A man accused of brutally killing his elderly neighbours at a California nudist resort last summer allegedly snapped over an argument about a hot dog, according to testimony revealed in court this week.

Irish rap group Kneecap received a rock-star reception outside a London court as a judge heard one of their members faces criminal charges for allegedly supporting a group proscribed as a terrorist organisation in the UK and not for his support for the people of Palestine.

The British superyacht that sank off Sicily last August, killing seven, is scheduled to be lifted from the seabed this weekend, after the removal of its 72-metre mast, the salvage company leading the operation said yesterday.

Israel&s military assault on Iran has united much of the nation after a period of bitter divisions over the war in Gaza, transforming the political landscape overnight as even prime minister ­Benjamin Netanyahu&s foes close ranks behind him.