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  IMAGE SOURCE, Image caption, A minority of men in politics "behave like animals", Attorney General Suella Braverman has said, as female MPs share experiences of sexism and harassment. Speaking to BBC's Woman's Hour, Ms Braverman said the problem started in wider society and there needed to be a discussion about "moral standards". Her comments come as an unnamed minister accused a fellow Tory MP of watching porn in the Commons chamber. Ms Braverman said she was "ashamed" the MP "wore a Conservative rosette". Ex-minister Baroness Nicky Morgan described the claim as "a jaw-dropper" and said: "If this happened in any other working place somebody would be sacked for gross misconduct." However, she said the situation for MPs was different. "There are no employment contracts, nobody is going to take their job away from them - that gives MPs a feeling of invincibility." Tory MP accused of watching porn in Commons D...

  IMAGE SOURC Image caption, The leader of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has been arrested for alleged drug smuggling and money laundering in the US. Premier Andrew Fahie was detained in Miami by US agents posing as cocaine traffickers from a Mexican drug cartel. He agreed a $700,000 (£560,000) payment to allow traffickers to use BVI ports with an undercover informant, charges filed in the US said. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has said she was "appalled" by the allegations. Mr Fahie, the elected head of government of the British overseas territory, was arrested by US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) officials in Florida, alongside senior BVI port official Oleanvine Maynard. A third person, Kadeem Maynard - Ms Maynard's son - was also arrested on Thursday in connection with the undercover DEA case. The arrests were made after DEA agents pretended to be cocaine traffickers from Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel - said to be the largest supplier of illegal drugs to the US market an...