An appeal court in San Francisco has ruled that prisoners held at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should have access to lawyers and the American court system.

An appeal court in San Francisco ruled today that prisoners held at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should have access to lawyers and the American court system.

A San Francisco appeals court has upheld the death sentence for one of two dogs that mauled a woman to death in the hallway of her flat.