Former glamour model Jodie Marsh defended taking a meerkat called Mabel to the pub during a court case to appeal against a council&s decision to refuse her application for a wild animal licence to keep lemurs at her animal sanctuary.

US president Donald Trump&s special envoy met with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Moscow as Washington intensifies its push for a deal to end the war on Ukraine.

Former US representative George Santos, a one-time rising Republican star who falsely claimed to have worked for Goldman Sachs Group Inc before running for Congress, was ordered to serve seven years and three months in prison for stealing campaign funds.

Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty yesterday to a federal murder charge in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, as prosecutors formally declared their intent to seek the death penalty.