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Image copyright ALAMY Image caption Jesus College's bronze cockerel - similar to this one - will now be repatriated to Nigeria A bronze cockerel at Cambridge University that had been looted in a British raid on what is now Nigeria will be repatriated. The Benin bronze, known as an "okukor", was bequeathed to Jesus College in 1930 by a former British Army officer. In 2016 it was  removed from display  and the Legacy of Slavery Working Party (LSWP) has recommended it be returned. Master of Jesus College Sonita Alleyne said they were not trying to "erase history". She said the decision came after "diligent and careful" work of the LSWP into the legacy of slavery at Jesus College. "We are an honest community, and after thorough investigation into the provenance of the Benin bronze, our job is to seek the best way forward," she added. The LSWP, which includes academics and students, was set up earlier this year by th...

Image copyright REUTERS Image caption President Trump, pictured with First Lady Melania Trump, would be able to question witnesses at the hearing Congress has invited US President Donald Trump to its first impeachment hearing on 4 December. Jerrold Nadler, the Democratic chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said Mr Trump could either attend or "stop complaining about the process". If he does attend, the president would be able to question witnesses. It would mark the next stage in the impeachment inquiry, which centres on a July phone call between Mr Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. In that call, President Trump asked Mr Zelensky to investigate Joe Biden, currently the front runner to be the Democratic candidate in next year's presidential election, and his son Hunter Biden, who had previously worked for Ukrainian energy company Burisma. The probe is looking into whether Mr Trump used the threat of withholding US mi...

Share this with Facebook   Share this with WhatsApp   Share this with Messenger   Share this with Twitter   Share Media caption The Maryland trio walk free after 36 years Three men falsely convicted of murder in the US state of Maryland have been set free after 36 years in prison. Alfred Chestnut, Andrew Stewart and Ransom Watkins had been sentenced to life in 1984 for killing a 14-year-old boy a year earlier. They were freed in Baltimore on Monday after a judge cleared their convictions following a review of their case. The case was reopened this year after Mr Chestnut sent a letter to Baltimore's Conviction Integrity Unit. He included evidence he had uncovered last year. Mr Chestnut, Mr Stewart and Mr Watkins were arrested as teenagers in November 1983 following the death of DeWitt Duckett, who was shot in the neck on his way to class at a Baltimore junior high school and had his Georgetown University jacket sto...

Image copyright REUTERS Image caption Don McGahn must testify in the impeachment inquiry, a judge has ruled A federal judge has ruled that White House staff can be made to testify before Congress, rejecting the Trump administration's claims of immunity. The ruling specifically compels former White House counsel Don McGahn to testify to an inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 US election. But it also has major implications for the Democrat-led impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. The Department of Justice says it will appeal the ruling. The Trump administration has refused to cooperate with the impeachment inquiry and other Democrat-led investigations, directing current and former White House officials to defy subpoenas for testimony and documents. Mr McGahn, who left his post in October 2018,  was called to appear before the House Judiciary Committee  in May to answer questions about the president's attempts to impede the...