Australian woman has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her Leongatha home in 2023. Follow live updates

• Who are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?

Ian Wilkinson says late wife Heather ‘fairly excited’ about lunch

The examination now turns to the invite for the mushroom lunch.

There was no reason for the lunch.... We were very happy to be invited. It seemed like maybe our relationship with Erin was going to improve.

Just seemed like a normal person to me... when we met, seemed quite friendly. We never had arguments or disputes.

She just seemed like an ordinary person.

• Eastern Conference semi-final: Knicks 108-105 Celtics (OT)
• Defending champions miss 45 three-pointers in defeat

Jalen Brunson and OG Anunoby each scored 29 points before Mikal Bridges stole the ball from Jaylen Brown with a second left in overtime as the New York Knicks stunned the Boston Celtics 108-105 in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semi-finals series on Monday night.

Karl Anthony-Towns added 14 points and 13 rebounds for New York, who lost all four games against their longtime rival during the regular season and trailed by 20 points in the second half of Monday’s game.

Is the mineral deal between Ukraine and the US a win-win? Andrew Roth reports

After the heated exchange between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office in February, the prospect of a deal between the US and Ukraine was uncertain.

“Every week, it feels like we get a new position from Donald Trump,” Andrew Roth, the Guardian’s global affairs correspondent based in Washington DC, tells Michael Safi. “Sometimes we get multiple new positions from Donald Trump in a single morning. Nobody really believed that that was going to happen until the two names were on the dotted line.”

Actor was assigned by Trump to come up with a plan to save Hollywood, but his proposal only included tariffs ‘in certain limited circumstances’

US president Donald Trump announced his 100% tariff on films “coming into our country produced in foreign lands” one day after meeting with actor Jon Voight to discuss his proposals to bring film production back to the US – which only suggested that tariffs could be used “in certain limited circumstances”.

The Midnight Cowboy and Heat actor, who was appointed a “special ambassador” to Hollywood by Trump, has been meeting with studios, streamers, unions and guilds for months to develop a plan to lure film and television productions back to the US. Production companies often seek more cost-effective locations or tax incentives in other countries such as Canada, Australia, the UK, New Zealand, Hungary, Italy and Spain.

• Ravens do not mention allegations in release announcement
• Tucker denies allegations by massage therapists

The Baltimore Ravens announced on Monday that they have decided to release Justin Tucker, months after reports that he was accused of inappropriate sexual behavior by massage therapists.

The Ravens did not mention the allegations when they announced Tucker’s release on Monday, instead choosing to note the decision was for “football” reasons.

Superfine: Tailoring Black Style is an appreciation, cultural critique, and reclamation of Black designers who’ve been sidelined from larger fashion conversations

For its spring 2025 exhibition, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute gave itself a monumental challenge: to use fashion as a means of exploring the complexities and contradictions of Black life. More specifically, to use the expressive style known as dandyism to explore the nuances of Black masculinity.

The show, called Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, which opens on 10 May, attempts to do just that – and mostly succeeds. It was inspired, in part, by the death of Vogue’s beloved fashion editor André Leon Talley in January 2022. Talley was known in the industry for his larger-than-life personality and penchant for flamboyant luxury ensembles (capes! Louis Vuitton tennis racquets!), a combination which helped him become Vogue’s first Black creative director. In many ways, he is the very manifestation of Black dandyism, which the show describes as a person who, “studies above everything else to dress elegantly and fashionably”.

Dressing to the theme, Anna Wintour and her co-hosts Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky and Pharrell Williams button up and pull out the umbrellas for the opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Fine Art exhibition Superfine: Tailoring Black Style

• Met Gala 2025 live updates: all the stars and red carpet looks from fashion’s biggest night

Ukrainian forces reportedly smash back across border into Kursk, where Syrski says offensive has achieved most of its goals. What we know on day 1,168

Ukraine has launched drones at Moscow for the second night in a row, forcing closure of the capital’s three major airports, Russian officials said early on Wednesday. The mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, said 19 Ukrainian drones approached Moscow and what he claimed was debris from an intercepted drone fell over one of the key highways leading into the city. An apartment building was also reportedly struck. Russia’s aviation authority, Rosaviatsia, said it halted flights at airports serving Moscow including Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky.

Ukrainian forces attacked a power substation at the town of Rylsk in Russia’s western Kursk region, the regional governor said early on Tuesday, after Russian war bloggers reported Ukrainian forces firing missiles had smashed through the border in Kursk, crossing minefields with armoured vehicles. The Kursk governor, Alexander Khinshtein, said two people were injured in the substation attack, while two transformers were damaged and power cut.

The Russian military blog Rybar said Ukrainian units were trying to advance in Kursk near the settlements of Tyotkino and Glushkovo. The Ukrainian military said its forces had struck a Russian drone command unit near Tyotkino on Sunday. Russia said Ukrainian attacks on its border area near the Sumy region killed three people. Ukrainian prosecutors said on Monday that Russian forces had subjected two settlements in the Sumy region bordering Kursk – Bilopillya and Vorozhba – to artillery fire and guided bomb attacks, killing three residents and injuring four. Local officials ordered evacuations in part of Sumy across from the fighting in Kursk.

The Ukrainian commander-in-chief, Gen Oleksandr Syrsky, said on Monday that the Kursk offensive had “achieved most of its goals”, showing Ukraine’s military capabilities and preventing Russia from launching offensives elsewhere on the frontline. In recent weeks, Russia claimed to have quashed Ukraine’s Kursk incursion, but Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, says Kyiv’s forces continue to operate there and in the adjacent Russian region of Belgorod.

A Czech-led ammunition initiative has supplied Ukraine with half a million large-calibre rounds already since the start of the year, the Czech Republic’s prime minister, Petr Fiala, said on Monday after meeting Zelenskyy in Prague.

Ink traces show text is part of work by Epicurean philosopher Philodemus, burned during AD79 volcano eruption

A charred scroll recovered from a Roman villa that was buried under ash when Mount Vesuvius erupted nearly 2,000 years ago has been identified as the influential work of an ancient Greek philosopher.

Researchers discovered the title and author on the Herculaneum scroll after X-raying the carbonised papyrus and virtually unwrapping it on a computer, the first time such crucial details have been gleaned from the approach.

Government response comes amid outrage over the murder of the men who had been held captive for more than a week

Peru’s president, Dina Boluarte, has suspended gold mining and announced a 12-hour curfew in Pataz, in the northern region, after criminals kidnapped and killed 13 gold mine workers.

A Peruvian gold mining company La Poderosa said on Sunday that the bodies of 13 contract workers from a local firm had been found by police inside one of the mine’s tunnels.

Guests including Zendaya and Diana Ross are making their grand entrances for this year’s Met Gala, which is themed ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’

The night is still oh-so-young and co-chair Colman Domingo is already onto his second look (still custom Valentino designed by creative director Alessandro Michele), having shed his André Leon Talley-coded cloak in favour of a joyfully pattern-clashing look of grids and polka dots. It’s busy but it works! The polka dots on the brooch have apparently been hand-painted on.

That’s already two looks down – can he beat the total of four different looks that Lady Gaga wore to the 2019 Met Gala? Only time will tell.

Almost two-thirds of people believe economy will get worse in next 12 months amid tariffs uncertainty and Ukraine war

Consumer confidence in the UK economy has fallen to the lowest levels since the height of the cost of living crisis, as people worry about the impact of US tariffs and Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Almost two-thirds of people believe the economy will get worse in the next 12 months, while only 11% think it will improve, according to a survey from the consumer group Which?.

• Shane Richardson and Owen Jenner suffer fatal injuries
• 47-year-old in hospital and five others treated at track

Two riders have died and another has suffered significant injuries following a “catastrophic accident” during a British Supersport Championship race at Oulton Park in Cheshire.

Owen Jenner, 21, and Shane Richardson, 29, sustained fatal injuries in an 11-bike crash at the first corner of the opening lap. Tom Tunstall, 47, was transferred to Royal Stoke university hospital with significant back and abdominal injuries. Five other riders were treated at the track for minor injuries, while three more escaped unharmed.

Renowned poet and author wins prize for series of New Yorker essays on suffering of Palestinians in Gaza

The renowned Palestinian poet and author, Mosab Abu Toha, is among this year’s Pulitzer prize winners.

Abu Toha was awarded for a series of essays in the New Yorker documenting the lives and suffering of Palestinians in Gaza, where he has lived nearly all his life.

Nottingham Forest aren’t finished just yet. A typically wholehearted performance from Nuno Espírito Santo’s side capped by an ­instinctive equaliser from Murillo rescued a point that could eventually prove priceless for their hopes of reaching the promised land of the Champions League.

It is to their immense credit that with three matches still to play, a team that ended last season in 17th place is still in contention to dine at Europe’s top table. Having fallen behind to Eberechi Eze’s penalty in front of a joyous ­Crystal Palace crowd still ­basking in the glory of their upcoming ­appearance in the FA Cup final, that Forest were back on terms within four minutes spoke volumes about the spirit Nuno has created at the two-time European champions since replacing Steve Cooper. Eze almost won it for Palace at the death but his shot cannoned off the crossbar to give the travelling supporters hope that their dreams could still come true.

From emotional a-ha songs to taking a bite for the one you desire, love blossomed beautifully here. But is this the point of no return?

This article contains spoilers for the The Last of Us season two. Please do not read unless you have seen episodes one to four.

It’s natural to think of Ellie (Bella Ramsey) as the most direct character in The Last of Us. Her immunity to the infection that has everyone else on edge combined with the inherent rebelliousness of a 19-year-old means she is rarely the most tactful of speakers. But sometimes it is Ellie’s incorrigible crush Dina (Isabela Merced) who gets straight to the point. As the pair gaze up at the grisly sight of bodies strung up with their intestines ripped out, Dina makes a very salient observation: “What the fuck is wrong with Seattle?”

Ministers claim sale in Hong Kong is unlawful and are demanding repatriation of sacred relics buried in third-century BC

The Indian government has issued a legal notice to halt the “unethical” auction of ancient gem relics, which it said should be treated as the sacred body of the Buddha.

Its ministry of culture said the auction of the Piprahwa gems in Hong Kong this week “violates Indian and international laws, as well as United Nations conventions”, and demanded their repatriation to India “for preservation and religious veneration”.

DHS claims payment will be issued after individuals leave the US and it has been confirmed through their app

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The Trump administration has announced a new program offering a $1,000 payment to people in the US without immigration status as an incentive to return to their home country voluntarily.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) outlined the initiative on Monday, pledging “financial and travel assistance” to undocumented immigrants who agree to leave the country using an app called CBP Home.

• Minute by minute updates on the action at Selhurst Park
• Any comments or thoughts? You can email Michael

2 min: Williams slides in on Munoz and gets a bang on the head for his troubles. The Welshman, operating at left-back for Forest tonight, is going to be OK to continue.

And we’re off at Selhurst Park!

Marco Rubio and Stephen Miller, White House cronies with very different backgrounds, are up for Mike Waltz’s old post

The race is officially on to become Donald Trump’s next national security adviser – but in this White House, the personalities and egos surrounding the president can matter far more than the titles they hold.

Speaking from Air Force One on Sunday evening, Trump suggested secretary of state Marco Rubio could continue to double-hat as the interim national security adviser. But he also praised Stephen Miller, whom he said was “at the top of the totem pole” for the appointment and said he was in effect already doing the job.

Transmission will be deactivated from 3pm on 7 May and restored after announcement of new pontiff

The Vatican has announced that it will cut the phone signal within the tiny city state during the conclave to elect a new pope – but this would not affect St Peter’s Square.

The office of the presidency of the Governorate of the Vatican City State said that “all the transmission systems of the telecommunications signal for mobile telephones present in the territory of the Vatican City State … will be deactivated” from 3pm on 7 May.

Several dozen prospective jurors got brief description of charges as hip-hop entrepreneur sat with lawyers

The federal sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, the hip-hop entrepreneur whose wildly successful career has been dotted by allegations of violence, began on Monday in New York City with jury selection that could last several days.

Opening statements by lawyers and the start of testimony are expected next week.

• Zhao wins 18-12 in dramatic final session in Sheffield
• ‘It’s unbelievable. This is like a dream,’ says Zhao

The Crucible has been home to some of the most significant moments in snooker history. Minds will spring immediately to Dennis Taylor’s dramatic triumph in 1985, or one of Stephen Hendry or Ronnie O’Sullivan’s many victories on the grandest stage this sport has to offer.

But on a mild Monday evening in Sheffield and 20 years on from the door for Chinese snooker being pushed ajar, Zhao Xintong may well have just changed the way the sport is viewed, played and followed for hundreds of millions of people in Asia and across the world.

• NBA’s all-time wins leader suffered stroke in November
• 76-year-old will move into role as team president

Gregg Popovich spoke publicly Monday for the first time since suffering a stroke six months ago, saying that the time was right to step down from his role as San Antonio Spurs head coach.

“Things are getting better by the day, but it’s not good enough for what we plan ahead,” Popovich said. “So, it’s time to make this change.”

Flanked by Spurs greats Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili, the 76-year-old Popovich – speaking far more softly than he has in the past – said his health is improving and that he fully believes in Mitch Johnson, who will replace him as the team’s coach.

CEO, Sam Altman, says decision to backtrack was made ‘after hearing from civic leaders’ and state attorneys general

OpenAI has reversed course in the process of transforming into a for-profit entity, announcing on Monday that its non-profit arm would continue to control the business that makes ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence (AI) products. Previously, the company had sought more independence for its for-profit division.

“We made the decision for the nonprofit to stay in control after hearing from civic leaders and having discussions with the offices of the Attorneys General of California and Delaware,” said CEO Sam Altman in a letter to employees. Altman and the chair of OpenAI’s non-profit board, Bret Taylor, said the board made the choice for the non-profit to retain control of OpenAI.

Officials say administration ‘exploring all options’ after president declared 100% tariff on non-US-produced films

The White House said on Monday that no final decisions have been made about imposing tariffs on foreign films, just a day after Donald Trump declared a 100% tariff on all movies produced outside the United States – an announcement that sparked widespread alarm across the global film industry.

“Although no final decisions on foreign film tariffs have been made, the administration is exploring all options to deliver on President Trump’s directive to safeguard our country’s national and economic security while Making Hollywood Great Again,” White House spokesperson Kush Desai said.

Officials believe Lily, six, and Jack Sullivan, four, are lost in woods of Nova Scotia after disappearing on Friday

A frantic search for two children presumed lost in the unforgiving and thickly forested lands of Nova Scotia has entered its fourth day as police in Atlantic Canada expand their search.

Nearly 150 searchers have braved rain and fog to track down Lily Sullivan, six, and Jack Sullivan, four, who were last seen on Friday around their home in Pictou county, 100 miles north-east of Halifax.

Survey of 164 primates in Rwanda shows how impact of being close to others is affected by group size and sex

Human friendship groups are complex – and often fraught – but a study of mountain gorillas has found that their societies can also be head-scratchingly complicated.

The study, which took in 20 years of health data involving 164 gorillas in Rwanda, discovered that the costs and benefits of being close to others changed depending on the size of groups and differed for males and females.

• Polish striker back from hamstring injury for second leg
• Inter have fitness doubts for Champions League tie

The Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski has been declared fit to return from a hamstring injury but is set to start on the bench in their Champions League semi-final second leg at Inter on Tuesday, the Barça manager, Hansi Flick, confirmed.

The 36-year-old Polish international, who has scored 40 goals for Barcelona in all competitions this season, had been sidelined for his club’s last four games. After sustaining the injury during Barça’s 4-3 victory against Celta Vigo on 19 April, he missed the Copa del Rey final victory against Real Madrid and the first leg of the semi against Inter.

Investigators still not clear if there is a continuing danger to the public after arrests across England

Four Iranian men were being questioned over an alleged major terror plot against a “specific” British target as investigators urgently try to establish whether there is any continuing danger to the public despite the arrests.

The men, all Iranian nationals, were arrested on Saturday, with armed police, and in at least one instance special forces soldiers, sent in to detain them amid fears some of the suspects might have had weapons.

Sheinbaum emphasises communication with Trump ‘very good’ after rejecting offer to send US troops into Mexico

A sharp exchange of statements over the weekend has heightened concerns in Mexico that Donald Trump may push for a US military presence in its territory to fight drug trafficking.

The Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum, sought to defuse the situation in her daily press conference on Monday, emphasising that communication between the two leaders had been “very good” so far.

Two children believed to be among missing as search continues for people believed to be migrants

Three people were killed and seven others, including two children, were missing after a small boat capsized in choppy waters off the coast of San Diego, California, on Monday.

The fatal disaster appeared to be an apparent migrant smuggling attempt, officials said. Four other people were rescued after the “panga”-style open fishing vessel washed ashore near Torrey Pines state beach were transported to hospital, according to US Coast Guard officials.

Full-back did it all for his boyhood club and is off to a new reality where his game will face increased scrutiny

Before basking in the acclaim and adulation of the Kop when No 20 was sealed two Sundays ago, Trent Alexander-Arnold headed for the suits. There was a warm embrace between the Liverpool star and Michael Edwards, chief executive of football at Fenway Sports Group, and another with Richard Hughes, the man who initiated contract talks with Alexander-Arnold’s brother and agent prior to starting as the club’s new sporting director last summer and has faced a losing battle on that score ever since.

They all knew it was ending but there were evidently no hard feelings. Liverpool feel they did everything they could to persuade Alexander-Arnold to stay. They offered a new deal that reflected his status as the finest full-back in the Premier League and one of the best in the world. They not only offered success, Arne Slot’s team delivered it. But they could not offer a new experience to a player whose stated aim is to win the Ballon d’Or and wants “that legacy of being the greatest right-back to have played football. I have got to reach for the stars”.

Governor is expected to sign the ‘green fee’, which adds 0.75% levy to state’s existing tax on short-term lodging

Lawmakers in Hawaii have passed first-of-its-kind legislation that will increase the state’s lodging tax to raise money for environmental protection and strengthening defenses against natural disasters fueled by the climate crisis.

Hawaii’s governor, Josh Green, supports the creation of the so-called “green fee”, and is expected to sign it.

Lawsuit also filed over administration’s cuts to health and human services that destroy life-saving programs

A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general sued on Monday in an attempt to block Donald Trump’s move to suspend leasing and permitting of new wind projects, saying it threatens to cripple the wind industry and a key source of clean energy.

Seventeen states and the District of Columbia argued, in a lawsuit filed in federal court in Boston, that the decision by the Republican president’s administration to indefinitely pause all federal wind-energy approvals was unlawful and must be blocked.

Behind the slogans and tariffs lies a calculated strategy – fuelled by elite interests, eroding labour rights and stoking global recession

The White House, eager to win a trade war it barely understands, has yanked the emergency brake on China-US trade without checking who’s inside the vehicle. Donald Trump’s early April trade decree has taken a month to hit the economy – that’s how long Chinese containers need to reach Los Angeles. And on cue, US pacific ports registered a 45% drop in container bookings this week from China. When warehouses fall quiet and trucks idle in California, the silence will creep eastward. Unemployment will surely tick upwards.

Even if Washington reverses course by the end of May, and Beijing plays nice, the best-case scenario is delayed damage. Some goods are being rerouted to avoid charges, but you can’t reboot global logistics overnight. This isn’t strategic decoupling – it’s economic self-harm. By the time the Trump administration notices, it will be too late. The consequences of the US president’s rash tactics will reverberate through Main Street. Mr Trump offers a flippant excuse: blame 11-year-olds with too many dolls – not his own tariffs – for rising hardship.

• Tifo display featured Graeme Souness holding a shotgun
• Police check footage of Celtic fan mocking Ibrox disaster

Scotland’s first minister, John Swinney, condemned an “unacceptable” banner displayed by Rangers fans after police launched an investigation into a giant image of Graeme Souness holding a shotgun.

A tifo display in the Copland Stand before Sunday’s Premiership match against Celtic depicted former Rangers manager Souness holding a double-barreled shotgun, with the words “Take aim against the rebel scum” underneath. It was one of several flashpoints that resulted in police involvement after the 1-1 draw. A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We are aware of the banner and inquiries are ongoing.”

• ATP No 1 has not competed since Australian Open
• Sinner: ‘For me, last year was very difficult’

Jannik Sinner said it feels strange to be back on the tennis circuit after his three-month anti-doping ban but he is happy and setting his expectations low as he returns on home soil at the Italian Open, which begin on Wednesday.

“It’s a very low expectation tournament in general,” said Sinner during his pre-event press ­conference. “Results-wise, I don’t know. For me, what’s missing is the complete feedback of where my level is. That’s going to come slowly with time playing. After the first-round match I’m going to have a good ­picture of myself, where I am at.

From therapy to running and conversing with strangers, we asked experts what the basics are of starting anything new

The hardest part of any new habit or activity is starting it. Do you need special equipment? How do you know if you’re doing it right? What are the basics you need to master before you can take your practice to the next level?

In the series How to start, we ask experts to break down how to start, well, anything – including weightlifting, running, dating and talking to strangers.

The concept may help revolutionise global horseracing but downplaying the thoroughbreds misses the point

It was a case of eyes down for marketing buzzword bingo on Monday morning, as news emerged that a dozen leading riders, including Frankie Dettori, Ryan Moore, William Buick and Yutaka Take, have signed up to compete in a new international jockeys’ league from 2026, with up to 10 six-race fixtures annually staged at some of the sport’s most famous tracks around the world.

According to various reports, the “revolutionary” new competition will, its organisers claim, have “a franchise-based league structure” designed to turn riders into “global icons” and engage a “fresh audience” for racing. The jockeys involved will own equity in their team, act as the “team principal” for their franchise and, if all goes to plan, will be competing for a share of a $15m prize fund within two years.