The Republican leaders of the Senate and House Judiciary Committees told Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. that anonymous judges who responded to a Times questionnaire may have violated ethics rules.
“We are deeply concerned that these public attacks on the court from sitting federal judges damage the public’s faith and confidence in our judicial system,” the two Republicans told Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. in a letter.
Cases of domestic violence in China point to a legal system that looks good on paper but is failing victims because of a lack of resources and political will.
The Great Barrier Reef has suffered mass bleaching events in recent years
The Great Barrier Reef is headed for a "grim future" and will suffer a "rapid coral decline" by 2050 but parts may recover if global warming is kept below 2C, a new study has found.
Researchers at the University of Queensland (UQ) used modelling to simulate the lifecycles of certain coral species and found that some were better at adapting to warmer oceans and could help new coral grow.
Reefs near cooler-water currents were also more resilient, giving a "glimmer of hope" to the natural wonder, which has suffered severe climate-induced heat stress in recent years.
The study warned that curbing carbon emissions was crucial to allow coral to recover and avoid a "near collapse" of the reef.
Dr Yves-Marie Bozec, who led the research, said the modelling of more than 3,800 individual reefs that make up the Great Barrier Reef looked at their "eco-evolutionary dynamics". This included how corals interact with each other, how they deal with warmer water and corals in naturally cooler areas.
"We ran all of those factors with the most up-to-date climate projections - and the news was not good," he said.
"We forecast a rapid coral decline before the middle of this century regardless of the emissions scenario."
The Great Barrier Reef is one of the world's most biodiverse ecosystems, stretching more than 2,300km (1,400 miles) off Australia's north-east coast.
It has suffered four significant marine heatwaves between 2016 and 2022, causing much of its coral to expel the algae which gives them life and colour - a process called bleaching, which is often fatal.
A recent report found that parts of the Great Barrier Reef had suffered the largest annual decline in coral cover since records began nearly 40 years ago.
Dr Bozec said some parts of the reef "may partially recover after 2050, but only if ocean warming is sufficiently slow to allow natural adaptation to keep pace with temperature changes".
"Adaptation may keep pace if global warming does not exceed two degrees by 2100. For that to happen, more action is needed globally to reduce carbon emissions which are driving climate change."
Dr Bozec said: "The window for meaningful action is closing rapidly but it hasn't shut".
Under the Paris agreement, almost 200 nations have pledged to limit global temperature rises to 1.5C and to keep them "well below" 2C above those recorded in pre-industrial times, generally considered to mean the late 19th Century.
Prof Peter Mumby, who also worked on the study, said they found "many reefs could persist under the Paris agreement target of two degrees of warming".
"However, higher emissions leading to faster temperature rises would drive most reefs to a near collapse," he said.
Prof Murphy said reefs in areas "where the water doesn't heat up so dramatically because it is well mixed, fared better than others" and reefs close to populations of corals that can regenerate were also healthier.
Identifying areas of the reef network that are more resilient will mean efforts to protect the reef can focus on "strategic parts" of the ecosystem, he added.
Watch: Can you un-bleach coral? BBC visits remote Australian reef to find out
A palliative care nurse in Germany has been sentenced to life in prison after he was convicted of the murder of 10 patients and the attempted murder of 27 others.
Prosecutors alleged that the man, who has not been publicly named, injected his mostly elderly patients with painkillers or sedatives in an effort to ease his workload during shifts overnight.
The offences were committed between December 2023 and May 2024 in a hospital in Wuerselen, in western Germany.
Investigators are reported to be looking into several other suspicious cases during his career.
According to media outlet Agence France-Presse (AFP), the unnamed man had employed at the hospital in Wuerselen since 2020, after completing training as a nursing professional in 2007.
Prosecutors told a court in Aachen that he showed "irritation" and a lack of empathy to patients who required a higher level of care, and accused him of playing "master of life and death".
The court was told that he injected patients with large doses of morphine and midazolam, a muscle relaxant, in an effort to reduce his workload during night shifts.
He was arrested in 2024.
When issuing the life sentence, the court said that the man's crimes carried a "particular severity of guilt" which should bar him from early release after 15 years.
He will be able to appeal the verdict.
Prosecutors have told AFP that exhumations are taking place to identify further potential victims, which could see the man put on trial again.
The case bears similarity to that of former nurse Niels Högel, who was handed a life sentence in 2019 after he was convicted of murdering 85 patients at two hospitals in northern Germany.
A court found that he administered lethal doses of heart medication to people in his care between 1999 and 2005.
He is believed to be the most prolific killer in Germany's modern history.
Polling officials at an election centre in Bihar's capital Patna, two days before the first phase of voting
Voting has begun in the eastern Indian state of Bihar where more than 74 million people are eligible to vote in a crucial election that will be a precursor to several key state polls.
Voters will cast their ballots for 243 seats in a two-phase election to choose the next state government. Counting of votes is scheduled for 14 November.
The election comes after a controversial revision of electoral rolls that the opposition alleged would exclude genuine voters and give an edge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The BJP and India's Election Commission have denied these allegations.
Bihar is one of India's poorest and most populous states, which sees millions migrating to other states for jobs. It is also among the few states in India where Modi's party has not managed to form a government yet on its own.
The outgoing government is an alliance between the BJP and the Janata Dal (United), or JD(U). They are contesting the elections again together while India's main opposition Congress party has tied up with the regional Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and a number of smaller parties.
The election has also seen the entry of a new political party led by Prashant Kishor, a political consultant who has in the past worked with both the BJP and the Congress.
The election is also being closely watched as it might be the last to see active participation from two leaders who have shaped Bihar's politics for almost four decades - JD(U)'s Nitish Kumar and RJD's Lalu Prasad Yadav. The rivals, who are said to be in poor health, have on occasion joined hands to stay in power.
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Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav have shaped much of Bihar's politics in the last few decades
Incumbent chief minister Kumar is one of the state's most influential leaders and has led the government for the major part of the past two decades.
He is a key ally of the BJP and played a crucial role in helping Modi's party form the federal government after the 2024 election.
RJD's Lalu Yadav served as chief minister from 1990-97. Known for his colourful personality and witty one-liners, Yadav's rise as a politician who championed marginalised caste groups transformed the political landscape of the state. His party's years in power, however, became associated with misrule and corruption. He is currently out on bail after being convicted in corruption cases.
Yadav's sons Tejashwi has been projected as the chief minister candidate for the opposition alliance.
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Prashant Kishor, considered one of India's best known political consultants, has entered the fray with his Jan Suraaj Party
The election comes on the back of a controversial voter list revision carried out by India's Election Commission a few months ago. The commission released a list of 74.2 million voters in September, weeding out 4.7 million names.
The exercise was sharply criticised by the opposition, which accused the commission of working dropping many voters - especially Muslims - to aid Modi's party. Both the BJP and the Election Commission denied this.
Analysts say female voters are expected to play a key role in these elections - nearly half of the voters are women and their turnout has seen a steady rise.
Political analyst Santosh Singh says women in Bihar are more likely to vote over issues and that's why political parties are trying to target them with different welfare schemes. Both alliances have offered financial assistance to woo women voters.
Earlier this week, the BBC met Kushboo Devi, 40, who's been campaigning for her local candidate in Masaurhi village. She says she has been trying to get everyone to come out and vote but her focus is on women.
"Because in Bihar, wherever you see a higher voting percentage, it's usually the women who are showing up at the poll booths."
Watch: Filipino families assess damage after Typhoon Kalmaegi
The death toll from flooding caused by one of the strongest typhoons this year in the central Philippines has risen to at least 114, authorities said on Thursday.
Typhoon Kalmaegi has flooded entire towns on Cebu, the region's most populous island, where 71 deaths were reported. Another 127 are missing and 82 injured, officials said.
Cebu provincial authorities reported an additional 28 deaths, which were not included in the tally released by the national civil defence office, according to AFP news agency.
Kalmaegi left the Philippines on Thursday morning and is currently moving toward central Vietnam, where residents are still reeling from floods that have already killed dozens of people.
Most of the deaths were due to drowning, reports said. The storm sent torrents of muddy water down hillsides and into towns and cities.
Damage to Cebu's residential areas was extensive, with many small buildings swept away and a thick carpet of mud left by the retreating floodwaters.
Local officials described the havoc wrought by the storm as "unprecedented".
Residents returning to their destroyed homes are reeling from the deadly floods earlier this week.
Jel-an Moira Servas, a business owner who lives in Mandaue city, told the BBC that she found herself waist-deep in water within minutes when her house became flooded. She quickly evacuated with her family, bringing only light items like food and electronics.
"Right now, the rain has completely stopped and the sun is out, but our houses are still filled with mud, and everything inside is in shambles," she said. "We don't even know where to start cleaning. I can't even look at it without crying."
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The national disaster agency said more than 400,000 people had been displaced by the disaster in Cebu, home to 2.5 million people.
The official death toll also includes six crew members of a military helicopter that crashed on Mindanao island, south of Cebu, after it was deployed to assist in relief efforts on Tuesday.
Carlos Jose Lañas, a volunteer rescuer, told the BBC that despite preparing for the worst case, they were caught off-guard by the extent of the flooding.
"This is the worst flood I've ever experienced," the 19-year-old said. "Almost all the rivers here in Cebu overflowed. Even emergency responders did not expect this kind of scenario."
"The rescue operation was too overwhelming for the emergency responders around Cebu, because there were a lot of people asking for help."
Typhoon Kalmaegi, locally called Tino, is the 20th tropical cyclone this year to hit the Philippines, a country prone to powerful storms.
It comes barely a month after back-to-back typhoons killed over a dozen people and wrought damage to infrastructure and crops.
Super Typhoon Ragasa, known locally as Nando, struck in late September, followed swiftly by Typhoon Bualoi, known locally as Opong.
In the months before, an extraordinarily wet monsoon season caused widespread flooding, sparking anger and protests over unfinished and sub-standard flood control systems that have been blamed on corruption.
Typhoon Kalmaegi left the Philippines at 00:30 local time (16:30pm GMT) on Thursday morning.
It has since strengthened, with maximum sustained winds increasing from 150 km/h to 155 km/h.
It is expected to make landfall in central Vietnam on Friday morning, according to forecasts. More than 50 flights there have been cancelled or rescheduled.
Vietnam has already been battling with a week of flooding and record rains that burst riverbanks and flooded some of the country's most popular tourist spots.
Thailand is also bracing for the storm's impact, with local officials warning of possible flash floods, landslides and river overflows caused by Kalmaegi.
The plan, which officials said was intended to help air traffic controllers, could force the cancellation of thousands of flights as the administration seeks to pressure Democrats to end the shutdown.
Sean Duffy, the transportation secretary, and Bryan Bedford, the administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, during a news conference on Wednesday.
Cases of domestic violence in China point to a legal system that looks good on paper but is failing victims because of a lack of resources and political will.
Ms. Xie, holding flowers, entering a court in Chengdu, China, last year. Ms. Xie, who chose not to disclose her first name, said she was attacked by her husband more than a dozen times over her three-year marriage and that she had repeatedly asked the police to detain him.
Prince William with Kylie Minogue at the awards ceremony
The Prince of Wales has revealed the five winners of this year's environmental Earthshot Prize, calling them an "inspiration that gives us courage".
Prince William said their work was "proof that progress is possible" during Wednesday evening's awards ceremony in Rio de Janeiro's Museum of Tomorrow.
Winners include a project for making South America's Atlantic Forest financially viable and a global ocean treaty initiative aimed at conserving marine life.
Brazilian football legend Cafu, Olympic gymnast Rebeca Andrade and former Formula 1 driver Sebastian Vettel were among the award presenters.
Performances from Kylie Minogue, Shawn Mendes and Brazilian queen of pop Anitta also got the jubilant mood swinging.
Earthshot Prize supports eco-friendly projects from around the world, and annually awards each of the five winners with a £1m grant to scale up their ideas aimed at repairing the world's climate.
Organisers of the initiative were inspired by former US President John F Kennedy's Moonshot project, which challenged scientists to get astronauts to the Moon and back safely.
Hosted by award-winning Brazilian broadcaster Luciano Huck, the awards ceremony was addressed by Prince William, the Earthshot Prize's president.
"When I founded the Earthshot Prize in 2020, we had a 10-year goal: to make this the decade in which we transformed our world for the better," he told attendees.
"We set out to tackle environmental issues head on and make real, lasting changes that would protect life on Earth."
There are five Earthshots or goals: Protect and Restore Nature; Clean Our Air; Revive Our Oceans; Build a Waste-free World; and Fix Our Climate.
The future king has committed himself to it for 10 years, with Rio marking a halfway point for the venture.
This year saw nearly 2,500 nominees submitted from 72 countries. Out of them, 15 finalists were selected, from which the five winners were chosen.
Earthshot Prize 2025 - Full list of winners
Protect and Restore Nature: re.green, in Brazil, is making protecting one of the world's most important ecosystems, the Atlantic Forest, financially viable
Clean Our Air: The city of Bogotá, has shown how public policy can bring lasting change, through means such as clean air zones and re-greening degraded areas in the Colombian capital
Revive Our Oceans: The High Seas Treaty is a global ocean initiative that will set out clear measures to conserve marine life, among other things, and will go into effect from January 2026
Build a Waste-Free World: Lagos Fashion Week, in Nigeria, is redefining the industry, with each designer wishing to showcase required to show their commitment to sustainable practice
Fix Our Climate: Friendship is dedicated to helping vulnerable communities across Bangladesh for a multiude of things from access to public services, health, education and preparing for natural disasters
Referring to the winners as "innovators", Prince William called the Earthshot Prize a "mission driven by the kind of extraordinary optimism we have felt here tonight".
"There's a great deal we can learn from their determination, their vision for scale, and their unyielding belief that we can create a better world."
The chair of the board of trustees, Christiana Figueres, said they were building a "global legacy".
"These winners are proof that the spirit of collective action born here in Rio continues to grow stronger, more determined, and more urgent than ever.
"Their 2030 aims are deeply ambitious - but their impact to date, their plans in place and their tenacity fuels my optimism."
Earlier in the day, Prince William met the 15 finalists during a visit to the Christ the Redeemer statue, where he posed for a photograph on the same spot his late mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, did 34 years ago.
But much of the prince's five-day visit to Brazil has been focused on climate and the environment.
On Tuesday, he criticised criminals for their involvment in the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest during a speech at the United for Wildlife conference.
He also travelled to the small island of Paqueta, where he met locals, learnt about mangrove conservation and planted tree saplings.
On Thursday, he will be travelling to Belem in the Amazon rainforest, where he is scheduled to give a speech at COP30, the UN's annual climate change meeting.
If you've ever wanted to create your own computer program but never learnt how to code, you might try "vibe coding".
Collins Dictionary's word of the year - which is confusingly made up of two words - is the art of making an app or website by describing it to artificial intelligence (AI) rather than by writing programming code manually.
The term was coined in February by OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy, who came up with the name to represent how AI can let some programmers "forget that the code even exists" and "give in to the vibes" while making a computer program.
It was one of 10 words on a shortlist to reflect the mood, language and preoccupations of 2025.
By giving an AI tool a simple description such as "make me a program that schedules my weekly meals", people can use "vibe coding" to make basic apps without any previous programming knowledge.
More complicated tools still require skill, but the practice has opened up creating digital platforms to non-coders.
As many have discovered, it isn't perfect - with no guarantee the code will actually work or be free of bugs.
Alex Beecroft, the Managing Director of Collins, said the term "perfectly captures how language is evolving alongside technology".
'Clankers' and 'broligarchy'
Not all the words necessarily first emerged in 2025 - but Collins decided this was the year they became popular.
For example "clanker", a term used to describe robots in Star Wars games and movies since the mid 2000s, made the list after it went viral on TikTok in July as people shared their frustrations with AI-powered machines.
While "aura farming" - people doing things for the sake of looking cool, often when they know they're being filmed - was first used in January 2024, but became increasingly popular over the course of 2025.
Headaches are something almost all of us deal with at some point.
They can last from a couple of minutes to days and the pain can be sharp, dull, throbbing or stabbing and sometimes spread beyond your head to your scalp, face or even your neck.
Dr Xand van Tulleken, who hosts the BBC's What's Up Docs wellness podcast, knows the feeling all too well and says he gets headaches once a month or every six weeks and it "feels like someone's drilling into my eyeball".
While it's easy to panic about what might be behind a bad headache, Dr Katy Munro, a GP and expert at the National Migraine Centre, says it's rarely something serious.
"It's natural to worry that something is seriously wrong, but the chances of that are actually very small," she explains.
She advises that if it's your "first or worst headache, get it checked out by a doctor," but if you're getting a pattern of milder, recurring headaches, there are a few simple things you can try at home as well as seeing your GP.
1. How big was the impact on your day?
Dr Xand says understanding your own headaches can be surprisingly helpful as they often don't have a single cause so keeping a diary can help you spot patterns and triggers.
For some people, weather such as thunder and lightning could trigger it, while for others it might be sensitivity to light.
"The worst time for me is when we're driving in the autumn and the sun is low and the sun is flickering through the trees...it really aggravates," says Dr Munro.
It's worth noting down things like:
What you were doing when the headache started
What you ate or drank
How well you slept
The weather
For women, track your menstrual cycle, as headaches can be linked to hormonal changes
But, Dr Munro cautions that you shouldn't overdo it.
"I made the mistake of making mine very detailed, which was depressing. Instead keep it simple and maybe write a number from one to 10 to summarise the impact it had on your day.
"It's also useful to track how many crystal-clear days you have, not just the bad ones.
Your doctor can then review it to help identify patterns.
2. Use caffeine wisely
You might think that caffeine is something you should instantly avoid if you have a headache but Dr Munro says the truth is more nuanced.
In small, careful doses, it can make painkillers more effective if you are not having too much caffeine on a daily basis.
"Caffeine is a co-analgesic which means it can boost the effect of a painkiller," Dr Munro explains, but avoid it in the afternoon and evening as it can disrupt your sleep.
It's worth also thinking about your caffeine consumption more broadly - consuming lots of it every day can cause a caffeine overuse headache and if you suddenly stop, you might get a withdrawal headache.
3. Don't skip meals
What you eat and when may make a difference if you're suffering from headaches.
Dr Munro recommends following a diet similar to the Mediterranean one that is rich in protein, healthy fats and complex carbs which can help stabilise your energy levels.
You should avoid quick-release sugary snacks and definitely don't skip meals as that can be a common trigger.
Dr Munro says she found her headaches were helped by cutting out dairy and gluten, though that's not universal.
"I also found eating regularly and taking lunch to work made a difference," she says.
As well as thinking about food, Dr Munro says regular exercise, good sleep, stress management and staying hydrated can also help reduce headaches.
You should drink enough during the day so your pee is a pale clear colour and you don't feel thirsty.
4. Avoid painkillers with codeine
"There are lots of things, like painkillers or anti-nausea tablets, you can buy over the counter that may be helpful to manage headaches" says Dr Munro.
She cautions that you should avoid "anything containing codeine" as it can make some headaches occur more frequently and can worsen symptoms like nausea.
"Painkillers can work extremely well but it does depend on how severe your headache is.
"If they're becoming more frequent or intense, your GP can help you find a more suitable medication."
Make sure you don't regularly take painkillers on more than two days a week as this will reduce your risk of rebound headaches.
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken are on a mission to help us take better care of ourselves. Listen to What's Up Docs? on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your BBC podcasts."
Several papers lead on the mistaken release of two prisoners from Wandsworth Prison in London. "Not again" is the Daily Mirror's assessment of the mishap, which occurred soon after sex offender Hadush Kebatu was wrongly freed from a prison in Essex. The blunders show that prisons are "in chaos", the paper writes.
Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy was "grilled" by MPs at Prime Minister's Questions yesterday over whether he knew of any more inmates that had been wrongly released, Metro leads. The paper reports that Lammy was told about at least one of the prisoners before PMQs, but instead "castigated the state of the criminal justice system inherited from the Conservatives" at the despatch box.
The government was told to "get a grip on the prison fiasco" following the "shocking" release of the prisoners, the Daily Express writes. A "major manhunt" is under way to find 24-year-old Algerian national Brahim Kaddour-Cherif and 35-year-old William Smith.
The hunt for the two men comes as police chiefs warn that Labour's "soft-justice" reforms will "unleash a crimewave on the streets", the Daily Mail reports. The "unprecedented intervention" was issued as the government "was left reeling by another day of chaos in the creaking criminal justice system", according to the paper.
Lammy is "absolutely outraged" by the mistakes, which he says "expose deeper flaws" about the criminal justice system, the i Paper writes. The former security chief of Wandsworth Prison says: "This is a prison in freefall".
Sex offender Kaddour-Cherif was free for six days before the error was spotted, according to the Times, which reports that Lammy has been "snared" by the latest prison blunder. The paper writes that the mistake happened because of a "complete breakdown in communications", and officials only realised the inmate was missing when he was due to appear in court and could not be found.
During PMQs, Lammy "refused multiple times to say whether any more prisoners had been released in error", the Guardian reports. But Kaddour-Cherif's mistaken release was announced almost immediately after the "bruising session" of questioning ended. The paper's front page also features a photo of Zohran Mamdani, the winner of Tuesday's New York City mayoral election.
"Democratic cheer" is the headline for the Financial Times, which writes that Mamdani's victory is a "resounding snub to Trump". Elsewhere, the paper features warnings from Nvidia boss Jensen Huang that China "is going to win the AI race" with the US.
The Daily Telegraph leads on a new pay-per-mile tax for electric vehicle drivers set to be unveiled in the Budget. The paper also reports on whistleblower accusations that the BBC's coverage of transgender issues is subject to "effective censorship" by reporters who refuse to cover gender-critical stories. Asked by BBC News, a BBC spokesperson said: "While we don't comment on leaked documents, when the BBC receives feedback it takes it seriously and considers it carefully. We have taken a number of actions relating to our reporting of sex and gender including updating the news style guide and sharing new guidance, making our Social Affairs Editor responsible for this coverage, and where there have been concerns about particular stories, we have addressed them. We continually review our coverage to reflect developments such as the recent Supreme Court Ruling."
In a Hollywood exclusive, the Sun leads on the "acting return" of the Duchess of Sussex, who this week filmed scenes for the movie Close Personal Friends eight years after announcing her retirement from the screen. A source tells the paper that "this is a massive moment for Meghan".
Finally, the Daily Star reports that British troops based overseas will get free mobile use thanks to a "Remembrance Day tribute" from Vodafone. "Call of duty" is their headline.
It is always perilous for a government when it clearly lacks grip on an issue voters would reasonably expect it to be in control of.
The stand out example of this in recent years has been the arrival of migrants on small boats.
From Rishi Sunak's promise to "stop the boats" to Sir Keir Starmer's promise to "smash the gangs" both have been found wanting and the problem remains huge.
Now the government confronts another example: a justice system that is palpably, transparently and repeatedly failing – and where measures designed to address the issue of letting prisoners out by accident aren't working.
According to government figures published in July, 262 prisoners were released in error in the year to March of this year - a 128% increase on 115 in the previous 12 months.
In other words, it has been a problem for some time, and it is getting worse.
And, context is everything in politics: this row now comes after the mistaken release of perhaps the most high-profile prisoner jailed this year.
Hadush Kebatu, who arrived in the UK on a small boat, was jailed after sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl and a woman while living in an asylum hotel in Epping in Essex, only to be let out by accident. He has since been deported.
It gave the issue of accidental releases from prison a salience and prominence it hadn't had until then.
Once again, we are seeing ministers use the language we usually see from opposition politicians.
The Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has described the number of people arriving on small boats as "shameful".
Now, the Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary David Lammy is saying he is "absolutely outraged" over the mistaken release a week ago of Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, a 24-year-old Algerian sex offender.
Lammy added that his officials have been "working through the night to take him back to prison."
Which brings us to the messy genesis of this saga, at B-Team Prime Minister's Question Time on Wednesday lunchtime.
With the prime minister at the COP climate summit in Brazil, it was his deputy who was answering questions.
The Conservatives put up the shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge, who repeated a question, using a very particular form of words, over and over again.
He wanted to know if an "asylum-seeking offender had been accidentally released from prison".
It was obvious from the Press Gallery that Cartlidge was on to something – because of the apparent precision of his language and his constant repetition of the question.
But Lammy chose to repeatedly duck the question, despite, we later learnt, knowing about the case Cartlidge was referring to.
So why didn't he address it?
It turns out Cartlidge had got his facts wrong - Kaddour-Cherif isn't an asylum seeker. He arrived here legally but then stayed after his visa expired.
And, I understand, Lammy wasn't certain on entering the chamber whether he was an asylum seeker or not.
So setting out what he knew might also have exposed what he didn't.
His team insist "it is incredibly important to know the facts" and they argue it was for the police in the first instance to do that publicly.
Really? It seems reasonable to ask both whether Lammy could or should have known more when he arrived in the chamber and whether he could or should have disclosed more when he was there.
The Conservatives later called for him to return to the Commons to set out what he knew. The former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith suggested he may have misled the Commons. The Liberal Democrats and Reform have been very critical too.
Some also suggest Lammy's manner – shouting "get a grip, man!" at Cartlidge, among other things – was a mistake.
Could he instead have chosen to set out what he did and didn't know about the case at the beginning of the exchanges, before he took any questions?
But it is the bigger picture here that really matters: the justice system is currently repeatedly failing in that most basic of its tasks – who should be in prison and who shouldn't.
The reasons for that are complex – with difficult questions for the courts, individual prisons, the Prison Service, the Ministry of Justice and the Home Office.
It is not a new problem, but it is a growing one, and one the government doesn't have a grip on. And that, if you are the justice secretary, is a problem.
President Donald Trump was swept to power for a second time on the back of a central campaign promise to tackle inflation.
The steep rise in the cost of living was top of voters' minds and Trump blamed President Joe Biden.
He also made sweeping promises to bring down prices for Americans "starting on day one".
One year on from his victory, BBC Verify revisits some of the president's claims.
Groceries
"When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One," Trump declared at an August 2024 news conference surrounded by packaged foods, milk, meats and eggs.
"The president of the United States has very little control over the price of food, especially in the short term," food economics expert Professor David Ortega told BBC Verify.
Trump's tariffs are driving up prices of certain foods, he said - a third of coffee consumed in the US comes from Brazil and therefore has a 50% tariff.
Trump's illegal immigration crackdown may also have had an impact, Ortega adds, especially in farming where as many as 40% of workers are estimated to be undocumented, which is close to a million people.
"As you know, farmers and companies have to raise wages in order to attract more labour. But trying to quantify those impacts in terms of price increase is almost impossible at the moment."
Diane Swonk, the chief economist for KPMG, believes tariff and immigration policy changes have contributed to higher costs.
"There's no question that those shifts are now starting to show up as inflation pressures," she said.
But she adds that other factors, including weather events, have contributed.
"On coffee you had climate issues for a very bad growing season and that was exacerbated by a tariff on Brazil and also Colombia," she said.
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A White House official told BBC Verify President Trump did not control weather patterns in South America and coffee prices hikes were a global phenomenon.
The same official said the president was addressing rising beef prices by temporarily increasing imports.
While grocery prices are up overall, not every item has become more expensive.
When Trump succeeded Biden in January, the price of a dozen large eggs was $4.93 (£3.79), rising to a record high of $6.23 (£4.78) in March following bird flu outbreaks.
Since then prices have fallen to $3.49 (£2.68) a dozen.
"President Trump's supply-side policies are taming Joe Biden's inflation crisis," White House Spokesman Kush Desai said.
During his campaign, Trump pledged to cut electricity bills sharply.
"Under my administration we will be slashing energy and electricity prices by half within 12 months, at a maximum 18 months," he told a rally in August 2024.
Since he became president, prices have risen.
The latest figures show average residential electricity rates reached 17.62 cents per kWh (kilowatt hour) in August 2025 - up from 15.94 cents per kWh in January 2025, according to the US Energy Information Administration.
"It was technically impossible [to halve prices] at the time he made the promise," according to Professor James Sweeney from the Stanford Precourt Institute for Energy.
Electricity prices not only reflect the cost of generation but also the expense of delivering it through "the wires and the transformers and everything else", he explained.
Prof Sweeney attributes the increase to both demand and supply issues.
"We have a surge in demand mostly driven by data centres. People creating images using artificial intelligence are using significant amounts of electricity."
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Prof Sweeney says there has been a surge in demand for electricity mostly driven by data centres.
He added that cuts to renewable energy subsidies and tariffs on imported steel - which raise the cost of building new power generators - have also pushed up prices.
Swonk agreed that the AI boom is pushing up prices, especially for those on lower incomes.
"It exacerbates inequality because consumers that have more access to solar panels and renewables tend to be wealthier households," she said.
In response a White House official said that Trump was expanding coal, natural gas and nuclear power, which was "the only viable way to meet the growing energy demand and to lower energy prices".
Cars
At a campaign rally in September 2024, Trump extended his grocery pledge to cars, telling supporters: "We're going to get the prices down… groceries, cars, everything".
However, the average price of a new car topped $50,000 (£38,411) for the first time ever in September, up from $48,283 (£37,092) in January according to Kelley Blue Book, a US vehicle valuation research company.
Car prices typically rise 2-3% a year, explained Erin Keating from Cox Automotive.
"Tariffs, which have been the biggest factor in the automotive industry over the last 12 months, have been nothing but inflationary."
She explained new car prices are increasing by about 4% a year, with tariffs contributing at least one percentage point.
"We really think in 2026 that's going to go higher because most of the manufacturers are holding their fire on raising prices directly due to tariffs, but they're going to have to come in at some point."
Keating did point to tax breaks for people in Trump's spending bill, which she believes may incentivise people to buy new cars.
When asked about the rising price of cars, a White House official told BBC Verify the administration had taken historic regulatory actions to "reverse the left's radical energy scam and save billions annually".
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A White House official said the administration had taken historic regulatory actions to "save billions annually".
Gasoline
Trump made a specific campaign pledge of "getting gasoline below $2 a gallon".
In response, a White House official pointed us to a gas price comparison website, which had a slightly lower national average of $2.97 (£2.38) per gallon compared with the AAA's data.
The official added that President Trump has quickly unleashed American energy to make gas affordable again for families across the country.
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