Donald Trump has described the hush money case against him as a "scam" – with no jurors selected on day one and some admitting they could not be impartial.

DS Smith, the UK packaging specialist, has agreed a takeover by US rival International Paper that values it at £5.8bn.

Britons are throwing away an estimated 1.7 billion pieces of plastic a week - with campaigners describing it as a crisis "out of control".

Astronomers have discovered the Milky Way's "most massive" stellar black hole yet.

A weaker than expected easing in the pace of pay rises means real earnings growth, when inflation is taken into account, is at its highest rate in almost two and a half years, according to the latest official figures.

A fire has broken out at one of Copenhagen's oldest buildings.

Emma Raducanu will face Angelique Kerber in the opening round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart with Rafael Nadal set to make his comeback in Barcelona.

A weaker than expected easing in the pace of pay rises means real earnings growth, when inflation is taken into account, is at its highest rate in almost two and a half years, according to the latest official figures.

Israel has said there will be a response to Iran's drone and missile barrage over the weekend, as the UK and US urge the country to not strike back amid concerns of a wider conflict erupting in the Middle East.

Emma Raducanu will face Angelique Kerber in the opening round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart with Rafael Nadal set to make his comeback in Barcelona.