Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney confront each other on foreign policy early tomorrow morning UK time in a third and final presidential debate, a must-win televised face-off heading into the final two weeks of the deadlocked campaign for the White House.

A respected TV producer accused of trying to blackmail chat show host David Letterman for $2m (€1.4m) was desperate and deep in debt, prosecutors said.

MICHAEL JACKSON’S mother will get custody of the late pop star’s three children after reaching a agreement with her son’s ex-wife Debbie Rowe, a lawyer for Katherine Jackson told CBS News yesterday.

Republican presidential nominee John McCain defended his controversial running mate Sarah Palin today as the only vice presidential debate of the 2008 election loomed.

Four US TV executives were sacked today following the release of an independent investigation into a CBS story about President Bush’s military service that relied on forged documents.