A former Canadian naval intelligence officer has pleaded guilty to spying for Russia. Jeffrey Paul Delisle admitted selling sensitive Canadian and Nato intelligence. Sub-Lieutenant Delisle told investigators that he spied for ideological reasons and not money. Lee Carter reports from Toronto.

The 41-year-old officer worked to top secret Canadian naval military facilities, and had clearance to intelligence sharing systems linked to other Nato countries like the United States and Britain. He apparently walked into the Russian embassy in Ottawa in 2007 to volunteer his services. The court heard that the case has resulted in severe and

irreparable

damage to Canada's relationship with its allies. He is expected to be sentenced in January and could receive anything from five years to life in prison.

The judge overseeing a major corruption trial in Brazil has been appointed as the Supreme Court's first black president in the tribunal's 200-year history. Judge Joaquim Barbosa, born into a poor family in a remote Brazilian town, will

take over

the post once the trial is over. Brazil has the world's largest black population after Nigeria, but

descendants

of African slaves rarely reach high office.

Police in Trinidad and Tobago have been ordered to stop releasing murder statistics. The government said reports of violence encourage people to commit more crimes. The country's independent police commission described the statement as amazing. It said the government had no power to instruct police on operational matters and the order will be ignored.