Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The judge in the criminal hush money trial of Donald Trump said on Monday that he will consider jail time for the former president for additional violations of the gag order after finding that $1,000 fines are not working as a deterrent.

Justice Juan Merchan Merchan, who has already imposed $9,000 in fines on Trump, said during the hearing that he will find Trump in contempt of court for the 10th time.

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Liberal Democrat party said on Monday it would submit a parliamentary motion of no confidence in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's government to force a June general election following heavy losses for the ruling Conservatives in local elections.

The Conservatives lost 474 local council seats in last week's elections, according to a BBC tally, with the main opposition Labour Party gaining 186 and the Liberal Democrats expanding... (continue reading...)

OSWIECIM, Poland (Reuters) - Several thousand Jews, including Holocaust survivors personally affected by the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, walked through the former Auschwitz Nazi German death camp on Monday for the annual March of the Living ceremony in Poland.

Walking along the three kilometre (1.8 mile) path towards the crematoria of Birkenau, they paid tribute to the millions of Jews murdered by the Nazis during World War Two.

This... (continue reading...)

(Reuters) - Synopsys will sell its software integrity (SIG) unit to a private equity consortium led by Clearlake Capital and Francisco Partners in a deal valued at $2.1 billion, the chip designer said on Monday.

The deal includes up to $475 million in cash payable upon the consortium achieving a specified rate of return in connection with one or more liquidity transactions, according to a statement.

Reuters had reported last week that... (continue reading...)

By Charlotte Van Campenhout

AMSTERDAM/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Students in Belgium and the Netherlands occupied parts of the universities of Ghent and Amsterdam on Monday to protest against Israel's war in Gaza, joining international student protests that started on U.S. campuses.

A spokeswoman for Belgium's UGent, the University of Ghent, said there were some 100 students occupying parts of the university, confirming earlier reports in local... (continue reading...)