Climate change “will not lead to humanity’s demise,” billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has said in a long memo in which he argued that tackling global disease and poverty will help prepare the planet’s poorest for a warming world.

A forensic science student’s plan to murder her live-in partner and stage it as an accidental fire was foiled by CCTV footage and expert analysis. Amrita Chauhan, with her ex-boyfriend and a friend, strangled Ramkesh Meena after a dispute over private videos, then attempted to destroy the body and evidence.

A village chief was beaten to death allegedly by militants of the United Kuki National Army (UKNA) in southern Manipurs Churachandpur district.