The Met Gala returned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York with its usual display of high fashion, celebrity appearances and dramatic red carpet moments, though this year’s event was partly marked by absence as some stars chose to stay away in protest over its links to Jeff Bezos and his wife Laura Sánchez-Bezos.

The BBC has ended its contract with radio presenter Scott Mills following reports linked to a historic police investigation into allegations about his personal conduct.

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has foiled an attack on Metropolitan Tikhon of Crimea plotted by Ukraine’s military intelligence in Moscow.