Your morning briefing: What you should know for Thursday, May 2

MPs have called for Gavin Williamson to be prosecuted after he allegedly leaked information about Chinese mobile giant Huawei.

Demands were made for a police probe after the former Defence Secretary was fired over the leak from a confidential meeting.

Lib Dem deputy leader Jo Swinson wrote to Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick calling for a criminal investigation.

A man has been charged with preventing lawful burial after the bodies of two women were found in a freezer at a flat.

He was arrested after the bodies were discovered at an address in Canning Town, east London, last Friday.

A 50-year-old who was arrested on suspicion of murder has been released under investigation.

Jeremy Corbyn has said a green industrial revolution is needed to tackle climate change.

Addressing a rally of activists he warned that more than simply declaring an “emergency” must be done to end the crisis.

Speaking at Parliament Square, the Labour leader urged the Government to submit plans for a sustainable economy.

Drake has scooped the top male artist gong at the star-studded Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas.

Mariah Carey was honoured with the icon award, while K-pop superstars BTS took home the prize for top social artists.

Taylor Swift raised the curtain on the annual awards show with an energetic performance of her latest hit single.

Lionel Messi scored twice to help give Barcelona a commanding Champions League semi-final lead over Liverpool last night.

The goals took the striker to 600 career goals for the Catalan club, and earned a 3-0 first leg win over Jurgen Klopp’s side.

Luis Suarez had opened the scoring against his former team.

1670: King Charles II granted a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America.

1942: HMS Edinburgh was sunk in the Barents Sea off Norway. Its cargo of gold bars lay in 803 feet of water until salvaged in 1981.

1952: The first jet passenger service began between London and Johannesburg.

1969: The Queen Elizabeth II sailed from Southampton on her maiden voyage.

1982: The Argentine cruiser General Belgrano was sunk by British submarine HMS Conqueror off the Falklands.

2011: US president Barack Obama announced that Osama bin Laden, the world's most wanted man, was dead.