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The British socialite, Ghislaine Maxwell, has been convicted of trafficking under-age girls for sexual abuse by the late US financier, Jeffrey Epstein. A jury in New York found the 60-year-old guilty on five out of six charges connected with procuring the victims and facilitating the abuse. Maxwell's lawyer says she will appeal. European countries have again registered huge numbers of coronavirus infections, as the World Health Organization warned the Omicron and Delta variants were causing 'a tsunami' of cases. And the appointment of Rina Amiri as US Special Envoy for Afghan Women, Girls, and Human Rights comes as women in the country face increasing oppression by the ruling Taliban.