Matthew Perry's assistant jailed for 41 months over actor's ketamine death

Watch: What it was like inside court as Matthew Perry's assistant was sentenced

​​The live-in personal assistant to Friends star Matthew Perry has been sentenced to 41 months in prison, capping a multi-year legal saga surrounding the actor's death.

​​Kenneth Iwamasa, 60, who injected Perry with ketamine, worked with two doctors to provide the actor with more than $50,000 (£38,000) of the drug in the weeks

PA Media Actor Matthew Perry, in dark glasses and a grey blazer, smiles against the orange and pink backdrop during filming of the Graham Norton Show in 2016.
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Trump says US 'not satisfied' with Iran deal yet

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Trump gave an update on the negotiations during a public cabinet meeting in Washington on Wednesday

US President Donald Trump has said he is "not satisfied" yet with the terms of the deal being negotiated with Iran.

He said Tehran was "very much intent" on reaching an agreement to end the conflict, but added "so far they haven't gotten there", repeating Washington's willingness to resume strikes if one is not reached.

His remarks came after Iranian state TV reported what it said were


Watch: Moment rescuers find five people trapped in Laos cave

Rescuers in Laos have found five villagers alive inside a flooded cave after they were trapped for a week.

Israel orders evacuation of Lebanese city as conflict with Hezbollah escalates

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Smoke rises into the air following an Israeli strike near the southern city of Tyre on Wednesday

The Israeli military has carried out air strikes on Hezbollah targets in Tyre in southern Lebanon, after ordering the evacuation of the entire city.

The military told residents that it was "compelled to act forcefully" in Tyre because the Iran-backed armed group was violating a US-brokered ceasefire that began five weeks ago.

Earlier on Wednesday, Lebanese media reported a wave of Israeli strikes across the south and the eastern Bekaa Valley,

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Ghana welcomes Pope's apology over Catholic Church's role in slavery

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The Pope described Church's role in slavery as a "wound in Christian memory"

Ghana has welcomed Pope Leo XIV's apology for the Catholic Church's historic role in slavery, describing it as an "act of moral courage" that was important in the global pursuit of "truth, human dignity and justice".

The Pope issued the clearest apology yet for the Church's involvement in legitimising slavery and its delay in condemning it for centuries.

Ghana was a major hub for the

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Five people found alive after week trapped in flooded Laos cave

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The cave system, which extends deep underground, is also extremely narrow, with some chambers measuring only about 50cm (20in) wide, rescuers say

Rescuers in Laos have found five villagers alive inside a flooded cave after they were trapped for a week following heavy rain and landslides.

Two other villagers who were with them are missing, Laotian and Thai rescue teams involved in the operation said.

The seven were part of a group of villagers from the central province of Xaysomboun who had gone


South Korea detains dissident who fled China in rubber boat

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Dong Guangping, an activist and former police officer, washed up on Korean shores on Monday night

A Chinese dissident who fled his country on a rubber boat has been detained in South Korea after spending hours at sea.

Dong Guangping, a former police officer and human rights activist, was found in Korean waters on Monday night.

South Korea's coast guard told the BBC that Dong is under investigation for suspected immigration violations and his case will be referred to prosecutors.

The 68-year-


Ebola-hit DR Congo faces 'catastrophic collision' of disease and conflict, WHO warns

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DR Congo is the epicentre of the outbreak though a few cases have been detected in Uganda

Ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo is hampering the Ebola outbreak response, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned.

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the east of the country was at the centre of a "catastrophic collision of disease and conflict" with the Ebola outbreak in Ituri province outpacing the response.

In a statement posted on X, Tedros said the WHO "cannot build community trust

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Woman caught after 30 years on the run is jailed for armed robberies

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Daniela Klette's defence lawyer had called for her acquittal

A former member of the German militant group Red Army Faction (RAF) has been jailed for 13 years for carrying out a string of armed robberies between 1999 and 2016.

Daniela Klette, 67, was finally caught in a flat in Berlin in 2024 after more than 30 years on the run. She went on trial last year.

Her defence had called for her acquittal but the

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How Trump is transforming Washington - by adding his face everywhere

Sarah Smith visits places across the US capital where the president has hung banners, renamed a site or is rebuilding something.