Your morning briefing: What you should know for Thursday, January 24

Extradition process to begin for speedboat killer

An extradition process is set to begin for a British man who killed a woman when his speedboat crashed on the River Thames.

Authorities are expected to submit a request for Jack Shepard to be brought back to the UK after he fled to Georgia.

Charlotte Brown’s killer was arrested in the ex-Soviet state yesterday after months spent as a fugitive.

Ms Brown died after going on a speedboat date with Shepherd in December 2015.

Five dead after gunman opens fire in Florida bank

Five people were killed yesterday after a gunman took hostages in a Florida bank and opened fire on bystanders.

A SWAT team was sent in after the attacker barricaded himself inside the bank, in Sebring, and refused to negotiate with police.

Authorities said the gunman called the police himself and told them he had fired shots inside the branch.

The suspect, who was detained after eventually surrendering, is a 21-year-old Sebring resident.

Ministers’ ‘secret meetings to stop no-deal’

Government ministers have been secretly meeting to discuss plans aimed at stopping a no-deal Brexit, according to reports.

Eighteen ministers are understood to be in the group, which held talks last week, including Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd.

It comes as ministers were set to hold talks with trade union leaders today in a bid to gain support for Theresa May EU withdrawal agenda.

Cohen postpones testimony after Trump ‘threatens family’

Michael Cohen has postponed giving evidence to Congress as Donald Trump has threatened him and his family, his adviser said.

Responding to the claims, Mr Trump said: "I would say he's been threatened by the truth.”

Mr Cohen, a former "fixer" for the president, was due to appear before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on February 7.

The committee is investigating hush-money payments during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence women who claimed to have had sex with Mr Trump.

The US leader denies having an affair.

Real Madrid tops rich list

Manchester United is no longer the world’s richest football club after it was knocked off the top spot by Real Madrid.

The Spanish club displaced United with record revenues of £674.6m, it was revealed today.

The Deloitte list ranks clubs by how much money they earn from broadcasting, commercial deals and match-day revenues.

Tottenham's rise in the list means all of England's 'big six' made the top 10 for the first time.

On this day…

AD41: The mad Roman Emperor Caligula was assassinated.

1848: James Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's sawmill in California to spark the great Gold Rush.

1916: Conscription was introduced in Britain.

1935: Canned beer went on sale for the first time, made by Krueger brewery of Richmond, Virginia.

1965: Sir Winston Churchill died, aged 90. His father, Lord Randolph Churchill, had died on the same date 70 years earlier.

1976: Margaret Thatcher was dubbed The Iron Lady in the Soviet newspaper Red Star, after a speech about the Communist threat.

1986: Staff of The Sun and News of the World newspapers were told they were moving to London's Docklands - the start of a press exodus from Fleet Street.

1997: The Archers celebrated its 12,000th episode. The Radio 4 series drew an average 4.5 million listeners each week.