Former health secretary Matt Hancock today denied painting a ‘rosy picture’ of the NHS as it faced a meltdown during the Covid crisis. The ex-Tory MP, who was in charge of the health service between 2018 and 2021, insisted he was not ‘trying to say everything was perfect’ as hospitals buckled. Appearing again before the Covid Inquiry, Mr Hancock also renewed his feuds with Scotland’s former first minister Nicola Sturgeon and ex-No10 chief aide Dominic Cummings.

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. The ICC has also issued warrants for the arrest of the chief of Hamas’s armed wing, Mohammed Deif, over his role in the October 7 attacks that triggered Israel’s offensive in the Palestinian territory. Israel claims it killed Deif in an airstrike in August, but his death has never been confirmed by Hamas, with the ICC saying today that it is not in a position to determine whether he has been killed or remains alive.

The father of JonBenét Ramsey has said he believes his daughter’s murder case can be solved if police accepted help from outside resources. Speaking on Today earlier this morning, John Bennett Ramsey, 80, said he had appeared on the show to keep pressure on police to catch his daughter’s killer. JonBenét was reported missing after her family found a ransom note demanding $118,000 for the child’s return inside their Boulder home on December 26, 1996.

There’s a method to Donald Trump’s madness – but it’s still madness. That appears to be especially true when it comes to the President-elect’s picks for his cabinet. On Tuesday, former Congressman Matt Gaetz arrived on Capitol Hill to meet with Republican Senators who could make or break his nomination for attorney general.

Convicted murderer Lyle Menendez is having a clandestine fling from his prison cell with a British university student he met online, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal. Sources said Lyle, 56, is so besotted with blonde Milly Bucksey, 21, that he has even told her he wants to divorce his devoted wife – who he married in 2003 the month before his new love was born. ‘Lyle adores Milly’, an insider with knowledge of the romance told DailyMail.com. ‘And she refers to him as her boyfriend even though he’s married.’

Matt Gaetz’s wife Ginger sent him heartfelt messages of support after he stunningly withdrew his name as Donald Trump’s nominee for Attorney General. ‘Nobody loves America more than you,’ she declared after Gaetz announced he was removing himself from consideration so as not to be a ‘distraction’ to the president-elect. ‘The end of an era,’ his spouse added alongside an image of them walking hand-in-hand on the Capitol Hill steps.