Twelve jurors in New York have presented their fellow Americans with a simple question: are you willing to elect a convicted criminal to the White House? On Thursday, Donald Trump was found guilty of all 34 counts of falsifying business records in a criminal hush-money scheme to influence the outcome of the 2016 election. The verdict makes him the first president, current or former, to be found guilty of felony crimes in the US's near 250-year history. Regardless, the conviction does not disqualify Trump as a presidential candidate or bar him from again sitting in the Oval Office. The Guardian’s Sam Levine has been in court over the last several weeks covering all the developments – here are three testimonies he found most memorable.

Asked by Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young whether ABC political journalist Laura Tingle had been subjected to a 'News Corp pile-on' after her comments on racism in Australia, the national broadcaster's managing director, David Anderson, said she had. At the Senate estimates hearing, the senator then followed up with the question: 'News Corp are obsessed with the ABC, aren’t they?' Anderson replied: 'Yes, they are.'

He looks like hasn’t used a razor in his life but don't let his youthful appearance deceive you: the Baby-Faced Assassin, as he’s been called, is rapidly becoming one of the top talents in the English Premier League. Phil Foden played a crucial role in Manchester City’s recent Premier League glory, scoring two goals in his club’s 3-1 win over West Ham United and helping City become the first team in history to secure four consecutive League titles. His performance on the day wasn’t just a stroke of luck – this has been the best season of the 23-year-old’s career. He scored 17 goals and set up a further eight, directly contributing to 25 goals in 34 Premier League appearances – a feat that saw him being crowned the 2023/24 Premier League Player of the Season.

Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg said prosecutors followed facts and law 'without fear or favour' after a jury found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts in his criminal hush-money trial. 'While this defendant may be unlike any other in American history,' Bragg said, 'we arrived at this trial, and ultimately today at this verdict, in the same manner as every other case that comes through these courthouse doors – by following the facts and the law.' It was the first time a former US president was ever tried or convicted in a criminal case, and was the first of Trump’s four criminal cases to reach trial

A long-serving Old Windsor volunteer is being celebrated for her support in caring for thousands of dogs for more than 24 years. Ann Palmer joined Battersea Old Windsor in February 2000 to spend more time with dogs and support animals who needed it most. Since then, she has given thousands of hours to volunteering at Battersea and is the Berkshire branch’s longest-serving volunteer. "From day one she got stuck in with life at Battersea, not only with her day-to-day duties but she’s always keen to get involved with everything, giving our grounds a spruce up and attending our events with her Battersea dogs. Ann is an absolute pillar of our volunteering team at Battersea, and we are so lucky to have had her support for more than 24 years.

It was all Stephen Beet’s baby; but what had become simply musical theory in 2005 is now practice again, he tells me. Eric will sing solo soprano items from Handel’s Messiah, first performed by the choir of St Patrick’s in April 1742. Eric is entering his second year of a Bachelor of Physical Science course, and studies lyric singing at the Paris Conservatoire. The Lady chapel of St Patrick’s should hold no terrors for a soloist who, three years later, sang outdoors with a choir of 10,000 children to 40,000 spectators and millions more TV viewers. “The voices of the old boy sopranos live through me, and I aim to keep and develop my soprano voice,” Eric says.

Read our privacy policy Thanks for signing up to theBreaking News email {{ #verifyErrors }} {{ message }} {{ /verifyErrors }} {{ ^verifyErrors }} Something went wrong. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }}The New York Times is taking legal action against an app it claims is too similar to their hit online game Wordle. In the filing, the newspaper giant, who purchased the Wordle in 2022, claims the geography-based game Worldle is deliberately “creating confusion” among consumers. The New York Times claims McDonald has attempted to take advantage of the “enormous goodwill” associated with their brand. A New York Times Co. spokesperson said the company has no issue with people creating similar word games that do not infringe its Wordle "trademarks or copyrighted gameplay."

Former Scotland manager Craig Levein has shared how he lied to his wife after gambling away his wages. He explained: “I’d tell my missus, ‘Oh, I didn’t get paid this week,’ or something like that, and that then brings the shame. “And it’s the shame for me that eventually got me to stop altogether. '”‘Dangerous’The football manager said he has spoken to several players experiencing the same issues and tries to signpost them towards support. A report by the Select Committee for Culture, Media and Sport said the pledge to ban gambling logos from match-day shirt fronts would not protect children from the “bombardment” of betting ads, and criticised the Government for not taking swifter action on gambling reform.

Polat Bayramov, a student from the Turkmen State Institute of Economics and Management, has won a gold medal at the International World Student Innovation Exhibition in London. Bayramov won the prize for his project “Teaching Children Counting with Artificial Intelligence”. The exhibition is a joint initiative of the British education companies Oscar Education Ltd UK and the University of Surrey. The winners of the online round of the competition are invited to a grand final, which will be held in London. Finalists will be invited on field trips to leading British universities.

A widespread outage affecting over 600,000 routers connected to Windstream's Kinetic broadband service left customers without internet access for several days last October , according to a report by security firm Lumen Technologies' Black Lotus Labs. The incident, dubbed "Pumpkin Eclipse," is believed to be the result of a deliberate attack using commodity malware known as Chalubo to overwrite router firmware. Windstream, which has about 1.6 million subscribers in 18 states, has not provided an explanation for the outage. The company sent replacement routers to affected customers, many of whom reported significant financial losses due to the disruption. ArsTechnica adds:

10 Downing Street in a downpour to announce the date of the general election — July 4, months earlier than expected — to an indifferent nation. “Now is the moment for Britain to choose its future,” Mr. Sunak said, as water soaked into his suit. Perhaps Mr. Sunak, his party now routinely polling more than 20 points behind the opposition Labour Party, has given up and wants to get it over with. Either way, by bringing the election forward, Mr. Sunak has played his last card. After Mr. Johnson had an explosive row with his chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Sunak was installed as a compliant and numerate alternative.

Bayern Munich have appointed Vincent Kompany as their new manager after agreeing a compensation package of around £10m with Burnley. Kompany has signed a three-year contract with Bayern, who made a surprise move for him after failing to persuade Thomas Tuchel to remain at the end of the season. 'I want the team to be aggressive. I want the team to represent those two things that would make my character is absolutely brave when they have the ball,' Kompany said.

Whitbread, owner of the Premier Inn and Brewers Fayre brands, last month put forward its Accelerating Growth Plan, which will add 3,500 new hotel rooms to Premier Inns across the UK and evolve the company's food and beverage offer. This could result in Taunton's The O'Bridge Brewers Fayre being sold, along with several others, the company has confirmed. Footfall at the neighbouring branded restaurants owned by Whitbread - including Brewers Fayre - which serve 466 Premier Inns, have reportedly suffered from a reduction in footfall from non-hotel guests. An integrated restaurant will then be built inside each of these buildings alongside the hotel rooms, mirroring the already successful format of 387 integrated restaurants that are already in operation. 21 of the remaining branded restaurants will be sold for a total of £28m after combining for a loss of £9million in the 2024 financial year, resulting in the loss of around 1,500 jobs.

Pakistan, on the other hand, will be dissappointed with their performance as a whole in this game. They had some moments but were never really in the game defending this smallish target. The frontline pacers were taken to the cleaners and were unable to make much impact against the powerful batting of the hosts. Azam Khan also did not have a good game behind the stumps and dropped a couple of chances which you cannot really afford defending a low total. The only positive for them was Haris Rauf who showed some fight and picked up all the three wickets that fell and will look to maintaing this form in the World Cup while the rest have their task cut out.

Ancelotti on the importance of 'quality & sacrifice' Borussia Dortmund v Real Madrid (Sat, 20:00 BST) Real MadridCarlo Ancelotti on the important qualities he believes his Real Madrid side need to clinch a 15th European title: “The most important thing for me in this kind of game is to put in the players' head what they need to do on the pitch. Of course, we will have emotions, maybe a bit of concern, before the game, but managing those emotions is an important thing. "Doing things well tomorrow we are very confident because throughout the season my team has proven two very important things. Another important thing is sacrifice for the team. "Being able to prove throughout the season - sacrifice plus quality - are going to be key for tomorrow's game."