Adult film star Stormy Daniels is back on the stand in Donald Trumps New York hush money trial again today. Earlier in the week she told the jury she hated the former president and revealed details of their "brief" encounter in a hotel room. US based journalist Harriet Alexander has the latest.

Next month will mark 75 years since the publication of George Orwell's novel '1984' and to mark the occasion one Scottish sculptor is collecting one thousand nine hundred and eighty four copies of the book to be part of an exhibition which will be an interactive, “living” sculpture.

It's been reported today that Ireland and Spain were prepared to recognise Palestinian statehood as early as 21 May. Rashid Khalidi is the founding co-director of the Center for Palestine Studies in Columbia University...and author of books including "The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine..."