<p>Former pope Benedict XVI has been accused of misconduct in multiple child abuse cases. The accusations come from law firm Spilker Westphal Wastl following an investigation in Germany that sought to analyse how abuse cases were dealt with in the archdiocese of Munich and Freising between the years of 1945 and 2019. The report was <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/former-pope-accused-of-misconduct-in-multiple-child-abuse-cases/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
The Spider-Man actor had been working with Ledger when he passed away in 2008.
The filing comes after Maxwell was found guilty of sex trafficking last month.
<p>A pair of Australian anti-vaxxers have been charged with murder after allegedly halting their eight-year-old’s life-saving treatment and opting to pray for her to be cured instead. Elizabeth Rose Struhs, from Toowoomba, Queensland, died in her home having suffered from type 1 diabetes. It’s alleged that her parents, Kerrie, 46, and Jason, 50, denied her <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/life/anti-vaxx-parents-who-stopped-daughters-life-saving-meds-charged-with-murder/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
The woman claims she was kicked off the Southwest flight despite previously disclosing medical issues.
<p>Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series has finally got its first teaser and an official title. Up until now, the streaming platform’s upcoming series in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth has been known only as Lord of the Rings. However, after The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/film-and-tv/amazons-lord-of-the-rings-series-gets-first-teaser-trailer-and-official-title/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>French actor Gaspard Ulliel has passed away at the age of 37 following a serious skiing accident. The actor, who stars in Marvel’s upcoming Moon Knight series, experienced a head injury in a collision on the slopes in the Savoie region this week. He was transported by helicopter to hospital on Tuesday, January 18, but did <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/film-and-tv/gaspard-ulliel-dies-aged-37-in-skiing-accident/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>The Madeleine McCann case appears to be moving forward once again after a German TV channel claimed that it had discovered ‘shocking’ new evidence against a suspect related to the alleged kidnapping. Two years ago, German authorities announced that Christian B – whose full name cannot be revealed under German privacy law – was being <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/madeleine-mccann-investigators-discover-shocking-new-evidence-about-suspect/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Prince Andrew appears to have left social media, with users across various platforms discovering that his Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts are no longer available. In a move that comes less than a week after the Duke of York was stripped of his military titles and Royal patronages, social media users discovered that when trying <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/prince-andrew-deletes-all-social-media-accounts-amid-sex-abuse-scandal/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>The National Crime Agency (NCA) has revealed a list of the UK’s 12 most-wanted criminals in an attempt to bring them to justice. With a grisly list of crimes including murder, gun-running, violent assaults, and managing huge drugs supply lines, the 12 are currently believed to be hiding out in Spain. But just who are <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/uks-most-wanted-criminals-list-revealed-by-national-crime-agency/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Conservative MP Christian Wakeford has announced that he is defecting to the Labour party. Wakeford, who represents Bury South, confirmed shortly before Prime Minister’s Questions that he was joining the opposition, telling Boris Johnson in a letter that the Conservative party was ‘doing nothing to help the people of my constituency and indeed are only <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/conservative-mp-defects-to-labour-party-over-incapable-leadership/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A second man has been arrested amid an investigation into the murder of Ashling Murphy. Murphy, a 23-year-old schoolteacher, was found dead last Wednesday in County Offaly, Ireland. As her funeral was taking place yesterday, January 18, police arrested a man in his 30s on suspicion of murder and began examining two cars in connection to <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/ashling-murphy-second-man-arrested-in-murder-investigation/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A 56-year-old man has pleaded guilty to modern slavery after investigators found a man who had been living in a shed for 40 years. Specialist officers discovered the 58-year-old man during a raid of a residential site north of Carlisle in October 2018, which was conducted following a call to a confidential helpline. Officers then <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/man-kept-in-6ft-shed-as-slave-for-40-years-without-heating-or-lights/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A 31-year-old man has been charged with murder after a body police believe to belong to a nine-year-old girl was found in a barrel. The man was arrested in Surry Hills, New South Wales on Tuesday, January 18 after the young girl was reported missing on Friday. The nine-year-old had been on holiday with her <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/man-charged-with-murder-after-body-of-9-year-old-girl-found-in-barrel/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>The world’s oldest man has passed away less than one month before celebrating his 113th birthday. Saturnino de la Fuente García, from Spain, achieved the Guinness World Record for being the oldest living male in September 2021, when he was recorded as being exactly 112 years and 211 days old. Born on February 11, 1909, Saturnino <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/life/worlds-oldest-man-dies-less-than-a-month-before-113th-birthday/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>The relationship between Prince Andrew, Jeffrey Epstein and Bill Clinton is explored in a new documentary in which the latter were described as being ‘like brothers’. Ghislaine, Prince Andrew and the Paedophile aired on ITV in the UK last night, January 18, and saw Andrew’s ex-girlfriend Lady Victoria Hervey share an insight into the relationship between <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/film-and-tv/prince-andrews-relationship-with-brothers-jeffrey-epstein-and-bill-clinton-explored-in-documentary/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A man in his 30s has been arrested on suspicion of murdering 23-year-old Ashling Murphy. Murphy was found dead in Ireland last week after she was attacked while on a run along the banks of the Grand Canal in Tullamore, County Offaly, at around 4.00pm on Wednesday, January 12. The funeral for the schoolteacher took <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/ashling-murphy-man-arrested-on-suspicion-of-murder/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Boris Johnson has doubled down on his claim that he didn’t know he was breaking coronavirus rules by attending a gathering at Downing Street during lockdown. The PM has faced calls for resignation after admitting to taking part in the ‘bring your own booze’ party during the height of lockdown in 2020, but he continues <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/boris-johnson-doubles-down-on-claim-that-he-didnt-know-he-was-breaking-covid-rules/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Hugh Hefner’s ex-girlfriend has claimed he ‘groomed’ the women who worked for him amid revelations about the billion-dollar empire made in an upcoming documentary. Hefner’s former girlfriend, Sondra Theodore, shared her insights in a trailer for Secrets of Playboy; an A&E documentary that promises to unravel ‘the glamorous mythology behind the Playboy empire created over <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/life/monster-hugh-hefners-ex-girlfriend-claims-he-groomed-us-all-amid-sex-drugging-accusations/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Volcanic ash which has settled on an airport runway in Tonga is preventing New Zealand’s relief planes from landing. The Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai volcano erupted in Tonga on Saturday, January 15, sending a plume of smoke and ash into the air and reportedly causing ‘significant infrastructural damage’ on Tonga’s main island Tongatapu. Just over 104,000 people live <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/tonga-volcano-runway-ash-is-blocking-new-zealand-relief-efforts/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Police investigating the alleged doxing of JK Rowling’s address by trans rights activists have said that there was ‘no criminality’ in their actions. In a statement issued on Monday, January 17, Police Scotland confirmed that they would not be bringing charges against the three activists, who in a since-deleted post shared images of themselves stood <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/celebrity/jk-rowling-trans-activists-tweet-against-author-not-criminal-police-say/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Joss Whedon has claimed Gal Gadot misunderstood him on Justice League because ‘English isn’t her first language’. The Firefly creator has been the subject of controversy throughout his career, whether it’s his portrayal of Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow in Avengers: Age of Ultron or his leaked Wonder Woman script. However, the backlash escalated when Ray <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/film-and-tv/joss-whedon-denies-gal-gadot-justice-league-allegations-because-english-isnt-her-first-language/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>The Taliban has announced a new national battalion of suicide bombers. In the immediate fallout of the militant group’s takeover of Afghanistan, reports emerged of some fighters fearing they’d ‘missed their chance at martyrdom’ in a regime based on maintaining power, rather than fighting against the US, UK and other forces. Now, the Taliban has <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/taliban-announces-a-national-suicide-bomber-brigade/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>