More than 3,600 Syrians have been treated for "neurotoxic symptoms", says the humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders.
It said 355 of those treated had died.
The group's statement follows claims that as many as 1,300 people were killed in massive chemical attacks near Damascus.
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A fourth person has been arrested by police investigating the murder of 16-year-old Ajmol Alom.
The man, age 21, was arrested at an address in Tower Hamlets, east London on suspicion of murder, police said in a statement.
He has been taken to a local police station where he remains in custody.
Ajmol died after being stabbed in the leg when he and his friends were confronted by a gang wearing hoods and bandanas in Poplar, east London on August 12.
He was badly wounded in the thigh, while his friend of the same age, Azime Rob, was stabbed through the cheek.
Both were taken to an east London hospital, where Ajmol died.
Aminur Nazir Khan, 19, has already been charged with the teenager's murder.
Ajmol died after being stabbed in the thigh Two other men, age 19 and 21, were also arrested two weeks ago and released on bail until September.
Ajmol, a promising student who was interested in studying medicine, achieved 11 GCSEs, it was revealed this week.
Talking to Sky News, Chris Dunne, headmaster of Langdon Park School, said: "He got 11 GCSEs, eight at grade A and three at grade B.
"Significantly, he got As in maths and the sciences, which was important as he was interested in going on to study medicine at university."
Ajmol had also recently taken part in a conflict resolution project with young people from Northern Ireland, in which he was "hugely active".
Police have named the four oil workers who died after a helicopter ditched into the sea on its way to Shetland.
The victims are: Duncan Munro, 46, from Bishop Auckland; Sarah Darnley, 45, from Elgin; Gary McCrossan , 59, from Inverness; and George Allison, 57, from Winchester.
The Super Puma L2 went down at approximately 6.27pm on Friday, around two miles west of Sumburgh airport as it was returning to Shetland from the Borgsten Dolphin platform.
The helicopter was carrying 16 workers and two crew.
"The bodies of three people have been recovered and work is underway to recover the body of the fourth person," Police Scotland said in a statement.
At least three of the dead had trouble escaping the upturned helicopter The body of the fourth victim is understood to be in the wreckage of the aircraft.
All the families have been informed.
A search operation involving coastguard, police, RAF and local lifeboats was able to rescue 14 people from the sea, including the two crew. They were taken to Gilbert Bain Hospital in Lerwick.
"Five were discharged and nine detained overnight either for observation or suffering from exposure," the police statement said.
The helicopter is reported to be in several pieces but the wreckage has now been secured by the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution).
One of the rescued workers is moved on a stretcher Helicopter operator CHC, which operates in 30 countries, said on its website that it was temporarily suspending all Super Puma L2 flights worldwide as a precaution.
It has also suspended flights in Aberdeen "as a mark of respect".
Amanda Smith, the mother of one of the workers, Sam Smith, said that her son had telephoned her from hospital after suffering cuts in the crash.
She told Sky News: "He said it seemed to lose power and there was no time to brace, they just dropped into the sea.
"He was by the window so he was able to escape that way as it rolled over.
"He said he had come off better than a lot of people. It didn't seem real, I would say two hours later it's just beginning to sink in."
CHC said it was flying for French oil company Total and that the aircraft had lost communication as it approached the airport on the southern tip of Shetland's main island.
Some of those rescued were able to walk unaided after the rescue The four people who died were working for Total through contractor organisations.
A CHC spokesman said: "The aircraft was on approach to Sumburgh Airport at approximately 6.20pm when contact was lost with air traffic control."
Mark Abbey, regional director for CHC, expressed his "heartfelt sympathies to all those involved" but said the company would not be speculating about the cause of the crash.
Investigators from the Department for Transport's Air Accidents Investigation Branch are looking into the incident.
The helicopter was upside down in the water when rescuers arrived, said Sky's James Matthews in Aberdeen.
"At least three of the four who died had trouble getting out of the wreckage. One body remains in there this morning," said Matthews.
The survivors were aided by waterproof immersion suits that helped keep them afloat and warm in the North Sea.
The tide - which was heading towards the land - also helped survivors.
Jim Nicholson, RNLI rescue co-ordinator, said: "There appears to have been a catastrophic loss of power which meant the helicopter suddenly dropped into the sea without any opportunity to make a controlled landing."
Last year, two Super Puma helicopters ditched in the North Sea only six months apart.
All passengers and crew were rescued in both incidents, which were found to be caused by gearbox problems.
Several helicopters have been involved in the search operation However, the latest incident marks the fourth in four years involving Super Puma aircraft.
In April 2009, 16 people died when a helicopter returning from BP's Miller platform crashed 11 miles from Peterhead after a "catastrophic failure" in part of its main gearbox.
The Unite union's Scottish Secretary, Pat Rafferty, said the safety record was "unacceptable" and called on the oil and gas industry to use "every means at their disposal to demonstrate that its fleet is fit for purpose".
Bob Crow, head of the RMT union, said he expected an "outpouring of anger" after the latest incident.
"The entire Super Puma fleet must remain grounded until the causes of this latest event are established," said Mr Crow.
:: CHC has set up a helpline for concerned relatives on 01224 296 866.
A woman who was killed in a double shooting in north-west London had been out celebrating her 24th birthday with friends.
Police and the ambulance service found the victim, Sabrina Moss, and another woman, also aged 24, with gunshot injuries in Kilburn.
The pair are believed to have been caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, according to detectives.
Officers had been called at 4.12am to reports of shots being fired in the street in Kilburn High Road, at the junction with Messina Avenue.
Both women were taken to hospitals and Ms Moss, of Edgware, north London, was pronounced dead later. A post-mortem examination will be arranged in due course.
Police investigate the double shooting in the capital Ms Moss, thought to be the mother of one son, was attacked outside Woody Grill.
She was talking to other people when two black males approached, opened fire and then ran off.
The other woman who was shot remains in hospital and her injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.
Tributes to Ms Moss have been left on the social networking site Twitter.
Officers were called to the scene after reports of gunshots Adjei Adu wrote: "My heart goes out to her family and the lil one she's left behind, sleep well Sabrina Moss."
Leila Hassan tweeted: "My Thoughts Are With Your Family... A Beautiful Young Woman, Mother and Daughter!"
Another tweet read: "Lost the cousin I was close with when I was a child.. R.I.P Sabrina Moss."
A murder inquiry has been launched by detectives from the Homicide and Major Crime Command and police are appealing for witnesses to the double shooting.
Detective Chief Inspector John Sandlin of the Metropolitan Police said: "Enquiries continue to establish the full circumstances of this tragic incident.
The other woman's injuries are not thought to be life-threatening "At this early stage, I believe the two women were innocent parties who were caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.
"I am appealing for anyone who witnessed the shooting, or who saw anything suspicion in the Kilburn area early this morning, to call police.
"In particular, I need to hear from anyone who saw two males who came into the High Road from Messina Avenue and, after the shooting, made off on foot back along Messina Avenue."
One man has been arrested in connection with the investigation.
Anyone with information that may assist the inquiry should call the incident room at Hendon on 020 8358 0300 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
France is seeking a reaction with "force" if a massacre in Syria involving chemical weapons is confirmed, its foreign minister has said.
"If it is proven, France's position is that there must be a reaction, a reaction that could take the form of a reaction with force," Laurent Fabius told BFM-TV.
"There are possibilities for responding," he said without elaborating.
He added that if the UN Security Council could not make a decision, one would have to be taken "in other ways".
The Syrian government has been urged to allow UN inspectors to visit the site where it is claimed more than 1,300 people died in a chemical weapons attack.
The National Coalition claims toxic gas was used by President Bashar al Assad's forces during a bombardment of rebel-held areas outside Damascus.
It said the death toll was likely to rise after a neighbourhood with many casualties was discovered in Zamalka.
Government officials said the claims were "totally false" and the international news organisations reporting them were "implicated in the shedding of Syrian blood and support terrorism".
The attacks are alleged to have taken place in Ein Tarma and Zamalka A spokesperson from the British Foreign Office said: "Our immediate priority is to verify the facts and ensure the UN team is granted access to investigate these latest reports.
"We believe a political solution is the best way to end the bloodshed. However, the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary have said many times we cannot rule out any option, in accordance with international law, that might save innocent lives in Syria."
But Turkey's deputy prime minister has said only the government is in possession of the type of chemical weapons the opposition claim were used in the attack.
Its foreign minister said "a red line" had been crossed.
Iran, Syria's chief regional ally, has rejected claims that the regime was responsible, saying if such an attack was proven it would be down to the rebels, IRNA news agency said.
The incident comes just days after a 20-strong team of UN weapons inspectors arrived in the capital to investigate whether chemical weapons have been used in the conflict.
A survivor rests inside a mosque near Damascus And following an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson, said: "We very much hope that we will be able to conduct the investigation.
"Dr Sellstrom and his team are in place in Damascus. We hope that they will be given access to the area by the government - it's a requirement of consent in situations like this.
"And that also the security situation will allow them to enter the area.
"The Secretary-General has already expressed his preparedness to conduct the investigation.
"We are in contact with the Syrian government - we hope that all other parties will co-operate so that we conduct the investigation and we hope that everybody realises the importance of ceasing hostilities."
British Foreign Secretary William Hague urged international supporters of the Syrian regime to "wake up to ... its murderous and barbaric nature" ahead of the UN meeting.
However Russia, which has supported the regime and vetoed past attempts to secure a tough UN resolution, suggested the attack could be a "premeditated provocation" by opposition forces.
Officials from Russia and China are reported to have blocked a stronger press statement supported by Britain, France, the US and others.
Earlier, Mr Hague said that if verified, the attack "would mark a shocking escalation in the use of chemical weapons in Syria".
He added: "Those who order the use of chemical weapons, and those who use them, should be in no doubt that we will work in every way we can to hold them to account."
Unverified footage of casualties, including children, in makeshift hospitals suffering convulsions and breathing difficulties was circulated on YouTube.
Syria is thought to have some of the world's largest stocks of chemical weapons, including mustard gas and the nerve agent sarin, but the government in Damascus refuses to confirm this is the case.
On Thursday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claimed government forces carried out air raids and shelling in an area near where the alleged chemical attack was launched.
"Warplanes carried out several raids this morning on Khan al Sheikh and Zamalka, wounding several people" and sparking fierce clashes, the monitoring group said.
Their claims have not been independently verified.
Bradley Manning, the US soldier sentenced for leaking classified documents, has said he wants to live the rest of his life as a woman.
"As I transition into this next phase of my life, I want everyone to know the real me.
"I am Chelsea Manning. I am female," Manning said in a statement to NBC.
"Given the way that I feel, and have felt since childhood, I want to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible.
"I hope that you will support me in this transition.
Manning will serve his sentence in a military prison "I also request that, starting today, you refer to me by my new name and use the feminine pronoun (except in official mail to the confinement facility)," the statement read.
Manning, 25, signed the letter "Chelsea E. Manning".
The US Army does not provide hormone therapy or sex-reassignment surgery, a spokeswoman said.
Military inmates have access to mental health professionals, including a psychiatrist, psychologist, social workers and behavioural science specialists, she said.
The confession came a day after Manning was sentenced to 35 years in a military prison for turning over classified files to WikiLeaks in the biggest breach of secret data in US history.
He had been found guilty of 20 charges ranging from espionage to theft for leaking more than 700,000 documents to the whistle-blowing website while working in Iraq in 2010.
Julian Assange has called the sentence a 'tactical victory' The prosecution had sought to portray him as a traitor, asking for at least a 60-year term.
But he was not convicted of the more serious crime of aiding the enemy, which could have carried a life sentence without parole.
Manning will be eligible for parole within nine years.
His lawyers argued during the trial that Manning suffered extreme inner turmoil over his gender identity - his feeling that he was a woman trapped in a man's body - while serving in the macho military, which at the time barred gays from serving openly.
Among the evidence was a photo of him in a blonde wig and lipstick.
Manning supporters have called for his release The defence team also maintained he was an idealistic soldier who wanted to expose brutal truths about America's military and diplomatic corps, and generate debate over the wars and US policy.
During the sentencing phase, he apologised for the damage he caused, saying: "When I made these decisions, I believed I was going to help people, not hurt people."
His lawyer said after the sentencing that Manning plans to send a letter to Barack Obama to request a presidential pardon.
"If you deny my request for a pardon, I will serve my time knowing that sometimes you have to pay a heavy price to live in a free society," said the text of the letter.
"I will gladly pay that price if it means we could have a country that is truly conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all women and men are created equal."
Manning is to serve his sentence in Fort Leavenworth, home to the American military's most famous prison.
The mother of England footballer Jermain Defoe's cousin, who was electrocuted in a hotel swimming pool in St Lucia, has begged to be told the "truth" about her daughter's death.
Hannah Defoe, 20, was killed after diving into the water while on holiday on the Caribbean island last summer - just three weeks before her 21st birthday.
Hope Defoe, 50, clutched a picture of her daughter as she told an inquest relatives had been fobbed off with '"excuses" from St Lucian authorities for more than a year.
She wept as she described how relatives had battled for more than an hour to rescue her daughter from the electrified water.
In her quest for answers Mrs Defoe emailed an official in the island's tourism department.
She wrote: "You were all so kind and gracious when we were in St Lucia, promising to help us, but we have been abandoned.
"We haven't even been told if anybody has been charged. Look your daughter in the eye and then imagine her electrocuted and lying in a pool, at the bottom, for an hour and a half while you and others are suffering electric shocks as you try to rescue her.
"Now imagine nobody tells you how or why that happened but fobs you off with polite excuses."
Jermain Defoe Ms Defoe, an aspiring actress, was on holiday as a reward for her hard work during her first year at the Performers College in Essex when she was killed.
Tottenham Hotspur striker Defoe was on the club's pre-season tour of America when he was told about her death. He was allowed to return to the UK to be with his family.
Hannah's parents, who travelled to St Lucia the day after the tragedy, were assured by senior officials that a full and proper investigation would take place.
They were told the electricity board had previously informed the hotel owner of the existence of a fault but that it had not been fixed
But the findings from any investigation by authorities in the Caribbean have not been disclosed to the Defoe family.
The coroner adjourned proceedings until next March to await the receipt of vital documents from St Lucia.
The student's death is one of a number of losses suffered by footballer Defoe, 30.
He flew home from England's Euro 2012 camp in Poland last June following the death of his 49-year-old father Jimmy from throat cancer.
In 2009 his half-brother Jade, 26, died after falling into a coma following a street attack in east London.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to "strike anyone who tries to harm us" after four rockets were fired towards northern Israel from Lebanon.
None of them landed in the territory, according to military officials, and no-one was hurt.
"Anyone who harms us, or tries to harm us, should know - we will strike them," the PM said in a televised address.
Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner said the rockets were from a location south of the Lebanese port city of Tyre.
And one of them was intercepted by Israel's "Iron Dome" defence system.
He said the others did not land in Israel. Earlier reports said two rockets came down in an open area near the border town of Nahariya.
There was some minor damage to a vehicle and a street.
Mr Lerner said that was probably caused by falling debris from the rocket defence system.
Witnesses reported hearing explosions and sirens wailing close to Nahariya.
Keinan Engel from the town told Israel Radio he heard a siren following a loud boom nearby.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.
The Israeli military said it was investigating and officials accused "global jihad" elements of being behind the attack, referring to groups either linked to or inspired by al Qaeda.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity under military guidelines.
South Lebanon, the scene of bitter fighting between Israel and Lebanese militant Hizbollah guerrillas in 2006, is considered a Hizbollah stronghold
There are also Palestinian radical groups and Islamic militants that could also provoke a border incident. Several such incidents in the past were claimed by radical Palestinian groups.
The Israel-Lebanon border has remained very quiet since Israel and Hizbollah militants fought each other in a month-long war seven years ago.
Sporadic incidents of rocket fire have taken place since.
But tensions have remained high, especially as Hizbollah has become increasingly involved in the civil war in neighbouring Syria.
Israel fears that Syria will transfer sophisticated weapons to Hizbollah.
The father of a British woman who had part of her leg severed by a New York taxi says the family is "devastated" by what happened.
Sian Green, 23, suffered the leg injury when a yellow taxi mounted the pavement in the centre of New York and struck her.
Sian Green was with a friend when she was hit. Pic: Instagram "We are a really close family we are all devastated by what has happened," her father Jason told the Leicester Mercury.
"We don't know what to say.
"We just want to be at our daughter's side right now," he said, adding that he is flying to New York to keep a bedside vigil.
He added: "She is in recovery now, and they have had to amputate what's left of her foot."
A street vendor helps by packing the severed foot with ice. Pic: NBC The cab hit a cyclist and then ploughed into Ms Green in front of a fountain outside the Rockefeller Center at 49th Street, news reports say.
Ms Green was walking down the road with her friend, eating a hot dog she had just bought nearby, when she was hit, according to the New York Post, which cited witnesses.
Among those who helped the victim was also celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz, who records his talk show in a nearby studio.
Dr Mehmet OZ and plumber David Justino. Pic. Facebook Dr Oz said emergency medical crews were already treating the injured woman.
A plumber who was working in the area, David Justino, used his belt to make a life-saving tourniquet for Ms Green's leg.
Mr Justino said: "I just grabbed my belt, went over, lifted her up, put it on and held it.
"From the shin down, (her leg) was gone."
He added: "I just worried about the blood, there was too much blood."
A friend witnesses the accident. Pic: NBC Mr Justino told the New York Daily News that she "was conscious the whole time, the poor thing. I wished she would have passed out".
A street vendor reportedly raced to put her severed foot on ice. She was then transport to the hospital.
Sergeant John Buthorn of the New York Police Department said: "The circumstances are still under investigation, whether it was some sort of rage or an accident.
Ms Green is taken to hospital on a stretcher. Pic: NBC "It looks like her leg or part of it was severed during the accident."
Reports said Ms Green is being treated at Bellevue Hospital, where she underwent surgery to reattach her leg.
According to the New York Daily News, the cab driver was issued a summons for being an unauthorised driver, but was then set free.
Ms Green, 23, had reportedly just started her holiday. Pic: Instagram Both the driver and the cyclist were treated for injuries, police said.
A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "We are aware of a traffic incident involving a British national in New York City.
"Staff at the British Consulate General in New York are providing consular assistance at this difficult time."
Perrie Edwards is to marry One Direction heart-throb Zayn Malik, her mum has confirmed.
The singer, 20, was spotted wearing a ring on her engagement finger at the world premiere of the band's This Is Us movie in central London, sparking speculation the couple were to wed.
Her mum Debbie Dufty was the first to confirm the news, telling the Dorset Echo: "It's official. I'm over the moon. They are really in love."
A spokesman later added: "Zayn and Perrie are engaged but any further detail regarding their relationship is private."
Edwards showed off the ring on the red carpet Malik was greeted by thousands of screaming girls as he arrived on the red carpet for the Leicester Square screening, many of whom waved banners asking him to marry them.
But the 20-year-old star had already popped the question himself, proposing to his Little Mix girlfriend last weekend.
Edwards and Malik have been dating for around two years since they met during the eighth series of The X Factor.
It is not know where the proposal took place, although a source told the Daily Mirror it was "romantic" and "perfect".
Malik recently described his relationship with Edwards as "stronger than ever", after he had a cartoon picture of her tattooed on his arm.
He has spent several months on tour around the world and reportedly took four flights in 48 hours to see her.
More than 1,300 people have been killed in a chemical weapons attack near Damascus, according to Syria's main opposition group.
The National Coalition claims toxic gas was used by President Bashar al Assad's forces during a bombardment of rebel-held areas outside the Syrian capital.
It described the attack as a "coup de grace that kills all hopes for a political solution in Syria".
The government said the claims were "totally false" and the international news organisations reporting them were "implicated in the shedding of Syrian blood and support terrorism".
Attacks are alleged to have occured in the towns of Zamalka aand Ein Tarma The European Union has demanded an independent investigation, and Russia a "fair and professional" probe into the alleged poison attack - which if confirmed would be the worst attack of its kind since Saddam Hussein killed an estimated 5,000 people in the Kurdish town of Halabja in 1988.
Earlier, Sky sources said at least 200 people were killed in the shelling in Zamalka and Ein Tarma, but could not verify whether chemical weapons were used.
It comes three days after a 20-strong team of UN weapons inspectors arrived in Damascus to investigate whether chemical weapons have been used in the conflict.
Mohammed Saeed, an activist in the area, said hundreds of dead and injured have been taken to six make-shift hospitals in the eastern suburbs of Damascus.
"This is a massacre by chemical weapons," he said via Skype. "The visit by the UN team is a joke ... Bashar is using the weapons and telling the world that he does not care."
Activists posted videos showing children apparently hurt in the attack Opposition groups said government forces had fired "rockets with poisonous gas heads" in the attack.
Videos posted on YouTube by activists show children being treated in make-shift hospitals. Some are having convulsions and difficulty breathing. Others are not moving.
Sky News cannot authenticate the footage.
"Regime forces after midnight stepped up military operations in the East Ghouta and West Ghouta zones of the Damascus region with aircraft and rocket launchers, causing several dozen dead and wounded," the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
The YouTube images cannot be authenticated by Sky News The Local Co-ordination Committees, another Syrian pro-opposition group, said hundreds of people were killed or injured in the "brutal use of toxic gas by the criminal regime in parts of Western Ghouta".
Videos claiming to show the shelling were posted on YouTube by the Syrian Revolution General Commission, another activist group.
They showed what it called "a terrible massacre committed by regime forces with toxic gas, leaving dozens of martyrs and wounded".
Professor Fawaz Gerges, director of the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics, examined the motive behind a chemical weapons attack.
Casualties are much higher than in previous allegations of chemical attacks He told Sky News: "Why would the Assad government use poison while you have a very strong UN team in Damascus?... and his army has the upper hand in the Ghouta area? He has done everything in his power to prevent western intervention."
Prof Gerges said the pressure would be "overwhelming", not just on the US but on Britain and France too, "to retaliate militarily" if a UN probe found evidence of a chemical weapons attack in the region east of the Syrian capital.
"So it in this particular sense, it is very strange, it doesn't make sense, it's illogical, though we have learned in the last two-and-a- half years that irrationality is as important as rationality when it comes to the Assad regime," he added.
Both the rebels and government forces have accused each other of using chemical weapons in the conflict, which began in March 2011 and has killed more than 100,000 people.
The UN team is investigating three sites where chemical weapons have allegedly been used: the village of Khan al Assal, just west of the northern city of Aleppo, and two other locations, which are being kept secret for security reasons.
If confirmed, this alleged chemical attack would be the most serious in the conflict since the incident in Khan al Assal on March 19, when at least 30 people were killed.
Foreign Secretary William Hague said the UK would be raising the incident at the UN Security Council.
"I am deeply concerned by reports that hundreds of people, including children, have been killed in airstrikes and a chemical weapons attack on rebel-held areas near Damascus," he said.
"These reports are uncorroborated and we are urgently seeking more information. But it is clear that if they are verified, it would mark a shocking escalation in the use of chemical weapons in Syria.
"Those who order the use of chemical weapons, and those who use them, should be in no doubt that we will work in every way we can to hold them to account.
"I call on the Syrian Government to allow immediate access to the area for the UN team currently investigating previous allegations of chemical weapons use."
Bradley Manning has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for giving classified documents to whistleblowing website WikiLeaks.
The former US Army intelligence analyst - convicted on 20 counts, including six violations of the Espionage Act - had faced up to 90 years behind bars.
WikiLeaks described the sentence as a "strategic victory" as Manning will be eligible for parole within nine years.
Manning, 25, was not convicted of the more serious crime of aiding the enemy, which could have carried a life sentence without parole.
Manning supporters outside the court Manning will get credit for the more than three years he has been held, but he will have to serve at least one-third of his sentence before he is eligible for parole.
Colonel Morris David, a military lawyer who was third chief prosecutor in the Guantanamo military commissions, said the sentence meant Manning would probably be released in between eight and nine years.
His rank was reduced, he was dishonourably discharged and he forfeited his pay.
The sentencing in a military courtroom at Fort Meade, near Baltimore, capped a 12-week trial and a much longer legal battle over Manning's intentions when he reached out to WikiLeaks.
Prosecutors, who had asked for at least a 60-year sentence, portrayed Manning as "the determined insider", an anarchist hacker and traitor.
Among the evidence was a photo of Manning in a blond wig and lipstick They said Manning started working within weeks of his 2009 deployment to Iraq to provide WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange with exactly what they wanted.
Manning and his defence team maintained he was an idealistic soldier who wanted to expose brutal truths about America's military and diplomatic corps.
Manning, from Oklahoma, digitally copied and released more than 700,000 documents, including Iraq and Afghanistan battlefield reports and State Department cables.
He also leaked video of a 2007 Apache helicopter attack in Baghdad that mistakenly killed at least nine people, including a Reuters photographer.
Manning and his defence team maintained he was an idealistic soldier At his trial, Manning said he gave the material to the secrets-spilling website to expose the US military's "bloodlust" and generate debate over the wars and US policy.
During the sentencing phase, he apologised for the damage he caused, saying: "When I made these decisions, I believed I was going to help people, not hurt people."
His lawyers also argued that Manning suffered extreme inner turmoil over his gender identity - his feeling that he was a woman trapped in a man's body - while serving in the macho military, which at the time barred gays from serving openly.
Among the evidence was a photo of him in a blond wig and lipstick.
Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was shot several times including once in the face before he was captured, according to a doctor who treated him.
Previous accounts of the 20-year-old's injuries were less specific.
He was previously reported to have suffered a gunshot wound to the neck, after he was tracked down to his hideout in a boat in a Watertown back garden.
The new details come from a newly-released deposition given by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre's Dr Stephen Ray Odom three days after the April 19 arrest.
Transcripts of the testimony were unsealed on Monday.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev surrenders as he is surrounded by police marksmen The Boston Globe reported that Dr Odom described the most severe injury as a gunshot to the face that "appears to have entered through the left side inside of his mouth and exited the left face, lower face".
The suspect also suffered a skull fracture and various other injuries.
"This was a high-powered injury that has resulted in skull-base fracture, with injuries to the middle ear, the skull base, the lateral portion of his C1 vertebrae, with a significant soft-tissue injury, as well as injury to the pharynx, the mouth, and a small vascular injury that's been treated," Dr Odom testified.
He continued treating the younger Tsarnaev for several days after he was taken to hospital.
"He has multiple gunshots [sic] wounds to the extremities that have been treated with dressing to the lower extremities; and in the case of his left hand, he had multiple bony injuries as well that were treated with fixation and soft-tissue coverage, as well as tendon repair and vascular ligation," Dr Odom added.
Authorities say Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his older brother Tamerlan masterminded the Boston Marathon bombing on April 15, which left three people dead and injured more than 260 others.
Dzhokhar has pleaded not guilty to charges including using a weapon of mass destruction to kill. He is being held at a prison medical facility in Devens, Massachusetts.
Tamerlan died in a shoot-out with police.
Massachusetts State Police photographer Sergeant Sean Murphy released more than a dozen photographs, some showing an injured Dzhokar, to Boston Magazine in July.
By Nick Martin, Sky Correspondent, in Peru
Two women accused of smuggling £1.5m worth of cocaine out of Peru are expected to be charged later.
They have been pictured handcuffed and being driven away for a court appearance.
Michaella McCollum, from Dungannon, County Tyrone, and Melissa Reid, from Lenzie near Glasgow, have spent the past two weeks in police custody.
The pair, both 20, were arrested earlier this month while trying to board a flight from Lima to Madrid.
Police said they found around 11kg of cocaine hidden inside food packages in their luggage.
Michaella McCollum is led away for her court appearance Anti-drug officers say they have concluded their investigation into the case, which will now go before the public prosecutor's office.
The contents of that report will form the basis of any charges against the pair.
Ms McCollum and Ms Reid both deny the allegations and say they were forced to carry the drugs by a gang of Colombian drug traffickers who said they would hurt the women's families if they did not go through with the plan.
Police said cocaine was found inside packets of food in their luggage If charged, it is thought unlikely the pair would be granted bail because of the severity of the charges.
The women would instead be moved to a prison where it is believed they would be separated until a trial - which could take many months to be heard.
The pair's court hearing comes just a day after CCTV footage emerged which senior police officers claim shows Ms McCollum in the Peruvian capital on August 5 walking around freely - despite the women saying they were held at gunpoint on that day.
If convicted the women may be sent to Santa Monica jail to serve their term The police say the CCTV will form the basis of their case when it goes before the district prosecutor.
However, the lawyer acting for Ms McCollum, who is also known as Michaella McCollum Connolly, denied she was captured on the footage and sought to dispel newspaper reports he said were erroneous.
Peter Madden said: "She was not out shopping in Lima and spending a lot of money, that didn't happen."
William Reid said his daughter and McCollum denied the smuggling allegation "Michaella (McCollum) Connolly did not owe any money to any drugs dealer, she was not and is not involved in the drugs trade, she has no criminal record, she has never been in trouble with the police in her life."
William Reid, the father of her co-accused, also responded following the emergence of photographs that allegedly show them posing on a balcony and on a beach with glasses of beer days before they were arrested at Lima airport.
Mr Reid, who is in Lima, said: "I believe the trip to the beach was part of a set-up that they asked them to smile to build up a portrayal of them as happy holidaymakers.
"I can only go by what I have been firmly told by the girls. The two girls' stories are very tight, very consistent, with a lot of detail and they seem to be telling the truth, as far as I can gauge."
A tribe of South American Indians living in voluntary isolation near Peru's southeastern Amazon region has made a tense attempt to contact the outside world for a second time.
Some 100 members of the Mashco-Piro tribe were captured on video attempting to cross a river that borders their remote community in the Manu National Park in the state of Madre de Dios.
The video was shot by forest rangers over three days in June and shows men armed with bows and arrows and several women and children.
It is the second time the tribe has attempted contact with outsiders. In 2011 the group was spotted on the bank of a different river after more than 20 years in isolation.
Saul Puerta Pena, director for the Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest (AIDESEP), says the video is clear evidence of the existence of isolated tribes.
"Now the government doesn't have an argument to tell us that our indigenous brothers don't exist," he said.
"Their response was always that these indigenous people who choose to live in isolation didn't exist."
They were first spotted in 2011 through the telescope of a Spanish explorer Mr Pena explained that a canoe containing bananas was floated across the river to the tribe due to the risks of them coming into contact with illnesses they have no defences against.
"The tribe cannot come into contact with the remote community still because any illness could kill them," he said.
Anthropologist Beatriz Huertas, who works with Peru's agency for indigenous affairs, said the Mashco-Piro are becoming increasingly less isolated.
"It is not unusual for them to appear where they did during a season of sparse rainfall when rivers are low, and they tend to be itinerant," she said.
The Manu River at the southern Amazon region of Madre de Dios "What's strange is that they came so close to the population of Monte Salvado."
Last October, a park ranger was lightly wounded by a blunt arrow fired by a Mashco-Piro native after getting too close to the tribe. "It was a warning," Ms Huacchillo said.
A similar incident was recorded in 2010, when a teenager was wounded by a spear.
On their website, Survival International mentioned the death late last year of Nicolas 'Shaco' Flores, a local resident who had been leaving food and gifts for a small group of Mashco-Piro natives for 20 years.
Flores was "shot by an uncontacted tribe's arrow", the group said.
The incident was never confirmed.
A man has been arrested over the deaths of three of his former girlfriends, all of whom died in suspicious circumstances.
The 66-year-old was arrested in Dromore, County Down, a quiet market town where all three women died.
Michelle Bickerstaff, 47, died suddenly in hospital in April 2012, while Margaret Weise died in August 2007, aged 50. Elizabeth McKee was 52 when she died in December 2002.
It is understood the women all died from physical injuries, with detectives working to establish how they were caused.
The arrested man was taken to a police station in Antrim, where he is also being questioned on suspicion of other offences relating to other women.
Sky News correspondent David Blevins, in Antrim, said: "We're being told the man in custody has been questioned before in relation to the most recent of those deaths, that of Ms Bickerstaff last year, although he was released unconditionally.
"Police are also telling us that this investigation has not resulted in the exhumation of any body at this stage, although the families of all three women at the centre of the investigation are being kept informed of developments."
Dromore is a small town 17 miles southwest of Belfast and has a population of 48,300 people.
Local councillor Carol Black, who knew the three women who died, told the Dromore Leader newspaper: "The shock is etched on the faces of everyone in Dromore.
"They were bubbly women with a lot to look forward to. The whole community cannot believe it."
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By Paul Harrison, Royal Correspondent
Prince William has revealed his son Prince George is "a little fighter" who "wriggles around quite a lot and he doesn't want to go to sleep that much".
In his first interview since becoming a father, the Duke of Cambridge talks about his "emotional experience" of the past few weeks, adding that his son is "a little bit of a rascal".
In the interview, which took place at Kensington Palace on August 2, William said: "Well yeah, he's a little bit of a rascal, put it that way.
"So he either reminds me of my brother or me when I was younger.
"He's doing very well at the moment. He does like to keep having his nappy changed."
Asked if he had changed the first nappy, the Prince replied: "I did the first nappy, yes. I had every midwife staring at me ... 'You do it, you do it'.
Prince William has given his first full interview since the birth "He's growing quite quickly actually, but he is a little fighter.
"He kind of … wriggles around quite a lot, and he doesn't want to go to sleep that much, which is a little bit of a problem."
The Duchess of Cambridge did not take part in the interview.
Conservation efforts by the Prince's Charity Tusk Trust was the focus of the half-hour interview.
Asked how new mum Kate was coping with motherhood, Prince William said she was doing the lion's share of the night-time shifts, adding: "She's doing a fantastic job."
Reflecting on how he and Kate felt as they emerged from the Lindo Wing on July 23, the day after Prince George was born, William said: "I think more shock and dauntedness was the feeling I felt.
"I think I was on such a high anyway, and so was Catherine about George, and we were happy to show him off to whomever wanted to see him.
William and Kate left hospital cradling the new prince "I'm just glad he wasn't screaming his head off the whole way through.
"As any new parent knows, you're only too happy to show off your new child and, you know, proclaim that he is the best looking or the best everything."
The search and rescue pilot was also asked about the pressure he might have felt handling a car baby seat for the first time in public.
He said: "Believe me, it wasn't my first time. And I know there's been speculation about that - I had to practise, I really did.
"I was terrified it was going to fall off or it wasn't going to close properly. So, I had actually practised with that seat, but only once before."
The Duke of Cambridge is known for doing things his way, and spoke about choosing to drive the vehicle from the hospital to Kensington Palace.
Prince William said that driving his young son home was important "Where I can be, I am as independent as I want to be, the same as Catherine and Harry," he said.
"We've all grown up differently to other generations (of royals), and I very much feel if I can do it myself, I want to do it myself.
"I think driving your son and your wife away from hospital was really important to me, and I don't like fuss, so it's much easier to just do it yourself."
The Duke also talked about his hopes for his son George, saying he plans to bring him up as if he is growing up "in the bush".
"I'll have toy elephants and rhinos around the room. We'll cover it in sort of, you know, lots of bushes and things like that, make him grow up as if he's in the bush."
But it seems sleep is the priority for the royal couple for the moment: "At the moment, the only legacy I want to pass on to him is to sleep more and maybe not have to change his nappy so many times."
Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius will go on trial in March over the killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, a judge has decided.
Pistorius returned to Pretoria Magistrates' Court this morning for the short hearing, in which a judge set his trial date for March 3 next year.
The judge asked him if he was well, to which he replied: "Under the circumstances, your honour."
He was formally charged and told that his bail conditions remained the same.
Court documents show that more than 100 witnesses will be called to give evidence at the trial, including one of Pistorius' ex-girlfriends.
Sky's Alex Crawford said that Pistorius was "very emotional", and appeared to be praying with his brother and sister before the proceedings started.
The three siblings held hands in a small circle, and at one point Pistorius wiped his face with a tissue.
Ms Steenkamp was shot dead at Pistorius' home in February His brother Carl later tweeted a photograph of Pistorius and Ms Steenkamp, adding: "Remembered like yesterday. My life was impacted by u @reevasteenkamp & the lady u were! Always close to our hearts."
The 26-year-old double amputee is accused of killing Ms Steenkamp, who would have turned 30 today, in a shooting incident at Pistorius' home in February.
Pistorius denies he committed murder and says he shot Ms Steenkamp by mistake, thinking she was an intruder.
The case was sent to the High Court in Pretoria.
A judge will preside over the trial and ultimately pronounce the world-famous athlete innocent or guilty. South Africa does not have trial by jury.
The mandatory sentence for someone convicted of premeditated murder in South Africa is life with a minimum of 25 years in prison.
Meanwhile, Ms Steenkamp's uncle has said he has already forgiven Pistorius for killing her.
Mike Steenkamp said the family have coped with her death by concentrating on her life rather than how she died.
In an interview on ITV's Daybreak, Mr Steenkamp said: "I think from the beginning and onset that we decided that we could never be sidetracked from Reeva's life, and I think that's helped us tremendously."
The family have gathered in Port Elizabeth for a family event to mark Ms Steenkamp's birthday.
Police have been forcibly clearing protesters from a road outside a potential site for fracking in Balcombe, West Sussex.
Activists are taking part in a six-day Reclaim The Power demonstration after Cuadrilla began carrying out exploratory drilling at the site.
Hundreds of campaigners have staged noisy protests in the face of a heavy police presence.
Sky's Enda Brady, in Balcombe, said a number of people had been arrested for public order offences, including Green Party MP Caroline Lucas.
They were held after Sussex Police served a notice under section 14 of the Public Order Act, believing the crowd might cause public disorder, serious damage to property or serious disruption to the life of the community.
Caroline Lucas joined protesters at the site, and was among those arrested Shouts of "shame on you" and "no violence" erupted from the crowd as police tried to move the protesters back to the main gate of the site.
Demonstrators chanted: "We are peaceful, what are you?"
Vanessa Vine, founder of Frack Free Sussex and Britain and Ireland Frack Free, said the police presence was disproportionately heavy and added that Reclaim The Power were "not nasty, violent people" but "altruistic people who are challenging what the Government is doing".
Earlier, Sussex Police said on Twitter: "We would like to reiterate that protesters aren't being kettled and are free to leave the site as they wish."
A protester is removed from the Cuadrilla HQ in Lichfield Cuadrilla condemned the "illegal direct actions" against its staff and operations.
Campaigners opposing the controversial process of extracting shale gas blockaded the firm's headquarters while others superglued themselves to the building occupied by a PR firm used by the energy company.
The action at Cuadrilla in Lichfield, Staffordshire, and at PR company Bell Pottinger in central London comes on the first of two days of "mass civil disobedience" which campaigners have pledged to carry out.
Protesters glued their hands together through a plastic pipe In a statement, Cuadrilla said: "Protesters broke into our Lichfield office, harassed our staff and chained themselves to filing cabinets.
"The police are on site dealing with this. We condemn all illegal direct actions against our people and operations."
The firm insisted that the morale of its staff at various sites is "fine", and they and the teams supporting the company are "doing a magnificent job".
"They know that what we are doing is legal, approved and safe, and that shale gas is essential to improve our energy security, heat our homes, and create jobs and growth," the firm said.
Protesters' tents outside the office in Lichfield "Cuadrilla is rightly held accountable for complying with multiple planning and environmental permits and conditions, which we have met and will continue to meet.
"Clearly we are held to one set of legally enforceable standards while some protesters believe that they can set out and follow their own."
Campaign group No Dash For Gas said six protesters superglued themselves to the glass door of Bell Pottinger at 8am and deployed reinforced arm tubes to stop anyone else getting inside.
Meanwhile, it said 20 protesters shut down the Cuadrilla site in Lichfield by blockading it with their bodies. It said two people inside the building had also hung banners from it saying: "Reclaim the power" and "Power to the people".
A group of around 20 protesters also demonstrated outside the constituency office of Balcombe MP and Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude.
Activists also targeted the home of former Tory minister and George Osborne's father-in-law Lord Howell, who drew criticism recently when he said fracking should take place in England's "desolate" North.
The group erected an estate agent's sign outside the Peer's house reading 'For Shale - Desolate Properties Ltd'.
A 16-year-old boy has suffered leg injuries after being attacked by a shark in Hawaii.
It is the second shark in a week on the Pacific islands.
A 20-year-old German tourist had her arm bitten off while snorkelling in Maui on Wednesday.
The latest attack took place on Sunday near Hilo on Hawaii island, the largest of the eight islands that make up the archipelago.
The boy was airlifted to hospital but details of his condition were not available.
Hawaii's Department of Land and Natural Resources closed the waters along the Pohoiki coastline after the attack.
Hapuna Beach, on the island's northwest shore, was also closed on Sunday after lifeguards spotted a shark.
There have now been eight shark attacks on the Hawaiian islands this year.
A PE teacher was hailed as a hero following last week's attack on the German holidaymaker.
Rick Moore, 57, jumped into the water and brought the 20-year-old woman back to shore moments after she was attacked off Palauea Beach.
There were 11 shark attacks in Hawaii last year. The last fatal attack was in 2004.
