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The Duchess of Sussex said she was told in 2018 about disturbing allegations against her estranged father, Thomas Markle, after reports that images of child sexual abuse allegedly belonging to him were found at his former home in the Philippines. He denied the allegations as sick lies, and the Metropolitan Police said it was making internal inquiries about reports that officers had passed a letter to the Duchess in 2018. Storm Austin caused power cuts and travel disruption, and the National Grid said it had restored power to more than 60,000 properties, while millions remained under a yellow wind warning. Storm Bulo was forecast to bring strong winds and heavy rain, especially to northern parts of the UK, with yellow and amber warnings in place. The White House said Melania Trump had brokered a local ceasefire in the Russian-controlled Ukrainian city of Oleshky to allow humanitarian aid in, though some residents doubted promises and there was confusion over when the ceasefire would start.

Jasmine Ali, 44, was detained indefinitely in a secure psychiatric unit after pleading guilty to the manslaughter of her three children at the family home in Bristol; the court heard she had a severe mental health disorder and had been allowed to stay at home after a mental health assessment, and a safeguarding review was due. Officials in Jordan said gunmen killed seven people and wounded at least 34 in an attack on a Greek Orthodox church funeral service in Karak, with the attackers still at large. Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, told the military to prepare for what he called an extensive operation in the occupied West Bank after two soldiers were killed at a checkpoint near Hebron. Police in France said one person died and four were injured in a drive-by shooting in western Paris, which President Emmanuel Macron described as a racist terrorist attack. Dr Sarah Redvers told an employment tribunal she was accused of transphobia and harassed out of her NHS child protection job after raising concerns about the treatment of gender-questioning children; NHS Surrey and Sussex said it would wait for the tribunal outcome but had apologised for some of the handling of her case.

Clifford Foster, 61, appeared in court charged with the murder of Eleanor Barnfield, 47, who had puncture wounds before dying after a car crash in Bridgend, and was remanded in custody. Bayern Munich said its coach, Vincent Kompany, was taken to hospital after collapsing while overseeing training and was undergoing tests. France said it would deploy 70,000 police nationwide tomorrow, around 20% more than usual, ahead of more street protests after last week's violence. Two Glasgow museums removed the remains of Egyptian mummified bodies from display over ethical concerns after the International Council of Museums revised its code of ethics. In a cancer vaccine trial, more than 1,100 melanoma patients took part, and those also given a personalised mRNA vaccine alongside an established immunotherapy drug saw their risk of dying or the cancer returning cut by 42% over two years; researchers called the results a significant milestone, though the treatment could be expensive and its NHS affordability was unclear.