Erin Patterson is the Australian woman who killed her parents-in-law – and another relative – by serving up a Beef Wellington laced with toxic death cap mushrooms.

She was sentenced to life in prison with a non-parole period of 33 years. Now, she’s appealing against her conviction.

BBC Australia Correspondent Katy Watson has followed the story from the beginning, and looks at what arguments could be used in the appeal.

00:00 – Mushroom murderer case
01:29 – Covering the trial
02:36 – Defence arguments
03:05 – Mushroom evidence
03:45 – Facebook evidence
04:35 – CCTV footage
05:14 – Memory card evidence
06:14 – Jury hotel
06:53 – Prosecution appeal

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US president Donald Trump has said he will launch tougher economic measures against Iran, as well as any country that helps or does business with it.

He wrote in all capital letters on Truth Social that he was launching “the most crushing economic operation ever taken against any country”, without providing further details or the names of any nation other than Iran.

It comes after a 60-day ceasefire formally expired on Monday without any sign of a diplomatic settlement to the war the US and Israel began at the end of February.

Tehran said Trump’s threat would only bring further animosity.

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Ukraine’s popular ex-defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov has called for wartime elections, in what is widely seen as the biggest …

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Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was moved back to prison early on Friday after being examined by doctors at a hospital in Islamabad, who deemed him “medically fit”.

The Supreme Court had on Tuesday ordered the cricketer-turned-politician be taken to a specific private hospital within 48 hours to be examined by physicians, following complaints about his health.

It was the most significant relief Khan has received from the courts since he was imprisoned in 2023 on corruption charges, which he says were politically motivated.

As well as being transferred to hospital, the court order also specified Khan should be allowed to see his family, which he has not been able to do in months.

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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are planning to move back to the UK, BBC News understands.

As first reported by the Daily Telegraph and the Sun, Prince Harry and Meghan intend to relocate from the US later this month to a private, non-royal residence outside London.

The couple’s children, Prince Archie, seven, and Princess Lilibet, five, are enrolled to start at a British school in September.

King Charles was told of the move on Sunday. There are no current plans for either Prince Harry or Meghan to resume their roles as working Royals.

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