In the news: The mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has announced that he is seeking permission to stand in the upcoming Gorton and Denton parliamentary by-election; President Trump has appeared to try to make amends for his remarks about NATO troops in Afghanistan -- which provoked outrage among the families of soldiers who died there; and a man has died in the US city of Minneapolis after being shot by federal agents -- known as ICE -- who've been deployed by the Trump administration to detain and deport illegal immigrants in Minnesota.