"This case is not about a celebrity who likes to party a lot," assistant US attorney Maria Cruz Melendez told the jury on the first day of R Kelly's federal trial in New York. "This case is about a predator."

The Prince of Wales accepting bags of cash for his charity "would not happen again", a senior palace source has said.

NATO has confirmed that Sweden and Finland will be formally invited to join the military alliance as it announced a "new strategic concept".

Dominic Raab has said he will not back a proposed amendment to the British Bill of Rights which would give women the fundamental right to an abortion.

The Queen has met Nicola Sturgeon, the day after Scotland's first minister suggested a date for a new referendum on Scottish independence.