custody, with the next hearing scheduled for 28 November. A provisional trial date has already been set for 27 April 2026.

On 8 May, a car previously owned by the prime minister was found on fire on a street he previously lived on in Kentish Town, north London.

Three days later, a fire was discovered at flats linked to the PM in nearby Islington. Firefighters rescued one person with the help of breathing apparatus.

On 12 May, a fire was discovered at the entrance to Sir Keir's Kentish Town home, which was being rented out.

A charity is calling for a GP to be suspended over his "harassment" of a woman who was raped by his son.

Dr Andrew McFarlane, 61, was arrested and charged with communications offences in August after he called Ellie Wilson a "manipulative liar", a "slut" and a "hippo" in a series of posts on X.

In 2022 his son Daniel McFarlane was convicted of raping Ms Wilson, who has since become a campaigner for survivors of male sexual violence.

Rape Crisis Scotland has complained to the General Medical Council (GMC) twice about Dr McFarlane's conduct, but he is still able to see patients in NHS Highland.

The GP has yet to appear in court over the charge. The BBC has made several attempts to contact him, but he has not responded.

'Constantly worried'

Dr McFarlane began posting about Ms Wilson's case earlier this year, claiming his son was the victim of a miscarriage of justice.

He said Ms Wilson threatened, blackmailed and abused his son.

He also posted screenshots of private and sexual conversations between his son and Ms Wilson.

Daniel McFarlane attacked Ms Wilson between December 2017 and February 2018 when he was a medical student at the University of Glasgow.

He was found guilty of two rape charges and sentenced to five years in prison in July 2022.

His conviction was secured, in part, because Ms Wilson had covertly recorded a conversation she had with McFarlane, in which he admits to raping her.

McFarlane tells Ms Wilson: "I feel good knowing I am not in prison."

His father, Dr McFarlane, began tweeting about the case earlier this year and was reported to the GMC for his conduct in July.

The following month, Sandy Brindley, the chief executive of Rape Crisis Scotland, wrote to the GMC, saying Dr McFarlane was causing "a great deal of distress" to Ms Wilson, "who finds herself constantly worried about what he may post next".

Ms Brindley asked the GMC to "urgently investigate" the GP's ability to practise medicine in light of "deeply troubling behaviour".

She argued that the GP's posts were "abusive" and "particularly concerning" coming from someone whose profession "relies on their ability to handle patient information sensitively".

She said: "Given the content and volume of his online posts, we are particularly concerned about the potential for Dr McFarlane to cause harm or distress to any patients who may have experienced sexual violence or domestic abuse themselves."

Tribunal ruling

The GMC is an independent regulator responsible for dealing with complaints about doctors.

It decided to refer Dr McFarlane's case to the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS), which make decisions about fitness to practise.

Rather than suspend him, the MPTS decided in August to impose special conditions on his medical registration – he was charged with communications offences over his posts less than a week later.

Dr McFarlane is now personally required to inform the GMC if there are any changes to his job title or contact details for his employer.

On 4 September, Ms Brindley wrote to the regulator again, expressing "grave concerns about the lack of seriousness by which the GMC appears to be treating this matter".

She called for the GP's suspension to be reconsidered.

"It can take a lot of courage for survivors of rape to disclose their experience, and GPs are frequently the first professional a rape survivor may disclose to," Ms Brindley said.

"Survivors seeing a practising GP harassing and publicly calling into question whether a woman has been raped (despite her perpetrator being convicted and currently in jail for his crimes) could jeopardise their relationships with their own GPs."

In any case where a doctor is arrested, the GMC pauses its own internal investigations.

Dr McFarlane was previously employed as a locum GP at the Alness and Invergordon Medical Group, but the BBC understands he has not worked there for around a year.

He is free to see patients within NHS Highland, but it is not clear whether he is currently employed.

The health board said it was taking "all necessary and appropriate steps" to ensure the safety and wellbeing of patients.

A spokesperson for the GMC said: "As soon as we became aware of the concerns, we took immediate action — launching an investigation and referring Dr McFarlane to an interim orders tribunal.

"A full investigation is now underway alongside ongoing criminal proceedings. Dr McFarlane is currently subject to interim conditions on his practice."

You'd forgive Tiah-Mai Ayton for being overwhelmed by a boxing world champion describing her as the future of the sport.

But the 19-year-old tells BBC Newsbeat she "fangirled" when Katie Taylor tipped her to become a star.

Tiah-Mai, who turned professional last year, is set to fight Hungarian bantamweight Beata Dudek at London's York Hall later.

"Hearing Katie say I could be the greatest of all time is crazy," she says.

"Everyone looks up to Katie. Little me would be going crazy right now.

"It showed me I'm on the right track."

Speaking to DAZN, two-weight undisputed champion Taylor described Tiah-Mai as "a seasoned pro" after watching her defeat France's Lydie Bialic in September.

"I can't believe she's just turned 19. This is scary," said Taylor at the time.

"I don't think we've seen a talent like this in a long time."

Being hyped up as "the future" by one of her heroes fuelled Tiah-Mai's desire to make Taylor's prediction come true.

As a child, the Bristol-born boxer's dad encouraged her and her sister to turn sibling squabbles into training in the ring.

While fighting remained a hobby for her sister, it became Tiah-Mai's career.

Her potential to turn professional was clear to those who watched her excel as a five-time national champion at youth level.

As she racked up titles as a teenager, Team GB had Tiah-Mai on its radar as a future Olympian.

"I knew from a young age that I was going to be a professional boxer," she says.

"I didn't think about anything else.

"If I didn't have it, I would be so lost."

'Better under pressure'

Tiah-Mai dreams of following Taylor to the top and hopes doing so sparks the next generation of female fighters.

"I want to inspire them," she tells Newsbeat.

"Women's boxing is getting big but it could get better.

"Hopefully by the time I've finished my career, it'll be easier for women to be treated the same as men in the sport."

Her similiarities with Katie Taylor go beyond having big reputations.

They share a promoter after Tiah-Mai signed with Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing.

While she aims to be part of a main event in future, the teenager's on the undercard before Kieron Conway's title defence against George Liddard on Friday.

She says she fights "better under pressure" and is eyeing her first knockout despite admitting she knows little about her opponent.

"No-one has ever stopped her," says Tiah-Mai.

"I think if I do stop her, it's going to be a big statement from me."

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Viral social media memes being shared by millions of users gleefully declare that humanity's final evolutionary destination is not robots nor extinction - but crabs.

Experts at Crab Museum in Margate say they now have people come in "every day" questioning if humans really will end up sprouting claws.

Ned Suesat-Williams, director of the museum, told BBC Sounds he had never been able to give visitors a "satisfactory" answer.

But Professor Matthew Wills, from the University of Bath, believes he might have an explanation to the joke. He said it was rooted in a genuine evolutionary phenomenon called carcinisation - meaning "to become more crab-like".

Over millions of years, nature has reinvented the crab at least five separate times across various lineages of crustaceans in a bid to improve protection and mobility.

These "imposter crabs" have evolved independently through natural selection, as a rounded shell and signature sideways scuttle offer better chances of survival.

Crabs belong to a group of ten-footed crustaceans called decapods.

Some decapods, like lobsters and shrimp, have a thick cylindrical abdomen with a muscular tail for snapping backwards at high speed and burrowing on the seabed.

True crabs, by contrast, live in shallow coastal waters and rocky shores, with a compressed abdomen tucked away under a flattened, rounder shell.

This presents fewer vulnerable areas for predators to grab onto, and enables their legs to move sideways so they can escape quickly and shelter in crevices.

But at least four groups of decapods - including sponge crabs, porcelain crabs, king crabs and the Australian hairy stone crab - are "imposters" that have gradually transformed their shape by tucking their tail underneath.

This means crabs are not a real biological group. They are a collection of decapods that have evolved over millions of years to look the same.

Dr Wills, a professor of evolutionary palaeobiology, said imposter crabs sacrifice their muscular abdomen for better armour.

This process of carcinisation is a form of convergent evolution.

"This is where groups that are not closely related come to look, behave, or be in some sense genetically similar, but they don't share a common ancestor that also had that attribute," he said.

"Evolution keeps finding the same answer in different lineages and places."

Dr Wills gave another example of birds and bats, which both developed wings because they face similar environments, despite being different species in "different major branches of the vertebrate tree".

"[Crabs] converge because it's an efficient solution to a particular set of physical problems," he explained.

"A compact, broad, armoured body with a tucked abdomen helps with defence, crevice-living, wave-swept hydrodynamics, sideways agility, and broad protection."

Dr Wills said it had been amusing to watch the internet debate unfold, but "the answer is still no", humans will not evolve into crabs.

"The convergent evolution of crabs has happened about five times in history, but it's happened within the group of decapods."

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John Bolton, Donald Trump's former national security adviser, has arrived at a federal court to surrender to authorities on charges of mishandling classified information.

The 18 charges stem from allegations he shared or retained sensitive materials, including some characterised as top secret.

Bolton served during Trump's first administration but parted with the White House contentiously, and has become one of the president's most vocal public critics.

The indictment makes Bolton, 76, the third of the US president's political opponents to face charges in recent weeks. Bolton has said he would defend his "lawful conduct".

On Friday, Bolton did not respond to shouted questions from reporters as he entered the courthouse in Greenbelt, Maryland, to surrender to authorities.

He is expected to make an initial appearance before a judge and may have to stop at US Marshals office for "possible" fingerprinting and booking photo, CBS News, the BBC's partner in the US, reported.

Prosecutors have accused Bolton of using personal messaging apps and email to illegally transmit sensitive information.

"These documents revealed intelligence about future attacks, foreign adversaries, and foreign-policy relations," prosecutors wrote.

Responding to the charges, Bolton said he would defend his "lawful conduct."

He added he had "become the latest target in weaponizing the Justice Department to charge those he [Trump] deems to be his enemies with charges that were declined before or distort the facts."

The indictment issued this week accused Bolton of sharing "diary-like entries" with two unnamed individuals, and using his personal email account to transmit messages with sensitive materials.

The indictment also states that between 2019 and 2021, Bolton was allegedly the target of a hacking attack from a "cyber actor believed to be associated with the Islamic Repubilc of Iran" gained access to his account, exposing the classified materials.

An indictment in the US justice system is a formal accusation issued by a grand jury - a group of members of the public set up by a prosecutor to review evidence to determine if a case should proceed.

Bolton has been scrutinised for his handling of classified information since 2020, when he sought to publish a book about his time in the first Trump administration.

The Justice Department tried to block the book's release, alleging it could contain classified information.

A federal judge ruled against the government, but rebuked Bolton in his decision, writing he had "gambled with the national security of the United States".

An investigation into Bolton continued into the Joe Biden administration.

A US Governor took home $1.4m (£1m) in a gambling windfall last year, a copy of his recent tax filing shows.

JB Pritzker is reported to have won the sum while playing blackjack at a casino in Las Vegas while on holiday with his wife and friends.

The two-term Democrat already has a net worth of $3.9bn (£2.9bn), according to Forbes, and is an heir to the Hyatt Hotel fortune.

A campaign spokesperson told CBS, the BBC's partner in the US, that Pritzker planned to donate the money to charity but did not respond when asked why he hadn't already done so.

Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, the Illinois Governor described the win and himself as "incredibly lucky".

"You have to be to end up ahead, frankly, going to a casino anywhere," Pritzker added.

He previously founded a charitable Chicago Poker Challenge which he says has "raised millions of dollars" for the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center.

Pritzker and his wife, Mary Kathryn, reported a total income of $10.6m (£7.8m) in 2024, mostly from dividends and capital gains. It's understood they paid $1.6m (£1.1m) in taxes on taxable income of $5.87m (£4.36m).

He described his Sin City winnings as a "net number" across his trip. He declined to say what his winning hand was, according to CBS.

"Anybody who's played cards in a casino knows, you often play for too long and lose whatever it is you won," Pritzker said. "I was fortunate enough to have to leave before that happened."

The governor has emerged as one of US President Donald Trump's strongest critics of late, clashing with the president over the federal deployment of national troops to Chicago - actions which he called "authoritarian".

Trump called for the jailing of the Illinois official, accusing him and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson of not doing enough to ensure the safety of federal immigration officers who are conducting raids in Chicago.

Pritzker intends to seek a third term in the governor's mansion in 2026, it is understood, and has deflected questions about any ambition beyond his current position.