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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A court in South Korea has sentenced Samsung's billionaire heir-apparent Lee Jae-yong to five years in prison for corruption. Mr Lee was convicted of bribery in a scandal that also saw the impeachment of South Korea's former president. The case has gripped the public amid growing anger against South Korea's biggest companies, known as chaebols. Mr Lee, who denied all charges, had faced a jail sentence of up to 12 years. Also known as Jay Y Lee, the de facto head of the world's largest smartphone maker had been detained since February on a string of corruption charges. These included bribery, embezzlement and hiding assets overseas. What did he do? The 49-year-old is accused of giving donations worth 41bn won ($36m; £29m) to non-profit foundations operated by Choi Soon-sil, a friend of South Korea's former President Park Geun-hye, in return for political favours. Prosecutors said the donations ...

US Defence Secretary James Mattis has said America still hopes to solve the North Korea crisis using diplomacy. After days of fiery rhetoric from both the US and North Korea, Mr Mattis said war would be "catastrophic" and that diplomacy was gaining results. Pyongyang on Thursday announced it was finalising a plan to fire four missiles near the US territory of Guam. Earlier, President Donald Trump  said North Korea should be "very, very nervous"  if it acted against the US. He said the regime would be in trouble "like few nations have ever been" if they do not "get their act together". Tensions have escalated rapidly in recent weeks after North Korea tested two intercontinental ballistic missiles in July. It was further angered by a subsequent UN decision to increase economic sanctions against it. North Korea has said it will finalise a plan in days to fire medium-to-long-range rockets tow...