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Former BBC news anchor Huw Edwards, one of the most recognisable faces on UK television, arrives at court charged with three counts of making indecent images of children. Edwards resigned from the BBC in April on "medical advice", six months after he was initially arrested, and was charged on June 26. The offences, which are alleged to have taken place between December 2020 and April 2022, relate to images shared on a WhatsApp chat, police said in a statement. IMAGES
Julian Assange leaves a US court in the Northern Mariana Islands, a Pacific US territory, where he was freed in landmark plea deal. The Wikileaks founder pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiracy to obtain and disseminate national defence information. He's now expected to fly to Canberra in his native Australia. IMAGES
Former US president Donald Trump leaves Manhattan court after a New York jury found him guilty on all 34 counts in his hush-money trial. IMAGES
Hunter Biden, the son of US President Joe Biden, departs the federal courthouse in Wilmington, Delaware, after pleading not guilty in a tax case as a deal with federal prosecutors derailed. IMAGES
The front pages of British newspapers lead with news that Huw Edwards has been identified as the BBC presenter at the centre of revelations of sexual misconduct first reported by The Sun newspaper. On Wednesday 12 July London's Metropolitan Police concluded that no crime has been committed, but the BBC continues an internal investigation into potential inappropriate behaviour by the news anchor, who has been one of the BBC's most trusted presenters. In a statement to media, Huw Edwards's wife Vicky Flind says the star has suffered a mental health crisis and is currently hospitalised. IMAGES
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