Johnny Depp’s defamation court case against his ex-wife, Amber Heard, has concluded after six weeks, with the jury awarding the actor $10m (£8m) in compensatory damages. He was also awarded $5m in punitive damages. Jurors also found that Depp had defamed Heard through his attorney and awarded her $2m. The trial was livestreamed online and
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A US jury has found Amber Heard defamed ex-husband Johnny Depp with an article in which she claimed she was a victim of domestic abuse. Jurors awarded Mr Depp – who denied abusing Ms Heard – $15m
Getty Images Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook’s parent company Meta, has announced that she is leaving the business after 14 years. Ms Sandberg announced her departure in a Facebook post, saying she hoped to focus on her foundation and philanthropic work going forward. Her departure comes as Meta faces a slowdown in
PA Media France’s Interior Minister has defended how police handled Saturday’s Champions League final in Paris which saw some Liverpool fans being tear gassed. Gérald Darmanin said the event could clearly have been handled better but that enough police were at the game. Of the two sets of supporters, Real Madrid and Liverpool, he said
Getty Images One of Boris Johnson’s strongest cabinet allies has hit out out Tory MPs trying to oust him, accusing them of doing “the opposition’s work”. Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries claimed growing calls for the PM to resign were the result of a “co-ordinated campaign” by backbenchers. Criticism of Mr Johnson among Tory MPs has
EPA Holidaymakers are continuing to face disruption at airports, with more than 150 flights cancelled on Wednesday. Airlines including EasyJet and Tui were among those to make cancellations, although most customers will have been given advance notice. There have also been long queues at terminals ahead of the Jubilee weekend. The transport secretary said airlines
Reuters For the next three months, Germans will be able to travel the country for just €9 (£7.50; $9.50) a month in a drive to tackle the soaring cost of living. All local and regional transport on trains, buses and metro is included in the government’s initiative, although inter-city trains are not. The cheap tickets
Getty Images The US will send Ukraine more advanced rocket systems to help it defend itself, President Biden has announced. The weapons, long requested by Ukraine, are to help it strike enemy forces more precisely from a longer distance. Until now, the US had refused the request out of fear the weapons could be used
Getty Images Texas police have said the gunman who shot 21 people dead at a school last week entered through a door that was supposed to lock, but somehow did not. The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), which is investigating the shooting response, confirmed a teacher had initially propped open the door. But a
Getty Images It was supposed to last just nine days – a staggered lockdown to lessen the impact on Shanghai’s economy, state media said. It lasted 65 days. It crippled the city and scarred its people. Restrictions are now being eased as quickly as they were imposed. There’s no gradual process over several weeks. Instead
Getty Images A Texas law forbidding social media giants from regulating certain forms of online speech has been blocked by the US Supreme Court. The legislation would have prevented larger tech companies from banning or censoring Texas users for their views. Republicans in the state said it was necessary to combat what they claimed was
While his homemade borsch bubbles on the hob, Olexander Guz shows me pictures of his bruised body on his phone. The injuries, he says, were inflicted by the Russian authorities. “They put a bag on my head,” Olexander tells me. “The Russians threatened that I would not have kidneys left.” The BBC has gathered several
Reuters A lawyer with ties to the US Democratic party has been cleared of lying to the FBI during the frenzied final days of the 2016 presidential campaign. Michael Sussman, 58, had been charged with lying to investigators and concealing his ties to Hillary Clinton’s campaign. At the time, Mr Sussman was looking into possible
REUTERS Around 15,000 suspected war crimes have been reported in Ukraine since the war began, with 200 to 300 more reported daily, its chief prosecutor said. Some 600 suspects have been identified and 80 prosecutions have begun, Iryna Venediktova told reporters in The Hague. The list of suspects includes “top military, politicians and propaganda agents
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and his deputy Angela Rayner have received police questionnaires as part of an inquiry into alleged Covid rule-breaking. They both attended a gathering in Durham on 30 April last year, at which people drank beer and ate curry. Durham Constabulary initially decided against an investigation, but opted last month to
Reuters Boris Johnson’s standards adviser says there is a “legitimate question” over whether the PM broke the ministerial code after getting fined for Partygate. Lord Geidt said he repeatedly told the PM’s team to be ready to explain if his actions stuck within the rules – even if he thought there was no breach. But