On 11 September 2021, Tom Phillips and his three children went missing for the first time.

His Toyota Hilux was found parked below a tide line at a beach near his parents' home in Marokopa on New Zealand's North Island. Police launched a massive search operation by land, sea and air.

Less than three weeks later, the family returned home, with the father claiming they had been on a camping trip.

Then, on 12 December that year, they vanished again. Aside from a few chance sightings and grainy frames of CCTV footage, the bushman and his three children had not been seen since.

That was, until the early hours of Monday morning, when police responding to a report of an attempted burglary entered into a shoot-out that resulted in Mr Phillips' death, ending a four-year manhunt.

Many questions about his disappearance remain, including why he took his children and disappeared into New Zealand's harsh wilderness, and whether he was able to evade capture for so long by having help.

When Mr Phillips returned home for the first time in 2021, he was charged with wasting police resources. The search effort over the harsh, unforgiving landscape of the western Waitomo region had cost New Zealand authorities hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Police did not launch a fresh search the second time he and his three children - Ember, Maverick, and Jayda, aged five, seven and eight, respectively, at the time - went missing.

When he failed to appear at a court appearance on 12 January 2022, police issued a warrant for his arrest.

Mr Phillips returned to his family home alone at night to collect supplies on 9 February that year.

He was then not seen for more than a year.

Police have said in the past they believed Mr Phillips took his children - now aged nine, 10 and 12 - over a custody dispute with their mother, though he never offered any explanation as to why he had done this.

Mr Phillips was known to be a bushman who had some survival training. Locals in Marokopa have said he was someone who wanted to be off the grid and had not been on any social media platforms.

Police believed he and his children had survived out in the dense wilderness surrounding Marokopa.

But it seems Mr Phillips and his children could not survive in the bush on their wits alone.

There was a string of sightings around Kawhia between August and November 2023, including multiple alleged robberies, as well as at a hardware store and on quad bikes.

CCTV footage captured around that time appeared to show Mr Phillips and one of his children - both wearing camouflage and masks over their faces - attempting to break into a store in Piopio, south-west of Marokopa, police said.

When Mr Phillips was shot on Monday, police said they found multiple firearms and other loot on his quad bike.

Police have previously said they believed Mr Phillips was being aided in his evasion by others.

When he was suspected of a bank robbery in Te Kuiti, a small town in the Waitomo region, police said there was an accomplice.

Fewer than 100 people live in the tight-knit community of Marokopa. While there was no suggestion that his family had assisted him, given the custody dispute, there have been questions about whether someone who knew him was helping him remain hidden or knew of his whereabouts.

In June 2024, police issued an NZ$80,000 (£37,200) reward for information that might lead to the location of Mr Phillips and his three children. The deadline expired without any breakthroughs.

They were next seen that October. A group of teenage pig hunters who had been trekking through the bush around Marokopa spotted them and filmed the brief encounter on their phones.

In the grainy footage, Mr Phillips could be seen leading his children through the rugged terrain, all wearing camouflaged clothing, raincoats and large backpacks.

New Zealand media reported that the teenagers had briefly spoken to one of their children to ask if anyone knew they were there. The child had replied "only you" and kept walking, the father of one of the teenagers told New Zealand's 1News.

The sighting prompted an unsuccessful three-day search involving police and army helicopters. Police said last month that they felt an aggressive search was the wrong approach, as they said Mr Phillips was armed and considered dangerous.

He was not seen again until late August this year, when he and one of his children were captured on CCTV allegedly breaking into a store in Piopio, making off with grocery items.

It was Piopio he returned to on Monday morning. It was at about 02:30 local time (14:30 GMT on Sunday) that police were called to a report of an attempted burglary at a rural farm supply shop there, which police believe Mr Phillips had unsuccessfully targeted before.

A quad bike carrying two people was seen heading towards Marokopa. Police laid spikes along the road and, when these stopped the quad bike, officers said they were met with gunfire.

Police said the first officer to reach the scene was shot in the head and he remains in a serious condition. A second officer returned fire and Mr Phillips died at the scene, police said.

The child who was with him was unharmed and provided police with information that led them to the other two children, who were at a remote campsite in the bush between Marokopa and Te Kuiti in near-freezing conditions, police said.

The children - whose wellbeing had been the top concern in New Zealand throughout their disappearance - are now being cared for by the authorities.

Food critic Grace Dent and chef Anna Haugh are the new hosts of MasterChef, after Gregg Wallace and John Torode were sacked.

Dent has appeared regularly as a guest on MasterChef, while Haugh has been a judge on the spin-off Professionals series.

Wallace and Torode had hosted the show for 20 years, but were axed in July after a report upheld claims against them.

The BBC decided to broadcast this year's amateurs series of MasterChef - with both Wallace and Torode in it - for the sake of the chefs who had taken part in it.

Author and podcaster Dent was a contestant on MasterChef: Battle Of The Critics in 2023.

Last year, it was announced that she would host the next series of Celebrity MasterChef alongside Torode, after Wallace temporarily stepped back from presenting the show following allegations against him.

The BBC has not yet announced what it plans to do with the completed celebrity series.

Dublin-born chef Anna Haugh is the founder of Myrtle restaurant in London, and is also a familiar face on TV screens.

She replaced Wallace in the final episodes of the current MasterChef amateurs series, as that's when the allegations against him first emerged during filming in November.

The BBC has also confirmed that chef and television presenter Matt Tebbutt will replace Wallace as a judge on the next series of MasterChef: The Professionals.

The Saturday Kitchen host will join Marcus Wareing and Monica Galetti on the programme.

The controversy over MasterChef started last year, when BBC News first revealed claims of inappropriate sexual comments against Wallace.

The show's production company ordered an immediate inquiry into the allegations. This summer, the report upheld more than 40 claims against Wallace including one of unwelcome physical contact and three of being in a state of undress.

A claim that Torode had used a severely offensive racist term was also substantiated.

Wallace has insisted he was cleared of the "most serious" allegations, while Torode says he has "no recollection" of the incident.

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In a corner of a cavernous 1890s factory in southern Massachusetts, 15 people are bent over sewing machines, churning out specialty, hospital-grade neonatal gear.

They are all that remain of what was once a much bigger manufacturing operation, most of which the Teixeira family shut down in 1990, reinventing their business as a largely warehousing and distribution business.

Since US President Donald Trump started rolling out sweeping tariffs, the Teixeiras have been fielding more inquiries from companies newly interested in their US-based sewing services.

But they have turned down those offers, deterred by the difficulty of hiring in the midst of an immigration crackdown and doubts that the demand will be sustained.

It's just one of the many indications that achieving the manufacturing revival promised by the president is likely to be far more difficult than the White House has claimed.

"It's just not going to happen," said Frank Teixeira, who joined the family business in the 1970s and oversaw its dismantling and reinvention as Accurate Services Inc.

"Tariffs are a bad policy and eventually are going to come home to haunt us."

Trump campaigned for the presidency on the promise of a better economy, engineered in part by tariffs that he said would lower costs and usher in a new golden age.

The message proved to resonate with voters, helping the campaign make unexpected inroads in working-class areas long considered Democratic strongholds.

That includes the Teixeiras' base of Fall River, a former textile manufacturing hub, where Trump's win marked the first in the city by a Republican presidential candidate in roughly a century.

But his plans were widely panned by experts, who warned that the tariffs, which are a tax on imports, would instead raise prices for American businesses and consumers and slow growth - with particular risks for manufacturers, who often rely on imported supplies.

Now nine months into the president's term as the tariffs take hold, the gulf between Trump's rhetoric, which boasts of investments pouring into the country, and the reality on the ground in places like Fall River, is starting to show.

Employment growth in the US has slowed precipitously this year, including in manufacturing. After expanding after the pandemic, payrolls at manufacturing firms have shrunk this year, shedding 12,000 jobs last month alone.

Business surveys indicate that activity in the sector is in contraction.

Last month, 71% of manufacturers questioned by the Dallas branch of the Federal Reserve said the tariffs - which range from 10% to 50% on most imports - had already had a negative impact on their business, raising the cost of resources and hurting profits.

At Matouk, a maker of high-end bedding up the road from the Teixeiras', boss George Matouk said that between April and August tariffs had already added more than $100,000 (£74,000) a month in costs, as they hit supplies like cotton fabric from India and Portugal and down from Liechtenstein.

Founded by his grandfather in 1929, the company has grown to employ about 300 people in recent years - a point of pride for Mr Matouk, who faced naysayers when he returned as the third generation to join the family business after graduating from Columbia Business School in the late 1990s.

But the sudden tariff expense has forced the firm to cut investments on things such as new equipment and spending on discretionary items like marketing.

Despite the made-in-America distinction of many of his products, Mr Matouk said he expected no benefits from the tariffs because higher costs were pushing him to raise prices, a move likely to weigh on sales.

"Because the materials are subject to tariffs just like everything else, the benefits are not there," he said.

Mr Matouk called the current challenges faced by his firm "demoralising in a new way", since they have been inflicted deliberately, by government policy.

"We've done all of the things we were supposed to do in order to invest in the industrial base of the United States when no one else was willing to do it and it's just really frustrating that now we're being penalised," he said.

Studies on the impact of the more limited tariffs imposed by Trump during his first term on manufacturers in the US have found that small job gains in protected industries, like steel, were more than offset by losses at other firms that were dependent on parts.

But Mike van der Sleesen, who runs motorcycle jacket business Vanson Leathers, said he thought the changes this year had been so disruptive that it was premature to make predictions.

Mr van der Sleesen, who voted for Trump last year, is no fan of the president's tariffs, which have driven up his costs some 15% this year.

However, he shared the president's concerns that foreign companies could easily access the US market, while US firms looking to sell abroad encounter hurdles in the form of tariffs and other taxes.

"It's been a very uneven and unfair trade path for a company like Vanson," said Mr van der Sleesen, whose business was founded in 1974 and employed more than 160 people as recently as 2000, before the wallop of China's entry into the global order shrunk the workforce to about 50.

"We shouldn't charge them and they shouldn't charge us in my view but that's never going to happen," he said.

For now, demand for his jackets, which can sell for thousands of dollars, has held up. He said his suppliers in the US were reporting an uptick in activity.

"We haven't heard overtime in the textile world for 20 years!" he said. "It's hard to be confident that you can predict what it's going to shake out to be because the changes have been so dramatic."

On the streets of Fall River, many Trump supporters said they remained willing to give the president time to put his strategy to the test.

"We should be able to manufacture," said Tom Teixeira.

The 72-year-old retired transit worker voted for Trump in 2016, 2020 and 2024, won over in part by his message on the economy.

"I know how it was and it can improve but it's not going to improve overnight," said Mr Teixeira, who is not related to the Teixeira manufacturers, adding that he had yet to notice any major price increases this year.

"A year from now, if things aren't cheaper, we'll see."

On Sunday, Brazilians celebrated their country's independence from Portugal as they do every year on 7 September: with patriotism, military parades, flag-waving and churrascos – Brazilian barbecues.

But with a verdict imminent in the trial on coup charges of former President Jair Bolsonaro, this year the day was marked by rival rallies.

Thousands took to the streets chanting slogans about freedom: some in defence of democracy, others in defence of the ex-president who stands accused of trying to overthrow it.

On Tuesday, five Supreme Court justices will start to deliver their verdicts one by one on whether Jair Bolsonaro masterminded a coup to cling to power after losing the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

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The allegations include proposing a coup to military commanders, knowing of a plot to assassinate President-elect Lula da Silva and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, and inciting supporters to attack government buildings on 8 January 2023 after casting doubt on the electoral system.

Bolsonaro denies the charges, calling them politically motivated, a view shared by his supporters – and US President Donald Trump.

Trump has labelled the trial "political persecution" and imposed 50% tariffs on Brazilian goods, as well as sanctions on Supreme Court Justice Moraes, who is leading the trial.

Jair Bolsonaro's son Eduardo, who successfully lobbied for the imposition of the tariffs in the US, has defended the move, telling the BBC last month that he believes "freedom comes first, before the economy".

But many Brazilians see it as deeply unpatriotic to support inflicting economic pain on Brazil for the Bolsonaro family's own political fortunes.

"Brazil is totally divided," acknowledged Bianca, who attended a large pro-Bolsonaro rally in São Paulo on Sunday.

"But I believe with US sanctions, those who were in favour [of the trial] are taking their foot off the gas," she added, draped in combined Brazilian and US flag.

Patriotic symbols like Brazil's national flag and football shirt have long been co-opted as the uniform of Bolsonaro's right-wing base, but some also donned Trump paraphernalia.

Crowds demanded "Amnesty!" and "Moraes, out!"

Another protester, Erica, said the trial was "just a big theatre because everyone knows his conviction is already determined".

But there are many here who disagree.

At a nearby rally of Bolsonaro opponents, crowds chanted "no amnesty" and "dictatorship, never again".

Huge inflatable figurines of Bolsonaro in a prison uniform and Trump bobbed above signs saying: "Prison for Bolsonaro" and "Trump, paws off Brazil".

One wore the football shirt, which left-wing Brazilians hope to reclaim, saying "I'm not a Bolsonaro minion".

The crowd was optimistic he could be convicted.

One of the protesters, Rafael, called Bolsonaro's arrest a "victory", accusing him of having committed "serious crimes" against Brazilians.

"It's still very polarised. Until recently, the right was strong. But since Trump's actions there's been a shift to the left. It's about sovereignty and preventing foreign interference," he added.

"All the evidence shows it was a coup attempt," said Karina. "I hope justice is done to show you can't do whatever you want for your own gain."

This trial has carved deep rifts and reignited debates about democracy in Brazil.

The 8 January riots and the coup allegations are so troubling to Bolsonaro critics because Brazil's democracy is still young.

It was restored in 1985, after two decades of a dictatorship backed by the US.

The Supreme Court casts itself as guardian of this democracy.

But it has become a lightning rod. Its judges are appointed by presidents but can also put presidents and ministers on trial.

Some sit on the electoral court and strike down laws. Its president was once Lula's lawyer, adding fuel to accusations of bias from Bolsonaro supporters.

An inquiry into fake news, including online threats to the court, led by Justice Moraes has jailed Bolsonaro allies and taken down social media accounts.

Critics say this stretches the court's remit into policing and politics; supporters call it a model for the digital age.

The court's role in Bolsonaro's trial, in which Moraes is both a rapporteur and the target of the alleged assassination plot which is part of the case, has led both sides to accuse the other of authoritarianism.

Bolsonaro's critics argue he attempted to install a dictatorship.

His supporters, on the other hand, say the sweeping powers the court has used to investigate the alleged coup and the rioting in the capital, Brasília, are an abuse of judicial powers.

Those who believe the judiciary has gone too far in prosecuting people involved in the storming of government buildings on 8 January 2023 often cite the case of Débora Rodrigues dos Santos.

The 39-year-old Bolsonaro supporter received a 14-year sentence after scrawling "You lost, idiot" in lipstick on the statue of Justice outside the Supreme Court.

While her prison sentence was later turned into house arrest because she has children who she cares for, the fact that she was tried on coup charges before the Supreme Court continues to anger many.

"They tried her for graffiti. I've never heard of someone being sentenced to 14 years in prison for lipstick. It was a demonstration, and they were labelled as terrorists," her sister Claudia told the BBC.

Claudia said Débora regretted the graffiti but did not regret attending the 8 January protest, which she said was her "right" as she had lingering "doubts" about the outcome of the election.

Claudia credits Bolsonaro's "love for the flag" with inspiring "housewives, the WhatsApp aunt, the bricklayer, the businessman" to engage in politics.

She argues that, because no coup materialised, Bolsonaro cannot be guilty of one.

"If he is convicted of a coup, that also condemns 1,200 people who were protesting there," she said.

But there are others who think the events of 8 January 2023 were much more than a simple protest.

Ricardo Cappelli is the former minister tasked with restoring order in Brasília after the storming of the key buildings.

He recalls "coup-mongering" protesters invading three branches of government and committing "barbaric acts" in the Supreme Court, "symbolically attacking an institution fundamental to Brazilian democracy".

He believes this trial will help "turn a page in history" by showing Brazil will not tolerate threats to democracy again.

"Never have those behind a coup or attempted coup sat in the dock in Brazil," he told the BBC.

To him, the trial also sets a global example. He argues that if the US Capitol riots had happened in Brazil, "Donald Trump would most likely be sitting in the dock".

As a verdict nears, Bolsonaro's party – which has a majority in Congress – is pushing a bill to grant him and the 8 January protesters amnesty, as nerves build that their alleged ringleader is about to fall.

Mr Cappelli's answer to those who call the response authoritarian is: "Study history. Amnesty for past coup attempts resulted in new coups. Today's pardoned coup plotter becomes tomorrow's coup plotter."

For years, Bolsonaro has split Brazil into loyalists and opponents.

For his fans, this trial equals persecution for a coup that never happened; for his critics, protection against another dictatorship.

Even some moderate right-wingers hope this trial might finally draw a line, but with such different definitions of authoritarianism, polarisation could still deepen.

Five people have been killed and seven seriously wounded in a shooting attack by Palestinian gunmen in Jerusalem, paramedics and police say.

Israel's Magen David Adom ambulance service identified the dead as three men in their 30s, one woman in her 50s, and one man in his 50s. Nine people with gunshot wounds were taken to local hospitals along with three others injured by broken glass.

Israeli police said two "terrorists" opened fire towards a bus stop at Ramot Junction, on the city's northern outskirts. A security officer and a civilian returned fire, and "neutralised" the attackers, it added.

There was no immediate claim from any armed groups, although Hamas praised the attack.

The police said a large number of officers were securing the area, and that bomb disposal units were ensuring that it was safe while forensic teams gathered evidence.

At least 13 people have been killed and dozens are injured in Nepal after demonstrations against a government social media ban led to clashes between protesters and security forces.

Thousands heeded a call by demonstrators describing themselves as Generation Z to gather near the parliament building in Kathmandu over the decision to ban platforms including Facebook, X and YouTube.

Nepal's Minister for Communication Prithvi Subba told the BBC police had had to use force - which included water cannons, batons and firing rubber bullets.

The government has said social media platforms need to be regulated to tackle fake news, hate speech and online fraud.

But popular platforms such as Instagram have millions of users in Nepal, who rely on them for entertainment, news and business.

Demonstrators carried placards with slogans including "enough is enough" and "end to corruption".

Some said they were protesting against what they called the authoritarian attitude of the government.

As the rally moved into a restricted area close to parliament, some protesters climbed over the wall.

"Tear gas and water cannons were used after the protesters breached into the restricted area," police spokesman Shekhar Khanal told the AFP news agency.

A Kathmandu district office spokesperson said a curfew was imposed around areas including the parliament building after protesters attempted to enter.

Last week authorities ordered the blocking of 26 social media platforms for not complying with a deadline to register with Nepal's ministry of communication and information technology.

Since Friday, users have experienced difficulty in accessing the platforms, though some are using VPNs to get around the ban. So far, two platforms have been reactivated after registering with the ministry following the ban.

Nepal's government has argued it is not banning social media but trying to bring them in line with Nepali law.

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Labour's ruling body is due to meet to draw up plans for a deputy leadership election to replace Angela Rayner, who resigned last week after admitting to underpaying stamp duty.

The party's ruling National Executive Committee (NEC) will hold talks on Monday to set the timetable and rules for the contest, which is shaping up to be a major battle over the direction the Labour party takes.

Rayner's resignation led to a major government reshuffle over the weekend, as Sir Keir Starmer reshaped his top team.

In previous deputy leadership elections, Labour members, unions and MPs have had a say in the outcome but the NEC may decided to revisit the rules in an effort to speed up the contest.

Foreign Affairs Committee chairwoman Dame Emily Thornberry became the first high-profile figure to announce she was thinking about a bid on Sunday.

Dame Emily was a shock omission from Sir Keir's government, having been his shadow international trade secretary in opposition.

Speaking at the weekend, Labour's Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham said the contest was an opportunity to have a "discussion about the internal management".

Burnham warned the Cabinet lacked "balance" after Rayner's exit, and called for another voice from the north of England as deputy.

He suggested former transport secretary Louise Haigh or ex-Commons leader Lucy Powell would help to counter what he called the "London-centricity" under Sir Keir's leadership.

The contest was triggered by Rayner's resignation following an investigation which found she had breached the ministerial code after admitting she had underpaid £40,000 in stamp duty on a new home earlier this year.

Her resignation sparked a major reshuffle, which saw Rayner replaced by David Lammy as deputy prime minister and Steve Reed at the housing department - as Sir Keir sought to draw a line under the scandal.

The shake-up saw Yvette Cooper become foreign secretary and Shabana Mahmood replace her as home secretary.

With Rachel Reeves remaining as chancellor, this is the first time the UK has had three women in the most senior cabinet roles alongside the prime minister.

Sir Keir now faces the prospect of a party conference overshadowed by manoeuvring for the deputy leadership role vacated by Rayner, who was popular among the grassroots.

Rayner, who was seen as a bridge between government and the backbenches, was both deputy Labour leader and deputy prime minister.

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Looking at Sir Keir Starmer's cabinet reshuffle it appears that he came to believe that he had all the right ministers at the cabinet table - just sitting in the wrong chairs.

The most significant change is the appointment of Shabana Mahmood as home secretary, which is intended as a clear signal that dealing with illegal immigration and asylum is one of the government's biggest priorities.

That was the former Home Secretary Yvette Cooper's view too, but there was a sense among some - not all - at the top of government that she was moving too slowly to meet public opinion.

There was particular frustration at Reform UK's ability to drive the narrative on the issue over the summer even when the government had achievements to herald, including its "one in one out" agreement with France.

Mahmood has a reputation among Labour MPs as (relatively-speaking, in Labour terms) a hardliner on immigration.

"She's really right-wing on this stuff," one Labour figure who knows her well said.

From this person it was a compliment; from others in the Labour movement who are anxious about losing votes to the Greens and others on the left, it would not be.

In practical terms, though, what different policies will Mahmood pursue? That's not so clear.

At the weekend John Healey, the defence secretary, said the government was looking at expanding the use of military sites to house asylum seekers instead of hotels.

That was in the works before the reshuffle. It may be that Mahmood seeks to accelerate the timetable for closing hotels.

Sir Keir has said that he wants to close them all before the next general election though he alluded in an interview with BBC Radio 5 Live last week to bringing that deadline forward.

Then there is the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), from which both Reform UK and increasingly the Conservatives say the UK must withdraw to make it easier to deport illegal immigrants.

Cooper was looking at ways to change UK law to make clearer to judges here the way in which the government believes the convention should be interpreted.

Mahmood may want to go further but it is hard to see how that would be possible given Lord Hermer, who remains in post as attorney general, not to mention the prime minister himself, are both ardently opposed to withdrawal.

We may not need to wait long to find out what Mahmood's new direction will be. Only a week after taking office as justice secretary last year, she announced plans to release thousands of prisoners earlier than planned to avoid what she called "total collapse" of the prison system.

Her handling of prison overcrowding, especially her willingness to grasp the nettle so early on, has been frequently compared favourably by Labour MPs to other cabinet ministers who were seen as taking too long to work out how they wanted to deal with their portfolios.

One ally of Mahmood told the BBC: "She knows that time is of the essence. She didn't take long to take big decisions at the Ministry of Justice, and she doesn't tend to hang about."

One of the biggest changes might come in rhetoric and communication style.

Cooper was shadow home secretary for seven years in two stints and also spent five years as chairwoman of the home affairs select committee. Some in Labour pushing for a harder line on immigration occasionally complained that her deep knowledge of the issues involved made her public comments too nuanced to embody public dissatisfaction.

Mahmood is likely to go another way. On Sunday she described the small boat crossings as "utterly unacceptable" and vowed to act against "vile people smugglers".

It is also worth noting that the two junior ministers working with Cooper on immigration have been moved out the Home Office too.

Mahmood, 44, has been an MP for 15 years representing a constituency in Birmingham, but it is only in the past two years that she has moved into front-line, high-profile roles.

After spending her first five years in Parliament in a range of junior shadow ministerial portfolios, she co-chaired Cooper's unsuccessful leadership campaign in 2015. She then refused to serve under Jeremy Corbyn, instead dedicating her time during his leadership to fighting those on Labour's left-wing from a position on Labour's national executive committee, to which she was elected by Labour MPs.

In 2021, at the lowest ebb of Sir Keir's leadership, she was brought into the shadow cabinet to take charge of Labour's election campaign infrastructure. Even in that job, though, she was pushing her party to get over what she called its "queasiness" about talking tough on immigration.

In an interview with the Times in 2023, she said: "In the commentariat, among very politically engaged people, there's a sort of assumption about who is motivated by immigration as an electoral issue.

"My constituency experience is that, actually, that's not got very much to do with race. I represent a very diverse constituency that's 70% non-white, and immigration comes up as an issue that my voters who are black or Asian and from other ethnic minorities want to talk about."

That is an argument you can be sure she will be making as home secretary in the coming weeks.

Whether she can address those concerns will determine not just her political fortunes but those of this government and prime minister too.

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In a corner of a cavernous 1890s factory in southern Massachusetts, 15 people are bent over sewing machines, churning out specialty, hospital-grade neonatal gear.

They are all that remain of what was once a much bigger manufacturing operation, most of which the Teixeira family shut down in 1990, reinventing their business as a largely warehousing and distribution business.

Since US President Donald Trump started rolling out sweeping tariffs, the Teixeiras have been fielding more inquiries from companies newly interested in their US-based sewing services.

But they have turned down those offers, deterred by the difficulty of hiring in the midst of an immigration crackdown and doubts that the demand will be sustained.

It's just one of the many indications that achieving the manufacturing revival promised by the president is likely to be far more difficult than the White House has claimed.

"It's just not going to happen," said Frank Teixeira, who joined the family business in the 1970s and oversaw its dismantling and reinvention as Accurate Services Inc.

"Tariffs are a bad policy and eventually are going to come home to haunt us."

Trump campaigned for the presidency on the promise of a better economy, engineered in part by tariffs that he said would lower costs and usher in a new golden age.

The message proved to resonate with voters, helping the campaign make unexpected inroads in working-class areas long considered Democratic strongholds.

That includes the Teixeiras' base of Fall River, a former textile manufacturing hub, where Trump's win marked the first in the city by a Republican presidential candidate in roughly a century.

But his plans were widely panned by experts, who warned that the tariffs, which are a tax on imports, would instead raise prices for American businesses and consumers and slow growth - with particular risks for manufacturers, who often rely on imported supplies.

Now nine months into the president's term as the tariffs take hold, the gulf between Trump's rhetoric, which boasts of investments pouring into the country, and the reality on the ground in places like Fall River, is starting to show.

Employment growth in the US has slowed precipitously this year, including in manufacturing. After expanding after the pandemic, payrolls at manufacturing firms have shrunk this year, shedding 12,000 jobs last month alone.

Business surveys indicate that activity in the sector is in contraction.

Last month, 71% of manufacturers questioned by the Dallas branch of the Federal Reserve said the tariffs - which range from 10% to 50% on most imports - had already had a negative impact on their business, raising the cost of resources and hurting profits.

At Matouk, a maker of high-end bedding up the road from the Teixeiras', boss George Matouk said that between April and August tariffs had already added more than $100,000 (£74,000) a month in costs, as they hit supplies like cotton fabric from India and Portugal and down from Liechtenstein.

Founded by his grandfather in 1929, the company has grown to employ about 300 people in recent years - a point of pride for Mr Matouk, who faced naysayers when he returned as the third generation to join the family business after graduating from Columbia Business School in the late 1990s.

But the sudden tariff expense has forced the firm to cut investments on things such as new equipment and spending on discretionary items like marketing.

Despite the made-in-America distinction of many of his products, Mr Matouk said he expected no benefits from the tariffs because higher costs were pushing him to raise prices, a move likely to weigh on sales.

"Because the materials are subject to tariffs just like everything else, the benefits are not there," he said.

Mr Matouk called the current challenges faced by his firm "demoralising in a new way", since they have been inflicted deliberately, by government policy.

"We've done all of the things we were supposed to do in order to invest in the industrial base of the United States when no one else was willing to do it and it's just really frustrating that now we're being penalised," he said.

Studies on the impact of the more limited tariffs imposed by Trump during his first term on manufacturers in the US have found that small job gains in protected industries, like steel, were more than offset by losses at other firms that were dependent on parts.

But Mike van der Sleesen, who runs motorcycle jacket business Vanson Leathers, said he thought the changes this year had been so disruptive that it was premature to make predictions.

Mr van der Sleesen, who voted for Trump last year, is no fan of the president's tariffs, which have driven up his costs some 15% this year.

However, he shared the president's concerns that foreign companies could easily access the US market, while US firms looking to sell abroad encounter hurdles in the form of tariffs and other taxes.

"It's been a very uneven and unfair trade path for a company like Vanson," said Mr van der Sleesen, whose business was founded in 1974 and employed more than 160 people as recently as 2000, before the wallop of China's entry into the global order shrunk the workforce to about 50.

"We shouldn't charge them and they shouldn't charge us in my view but that's never going to happen," he said.

For now, demand for his jackets, which can sell for thousands of dollars, has held up. He said his suppliers in the US were reporting an uptick in activity.

"We haven't heard overtime in the textile world for 20 years!" he said. "It's hard to be confident that you can predict what it's going to shake out to be because the changes have been so dramatic."

On the streets of Fall River, many Trump supporters said they remained willing to give the president time to put his strategy to the test.

"We should be able to manufacture," said Tom Teixeira.

The 72-year-old retired transit worker voted for Trump in 2016, 2020 and 2024, won over in part by his message on the economy.

"I know how it was and it can improve but it's not going to improve overnight," said Mr Teixeira, who is not related to the Teixeira manufacturers, adding that he had yet to notice any major price increases this year.

"A year from now, if things aren't cheaper, we'll see."

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will meet her counterparts from the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand in London on Monday to discuss efforts to tackle people-smuggling.

Mahmood will meet with members of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance, in her first major engagement as home secretary.

The talks come as 1,097 people arrived in the UK in small boats on Saturday - Mahmood's first full day as home secretary - one of the busiest days on record.

That brought the total number of people arriving in the UK by small boat to more than 30,000 this year, according to Home Office statistics, a number that Mahmood described as "utterly unacceptable".

The number of people arriving in the UK by small boats this year is up by 37% on last year, according to analysis by the PA news agency.

The meeting with Five Eyes partners comes days after Mahmood was appointed to her new role, following a cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

Sir Keir has told his new cabinet to "go up a gear" in delivering on pressing issues for voters, according to Defence Secretary John Healey.

Healey confirmed that the government is looking at expanding the use of military sites to house asylum seekers, as it looks to move people out of so-called asylum hotels.

He confirmed officials were also considering other types of "non-military accommodation".

Enver Soloman, chief executive of Refugee Council, criticised the plan, saying that "the solution is faster, fairer decisions and safe housing in communities, so refugees can work, study and rebuild their lives".

US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem will be among the officials attending the talks in London, which Mahmood said will also address ways to tackle child sexual abuse online and the spread of deadly synthetic opioids.

Five people have been killed and seven seriously wounded in a shooting attack by Palestinian gunmen in Jerusalem, paramedics and police say.

Israel's Magen David Adom ambulance service identified the dead as three men in their 30s, one woman in her 50s, and one man in his 50s. Nine people with gunshot wounds were taken to local hospitals along with three others injured by broken glass.

Israeli police said two "terrorists" opened fire towards a bus stop at Ramot Junction, on the city's northern outskirts. A security officer and a civilian returned fire, and "neutralised" the attackers, it added.

There was no immediate claim from any armed groups, although Hamas praised the attack.

The police said a large number of officers were securing the area, and that bomb disposal units were ensuring that it was safe while forensic teams gathered evidence.

A new mural by elusive street artist Banksy has appeared on the side of the Royal Courts of Justice building in central London.

It depicts a judge in a traditional wig and black robe hitting a protester lying on the ground, with blood splattering their placard.

While the mural does not reference a particular cause or incident, its appearance comes two days after almost 900 people were arrested at a London protest against the ban on Palestine Action.

Pictures on social media appeared to show the artwork has already been covered up by large sheets of plastic and two metal barriers.

The artwork is being guarded by security officials outside the building and sits underneath a CCTV camera.

The Bristol-based street artist shared a photo of the wall art on Instagram, which is Banksy's usual method of claiming a work as authentic. The artists captioned the picture: "Royal Courts Of Justice. London."

The artwork is on an external wall of the Queen's Building, part of the Royal Courts of Justice complex.

Banksy's stencilled graffiti is often critical of government policy, war and capitalism.

Last summer, the artist began an animal-themed campaign in the capital of nine works, which concluded with a gorilla appearing to lift up a shutter on the entrance to London Zoo.

Other notable works included piranhas swimming on a police sentry box in the City of London, and a howling wolf on a satellite dish, which was taken off the roof of a shop in Peckham, south London, less than an hour after it was unveiled.

Great North Run organisers have apologised after medals given to participants in this year's event featured the wrong city and river.

About 60,000 people completed the 13.1m (21km) half-marathon on Sunday with each of them handed a medal incorporating an image of what was supposed to be an aerial view of Newcastle, Gateshead, South Shields and the River Tyne.

However, acknowledging the items actually showed nearby Sunderland and the River Wear which have no involvement in the event, the Great Run Company admitted it had "made a mistake".

In a statement organisers said "Wear sorry!" and said "eagle-eyed" people had spotted the error, which also featured on merchandise such as clothing.

They claimed it made it "the most unique t-shirt and medal in Great North Run history, a keepsake that we'll be talking about in 44 years' time".

"To answer the rumours that this was the route reveal for next year… sorry to disappoint, it's a mistake.

"Lots of people looked very closely at the designs and none of us picked it up.

"We had Newcastle United stars on the start line and the Stadium of Light on the medal.

"The Great North Run is truly a celebration of the region, even more so than we had planned."

The event's founder, Sir Brendan Foster, said he had "spent ages marvelling" at the designs and "never spotted the mistake" even when they were displayed in the window of city centre department store Fenwick.

He added: "I've lived on the River Tyne my whole life and I should've noticed.

"But if I'd run the Great North Run yesterday, I'd still be wearing my medal with pride.

"Thanks to everyone who took part in an amazing event yesterday and all the supporters who came out to cheer on the runners.

"It was a fantastic Great North Run, and we're already looking forward to 2026 after we've brushed up on our geography."

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Labour's ruling body is due to meet to draw up plans for a deputy leadership election to replace Angela Rayner, who resigned last week after admitting to underpaying stamp duty.

The party's ruling National Executive Committee (NEC) will hold talks on Monday to set the timetable and rules for the contest, which is shaping up to be a major battle over the direction the Labour party takes.

Rayner's resignation led to a major government reshuffle over the weekend, as Sir Keir Starmer reshaped his top team.

In previous deputy leadership elections, Labour members, unions and MPs have had a say in the outcome but the NEC may decided to revisit the rules in an effort to speed up the contest.

Foreign Affairs Committee chairwoman Dame Emily Thornberry became the first high-profile figure to announce she was thinking about a bid on Sunday.

Dame Emily was a shock omission from Sir Keir's government, having been his shadow international trade secretary in opposition.

Speaking at the weekend, Labour's Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham said the contest was an opportunity to have a "discussion about the internal management".

Burnham warned the Cabinet lacked "balance" after Rayner's exit, and called for another voice from the north of England as deputy.

He suggested former transport secretary Louise Haigh or ex-Commons leader Lucy Powell would help to counter what he called the "London-centricity" under Sir Keir's leadership.

The contest was triggered by Rayner's resignation following an investigation which found she had breached the ministerial code after admitting she had underpaid £40,000 in stamp duty on a new home earlier this year.

Her resignation sparked a major reshuffle, which saw Rayner replaced by David Lammy as deputy prime minister and Steve Reed at the housing department - as Sir Keir sought to draw a line under the scandal.

The shake-up saw Yvette Cooper become foreign secretary and Shabana Mahmood replace her as home secretary.

With Rachel Reeves remaining as chancellor, this is the first time the UK has had three women in the most senior cabinet roles alongside the prime minister.

Sir Keir now faces the prospect of a party conference overshadowed by manoeuvring for the deputy leadership role vacated by Rayner, who was popular among the grassroots.

Rayner, who was seen as a bridge between government and the backbenches, was both deputy Labour leader and deputy prime minister.

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Prince William and Catherine have paid tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II on the anniversary of her death, as Prince Harry laid a wreath on his return to the UK.

The Prince and Princess of Wales visited a Women's Institute event in Sunningdale, Berkshire, to meet members of an organisation with a long association with the late Queen.

Elsewhere, Prince Harry - who has arrived back in the UK for the first time in five months - privately laid a wreath and paid his respects to the late Queen in Windsor, where she is buried.

The prince has flown from California and will appear at the WellChild charity awards later on Monday, the first in several planned engagements this week.

Queen Elizabeth, Britain's longest reigning monarch, who died at the age of 96, had been president of the Women's Institute branch in Sunningdale.

Prince William was wearing a dark jacket and tie, at a time of royal mourning for the Duchess of Kent, who died last Thursday.

This is also the anniversary of the accession to the throne of King Charles, who is spending the day in Balmoral in Scotland, where the late Queen died.

There has been speculation about whether Prince Harry will meet his father during his UK visit, with the two not having met face to face since February 2024, soon after King Charles had been diagnosed with cancer.

Prince Harry's wife Meghan and their children have remained at their home in California.

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A former anaesthetist has gone on trial in the city of Besançon, in eastern France, accused of intentionally poisoning 30 people, including 12 patients who died.

Frédéric Péchier, 53, considered by colleagues to be a highly-talented practitioner, was first placed under investigation eight years ago, when he was suspected of poisoning patients at two clinics in the city between 2008 and 2017.

Despite the serious charges against him, Mr Péchier has remained at liberty under judicial supervision and told French radio on Monday there was "no proof of any poisoning".

The trial is set to last more than three months and involves more than 150 civil parties representing the 30 alleged victims.

Allegations of poisoning emerged in January 2017, when a 36-year-old patient called Sandra Simard, who was otherwise healthy, had surgery on her spine and her heart stopped beating.

After an intensive care physician failed to revive her, Frédéric Péchier gave her an injection and the patient went into a coma and survived. Intravenous drugs used to treat her then showed concentrations of potassium 100 times the expected dose and the alarm was sounded with local prosecutors.

Another "serious adverse event", involving a 70-year-old man, happened within days, when Mr Péchier claimed to have found three bags of paracetamol that had been tampered with after he had given a general anaesthetic.

Mr Péchier said at the time he was being framed but a few weeks later he was placed under formal investigation.

One of Mr Péchier's lawyers said he had been waiting eight years to finally prove his innocence, and the former anaesthetist told RTL radio on Monday that it was a chance to lay out "all the cards on the table".

"After I left, they still had [serious adverse events] and cardiac arrests. When I left in March 2017 they had another nine others declared afterwards," he told RTL radio.

Investigators then looked at other serious adverse events dating back to 2008, involving patients aged four to 89, at the two big healthcare centres he had worked at in Besançon - the Franche-Comté Polyclinic and the Saint-Vincent Clinic.

In 2009, three patients with no history of heart disease had to be resuscitated at the Franche-Comté Polyclinic during minor operations.

Twelve suspicious cases were found involving patients who could not be resuscitated, including several that could not be explained.

Damien Iehlen was the first fatality, in October 2008. Aged 53 he went into the Saint-Vincent Clinic for a routine kidney operation and died after a cardiac arrest. Tests later revealed he had been given a potentially-lethal dose of the drug lidocaine.

"It's appalling. You cannot imagine the effect it's had on my family," his daughter Amandine told French media. "It's unthinkable this could happen and that so many people were affected for so many years, from 2008 to 2017."

Frédéric Péchier comes from a family of health professionals; his father was also an anaesthetist.

Prosecutors argue that he tampered with intravenous medicines to induce cardiac arrests, as a means of getting revenge against colleagues. They say he was the "common denominator" in all the poisoning cases.

The trial is set to continue until December and the defendant will remain at liberty, under judicial supervision. If found guilty he would face life imprisonment.

Investigation into French doctor for allegedly poisoning patients

Labour's ruling body is due to meet to draw up plans for a deputy leadership election to replace Angela Rayner, who resigned last week after admitting to underpaying stamp duty.

The party's ruling National Executive Committee (NEC) will hold talks on Monday to set the timetable and rules for the contest, which is shaping up to be a major battle over the direction the Labour party takes.

Rayner's resignation led to a major government reshuffle over the weekend, as Sir Keir Starmer reshaped his top team.

In previous deputy leadership elections, Labour members, unions and MPs have had a say in the outcome but the NEC may decided to revisit the rules in an effort to speed up the contest.

Foreign Affairs Committee chairwoman Dame Emily Thornberry became the first high-profile figure to announce she was thinking about a bid on Sunday.

Dame Emily was a shock omission from Sir Keir's government, having been his shadow international trade secretary in opposition.

Speaking at the weekend, Labour's Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham said the contest was an opportunity to have a "discussion about the internal management".

Burnham warned the Cabinet lacked "balance" after Rayner's exit, and called for another voice from the north of England as deputy.

He suggested former transport secretary Louise Haigh or ex-Commons leader Lucy Powell would help to counter what he called the "London-centricity" under Sir Keir's leadership.

The contest was triggered by Rayner's resignation following an investigation which found she had breached the ministerial code after admitting she had underpaid £40,000 in stamp duty on a new home earlier this year.

Her resignation sparked a major reshuffle, which saw Rayner replaced by David Lammy as deputy prime minister and Steve Reed at the housing department - as Sir Keir sought to draw a line under the scandal.

The shake-up saw Yvette Cooper become foreign secretary and Shabana Mahmood replace her as home secretary.

With Rachel Reeves remaining as chancellor, this is the first time the UK has had three women in the most senior cabinet roles alongside the prime minister.

Sir Keir now faces the prospect of a party conference overshadowed by manoeuvring for the deputy leadership role vacated by Rayner, who was popular among the grassroots.

Rayner, who was seen as a bridge between government and the backbenches, was both deputy Labour leader and deputy prime minister.

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A father who had been on the run with his three children in New Zealand's wilderness for nearly four years has been shot dead by police.

Tom Phillips, who disappeared with his children in late 2021, had evaded capture despite a nationwide search and multiple sightings over the years.

The case had gripped the country and remains one of New Zealand's most enduring mysteries.

Phillips was killed in a shootout around 02:30 on Monday (14:30 GMT Sunday) in Piopio, a small town in northern New Zealand, police said.

Officers were responding to a reported robbery at a commercial property when Phillips and one of his children were spotted riding a quad bike.

Police officers then gave chase before laying road spikes to stop them. The bike hit the spikes and went off road.

When police reached the vehicle they were met with gunfire, Deputy Police Commissioner Jill Rogers told reporters.

The first attending officer at the scene was shot in the head, and remains in a serious condition, police said.

A second patrol unit then engaged Phillips, who was shot and died at the scene. While the body had not been formally identified at the time of the announcement, police were confident it was Phillips.

The other two children were found later in the day at a remote campsite in dense bush. All three children are unharmed, Rogers said.

The child he was with, who has not been identified, had provided "crucial" information that helped them locate Phillips' two other children later in the day.

It was unclear whether the children had been informed of their father's death.

Police have notified their mother and Phillips' parents that the children are safe, though they declined to comment on who will provide ongoing care.

The children's mother, known only as Cat, told local media outlet RNZ she was "deeply relieved" that "this ordeal has come to an end" after missing her children dearly "every day for nearly four years." But, she continued: "We are saddened by how events unfolded today."

Authorities said Phillips had been evading capture since failing to appear in court in 2022.

Before they disappeared, Phillips and his children were living in Marokopa, a small rural town in the region of Waikato. Phillips, believed to be in his late-30s this year, had been described as an experienced hunter and bushman.

Police believe he took his children after losing legal custody of them.

Marokopa is an area surrounded by a very harsh landscape, a sweeping and rough coastline, dense bush and forested terrain with a network of caves spaning many kilometres.

Locals know Phillips as a bushman with survival skills that would have set him up for building shelters and foraging for food in the wilderness.

Still, there were signs that he got desperate for resources. Since 2023, there have been sightings of Phillips and his children at numerous break-ins at hardware and grocery stores.

Last October, a group of teenagers spotted them trekking through the bush and filmed the encounter. In the video, Phillips and the children were wearing camouflaged clothing and each was carrying their own packs.

The teenagers had briefly spoken to one of the children, asking if anyone knew they were there. The child had replied "only you" and kept walking, New Zealand's 1News reported.

Last year, a warrant was issued for the arrest of Phillips over his suspected involvement in a bank robbery in Te Kuiti, a small town on the North Island.

Police said he had had an accomplice during the alleged incident.

In fact, over the years, many have wondered if Phillips got any help from the tight-knit community in Marokopa, a town where fewer than 100 people lived, and the question remains unanswered.

Phillips's death comes less than a month after his family directly appealed to him to come home.

In an interview with local news website Stuff, his sister Rozzi said the family had been "ready to help [Phillips] walk through what you need to walk through".

"I really want to see you and the kids and be part of your lives again," she said then.

New Zealand's Prime Minister Chris Luxon has described the turn of events as "sad and absolutely tragic".

"This is not what anybody wanted to happen today. I think that is a consistent feeling from everybody across New Zealand," he said in a weekly briefing on Monday.

Other New Zealanders are also concerned about how Phillips's death would affect his children's wellbeing.

Marlene McIsaac, a resident in the Waitomo district, says she wished there had been "a happier ending". "For the kids, you know? The kids will be devastated," she told 1News.

Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande and Sabrina Carpenter were among the big winners at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) which largely celebrated female artists at New York's UBS Arena on Sunday evening.

Gaga collected four awards on the night including artist of the year, fending off competition from Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Bad Bunny and Kendrick Lamar who were all absent from this year's slightly muted event.

She dedicated the award to her fiancé Michael Polansky as well her her fans aka the "Little Monsters".

Grande and Carpenter picked up three awards each. The former won the night's big award for best video for Brighter Days Ahead while the latter's haul included the new gong for best pop artist.

The ceremony was hosted by a largely off-screen LL Cool J who handed out only seven awards during the telecast.

Here are five of the stand-out moments and talking points from the three-hour Long Island show, which honoured the best in the music video medium over the past 12 months.

1. VMAs go Gaga... then Gaga goes gigging

Gaga went into the show as the most nominated artist of the evening with 12 nods and she took home four "moon person" trophies taking her career total to 22.

This puts her in third place on the all-time ranking list, ahead of Madonna and behind only Swift and Beyoncé, who have 30 each.

When collecting the award for artist of the year award, she said: "I cannot begin to tell you what this means to me.

"Being an artist is an attempt to connect the souls of people all over the world."

She left the arena after collecting the award, but the MTV cameras later followed her across the city to her live concert at Madison Square Garden where she performed Abracadabra and The Dead Dance.

Tim Burton directed the gothic music video to the latter song which also appeared on the soundtrack to the new Netflix Addams Family show, Wednesday, in which Gaga also makes a guest appearance.

She also won awards for best direction and art direction for Abracadabra, as well as best collaboration for her song Die With A Smile alongside Bruno Mars.

Another Mars collaboration, his song APT with Rosé, won song of the year while her South Korean outfit Blackpink were named best group.

"This is a really big moment for 16-year-old me and anyone else who has dreamed about being accepted equally for their hard work," said an emotional Rosé during a lengthy speech.

2. Sabrina stands (and dances) with trans people

Carpenter's Short n' Sweet was crowned album of the year, while she was also named as the inaugural best pop artist and took home the visual effects award for Manchild.

She delivered a retro-themed performance of Tears alongside a collection of drag queens and trans dancers holding signs reading slogans like "in trans we trust" and "protect the dolls".

Grande grabbed the video of the year, long-form video and best pop video awards for Brighter Days Ahead, thanking her own dad for his cameo.

"This project is about the hard work that is healing all different kinds of trauma and coming home to our young selves and creating safety in our own lives, which is a lifelong process and a daily exercise," she said in an acceptance speech.

"If you're on that journey, please continue onward, because I promise there are brighter days ahead."

Another US singer, Megan Moroney, became the first-ever winner in the best country category for her single, Am I Okay?

3. Mariah: Maximum respect (for minimum effort?)

Mariah Carey, meanwhile, won a lifetime achievement award on a night that largely celebrated female artists.

The diva scored a first victory in the R&B section for Type Dangerous before being give the special Video Vanguard award.

"This is amazing MTV, I don't know why it took you so long!" she joked in a video message ahead of performing later in the show.

The Fantasy singer then sang a medley of her hits, with one fan noting online: "I love Mariah Carey's voice but she's got less energy than me on a Sunday night."

Another fan commented that while she was "doing the bare minimum" she was "still [being] iconic".

In a speech the singer offered that music videos "are my way of life, of bringing music to my own life."

She continued: "Let's be honest, sometimes they're just an excuse to bring the drama and do things I wouldn't do in real life. Music evolves, but fun? That is eternal."

Doechii did the double, winning the hip-hop award and best choreography for Anxiety, as did Tate McRae for best editing and song of the summer for Just Keep Watching taken from the F1 movie.

Shakira took the Latin prize for her song Soltera while South African star Tyla won the award for best Afrobeats.

4. Ricky rolls back the years

There were live performances on the night from the likes of McRae, Doja Cat and J Balvin, as well as best new artist Alex Warren and multi-national girl group Katseye, who won performance of the year for Push.

But Latin icon winner Ricky Martin showed he can still live La Vida Loca with the best of them, performing a medley of his hits.

Accepting his award from Jessica Simpson, Martin said: "We just want to break boundaries, and we just want to keep music alive."

He credited his fans with his 40-year career: "This is very simple: this is for you all," he said. "I am addicted to your applause, that's why I keep coming back."

Fellow 53-year-old, rapper Busta Rhymes, also hit the stage to perform tracks including Break Ya Neck and Gimme Some More on a night when he received the Rock The Bells Visionary prize.

Elsewhere on the night, Post Malone was shown performing from Germany alongside Jelly Roll.

5. Ozzy remembered

Last but not least, the night also remembered former Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne who died in July, with a performance introduced via video message from his son Jack and his children.

Bare-chested British star Yungblud joined the likes of Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry to perform tracks from Osbourne's career including Crazy Train, Changes and Mama, I'm Coming Home.

Fellow hellraisers Coldplay collected the rock category for All My Love while Sombr scored the alternative award for Back To Friends.

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At 10:18 on Monday, Erin Patterson was led from courtroom four inside Melbourne's Supreme Court building to begin a life sentence in prison.

Her slow shuffle took her directly past two rows of wooden benches squeezed full of journalists, each scrutinising Patterson's exit for any final detail.

Upstairs in the public gallery, observers craned their necks to get a last glimpse – possibly for decades, perhaps ever – of the seemingly ordinary woman who is one of Australia's most extraordinary killers.

Also watching her was Ian Wilkinson, the only survivor of Patterson's famous mushroom meal in 2023, a cruel murder plot the judge decried as an "enormous betrayal".

Mr Wilkinson had for months walked in and out of court without uttering a public word. He always wore a black sleeveless jacket to keep warm in the the winter chill, having never fully recovered from the death cap mushrooms that took his wife and two best friends.

But on Monday he paused on the courthouse steps to speak to media for the first time. He calmly thanked police who "brought to light the truth of what happened to three good people" and the lawyers who tried the case for their "hard work and perseverance".

There was praise too for the medics who saved his life and tried desperately to halt the other lunch guests' brutal decline.

For the 71-year-old, it is now back to the house he had shared with Heather, his wife of 44 years, who raised their four children before becoming a teacher and mentor.

"The silence in our home is a daily reminder," he told the court a fortnight ago, as he gave an emotional victim impact statement.

"[There's] nobody to share in life's daily tasks, which has taken much of the joy out of pottering around the house and the garden. Nobody to debrief with at the end of the day."

"I only feel half alive without her," he added.

To most, Heather Wilkinson will be remembered as one of Patterson's victims - an unfortunate lunch guest in a murder with no clear motive.

But to her husband, the pastor at a Baptist church, Mrs Wilkinson was his "beautiful wife" - not perfect, he said, but full of "love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, faithfulness and self-control" and also "sage advice".

"It's one of the distressing shortcomings of our society that so much attention is showered on those who do evil, and so little on those who do good," he said in his victim impact statement - a barely hidden flash of frustration at how much focus had been on his wife's killer.

Grief compounded by mammoth interest

Never in recent memory has an Australian criminal case been so high-profile: a small-town murder mystery with a weapon so outlandish it wouldn't seem out of place in an Agatha Christie novel - not so much a whodunnit as a whydunnit.

Spectators queued daily to nab a spot in the courtroom, thousands of people picked apart details of the case online, and journalists descended from around the world to cover the lengthy trial.

At least five podcasts followed the minutiae of the case in the regional Victorian town of Morwell. A documentary crew from a streaming service followed every step.

An Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) drama series is in works. And there will be several books too, one of them co-authored by Helen Garner, a doyenne of modern Australian literature.

Many were in court earlier this month as, one after the other, a series of victim impact statements laid bare the effects of the horrendous crime and the unprecedented attention it attracted.

Simon Patterson – the killer's estranged husband – wrote of his inability to articulate how much he missed his mum and dad.

Ruth Dubois – the daughter of Ian and Heather Wilkinson – told the court Patterson had used her parents' natural kindness against them.

Don Patterson's 100-year-old mother shared her grief at having outlived him.

A common thread throughout, though, was how the media and the public had only compounded their grief and distress.

"The intense media coverage has left me second-guessing every word I say, worried about who I can trust with my thoughts and feelings," Ms Dubois told the court. "It has changed the way I interact with people."

"It is particularly revolting to experience our family's tragedy being turned into entertainment for the masses and to know that people are using our family's trauma for their own personal gain."

Mr Patterson lost his parents Don and Gail because of the meal cooked by his wife, a lunch that he too would have eaten, had he not declined the invitation at the last minute.

It was ultimately left out of the trial, but he believes Erin Patterson had been trying to kill him with tainted food for years, and had almost succeeded on several occasions.

He was about as entwined in the case as it could get. But through the legal process he spent as little time at court as possible, ensconced instead in the safety and privacy of his home.

He wasn't there for the unanimous guilty verdict, nor Monday's sentencing. And his victim impact statement a fortnight ago - all 1,034 words of it - was read by a relative.

The statement had clues as to why. He described the strain of being on constant alert for people showing "a threatening interest" in his family.

"My kids and I have suffered many days filled with strangers menacing our home… We have faced people waiting in ambush at our front door, inches away with TV camera and microphone at the ready after ringing our doorbell.

"Strangers holding notebooks have banged aggressively on our windows in the early morning trying to peek into my children's bedrooms, always skulking away before the police arrive.

"When we are at a cafe, if I suddenly say it's time to go now, the kids know we immediately leave quietly, because I've spotted someone serendipitously recording us."

It's hard enough for them to deal with the "grim reality" that they live in "an irreparably broken home... when almost everyone else knows their mother murdered their grandparents", he said.

In the small town of Korumburra though, where the Wilkinson and Patterson families are firmly rooted, the community has closed ranks around them, and remained tight-lipped during the media onslaught.

This "ongoing love" gives Mr Patterson hope that his children will thrive - "especially if the wider public persists in letting them be".

'Devastating betrayal of trust'

Justice Christopher Beale on Monday said Patterson had traumatised four generations of the Patterson and Wilkinson families and wrought indescribable sorrow on the communities that clearly adored them.

"Erin was embraced as part of the Patterson family. She was welcome and treated with genuine love and respect in a way she did not appear to experience from her own family," Beale said, reading a tranche of a statement tendered to the court.

"Her actions represent a profound and devastating betrayal of the trust and love extended to her."

Addressing the 50-year-old himself, Justice Beale said: "Not only did you cut short three lives and cause lasting damage to Ian Wilkinson's health… you inflicted untold suffering on your own children, whom you robbed of their beloved grandparents."

It would be impossible to shield them from "incessant discussion of the case in the media, online, in public spaces - even in the schoolyard", he added.

Aggravating her offending even further was the fact her crimes were extensively planned – and she was so committed to their execution that, even as authorities grilled her for information that could help save the lunch guests' lives, she refused to help them.

"You showed no pity for your victims… [and] you engaged in an elaborate cover up of your guilt."

Her continued insistence of her innocence is a further affront.

"Your failure to exhibit any remorse pours salt into all the victims' wounds," he said.

Justice Beale said he had no hesitation in categorising Patterson's actions as the worst kind of offending, but stopped just shy of imposing the harshest possible sentence, owing to the extreme isolation she faces as such a notorious prisoner.

For three counts of murder and one of attempted murder, she was given a life sentence, but will be eligible for release in 2056, when she is 82 years old.

But while Justice Beale was eviscerating of Patterson on Monday, Mr Wilkinson was his characteristically gracious self.

Outside court, he didn't spare a single word for his wife's killer.

Instead, his final words to the public were a call to action.

"Our lives and the life of our community depends on the kindness of others," he said.

"I would like to encourage everybody to be kind to each other."

He ended with another appeal for people to respect his family's privacy as they "continue to grieve and heal", and with some perhaps undeserved well wishes for the assembled media pack. "Thank you for listening. I hope you all have a great day."

It was a typically dignified, quiet exit at what the family hopes will be the end of confronting criminal proceedings – and an opportunity for some peace.

Erin Patterson now has until midnight on 6 October to appeal against her conviction or sentence.

Rolls of razor wire now run through the middle of the village Cambodia calls Chouk Chey, and on through fields of sugar cane.

Behind them, just over the border, tall black screens rise up from the ground, concealing the Thai soldiers who put them up.

This is the new, hard border between the two countries, which was once open and easily crossed by people from both sides.

Then, at 15:20 local time on 13 August, that changed.

"The Thai soldiers came and asked us to leave," said Huis Malis. "Then they rolled out the razor wire. I asked if I could go back to get my cooking pots. They gave me just 20 minutes."

Hers is one of 13 families who have been cut off from houses and fields on the other side of the wire where they say they have been living and working for decades.

Signs have now been erected by the Thai authorities warning Cambodians that they have been illegally encroaching on Thai territory.

In Chouk Chey, they argue, the border should run in a straight line between two stone boundary markers which were agreed and installed more than a century ago.

Thailand says it is merely securing its territory, given the current state of conflict with Cambodia. That is not the way Cambodia sees it.

Months of tension along disputed parts of their border erupted into open conflict in July, leaving around 40 people dead. Since then a fragile ceasefire has held, although a war of words, fuelled by nationalist sentiments on social media, has kept both sides on edge.

The BBC has been to border areas of Cambodia, meeting people caught in the middle and seeing some of the damage left by the five days of shelling and bombing.

In Chouk Chey, Provincial Governor Oum Reatrey bemoaned the economic impact on the community of Thailand's actions. He estimates they are losing one million dollars a day in customs revenue from the border closure.

No-one has yet come up with a figure for how much the conflict between Cambodia and Thailand has cost, but it is certainly high.

Billions of dollars in annual trade has slowed to a trickle. Hundreds of thousands of Cambodian workers have left Thailand, and Thai tourists have stopped going the other way. The brand new Chinese-built airport terminal at Siem Reap, gateway to the famed temple complex of Angkor Wat, is deserted.

We were also shown videos of frustrated residents pulling down the razor wire in front of the Thai soldiers on one occasion.

The governor said they were now being told to avoid confrontations, but anger spilled over in another confrontation with Thai troops on 4 September.

In northern Cambodia there are other visible costs of the war.

The temple of Preah Vihear, perched on a forested cliff-top right next to the border, is at the heart of the dispute between the two countries, and the historic narratives each likes to tell about itself.

Thai nationalists still find it hard to accept the 1962 ruling at the International Court of Justice, which recognised the temple as Cambodian territory because previous Thai governments had failed to challenge the French-drawn map which put it there. But the ICJ did not rule on other contested areas of the border, leaving the seeds of today's conflict.

Access to the magnificent 1,000-year-old temple has always been much easier from the Thai side. Our four-wheel drive vehicle struggled up the steep road the Cambodians have built to climb the cliff.

Once inside the temple complex it was clear it had suffered in the artillery exchanges of late July: two of the ancient stone stairways have been shattered while other parts of the temple were chipped or broken by shell-fire, the walls pockmarked by shrapnel, with dozens of rain-filled craters on the ground.

The Cambodians say they have recorded more than 140 blast sites in and around the complex, which they say are from Thai shelling on 24 and 25 July.

Officials from the Cambodian Mine Action Centre also pointed out unexploded cluster munitions, a weapon banned in much of the world but which the Thai military has acknowledged using.

The Thai military denies firing at the temple, which is recognised by Unesco as a World Heritage Site.

It does accuse Cambodia of putting soldiers and weapons inside the temple during the fighting, although we saw no evidence of that, and it was hard to imagine getting any large guns up the steep road and into the temple complex.

Both countries are now using issues like this to try to drum up international sympathy.

Cambodia has complained to Unesco about the damage to Preah Vihear, and describes 18 of its soldiers captured just after the ceasefire came into effect as hostages.

Thailand has shown evidence that Cambodian forces are still laying landmines along the border, injuring many Thai soldiers, which it argues shows bad faith in its commitment to honour the ceasefire.

But all the Cambodian officials we met stressed their eagerness to end the conflict and restore relations with their larger neighbour. Behind this though was another anxiety, one that pervades Cambodian history: that of being a smaller country surrounded by more powerful neighbours.

Both sides are suffering from the border closure, but it is likely that Cambodia, much poorer than Thailand, is suffering more.

"You cannot make an ant go up against an elephant," says Suos Yara, spokesman for the ruling Cambodian People's Party. "We have to accept that we are a small country, not big like an elephant. So how could the smaller country ignite this problem?"

But that is precisely what Thailand accuses the Cambodian government of doing. Independent research by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute shows a pattern of military reinforcement along the border many months before full-scale fighting broke out in July, most of it by Cambodian forces.

Then in June former Prime Minister Hun Sen, still the most powerful figure in Cambodia, leaked a conversation he had with then-Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, in which she appeared to offer him concessions and criticised her own military.

The embarrassment this caused resulted in the Thai Constitutional Court suspending, and then sacking her.

Thailand describes this as the first time the leader of a member of Asean (the South East Asian bloc both countries belong to) has intervened to cause a political crisis in a neighbouring country.

It unquestionably threw flames on the conflict, making it much harder for any Thai government now to adopt a conciliatory position on the border.

It is hard to know why a cunning and experienced politician like Hun Sen chose to destroy his old friendship with the Shinawatra family and escalate the border tension. The Cambodian government seems unready to address questions about the leak.

"The problem of the leak is only a small issue, compared to what was happening in Bangkok, with competing factions trying to gain power in the administration," argues Suos Yara, who blamed the Thai military for using the conflict to boost its own influence.

Instead, he reiterated Cambodia's long-standing call for Thailand to accept the disputed French map and the intervention of the ICJ.

While politicians and officials continue to tussle, many Cambodians displaced by the fighting have still not gone home, despite grim conditions in the temporary camps they were moved to.

Five thousand families were living under rudimentary tarpaulins in the camp we visited, surrounded by mud and with minimal sanitation.

A communal kitchen ladled out potato soup for their dinner.

Over on the Thai side, where conditions in the shelter were a lot better, all the displaced went home within days of the ceasefire.

"The authorities tell us the situation is not good yet," said one woman in the Cambodian camp. "As I live close to the border I don't dare go back."

It is true there is still unexploded ordnance left by the five days of shelling.

But the flood of disinformation over the conflict in Cambodia, which has warned, without evidence, of imminent Thai attacks and of the use of poison gas, has created a climate of fear which is also stopping people from returning to their homes.

A large sign had been put across the main track running through the camp reading "Cambodia needs peace – final".

That was a sentiment we heard from everyone we spoke to in Cambodia.

But for that to happen leaders, both civilian and military, in both countries need to tone down the uncompromising nationalist rhetoric which now characterises their dispute.

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An Australian woman has been jailed for life, with no chance of release for at least 33 years, for murdering three relatives and trying to kill another with a toxic mushroom meal.

The jail term, one of the longest ever handed to a female offender in Australia, means Erin Patterson, 50, will be in her 80s before she can apply for parole.

A Supreme Court judge said Patterson's crimes were the "worst category" for offending and involved an "elaborate cover-up".

Patterson killed her in-laws Don and Gail Patterson, both 70, and Gail's sister Heather Wilkinson, 66, after serving them a toxic beef Wellington at her home in Victoria in 2023.

Heather's husband Ian Wilkinson, a local pastor, survived the lunch after recovering from a coma and has ongoing health issues related to the poisoning.

Patterson's estranged husband Simon Patterson was meant to attend the lunch too but cancelled at the last minute, in part due to his belief that his wife had been trying to poison him for years.

Patterson has long maintained her innocence, saying the toxic death cap mushrooms in the dish she prepared were accidentally added and that she never intended to harm her relatives.

She will serve three consecutive life sentences for the three murders and 25 years for the attempted murder of Mr Wilkinson.

During his sentencing remarks, Justice Christopher Beale said the gravity of Patterson's crimes meant he must impose the "maximum penalty".

Prosecutors had argued that the mother-of-two should be sentenced to life in jail with no prospect of release - the harshest punishment available in Australia.

Justice Beale agreed the crimes were the worst of their kind, but said his decision to allow parole was influenced by the "harsh prison conditions" Patterson faces in jail - including 15 months spent in solitary confinement so far, and the "substantial chance" that she could face more for her safety.

The judge noted that Patterson's reputation and the high-level of media and public interest in her case meant she would likely "remain a notorious prisoner for many years to come, and, as such, remain at significant risk from other prisoners".

He further described Patterson's current jail conditions in a female maximum security prison, where she spends 22 hours a day in her cell with no contact with other inmates due to her "major offender status".

Justice Beale pointed out that the prosecution had not alleged a motive for Patterson's crimes during the nine-week murder trial, which wrapped up two months ago, and that he would not either.

"Only you know why you committed them," he said, in reference to the three murders and the attempted murder. "I will not be speculating about that matter."

The judge said Patterson "showed no pity" for her victims in the days after the lunch, as those who had eaten her toxic meal fought for their lives in hospital.

"Your failure to exhibit any remorse poured salt in all the victims' wounds," he told the court.

Outside the court, Ian Wilkinson, the sole survivor of the fatal lunch, spoke publicly for the first time about the ordeal that tore his family apart.

He thanked the police and prosecutors who worked on the case as well as the countless medical staff who treated the victims and himself in the days after the lunch.

"I would like to encourage everybody to be kind to each other," Mr Wilkinson said.

At a pre-sentence hearing a fortnight ago, Wilkinson described feeling "half-alive" after the death of his "beautiful wife" and losing his two best friends.

The high-level of scrutiny and interest in Patterson's case culminated at Monday's sentencing, with the court deciding for the first time in its history to allow a TV camera into the courtroom so that the proceedings could be broadcast live.

Previously, only in-house cameras have livestreamed sentencings.

Patterson has 28 days to lodge an appeal against her sentence, as well as the guilty verdicts for triple murder and one of attempted murder.

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Supertramp founder Rick Davies, who wrote and sang some of the rock band's best-known hits, has died at the age of 81.

The English vocalist and keyboardist died on Saturday, a decade after being diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer, the band said.

"As co-writer, along with partner Roger Hodgson, he was the voice and pianist behind Supertramp's most iconic songs, leaving an indelible mark on rock music history," a statement said. "His soulful vocals and unmistakable touch on the Wurlitzer became the heartbeat of the bands' sound."

Davies wrote songs including 1974's Bloody Well Right, their US chart breakthrough; and 1979's Goodbye Stranger.

Born in Swindon, Wiltshire, in 1944, Davies started off in a series of bands including one called The Joint. They didn't make it big but did attract the support of Dutch millionaire Stanley August Miesegaes, who offered to back Davies if he started a new group.

So Davies put an advert for new bandmates in Melody Maker magazine in 1969, and Supertramp were born, with funding from Miesegaes for their first few years.

Davies shared writing and vocals with Hodgson, and the band found chart success with their third album, Crime of the Century, in 1974.

They made it big in the USA five years later with the album Breakfast In America, which included hit singles The Logical Song and the title track, as well as Goodbye Stranger.

The LP sold more than 30 million copies worldwide and was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 1980, including album of the year.

Relations between the two frontmen soured, however, and Hodgson left the group in 1983.

Davies continued to record and tour with Supertramp. They announced a reunion tour in 2015, but it was cancelled when Davies was diagnosed with cancer.

'Warmth and resilience'

"Beyond the stage, Rick was known for his warmth, resilience, and devotion to his wife Sue, with whom he shared over five decades," the band added in their statement.

"After facing serious health challenges, which kept him unable to continue touring as Supertramp, he enjoyed performing with his hometown buds as Ricky and the Rockets.

"Rick's music and legacy continue to inspire many and bears testament to the fact that great songs never die, they live on."

Supertramp's classic line-up also included bassist Dougie Thomson, saxophonist John Helliwell and drummer Bob Siebenberg.

In 1977, Davies and Hodgson agreed to reduce their 50% share of songwriting royalties in order to give the trio and the band's manager a cut - a move Hodgson said was intended "to keep the band functioning and happy".

That arrangement lasted until 2018, and Thomson, Helliwell and Siebenberg sued Hodgson and Davies in 2021.

Davies settled out of court in 2023. Last month, a US appeals court ruled that Hodgson must share royalties with his ex-bandmates.

Margaret has lived in a different country from her husband for the past 15 years.

She lives in London and he lives in Australia. The travelling between continents means the time she and Peter see each other ranges from once a year to every 18 months.

Despite the distance and the time between visits, they remain a faithful and happy couple.

"I've made a whole set of new friends and I live in my cosy flat in London alone. So I've done all of that while still staying married, it's been a wonderful experience," she told Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4.

Living in a different home to your partner isn't that unusual, the term even has its own acronym - LAT - to describe couples "living apart together".

But, the proportion of people married or in a civil partnership living apart is very low at 3%, according to official figures.

Margaret believes you can still have a fulfilling marriage, even when you don't share a home.

Many high-profile couples have also spoken openly about choosing to live apart.

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow and her writer and director husband Brad Falchuk spent the early part of their marriage in separate homes which Paltrow said helped keep the relationship fresh.

Model Ashley Graham and her husband Justin Ervin lived apart for many years in a long-distance relationship as did actor Helena Bonham Carter and director Tim Burton during their 13-year relationship.

Recently, Abbott Elementary actress Sheryl Lee Ralph revealed that she and her husband have been living on opposite coasts of the US for almost 20 years as her work requires her to live in Hollywood and her husband, as Pennsylvania's state senator, needs to be in Philadelphia.

For Margaret, life was very different 15 years ago. She lived in Australia and didn't work outside the home and looked after her four children, while her husband Peter was a full-time doctor who was financially responsible for the family.

When she turned 57, Margaret went back to university, graduating with a PhD in applied linguistics.

After finishing her studies, and the children had left home, she believed this was time to do something different, and decided to move to London.

"It became obvious that Peter and I had different goals for that stage in our lives. He wanted to stay in the family home, continue working, whereas I saw it as an opportunity."

She is now an Education Officer at the Royal College of Surgeons.

"I've got onto the career ladder when most people are thinking of retiring.

"Yes you can get a full time job at the age of 60 if you want. Yes, you can live in another country and do all of these exciting things, even move to a different continent."

But Margaret stresses it hasn't all been smooth sailing for the couple.

"On a personal level, the disadvantages are, for Peter, that he's still living in the same family home in Brisbane, and he doesn't socialise that well on his own, and he may feel a bit lonely there. And for me, the disadvantage is the lack of companionship; I don't have that."

She says the key to making it work has been talking regularly.

"I tell Peter everything about my life in London, my work, my new friends, my travels.

"It's given him another dimension in life, the same for me when he comes over to London, he loves it."

Woman's Hour listener Kerry, said she'd been with her partner for three years and they'd agreed at the start to never co-habit as a way to keep their "freedom and independence".

"We bought houses close to one another and have housemates to help with the mortgages."

They do eventually plan to marry and even then Kerry says she wouldn't change their living arrangements.

"It works incredibly well for both of us and feels like the strongest relationship either of us has had as a result."

Ammanda Major, Clinical Quality Director for Relate at Family Action, says that this arrangement is not for everyone, but for married couples set on living apart, it can have benefits.

"It provides some space, some place to go back to where you can maintain your own interests, maintain their own sense of identity."

"It can be a useful way of supporting people to feel that whilst I am married to you, I have my own space, I have my own interests, and that I come together with my spouse when that feels appropriate for us."

How to live apart and stay together

• Be firm that this is a decision both parties really want, not to feel pressured because it suits one partner and not another
• Have some ground rules in place that have been fully discussed
• Check in regularly to make sure both parties feel it is still working
• This could mean discussing what days are spent together, managing a sexual relationship or managing children if they are involved
• Have very clear communication with your partner at all times

Advice provided by the Clinical Quality Director at Relate, a relationship counselling service.

European leaders will visit the United States on Monday or Tuesday to discuss ways to end the war in Ukraine, Donald Trump has said.

The US president added that he would also speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin "soon", as well as signalling that his administration was ready to move to a second phase of sanctions on Moscow.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the sanctions were the "right idea", and urged European nations to stop buying Russian energy.

It comes as Russia launched its largest aerial bombardment on Ukraine of the war so far, killing four and hitting Ukraine's main government building in Kyiv for the first time.

After the attack, during which Russia fired at least 810 drones and 13 missiles at Ukraine, Trump said he was "not happy with the whole situation".

"Certain European leaders are coming over to our country on Monday or Tuesday individually," Trump said. It was not clear to whom Trump was referring.

Russia has intensified attacks on Ukraine since Trump and Putin held a summit in Alaska last month.

Speaking to ABC News, Zelensky said that European partners continuing to buy Russian oil and gas was "not fair".

He added: "We have to stop [buying] any kind of energy from Russia, and by the way, anything, any deals with Russia. We can't have any deals if we want to stop them."

Zelensky also welcomed Trump's plans to impose secondary tariffs on countries that trade with Russia - aimed at frustrating Moscow's ability to fund the war.

"I think the idea to put tariffs on the countries who continue to make deals with Russia, I think this is the right idea," he said.

Russia has sold around $985bn (£729bn) of oil and gas since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in March 2022, according to the think tank the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air.

The biggest purchasers have been China and India. The EU has dramatically reduced - but not completely stopped - purchases of Russian energy. In June, Brussels laid out plans to end all purchases by 2027.

Last month, the US imposed tariffs of 50% on goods from India as punishment for continuing to buy Russian oil. The Indian government has said it will continue to pursue the "best deal" on buying oil for the economic interests of its population.

And at a meeting in Beijing last week, Russia said it would increase supplies of gas to China.

Zelensky's intervention comes as the OPEC+ group of oil producing nations, which includes Russia, has again agreed to increase production, a move which will put downward pressure on oil prices.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told NBC's Meet the Press that the US was looking for more support from the EU to impose secondary tariffs on countries that buy Russian oil.

Bessent said that if EU nations increased sanctions and secondary tariffs on countries that buy Russian oil, "the Russian economy will be in total collapse, and that will bring President Putin to the table".

He added: "We are in a race now between how long can the Ukrainian military hold up, versus how long can the Russian economy hold up."

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