accomplices
. One was given a life sentence while seven others were sent to prison for up to four years. All denied the charges against them and said their confessions were obtained under threat of torture.
Officials in Mexico say 10 people have been killed in a
shoot-out
in the western state of Michoacan. The state prosecutor's office said a military patrol came under fire while investigating suspicious activity at a property near the city of Patzcuaro. The soldiers returned fire and killed nine men and one woman.
The British singer-songwriter Adele has cancelled all her remaining tour dates and live appearances for this year to undergo throat surgery. Earlier this month, the 23-year-old Grammy award winner had to pull out of 10 dates in the US. Here's Colin Patterson.
Adele suffered a
haemorrhage
on the vocal cords in May, and it never properly healed. Now she's been ordered by doctors to cancel all her remaining live dates and promotional appearances for the rest of the year. Adele will now undergo surgery and a full recovery is expected. All this comes in a week while she returned to the US albums chart No. 1 spot for a 13th week, the most by any album since the soundtrack to Titanic.
The world-famous Bolshoi Theatre has reopened in Moscow following a costly six-year restoration project to recapture the magnificence of the venue in Tsarist times. In the opening performance, stars of opera and ballet appeared before President Medvedev and an invited audience.