$US1b lawsuit: Facebook accused of being Hamas tool

Hamas is considered a terrorist organisation by the US, European Union and Israel.

Lawyers filed a $US1 billion lawsuit against Facebook Inc., alleging it allowed the Palestinian militant Hamas group to use the platform to plot attacks that killed four Americans and wounded one in Israel, the West Bank and Jerusalem.

The offence was "so terribly out of character", Peter Johnson's lawyer said at sentencing. "It will define his life."

The fall of a career Barclays man

To ex-colleagues, Barclays trader Peter Johnson was a bully who oversaw cheating on a benchmark interest rate. To friends, he was "kind and loyal". This week he was sentenced to four years' jail.