Jurors in the trial of two former friends accused of cutting down the much-loved tree at Sycamore Gap have been told they must consider the evidence “calmly and dispassionately”.

The US president said he will impose tariffs ‘on any and all movies coming into our country that are produced in foreign lands’.

Russian air defences repelled an attack by nine drones close to the country’s capital, Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said.

Industry leaders gathered in London to call on the Government to scrap plans that would allow AI firms to use creative content without permission.