Your morning briefing: What you should know for Friday, February 22

Sister of ISIS bride's emotional plea

ISIS bride Shamima Begum’s sister has begged Sajid Javid to help her baby nephew “find his way home” in an emotional letter.

Renu Begum claimed her sibling had been lost to a “murderous and misogynistic cult” after fleeing London to join the terrorist group in Syria.

She slammed her sibling’s “vile” comments in recent days.

But in a powerful message to the Home Secretary, she said the family cannot “abandon her” and said they would fight a move to revoke her UK citizenship.

Brexit: PM braces for Tory revolt over no-deal

Theresa May is facing the most serious revolt of her leadership as dozens of Tory MPs warn they could rebel in a bid to block a no-deal Brexit.

Up to 100 Conservatives who want to delay Britain’s departure from the bloc are reportedly ready to stage the huge rebellion.

It adds to the pressure already on the Prime Minister as she battles to get her reworked agreement through Parliament.

Man jailed for killing six in car rampage

A man who drove a stolen car into crowds in Melbourne and killed six people has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

The judge described the incident as "one of the worst examples of mass murder in Australian history".

James Gargasoulas, 29, showed little emotion when sentenced in Victoria state's Supreme Court.

Under the terms of his sentence, he will spend at least 46 years in prison before he is eligible for parole.

Gargasoulas was in a drug-induced psychosis in January 2017 when he killed six injured dozens more in the busy Bourke Street Mall.

Travel chaos fears as fog alert issued

Flight passengers face potential cancellations and delays as a huge band of fog sweeps in over large parts of England.

The Met Office to issue a severe weather alert and warned of possible chaos at airports and delays to rail journeys during the morning rush.

The warning was put in place overnight and is not expected to be lifted until 10am this morning.

HBO faces $100m lawsuit over Michael Jackson documentary

Michael Jackson’s estate is suing HBO for $100 million over plans to air a documentary alleging the singer sexually abused two boys.

The lawsuit claims that by airing Leaving Neverland the channel will violate a non-disparagement clause in a 1992 contract.

In the documentary, two men who are now in their 30s, say they were sexually abused by Jackson when they were 7 and 10 years old.

Jackson, who died in 2009, was acquitted in 2005 on charges of molesting a different boy, aged 13, at his Neverland ranch.

The singer's family last month called the documentary and news coverage of the accusations in it a "public lynching".

They said the pop star was "100 percent innocent".

Blast off! Israel launches moon rocket

An Israeli spacecraft has rocketed towards the moon for the country's first attempted lunar landing.

SpaceX's powerful Falcon 9 blasted the ship out of the atmosphere on the historic two-month journey last night.

If successful, Israel will become only the fourth country to successfully land on the moon, after Russia, the US and China.

On this day...

1797: French soldiers landed at Fishguard, but were soon captured. No other foreign force has managed to invade Britain since.

1819: The United States bought Florida from Spain.

1879: FW Woolworth opened his first store in Utica, New York, which later failed and closed in May 1880.

1957: Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was formally granted the style and titular dignity of Prince of the United Kingdom by the Queen in recognition of his 10 years' service to the country.

1972: An IRA bomb killed seven people at Aldershot barracks.

1980: British ice skater Robin Cousins won the gold medal for figure skating in the Lake Placid Olympics