DNA tests have confirmed that a body found in a shallow grave in Pakistan is that of murdered American reporter Daniel Pearl, a US official has said.

Lawyers for the Briton accused of the kidnap and murder of reporter Daniel Pearl said today that evidence their client was detained illegally will likely win his acquittal.

The trial of the British Islamist and three accomplices charged with the abduction and murder of US reporter Daniel Pearl resumed today in Pakistan amid tight security.