Ten people accused of robbing Kim Kardashian in Paris are on trial in the French capital, nine years after the heist. The defendants face a range of charges, including armed robbery, membership of a criminal gang and kidnapping, and could "face up to 30 years in prison", said Vanity Fair.

What happened?
Kardashian was in France for Paris Fashion Week in October 2016 when five men forced their way into her hotel room in the early hours of the morning. The gang held her at gunpoint and "bound her and duct-taped her mouth", said the magazine, in a "nightmare" that "lasted about 10 minutes" before they fled with jewellery worth more than $10 million, including a $4 million engagement ring from her then husband Kanye West.

The alleged robbers were picked up by police around three months later, but most of the stolen jewellery, including the engagement ring, have never been found.

Who are the accused?
The gang were nicknamed the "grandpa robbers" after the heist was "attributed to a group of veteran criminals", including some who "are in their 70s", said The New York Times. Since the robbery, one of the suspects has died, and another, aged 81, has advanced dementia.

Only two of those on trial – 71-year-old Yunice Abbas and 68-year-old Aomar Ait Khedache – have admitted their involvement. The former has even released a book about the robbery called "I Kidnapped Kim Kardashian".

Why has the trial taken so long to begin?
The Paris courts have been working through a "backlog" of other cases, including "large terrorism trials", that has taken many years to clear, said the BBC. In addition, the Kardashian heist suspects' "age and health issues" mean they have been seen as relatively low-risk and therefore less of a priority for the courts.

As they finally enter the dock, the trial looks set to attract a whirlwind of media coverage – especially when Kardashian takes the stand to give evidence in person on 13 May, when 400 journalists are expected to flock to the court.

"Once again, Tony Blair has demonstrated his impeccable political timing," said The Telegraph. Just days before tricky local elections for the Labour government, the former prime minister warned of a "credibility gap" over net zero targets, with voters being asked to make financial and lifestyle "sacrifices" while knowing that their "impact on global emissions is minimal".

Miliband's 'self-destructive goal'
Blair's comments have heightened pressure on the government and Ed Miliband over their net zero plans. "Rumours persist" that the energy secretary could even be "shunted out of his role" in the next cabinet shuffle, said City A.M.'s Christian May. Starmer could use the "perfect excuse", that the "world has changed", to depose Miliband, who is "doubling down" on the "arbitrary and self-destructive goal" of net zero.

Miliband has become an easy "target" for right-wing critics and is often "undermined by his own side" too, said Andy Beckett in The Guardian. He has spent much of his 10 months as energy secretary "trying to justify the government’s climate compromises", but critics are asking "when he will resign – or why he hasn’t already".

Yet while he is "hardly a perfect politician", the ire directed at him is really a "displacement activity", as it is "much easier to think about the end of Miliband than the end of the world".

Blair's 'tantrum'
The Tony Blair Institute has issued a statement clarifying that the former PM’s position is that the government’s direction on climate is the "right one". But the "anger in the Labour ranks was palpable" following Blair's criticisms, said Politico. An insider said "the tantrum of 'someone struggling for influence'" had given all sides "fodder to attack Labour".

The government is standing by its net zero plans, which are viewed as not just a "moral issue" but an "economic" one as well, said Rob Stait on LBC. But Blair’s critique "speaks to this new phase of the net zero culture wars", said The New Statesman's Megan Kenyon, "one in which net zero is becoming as politically totemic as Brexit".

The 80th anniversary of VE Day, or Victory in Europe Day, next Thursday will be marked with a host of events up and down the UK, from swing concerts to a Red Arrows fly-past. Here are some of the highlights:

London
Four days of celebrations in the capital include a grand procession on Monday, starting at Parliament Square and ending outside Buckingham Palace, where Keir Starmer and the royal family will be watching. At 1.45pm, crowds will be treated to a fly-past by the Red Arrows and more than 20 military aircraft.

York
The City Walls will be bathed in red, white and blue light from Monday until Thursday to commemorate the lives lost in the Second World War. York Army Museum is also hosting a "Remembering Victory in Europe" exhibition until 21 June, with children's craft mornings on 3, 5 ,10 and 17 May.

Stirling
Stirling Castle will be transporting visitors back to the 1940s this Saturday and Sunday, with a series of immersive activities including making party food with rations. On Saturday evening, the Great Hall will be transformed into a dance hall with live music from big band The Swing Sensation.

Surrey
St Martin's Walk open-air shopping centre in Dorking will be hosting a "fantastic celebration" to mark VE Day on Saturday 10 May, said Visit Surrey. The attractions range from 1940s dance lessons to vintage vehicles and live music from the Farncombe Jazz Choir.

Giving Donald Trump the Open isn't weak, it's dirty
Hugo Rifkind in The Times
UK government officials are "lobbying" golf bosses to host the Open at the Donald Trump-owned Turnberry course in Scotland, writes Hugo Rifkind. No one has "explicitly" said it will get us a trade deal, but "they don't have to, really, do they?" It's difficult "not to feel a flicker of shame" as we "abase ourselves" to the US president – especially as "the more our ministers shrink from confrontation, the more Trump's henchmen just merrily slag us off".

Shoes on at home or shoes off? If you care about your health, it's a no-brainer
Polly Hudson in The Guardian
Wearing shoes in the home is "gross" and can have "serious health consequences", writes Polly Hudson. Yet "I can count on the fingers of no hands the people I know who ask me to remove my shoes when I visit". Apparently, it's "control-freaky" and "joyless", but some "96% of shoes" carry the bacteria "found in faecal matter". Why do we prefer to "let our friends track crap all over our homes" than ask them to "go shoe-free"?

I'm a millennial and I'm sick of being called 'cringe' by Gen Z
Rhiannon Picton-James in The i Paper
I hear "my generation is considered deeply uncool on social media", writes Rhiannon Picton-James. Millennials' crimes include "pausing before we talk to the camera", "excitable use of emojis" and "goofing around". But thinking it's embarrassing to express "joy or excitement" is "self-conscious" and "limiting". I've learned "from my elders" and "embraced" the art of complaining from Boomers, and "I'd advise Gen Z to do the same and embrace some 'cringe'".