The Prime Minister has suggested he is prepared to debate the Labour leader head to head live on television "now".
In angry exchanges during Prime Minister's Questions, David Cameron was asked three times if he would debate with Ed Miliband before the election as he has said.
After the final question Mr Cameron replied: "I have been very clear, I have said get on with the debates before the election campaign begins, I think we should start now."
Mr Miliband had asked him twice before his final answer saying: "One thing he wants to avoid is a TV debate between me and him."
Mr Cameron had responded that in Prime Minister's Questions Mr Miliband had failed to score points on a number of important issues.
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Sky News and Channel 4 have proposed to host a head-to-head between the two candidates for Prime Minister, Mr Cameron and Mr Miliband on April 30.
A Sky News and Channel 4 spokesman said: "Sky News and Channel 4 are continuing to prepare for a head-to-head debate between the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition on 30th April.
"However, in response to media inquiries following today's PMQs, we would obviously be willing to host a debate on a different date the two main party leaders could agree on."
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The BBC and ITV have proposed each staging a debate involving Mr Cameron, Mr Miliband, Nick Clegg, the Greens' Natalie Bennett, Nigel Farage of UKIP, the SNP's Nicola Sturgeon and Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood.
An Egyptian bride and groom were placed in a cage by masked men brandishing knives as part of an Islamic State-themed wedding.
The video, which was shot in Menoufia, Egypt, begins with a wedding attendant with his face covered conducting as a jihadi anthem used in propaganda released by the militants is played.
He then leads the bride and groom into the cage, similar to that used in the horrific video of Jordanian pilot Mu'ath Al Kassasbeh being burned alive in February.
Inside the newlywed break into dance along with the masked attendants as other guests clap and cheer them on.
The idea was apparently thought up by the groom, who had told his bride-to-be he was planning something different for the wedding.
Only the groom, his attendants and the photographer, Ahmed Kassem, knew of the plan beforehand.
As the scene unfolded, some guests believed the wedding was being stormed by IS militants, according to the Youm7 newspaper.
Last month, footage emerged showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians by IS militants in Libya.
Egypt responded by bombing IS camps, training sits and weapons storage areas along the border with Libya.
The wreckage of a massive Japanese battleship which was sunk during World War 2 has been discovered by a research team led by Microsoft's co-founder.
The technologically advanced Musashi sank during the battle of Leyte off the Philippines more than 70 years ago.
Paul Allen and his research team found the ship on Sunday, more than eight years after their search began.
The Musashi was one of the largest battleships in history and was found as the world marks the 70th anniversary of the war's end.
Paul Allen and his team have been searching for the ship for eight years
The ship was commissioned in 1942 and sank in October 1944 in the Sibuyan Sea during the battle, losing half of its 2,400 crew members.
Mr Allen and his team were aboard his super-yacht M/Y Octopus when the discovery was made, using an autonomous underwater vehicle.
Detailed images captured by a high-definition camera mounted on the underwater probe confirmed the wreckage as that of the Musashi.
Mr Allen said: "The Musashi is truly an engineering marvel and as an engineer at heart, I have a deep appreciation for the technology and effort that went into its construction."
He said his interest in the war was inspired by his father's service, adding that he was "honoured" to play a part in finding the vessel.
The Musashi, pictured on 24 October, 1944, the day it was sunk
He plans to work with Japan's government to treat the area of sea as a war grave.
A memorial service could be held at the site in future.
The Battle of Leyte, one of the biggest naval battles in history, ended in a decisive victory for the Allies.
A chemistry teacher from Manchester was "preparing himself to commit multiple acts of murder" fighting with Islamic State, a court has heard.
Jamshed Javeed was one of a group of young Muslim men from Manchester who became radicalised and determined to fight jihad in Syria.
At an earlier hearing he pleaded guilty to two counts of engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts.
But he maintained that he was not an extremist and had never supported the aims of IS, instead intending to join rebels fighting the Assad regime.
The sentencing hearing at Woolwich Crown Court is expected to last two days.
The 30-year-old paid for flights for his brother Mohammad to travel to Syria with a friend to fight with IS.
Javeed, who was a teacher at Sharples School in Bolton, intended to join them, the court heard.
He bought clothing, equipment and flight tickets to travel to Turkey in November 2013. He was due to travel with friend Nur Hassan and, the night before, he gave him a computer hard drive onto which Hassan loaded violent extremist material.
Hassan was stopped at Manchester airport and police seized his phone, laptop and the hard drive. He missed his flight but travelled the next day.
Javeed, however, was unable to travel with him because his family, who were growing increasingly concerned about his radicalisation, had hidden his passport and bag.
Undeterred by the pleas of his family and pregnant wife, Javeed applied for a new passport, but was arrested before he was able to travel.
When police detained him in December 2013 they found extreme Islamist material on his mobile phones and computers.
Prosecutor Simon Dennison QC said it was clear the action Javeed intended to engage in "would have involved the use of firearms and/or explosives".
He said: "This case, of course, is not about who is right, and who is wrong, in the conflict in Syria - as if anyone could say.
"It is not about humanitarian aid. Nor is it about the religion of Islam.
"It is about the defendant assisting others in preparing, and preparing himself, to commit multiple acts of murder in guerrilla warfare to advance their religious or ideological cause."
Prince William's trip to China has ended with embarrassment after he visited an animal sanctuary where elephants are forced to perform for tourists nearby.
At the same moment that the Prince was being photographed with an elephant, others were waiting in enclosures less than a mile away with their legs shackled.
The Prince is in Yunnan Province on the last leg of his tour of China. His visit to this far southwestern province was supposed to help highlight a cause close to him: the fight to conserve and save endangered species and highlight the trade in endangered wildlife.
Sky News spent an hour at the show in which we watched tourists sitting on elephants trunks and riding on them. The animals, some wearing giant spectacles, sat down and balanced on tiny stools. Others kicked around footballs.
The show lasts an hour, happens twice a day and is watched by hundreds of Chinese tourists.
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Sky News asked the Prince if he was aware the elephant entertainment was taking place down the road. He turned around but did not respond.
Some 250 elephants live in Wild Elephant Valley near a town called Xishuangbanna. They represent the only 'wild' Asian elephants in China. However from what Sky News witnessed, many of them cannot be classed as living in the wild.
Prince William, who is the patron of the Tusk Trust, wanted to use his last day here to learn more about China's role in fighting the illegal trade in wildlife.
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Speaking to journalists at the sanctuary about the global illegal wildlife trade, the Duke said: "It is appalling that elephants and many others may be extinct in the wild in our lifetimes, and we seem to be hurtling towards the tragic outcome.
"The extinction of animals such as elephants, rhinos and pangolins would be an immeasurable loss to the whole of humanity."
Conservation groups agree that China is the main protagonist in the trade, with tonnes of ivory smuggled into the country from Africa.
Video:William Silent Over Elephant Show
While there is no suggestion that the elephant William met or those performing are affected by the illegal trade, they are not living in the wild and are trained to entertain.
Conservationists Sky News spoke to expressed surprise that palace officials would allow William to be seen to endorse a centre at which elephants perform.
Fleur Dawes from Animal Defenders International said: "'Using animals for entertainment in any sphere is completely wrong and fosters disrespect for the animals.
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"What we want is to protect these animals in their wild and natural environment. Reducing them to caricatures simply undermines that message.
"So we would urge Prince William and all of the royal family to really bear that in mind. You simply cannot recreate the kind of natural environment in a wild life park where animals are forced to perform."
A three-year study by the World Animal Protection in 2014 into the welfare of captive elephants in Asia concluded that entertainment venues where elephants are forced into unnatural performances often causes them pain and suffering.
A student at Liverpool University has been injured in a chemistry lab explosion which blew out seven windows.
The PhD student reportedly suffered injuries to his hands and face in the blast on the fourth floor of the University's science block.
The small explosion took place in the University chemistry block
A construction worker nearby who heard the explosion told the Liverpool Echo: "We just heard a loud bang then there was a shower of glass".
Merseyside Fire and Rescue service (MFR) and paramedics were called to the campus just before 9am and police closed several nearby roads.
MFR spokesman Nick Searle said: "Firefighters were called to the fourth floor of the building and a man at the scene was given First Aid by firefighters."
The University said in a statement it was investigating the cause of the blast and that students had been moved to another part of campus for safety.
The injured student has been taken to hospital.
:: Some buildings at the University of Manchester have been evacuated following concerns about an explosive chemical.
Emergency services were called to the Pariser Building this morning after concerns were raised about conditions under which acetone peroxide was being stored.
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A mother and her lesbian lover have been found guilty of killing an eight-year-old girl during their affair.
Polly Chowdhury, 35, and Kiki Muddar, 43, were convicted at the Old Bailey on Wednesday of the manslaughter of Chowdhury's daughter Ayesha Ali.
Both women held their heads in their hands as the verdicts were read out.
The cause of the girl's death was recorded as a head injury, but Ayesha had suffered more than 50 injuries, including a bite mark on her shoulder and carpet burns. When paramedics found her she had been dead for some time.
Polly Chowdhury, left, was controlled by her lover Kiki Muddar
During proceedings, the court was told how the women's affair revolved around fictional Facebook characters that Muddar used to control Chowdhury.
The jury was also told how the little girl was terrorised at night by the women wearing nightmarish masks.
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Ayesha Ali, eight, died from a head injury on 29 August, 2013
The Old Bailey heard that Ayesha suffered a campaign of abuse at the hands of her mother and her lover
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The little girl wrote a "naughty list" in the months before she died
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Polly Chowdhury was controlled by Kiki Muddar
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Muddar was heard in a phone call to a friend threatening to kill the little girl
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Examples from 41,000 text messages between the pair were read out in court to show how Muddar would influence her lover by telling her that Ayesha was "evil".
The court heard that on 29 August, 2013, Muddar dialled 999 to report Chowdhury had tried to kill herself in the bath and that Ayesha was dead.
Chowdhury had left a series of notes, in which she appeared to admit the killing, saying: "I have taken my life and Ayesha's life."
Muddar had befriended Chowdhury when they lived next door to each other, and she used the Facebook alter egos to seduce her and turn her against her daughter, telling her "you have no right to ever love or like your evil daughter".
Both women had denied murder, manslaughter and causing or allowing the death of a child between 1 March and 29 August, 2013.
Muddar, who was diagnosed with a borderline narcissistic personality disorder, refused to give evidence but claimed she was at her parents' house on the night Ayesha died.
The Metropolitan Police said Muddar left the house in Chadwell Heath, East London, on 28 August and later returned having appeared to have bought a new shower hose. A statement from police said this implied the existing shower hose had been used to assault Ayesha.
Chowdhury told the court Muddar was giving her daughter a cold bath as punishment for wetting herself when she received her fatal injury.
She said she found Muddar with her foot on the girl's chest in the bathroom, but after pushing her off went back to looking for a job on her computer.
Video:'They've Destroyed My Life'
The child's father, Afsar Ali, 35, attended the trial each day and has told how he will never forgive his ex-wife for falling under the spell of their next-door-neighbour.
"It's completely destroyed my life from now until I die," he said.
"She loved life and her family and all she wanted was to be part of a happy family. I was her superhero, her super daddy.
"The reason why I wanted to attend every day was I wanted to relive Ayesha's life, feel the pain. I don't think I can ever imagine what she had to go through."
Judge Christopher Moss QC remanded the women in custody. They will be sentenced on Friday.
Speaking outside court, Detective Sergeant Andy Nimmo said: "Ayesha Ali was an innocent and defenceless eight-year-old child caught up in a bizarre set of circumstances and manipulated by two adults who were intent on causing her harm.
"Through social media and text, Muddar created a sophisticated web of lies and deceit which took officers months to unpick. What unravelled was a picture of enormous hatred directed towards Ayesha by both Muddar and Chowdhury.
"Ayesha should have been able to turn to one person who she could trust - her mother - but Chowdhury had allowed herself to become influenced by Muddar and together they inflicted serious emotional and finally physical harm on Ayesha."
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A mother and her lesbian lover have been found guilty of killing an eight-year-old girl during their affair.
Polly Chowdhury, 35, and Kiki Muddar, 43, were convicted at the Old Bailey on Wednesday of the manslaughter of Chowdhury's daughter Ayesha Ali.
Both women held their heads in their hands as the verdicts were read out.
The cause of the girl's death was recorded as a head injury, but Ayesha had suffered more than 50 injuries, including a bite mark on her shoulder and carpet burns. When paramedics found her she had been dead for some time.
Polly Chowdhury, left, was controlled by her lover Kiki Muddar
During proceedings, the court was told how the women's affair revolved around fictional Facebook characters that Muddar used to control Chowdhury.
The jury was also told how the little girl was terrorised at night by the women wearing nightmarish masks.
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Gallery: Ayesha Ali, 8, Killed After 'Campaign Of Abuse'
Ayesha Ali, eight, died from a head injury on 29 August, 2013
The Old Bailey heard that Ayesha suffered a campaign of abuse at the hands of her mother and her lover
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The little girl wrote a "naughty list" in the months before she died
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Polly Chowdhury was controlled by Kiki Muddar
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Muddar was heard in a phone call to a friend threatening to kill the little girl
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Examples from 41,000 text messages between the pair were read out in court to show how Muddar would influence her lover by telling her that Ayesha was "evil".
The court heard that on 29 August, 2013, Muddar dialled 999 to report Chowdhury had tried to kill herself in the bath and that Ayesha was dead.
Chowdhury had left a series of notes, in which she appeared to admit the killing, saying: "I have taken my life and Ayesha's life."
Muddar had befriended Chowdhury when they lived next door to each other, and she used the Facebook alter egos to seduce her and turn her against her daughter, telling her "you have no right to ever love or like your evil daughter".
Both women had denied murder, manslaughter and causing or allowing the death of a child between 1 March and 29 August, 2013.
Muddar, who was diagnosed with a borderline narcissistic personality disorder, refused to give evidence but claimed she was at her parents' house on the night Ayesha died.
The Metropolitan Police said Muddar left the house in Chadwell Heath, East London, on 28 August and later returned having appeared to have bought a new shower hose. A statement from police said this implied the existing shower hose had been used to assault Ayesha.
Chowdhury told the court Muddar was giving her daughter a cold bath as punishment for wetting herself when she received her fatal injury.
She said she found Muddar with her foot on the girl's chest in the bathroom, but after pushing her off went back to looking for a job on her computer.
Video:'They've Destroyed My Life'
The child's father, Afsar Ali, 35, attended the trial each day and has told how he will never forgive his ex-wife for falling under the spell of their next-door-neighbour.
"It's completely destroyed my life from now until I die," he said.
"She loved life and her family and all she wanted was to be part of a happy family. I was her superhero, her super daddy.
"The reason why I wanted to attend every day was I wanted to relive Ayesha's life, feel the pain. I don't think I can ever imagine what she had to go through."
Judge Christopher Moss QC remanded the women in custody. They will be sentenced on Friday.
Speaking outside court, Detective Sergeant Andy Nimmo said: "Ayesha Ali was an innocent and defenceless eight-year-old child caught up in a bizarre set of circumstances and manipulated by two adults who were intent on causing her harm.
"Through social media and text, Muddar created a sophisticated web of lies and deceit which took officers months to unpick. What unravelled was a picture of enormous hatred directed towards Ayesha by both Muddar and Chowdhury.
"Ayesha should have been able to turn to one person who she could trust - her mother - but Chowdhury had allowed herself to become influenced by Muddar and together they inflicted serious emotional and finally physical harm on Ayesha."
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev could face the death penalty
By Sky News US Team
Boston marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev "had murder in his heart" when he took part in the deadly attack, a prosecutor has said.
In the much anticipated trial's opening statements on Wednesday, federal prosecutors said the accused had wanted to "tear people apart and create a bloody spectacle".
Tsarnaev, 21, wearing a white shirt without tie, and a blazer, stared straight ahead as the case against him was laid out amid tight security at the US District Court in Boston.
He and his 26-year-old brother allegedly placed two pressure-cooker bombs near the marathon finish line on 15 April 2013, killing three people and injuring 264 others.
Tsarnaev denies 30 charges, including the killing of a police officer days after the attacks.
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Gallery: Boston Bombings Trial: Who's Who
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 21, is on trial in the Boston Marathon bombings. If convicted, he could face the death penalty. He denies wrongdoing
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, was killed in a shoot-out with police days after the 15 April 2013 bombings
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Tamerlan Tsarnaev's widow, Katherine Russell, is under investigation and could face charges
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Robel Phillipos, a friend of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was found guilty of lying to investigators
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Dias Kadyrbayev (L) has admitted removing evidence of the deadly attack
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The parents of the youngest victim, eight-year-old Martin Richard, were in court.
Heather Abbott, a dancer, and Marc Fucarile, both of whom lost legs in the blasts, also attended the hearing.
Assistant US Attorney William Weinreb painted a picture of the carnage wreaked by the attacks, describing how the "air was filled with the smell of burning sulphur and people's screams".
"The defendant wasn't there to watch the race," said Mr Weinreb. "He had a backpack over his shoulder and inside that backpack was a homemade bomb.
"It was the type of bomb favoured by terrorists because it is designed to tear people apart and create a bloody spectacle.
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Gallery: Boston Suspect Before Arrest. Warning: Graphic Images
The new photos show Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as he surrenders. Warning: This gallery contains graphic images
Tsarnaev has a bloodied skull and appears disoriented at times. The pictures were taken by state police officer Sergeant Sean Murphy
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"He pretended to be a spectator, but he had murder in his heart."
He said Tsarnaev and his brother carried out the attack to punish the US for military actions in Muslim countries.
The prosecutor told the court: "He believed that he was a soldier in a holy war against Americans."
The defence is expected to argue the accused had a difficult childhood and was heavily influenced by his older brother.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed in a shoot-out with police three days after the attack.
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Gallery: In Pictures: Boston Marathon Bombs
Two explosions have been reported at the finish line
The bombings on 15 April 2013 killed three people and injured more than 260
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His widow is under investigation and could face charges related to the bombings, US media report.
The younger Tsarnaev was found four days after the bombings hiding in a boat parked in the backyard of a home in nearby Watertown.
The prosecution says the ethnic Chechen, who arrived from Russia more than a decade ago, was a willing participant in the attack.
A panel of 10 women and eight men will decide whether Tsarnaev is guilty.
They will also determine whether to sentence him to death or life in prison without possibility of parole.
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev could face the death penalty
By Sky News US Team
Boston marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev "had murder in his heart" when he took part in the deadly attack, a prosecutor has said.
In the much anticipated trial's opening statements on Wednesday, federal prosecutors said the accused had wanted to "tear people apart and create a bloody spectacle".
Tsarnaev, 21, wearing a white shirt without tie, and a blazer, stared straight ahead as the case against him was laid out amid tight security at the US District Court in Boston.
He and his 26-year-old brother allegedly placed two pressure-cooker bombs near the marathon finish line on 15 April 2013, killing three people and injuring 264 others.
Tsarnaev denies 30 charges, including the killing of a police officer days after the attacks.
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Gallery: Boston Bombings Trial: Who's Who
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 21, is on trial in the Boston Marathon bombings. If convicted, he could face the death penalty. He denies wrongdoing
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, was killed in a shoot-out with police days after the 15 April 2013 bombings
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Tamerlan Tsarnaev's widow, Katherine Russell, is under investigation and could face charges
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Robel Phillipos, a friend of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was found guilty of lying to investigators
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Dias Kadyrbayev (L) has admitted removing evidence of the deadly attack
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The parents of the youngest victim, eight-year-old Martin Richard, were in court.
Heather Abbott, a dancer, and Marc Fucarile, both of whom lost legs in the blasts, also attended the hearing.
Assistant US Attorney William Weinreb painted a picture of the carnage wreaked by the attacks, describing how the "air was filled with the smell of burning sulphur and people's screams".
"The defendant wasn't there to watch the race," said Mr Weinreb. "He had a backpack over his shoulder and inside that backpack was a homemade bomb.
"It was the type of bomb favoured by terrorists because it is designed to tear people apart and create a bloody spectacle.
1/5
Gallery: Boston Suspect Before Arrest. Warning: Graphic Images
The new photos show Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as he surrenders. Warning: This gallery contains graphic images
Tsarnaev has a bloodied skull and appears disoriented at times. The pictures were taken by state police officer Sergeant Sean Murphy
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"He pretended to be a spectator, but he had murder in his heart."
He said Tsarnaev and his brother carried out the attack to punish the US for military actions in Muslim countries.
The prosecutor told the court: "He believed that he was a soldier in a holy war against Americans."
The defence is expected to argue the accused had a difficult childhood and was heavily influenced by his older brother.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed in a shoot-out with police three days after the attack.
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Gallery: In Pictures: Boston Marathon Bombs
Two explosions have been reported at the finish line
The bombings on 15 April 2013 killed three people and injured more than 260
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His widow is under investigation and could face charges related to the bombings, US media report.
The younger Tsarnaev was found four days after the bombings hiding in a boat parked in the backyard of a home in nearby Watertown.
The prosecution says the ethnic Chechen, who arrived from Russia more than a decade ago, was a willing participant in the attack.
A panel of 10 women and eight men will decide whether Tsarnaev is guilty.
They will also determine whether to sentence him to death or life in prison without possibility of parole.
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Two men have been arrested on suspicion of money laundering by police investigating an alleged scam by extremists travelling to Syria.
Police said the fraud targeted "unsuspecting vulnerable and elderly victims" who were called at home by a person claiming to be a police officer.
The caller told them their bank account had been compromised and encouraged them to transfer money to an account under the control of the fraudsters.
One elderly man lost approximately £150,000 as a result of the fraud.
The two men - aged 23 and 29 - were arrested during searches at addresses in west and east London earlier today.
They are being held at a police station in south London.
The scam was being used to fund extremists travelling to Syria (Pic: File)
Officers from the Counter Terrorism Command (SO15) also executed search warrants at two addresses in north London, one in west London and one in south-east London.
Searches at all six addresses are ongoing, according to a statement released by the Met Police.
The statement added that people should be aware of cold-calling scams and never share their pin number over the phone.
"Members of the public are strongly advised, if you receive a call like this from someone claiming to be a police officer, (to) hang up the phone," it said.
"(Then) wait at least five minutes to make sure the phone line has cleared, or use another phone line, before ringing the phone number on your bank card."
Sky's Mark White said the arrests were made as a result of a "huge investigation" into "large-scale" fraud.
"It's part of a huge investigation into large-scale fraud that is being used to fund extremists travelling out to Syria to fight alongside the likes of Islamic State," he said.
"You would think that people probably wouldn't fall for this, and I'm sure that most people don't.
"But vulnerable, unsuspecting, elderly people sometimes do."
