The malnourished animals were recovered in the in the northern Sallahley district of Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia.

The ruling came after the judge presiding over the case against Ghislaine Maxwell also turned down the government’s request.

Geoff Aberdein, who worked for former first minister Alex Salmond, hit out at his successor over comments made in her newly published memoirs.

The BBC is “not institutionally antisemitic”, the Observer’s editor-in-chief said following a row over the broadcaster’s coverage of the conflict in Gaza. James Harding said the perception of a ...