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Alex MurdaughMonths after Alex Murdaugh was found guilty in the killings of his wife and son, defense lawyers are accusing the county clerk of influencing the jury Tales of intrigue and gossip encircling the Murdaugh dynasty continue to unfold in South Carolina’s low country where only six months ago, after a lengthy trial culminating in barely three hours of deliberations, jurors handed down guilty verdicts to Alex Murdaugh in the killings of his wife and son.

TheatreReviewGielgud theatre, London Rafe Spall is a dignified Atticus Finch in Aaron Sorkin’s smooth and confident adaptation, which finds modern-day resonances in the 1960 classic about racial injustice in the American south Since the 2015 publication of Harper Lee’s second novel, Go Set a Watchman, it has become impossible to regard her first, feted book with the same innocence. Before then, To Kill a Mockingbird offered a beguiling child’s-eye view of a father’s stand against racial injustice in the deep south of the mid-1930s.

Israel This article is more than 1 month oldThis article is more than 1 month oldMany in Israel see Hezbollah as a greater threat than Hamas and consider a new war in Lebanon to be inevitable Israel-Gaza war – live updates When the news first broke of the Hamas attack early on 7 October, Itai Reuveni and the other reservists in his paratrooper battalion packed their bags and arrived at their muster point well before their call-up came from the army.

Football This article is more than 19 years oldFoe's widow to sueThis article is more than 19 years oldThe widow of Cameroon's Marc-Vivien Foe, who died of a heart attack during a Confederations Cup match last year, is suing the French Football Federation for failing to provide sufficient medical support. Foe's wife, Marie-Louise, is demanding to see FFF documents regarding the exact medical staff and equipment in place after her husband collapsed in the 72nd minute of the semi-final against Colombia at Lyon's Gerland Stadium, and later died.

The ObserverJonathan MajorsInterview‘I knew it would be OK’: Jonathan Majors on his remarkable rise from troubled teen to Hollywood A-listerTom LamontAs the emotional and uniquely self-aware actor prepares for global fame, he talks to Tom Lamont about being homeless at 16 and how becoming a young father has shaped himJonathan Majors, an American actor in his early 30s, wakes up on the day of our interview lying next to his nine-year-old daughter.

Kelly Brook This article is more than 11 years oldKelly Brook strips off for Crazy Horse cabaretThis article is more than 11 years oldParisian burlesque troupe to welcome former Big Breakfast presenter for week-long segment of London run in NovemberIt's a far cry from the Big Breakfast, but Kelly Brook is to try her hand at burlesque and strip onstage as a guest performer with the Crazy Horse cabaret. The 32-year-old model will join the Parisian troupe's London run of Forever Crazy for a week from 1 November to perform a segment called Leçon d'érotisme (warning: not suitable for work), which involves writhing on a red sofa in the shape of two lips.

Titanic sub incident This article is more than 6 months oldMissing Titan likely intact but out of power, says expert who designed deepest-diving submersibleThis article is more than 6 months oldEngineer Ron Allum says missing tourist sub unlikely to have suffered a ‘catastrophic implosion’ but partial flooding could be preventing it from resurfacing Missing Titanic sub – latest updates Full report: rescuers intensify search amid concerns over Titan’s remaining oxygen supply The missing Titan submersible is unlikely to have suffered a catastrophic failure of its pressure hull, according to a deep-sea engineer who designed the vessel that film-maker James Cameron used to reach Earth’s deepest point.

MoviesThomas Haden Church got his break in Sideways by stripping for the audition. He tells Ed Pilkington why he's baring all for his new movie, and how he went from chainsaw-swinging cowboy with a failed TV career behind him to Hollywood's favourite rogueThere's a question I'm dying to ask Thomas Haden Church. I've spent quite a bit of time worrying over the best way to frame it. Should I work my way gently towards it?

World newsChechen rebel leader killed in Russian assaultDeath of former president Aslan Maskhadov ends hope of a negotiated settlement to end the 10-year conflict with RussiaAslan Maskhadov, the leader of the Chechen separatist movement, was killed yesterday during a raid by Russian special forces. General Major Ilya Shabalkin, spokesman for the Russian forces in the North Caucuses, told the Guardian Mr Maskhadov died when troops from the elite Alfa and Vimpel units of the Russian security services, the FSB, tried to arrest him in the Chechen village of Tolstoy Yurt, but that he had been killed, apparently by accident, in an explosion.