Warning: this article contains graphic details that some readers may find disturbing A man accused of killing his housemate in a “brutal attack” and scattering his body parts across parks and nature reserves in Greater Manchester sent text messages from the dead man’s phone in an effort to cover up the murder, a court has…

Invasive Asian hornets are eating hundreds of different species of insects in Europe, including many which are important pollinators, researchers have warned. The findings, from tests of the guts of more than 1,500 larvae, raise new concerns over the “extra threat” the hornet poses to native insects already under pressure from farming, changes in land…

Thirty officers at a southern California juvenile detention facility have been charged for their role in facilitating so-called “gladiator fights” between youth in their care, the state’s attorney general said on Monday. A grand jury indictment alleges the officers at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles county allowed and sometimes encouraged nearly 70 fights…

Campaigners have welcomed a court ruling to remove British colonial monuments from Uganda’s capital, Kampala, and to rename streets that honour “crooks and historical figureheads”. In last week’s high court ruling, Justice Musa Ssekaana directed the city authorities to remove the names of British figures from streets, monuments and other landmarks. They include Maj Gen…

Lord Evans of Watford, the Labour peer facing cash-for-access questions, is under formal investigation by the Lords standards watchdog after undercover filming by the Guardian. The Lords commissioners for standards announced on Tuesday that Evans, 82, was under investigation for potential breaches of the House of Lords rules, including a requirement for peers to “act…

Ukraine PM Shmyhal: ‘Our military and government have the tools to maintain situation on frontline’ Reuters is carrying further quotes from Ukraine’s prime minister Denys Shmyhal, who said that his country was ready to sign a minerals deal with the US. The Donald Trump administration has been attempting to persuade Ukraine to provide it with…

Serbian opposition lawmakers have lit flares and discharged teargas during the opening day of the spring session of parliament, in a sign of support for anti-corruption protests. At the legislative session on Tuesday, after the ruling coalition led by the Serbian Progressive party (SNS) approved the agenda, some opposition politicians ran out of their seats…