Democrats on the House Oversight Committee said they were "a harrowing look behind Epstein's closed doors". "We are releasing these photos and videos to ensure public transparency in our investigation and to help piece together the full picture of Epstein's horrific crimes," Representative Robert Garcia said. The images are from Little Saint James, part of the US Virgin Islands, where Epstein is believed to have abused underage girls. Faces of men hang on the wall in one room - which also appears to be equipped with a dentist's chair, while the words "deception", "power" and "truth" are written in chalk in the study. Other images show a large shower room, a phone with some of the speed dial numbers redacted, and a photo of Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell meeting Pope John Paul II. The US Department of Justice currently has until mid-December to release thousands of documents linked to civil and criminal cases involving Epstein. Donald Trump previously opposed the move, but changed his mind last month after US Congress overwhelmingly voted in favour. It could shed more light on the paedophile financier, who at one point socialised with the US president, as well as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Peter Mandelson. All three men have denied wrongdoing. Some details have already been revealed after more than 20,000 other files were disclosed last month - but much more seems set to follow. The Epstein Files Transparency Act demands the release of all files relating to Epstein, including investigations, prosecutions, immunity and plea deals. It also orders the publication of records connected to Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence. Any flight logs and travel records for Epstein's vehicles must be disclosed, along with individuals named in relation to his criminal activities. Read more:Explainer - What will Epstein files show?What do documents say about Trump, Andrew and Mandelson? Politicians have said the release of the files is critical to uncovering whether powerful figures received special treatment or protection. It is also a response to criticism of a controversial 2008 plea deal in Florida, which allowed Epstein to avoid federal sex trafficking charges and plead guilty to lesser state charges. Epstein killed himself in a prison cell in New York in 2019 but conspiracy theories, once peddled by Mr Trump, remain. Documents related to his death, such as witness interviews and post-mortem reports, must also be released under the law passed last month.

Salvador Plasencia, who operated an urgent-care clinic outside Los Angeles, is the first of five people to be sentenced in connection with the death of the Friends actor. Perry was found drowned in the hot tub at his home after taking ketamine in October 2023. "You and others helped Mr Perry on the road to such an ending by continuing to feed his ketamine addiction," Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett told Plasencia as she handed down the sentence. "You exploited Mr Perry's addiction for your own profit." During the hearing, Plasencia broke into tears as he spoke about the day he would have to tell his now two-year-old son "about the time I didn't protect another mother's son". Apologising directly to Perry's family, he said: "I should have protected him." The doctor's mother cried loudly in the courtroom as he was led out in handcuffs. Ahead of the sentencing, Perry's mother Suzanne Perry and stepfather Keith Morrison described those involved in supplying ketamine to the star illegally as "jackals", and said they believed Plasencia to be "among the most culpable of all". The actor had been taking ketamine legally as a treatment for depression, but started seeking more of the drug and taking it unsupervised in the weeks before his death, acquiring it illegally from different sources. Plasencia, 44, did not supply the dose that killed the actor, but had been distributing the surgical anesthetic to him in the weeks beforehand. He initially denied the charges against him but changed his plea earlier this year, admitting four counts of distribution. He could have faced up to 40 years in prison had he been convicted at trial. Doctor 'fed on vulnerability' Court documents showed details of a text message Plasencia sent to another doctor, who is also due to be sentenced, saying: "I wonder how much this moron will pay." "Rather than do what was best for Mr Perry - someone who had struggled with addiction for most of his life - [Plasencia] sought to exploit Perry's medical vulnerability for profit," the prosecution said in its sentencing memo. Known as "Dr P", Plasencia was introduced to Perry by one of his own patients on 30 September 2023, prosecutors said. This patient said the actor was a "high profile person" who was willing to pay "cash and lots of thousands" for ketamine treatment, and the doctor was "motivated by the promise of a payday". Plasencia's lawyers admitted his behaviour was "reckless" and said it was "the biggest mistake" of his life. "Remorse cannot begin to capture the pain, regret and shame that Mr Plasencia feels for the tragedy that unfolded and that he failed to prevent," they said. Star's family share emotional statements During the hearing, Perry's mother Suzanne addressed the court to talk about everything he had overcome in his life. "I used to think he couldn't die," she said, supported by her husband. "You called him a 'moron'," she said to Plasencia. "There is nothing moronic about that man." In victim impact statements submitted to court, she and her husband said Plasencia's actions were not the result of "one very bad decision" or done "in the heat of passion", and nor was he a "bad to the bone" drug dealer. They added: "No one alive and in touch with the world at all could have been unaware of Matthew's struggles. But this doctor conspired to break his most important vows, repeatedly, sneaked through the night to meet his victim in secret. For what, a few thousand dollars? So he could feed on the vulnerability of our son." "The world mourns my brother," Perry's half-sister Madeleine Morrison said. "He was everyone's favourite friend." Perry's father John and stepmother Debbie had called for a lengthy sentence, and said Plasencia's actions had "devastated" their family. "How long did you possibly see supplying Matthew countless doses without his death to eventually follow?" they asked. "Did you care? Did you think?" Read more:The drug network exposed by Perry's deathObituary: The one who made everyone laughMatthew Perry: A life in pictures As well as the prison sentence, Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett handed down two years of probation to Plasencia. The other four people charged in connection with Perry's death have also accepted plea deals and are due to be sentenced over the next few months. They are: dealer Jasveen Sangha, also known as "the Ketamine Queen", Perry's assistant Kenneth Iwamasa, another doctor, Mark Chavez, and Erik Fleming, an associate of the actor. Perry had struggled with addiction for years, dating back to his time on Friends, when he became one of the biggest stars of his generation playing Chandler Bing. He starred alongside Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer for 10 seasons, from 1994 to 2004, and appeared in the reunion show in 2021.

Elections for the new mayoralties of Essex, Hampshire and the Solent, Sussex and Brighton, and Norfolk and Suffolk will be pushed back until 2028. The decision, first revealed by The Sun, is due to be announced by ministers on Thursday. This is the second time elections are being delayed in these areas. Local elections due in May 2025 were delayed by then communities secretary Angela Rayner for a year in order to convert them into combined authorities led by mayors. However, it is understood that these councils need more time to complete their reorganisation. The news has sparked accusations Labour are delaying the elections for political purposes. Reform UK's head of policy Zia Yusuf said: "This is a blatant attempt to stop big Reform wins next May. "It's an act of a desperate government who are clinging onto power by any means necessary. "Labour has proven time and time again that they're not beyond denying democracy to millions of people in order to maintain their cosy status quo." The Tories' shadow housing secretary James Cleverly said it was a "scandalous attempt to subvert democracy by a Labour government whose credibility and popularity are already in tatters". "The Conservatives firmly oppose this decision to delay the mayoral elections, especially when candidates have been selected and campaigning is well under way," he added. "Democracy is being denied yet again after the council elections cancelled by Labour this year. "There is no credible justification for this move. The Labour government must reverse it immediately." The reorganisation is part of Labour's manifesto commitment to widen devolution, which it argues will improve local economies. The government wants to abolish the two-tier system of county and district councils and merge them together to create larger unitary authorities. It also wants more areas to have regional mayors, like Greater Manchester's Andy Burnham. Read more:Tory-Reform pact talks 'not happening at any level'Reeves hit by Labour rebellion Reform UK enjoyed success in the local elections in May, winning more than 600 seats and taking control of 10 councils stretching from Kent to County Durham. The party also toppled a 14,000-strong Labour majority in a parliamentary by-election. The Liberal Democrats' local government spokesperson Zoe Franklin called the postponed elections "a disgrace". "Democracy delayed is democracy denied," she added. "We are fighting to end this blatant stitch up between Labour and the Conservatives over local elections."

England were the top-seeded side into Pool F as the third-highest ranked team in the tournament, while Andy Farrell's Ireland were drawn with Scotland for the third successive World Cup, with Uruguay and Portugal completing Pool D. The other headline group is Pool A which sees Australia up against New Zealand, Chile and Hong Kong. Borthwick not in line for new deal yet despite England winning runArgentina lodge official complaint against Tom Curry after Contepomi confrontationAutumn Nations Series 2025: Schedules for England, Ireland, Scotland, WalesGet Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW As hosts, Australia were always guaranteed to be in Pool A but being in Band 2 set up a blockbuster clash with the All Blacks. Defending champions South Africa, who are bidding to win a third successive World Cup, are in Pool B with Italy, Georgia and Romania. Pool A: New Zealand, Australia, Chile, Hong KongPool B: South Africa, Italy, Georgia, RomaniaPool C: Argentina, Fiji, Spain, CanadaPool D: Ireland, Scotland, Uruguay, PortugalPool E: France, Japan, USA, SamoaPool F: England, Wales, Tonga, Zimbabwe The Rugby World Cup will take place in Australia and teams were seeded from one to 24 based on their world ranking at the time of the draw before being placed into six pools of four teams. England were in Band 1 alongside South Africa, New Zealand, Ireland, France and Argentina. Australia were in Band 2 with Fiji, Scotland, Italy, Wales and Japan. Band 3 was Georgia, Uruguay, Spain, United States, Chile and Tonga, with Band 4 made up of Samoa, Portugal, Romania, Hong Kong, Zimbabwe and Canada. What is the World Cup format? The simple part of the format is that the top two teams from each pool will progress into the final 16. They will be joined by the four best third-place nations. Then, the top team in Pools A, B, C and D will play a team that finished third.The winners of Pools E and F take on the runners-up from Pools D and B.The runners-up from Pools A and C will face the runners-up from Pools E and F. The tournament takes place in Australia from October 1 to November 13 2027. 'Favourable draw for England' Sky Sports' Michael Cantillon: "All in all, England's draw is a very positive one. "Drawing Wales in their pool may be a headline but they avoided the likes of hosts Australia and Scotland from the same band. "England also landed in one of the most desired pools in E or F - reason being, the pool winners of those two pools avoid other pool winners until the semi-finals. Every other pool winner could face another in the quarters. France were the other fortunate side in this respect. "More good news would fall England's way were they to top their pool as South Africa, New Zealand and France would be on the opposite side of the draw until the final should those three win their pools. "One note of warning: while England's quarter-final is scheduled to be against a pool runner-up, this would be from Pool A, so is likely to be hosts Australia. Borthwick's side are a stronger outfit than the Wallabies, but home advantage could be huge." Townsend: Scotland must beat Ireland before World Cup meeting Gregor Townsend has challenged Scotland to banish their Ireland hoodoo before their showdown at the 2027 World Cup. Scotland have lost their last 11 meetings with the Irish, with their last win coming in the 2017 Six Nations, a few months before Townsend took charge. The winners of Pool D - which also includes the minnows of Uruguay and Portugal - are likely to avoid a formidable round-of-16 clash with France, so the Scotland head coach is aware of the importance of ensuring his team get to a level whereby they feel equipped to get the better of Ireland when they meet Down Under. "It's an easier road to the quarter-finals and semi-finals if you can win your pool," said Townsend, reflecting on the draw at a press conference in Edinburgh. "We'll respect all the three teams that we'll have to face, but obviously Ireland are a team that has beaten us pretty regularly the last few years, so we'll have to be better to beat them. "We have two occasions, one in Dublin, one at Murrayfield before the World Cup. The goal every year is to try and beat Ireland - and the other teams in the Six Nations - but it's even more important now. "It would help massively if we got on the right side of the results for a change. We know how tough it'll be. "Dublin in the last game of the (Six Nations) Championship will be a very difficult game, but we played really well last time we were out there (in 2024) and we'll be doing all we can to win that game. "It'll be more difficult in the World Cup if we haven't managed to beat Ireland in the next two seasons." Ireland coach Andy Farrell claimed the draw made him excited for the tournament. He told a press conference: "You could have put the bet on it being Scotland couldn't you? It's a great fixture, they know each other well. "I was super-excited actually, got the old hairs on the skin standing up - that's the way it should be." "I back myself and the rest of the coaches and the players to go as far as we'd all hope. We have the ambition to win a World Cup, otherwise what's the point?"

Anatolii, 59, said: "If someone took a piece of his territory, what would he say to that? The same goes for us." Like many Ukrainians, the serviceman volunteered to join a territorial defence unit when Russia launched its full-scale war almost four years ago. He has been fighting ever since, but will have the option to quit next year once he turns 60. Unable to wear body armour anymore because of its weight, Anatolii now operates further back from the frontline in a small workshop on the outskirts of the city of Kramatorsk where he helps to fix and improve the performance of drones - a crucial weapon on the battlefield. "I want this war to finally end," he said. "I want to go home, to my family, to my land." But not at any price. He and other soldiers in 107 Brigade of Ukraine's Territorial Defence Force view Mr Trump's efforts to negotiate a peace agreement with suspicion. An initial proposal envisaged the Ukrainian government giving up Donetsk and Luhansk, the two regions that make up the Donbas, to Russia. This includes large swathes of land that are still under Ukraine's control, and that thousands of Ukrainian soldiers have lost their lives fighting to defend. "I feel negative about it," Anatolii said, referring to the proposal. "So many people already fell for this land ... How can we give away our land? It would be like someone comes to my house and says: 'Give me a piece of your home.'" However, he added: "I understand, we have nothing to take it back with. Maybe through some political means... "I do not want more people to fall, more people to die. I want politicians to somehow come to terms." A short drive away from the workshop is a hidden bomb factory where other soldiers from the same unit are focused on a different kind of war effort. Surrounded by 3D printed gadgets, metal ball bearings and plastic explosives, they make improvised bombs, including anti-personnel mines and devices that can be fitted onto one-way attack drones and exploded onto targets. Vadym, 41, is in charge of the production line. He has been fighting since Russian President Vladimir Putin first attacked eastern Ukraine in 2014. Asked whether he felt tired, he said: "We are always tired, we have no motivation as such, but there is the understanding that the enemy will keep coming as long as we do not stop him. If we stop fighting, our children and grandchildren will fight. That keeps us going." Vadym is also against simply handing over Ukrainian land to Russia. "If we now give away borders, give away Donbas, then what?" he said. "Any country can come to any other country and say: This is our land. Let's coordinate, do business, and keep living as before. That is not normal in my view." The city of Kramatorsk stands testament to Ukraine's will to fight, remaining firmly in Ukrainian hands, though Russia's war is inching closer. Nets stretched like a tunnel line a main road leading into the city to protect vehicles from the threat of small, killer drones. Coils of barbed wire are also strung across fields around the outskirts of Kramatorsk along with other fortifications such as mounds of dirt and triangular lumps of concrete. Many civilians have remained here as well as the nearby city of Slovyansk, even as other landmark sites such as Mariupol, Bakhmut and Avdiivka have fallen. Yet the toll of living in a warzone is clear. Stallholders swept away rubble and broken glass on Sunday after a Russian missile smashed into a central market in Kramatorsk on Saturday night. Some, like Ella, 60, even chose to reopen despite the carnage. "It's frightening. We need to earn a living. I have my mother, I need to look after her, help my children. So we do what we have to do," she said. Her adult children live in Kyiv and want her to leave, but Kramatorsk is her home. "We've been living like this for four years now. We're so used to it. A drone flies overhead and we keep working," she said. Asked how she felt about what the war had done to her city, Ella's voice wobbled and she wiped tears from her eyes. "We keep it all inside, but it still hurts. It's frightening and painful. I just want things as they used to be. We don't want anything here to change," she said. As for what she would do if a future peace deal forced Ukraine to surrender the area, Ella said: "That's a hard question ... I wouldn't stay. I'd leave." Production by security and defence producer Katy Scholes, Ukraine producer Azad Safarov, camera operator Mostyn Pryce

"Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda," the pop star posted on X. The White House used part of Carpenter's upbeat song Juno over pictures of immigration agents handcuffing, chasing and detaining people. It was posted on social media on Monday and has been viewed 1.2 million times so far. President Trump's policy of sending officers into communities to forcibly round up illegal immigrants has proved controversial, with protests and legal challenges ongoing. Mr Trump promised the biggest deportation in US history, but some of those detained have been living and working in the US for decades and have no criminal record. Carpenter is not the only star to express disgust over the administration's use of their music. Olivia Rodrigo last month warned the White House not to "ever use my songs to promote your racist, hateful propaganda" after All-American Bitch was used in a video urging undocumented migrants to leave voluntarily. Read more from Sky News:Pope urges Trump not to oust Venezuelan president by forceGovernment delays Chinese 'super embassy' decision In July, English singer Jess Glynne also said she felt "sick" when her song from the viral Jet2 advert was used over footage of people in handcuffs being loaded on a plane.Other artists have also previously hit out at Trump officials for using their music at political campaign events, including Guns N' Roses, Foo Fighters, Celine Dion, Ozzy Osbourne and The Rolling Stones.

"We now know the black hole was fake, the chancellor's book was fake, her CV was fake - even her chess claims are made up," said the Tory leader. Politics Live: Labour MP who voted against inheritance tax suspended "She doesn't belong in the Treasury; she belongs in la-la land." Chess claims made up? Where did that attacking move from Kemi come from? Hasn't the chancellor told us for years that she was a national chess champion in 1993? Indeed she has. "I am - I was - a geek. I played chess. I was the British girls' under-14 champion," she declared proudly in a 2023 interview with The Guardian. She posted a video showing her playing chess in parliament and before last week's budget posed for photos with a chessboard. But her chess champion claim has been disputed by a former junior champion, Alex Edmans, who has accused her of misrepresenting her credentials. "Her claim was quite specific," Edmans, now a professor of finance at the London Business School, told Ali Fortescue on the Politics Hub on Sky News. "She said she was the British girls' under-14 champion. There was one event that can go on that title, which is the British Championship. And in the year that she claimed, it was Emily Howard who won that title instead. "She did indeed win a quite different title. There was a British Women's Chess Association championship, but that's a more minor title. I've won titles like the British squad title, but that's not the same. "Just like running a marathon in London is not the same as the London Marathon, there was one event which is very prestigious, which is the British Championship. "So the dispute is not whether she was a good or bad chess player. That shouldn't be the criterion for a chancellor. But if you weren't the British champion, you shouldn't make that statement." Read more from Sky News:Mysterious tentacles wash up on Scottish beachAustralia's under-16s social media ban Oh dear! So now, along with allegations of plagiarism, a dodgy CV and "lying" - according to Ms Badenoch - about the nation's finances, the chancellor is between a rook and a hard place. Or is she? "This story is absolute nonsense," a Treasury mate told Sky News. No word from the No.10 knight, Sir Keir Starmer, or his Downing Street ranks, however. Emily Howard, as it happens, is now an accomplished composer, having graduated from the chessboard to the keyboard. The chancellor's opponents, meanwhile, claim her budget blunders means the Treasury queen has now become a pawn, there for the taking. But since Rachel Reeves did indeed win a chess title, just not the one she claimed, her supporters insist she can justifiably claim to have been a champion. So it's too soon for Kemi Badenoch and the Conservatives to claim checkmate. The dispute remains a stalemate. For now.

The 152-year-old club's existence came to an end after a one-minute hearing relating to an unpaid tax bill due to His Majesty's Revenue and Customs. The Red Devils, who were relegated from Super League after a turbulent 2025 campaign, immediately had their membership terminated by the Rugby Football League. Salford Red Devils liquidated after HMRC hearingFull 2026 fixture list revealed including Grand Final dateMagic Weekend heads to Everton's Hill Dickinson StadiumGet Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW However, there are hopes a 'phoenix' club could rise in time to fulfil the old club's fixtures in next season's second-tier Championship, with Irwin at the forefront of one of the interested consortiums. Irwin said in a statement: "Today marks the end of what has been a turbulent year for fans of Salford Red Devils, its stakeholders and its partners. We all knew it was coming - the inevitable was prolonged. "But it's not the end. The club, its fans, its community will never die." Irwin revealed his group have already started talks with prospective coaches and players, and around a sustainable business plan. An RFL board meeting this Thursday could swiftly ratify the return of a Salford club in time for 2026. Salford crashed out of Super League last season after a torrid campaign in which they repeatedly made late wage payments and failed to fulfil a fixture after a mass player exodus. Head coach Paul Rowley departed to join Super League rivals St Helens. Irwin added: "A consortium and I, who we will name in due course, have been working in the background to create a realistic and sustainable business plan to take the fabric of our beloved club and start again. "Conversations have already begun with a prospective head coach, staff and potential players to take the club forward." Salford are scheduled to start the 2026 season against local rivals Oldham on January 16 and the hope is that a newly-formed club will be able to slip into the position vacated by the liquidated Red Devils. An RFL spokesperson said: "Following today's court decision, Salford Red Devils' membership of the RFL has been terminated with immediate effect. "The RFL board will meet tomorrow [Thursday], following which, detail on the process to new club ownership will be advised." The case against Salford was initially brought in June and had been adjourned several times to allow an opportunity for the debt to be paid. The club was not represented in court.