Sheen Seeks To Cut $55k A Month Child Support

Charlie Sheen is seeking to alter his divorce settlement with his ex-wife Brooke Mueller which currently sees him pay her $55,000 (£39,000) a month in child support.

The television star recently sold his profit participation rights to Two And A Half Men for nearly $27m (£19m), a court filing has shown.

But it stated that his income has changed significantly and he cannot afford to continue to pay Mueller the set amount for their twin boys.

Two And A Half Men was once TV's top-rated comedy but Sheen left the show in 2011.

His filing estimates a cut in his monthly income from more than $600,000-a-month down to nearly $167,000 as a result of the sale.

He lists more than $12m (£8.5m) in debts, the majority of which is owed on mortgages, taxes, and legal fees.

Sheen and Mueller were married for only three years

The actor disclosed in November that he has HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, but has said he is healthy due to the medication he takes.

His last major project was the FX comedy Anger Management, which aired from 2012 to 2014.

Sheen and Mueller ended their marriage in 2011 after less than three years. He also has two daughters with actress Denise Richards.

One aspect of Sheen's divorce settlement with Mueller was that his child support payments for their sons could not be lower than the amount the actor paid to support his daughters with Richards.

Sheen is now seeking to have that provision removed and a judge has scheduled a hearing for 13 April.

Northern Lights Stage Spectacular UK Show

The Northern Lights provided a spectacular show for stargazers in parts of the UK overnight.

The phenomenon known as the Aurora Borealis was visible as far south as Oxfordshire as skies cleared, painting the night sky with shades of green, pink, purple and blue.

The ethereal spectacle is caused when solar particles are thrown out into space and collide with the Earth's magnetic field.

In the UK, it is usually only visible in the far north of Scotland.

However, a "lucky combination" of conditions in the lower atmosphere and in space meant the aurora was visible across large parts of Scotland and England.

Met Office space weather adviser Amanda Townsend said: "Once in a while the solar winds are enhanced to levels stronger than normal, with particles at higher speeds, and on this occasion it has connected really well with the Earth's magnetic field."

Those who missed Sunday night's show will have a second opportunity to see the dazzling performance tonight.

"The strongest part of the geomagnetic storm has passed and it probably won't be as strong on Monday night, so the main places to see aurora will be in north Scotland," Ms Townsend added.

E.U. Leaders Gather for Refugee Summit as UNHCR Declares ‘Humanitarian Crisis’

Leaders from the European Union and Turkey are convening an emergency summit in the Belgian capital Brussels on Monday, in order to address the continent’s rapidly escalating refugee problem.

The meeting comes after U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees spokesman Babar Baloch declared a “humanitarian crisis” on the Greek-Macedonian border, where some 13,000 people are living in temporary shelters designed for 2,000, or out in the open.

They are hoping to cross Macedonia to reach Western Europe, but local authorities are only allowing 250 people to enter the country each day, al-Jazeera reports. It said that Baloch had described the gravity of the situation as “a wake-up call for the E.U. leaders.”

The summit’s objective is to contain the flow of migrants into Europe, with E.U. leaders offering Turkey more than $3 billion to house them and reportedly rehabilitate those who fail to find asylum in Europe, the BBC says.

More refugees arrived in Europe by boat during the first six weeks of 2016 than during the first four months of last year, according to the UNHCR. At least 18 people drowned off the Turkish coast on Sunday in an attempt to reach Greece.

Gunman Kills Himself After Deadly Shooting

A gunman who shot dead one person and injured two others is believed to have killed himself after a six-hour stand-off with police in Australia.

Three people who had been hiding inside the building on the outskirts of Sydney managed to escape unhurt after officers entered the premises.

During their search the police found one man dead. The 33-year-old is thought to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Heavily armed police had surrounded the premises

Heavily armed officers surrounded the premises in an industrial area of Ingleburn, a suburb 25 miles southwest of Sydney, after reports of gunfire at the sign-making business on Monday morning.

A 43-year-old victim died at the scene while the two wounded men were taken to hospital, where one underwent surgery.

Workers at nearby businesses were told to stay inside and roads were blocked off in the area.

he end of the armed siege, Detective Inspector Mark Brett, of New South Wales Police, said: "The matter has been resolved.

"Shortly after 5pm today specialist police entered the unit where they located three persons hiding in that unit.

"A further search of the unit located a male deceased.

"It's believed the person died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound."

The case has now been handed over to the murder squad.

Deadly suicide attack in Pakistan

At least eight people were killed and 18 wounded in a suicide attack on Monday in the northwest region of Pakistan.

The bomber blew himself outside a district court in the Shabqadar market area of Charsadda district in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, police said.

According to hospital officials, women and a child were among the dead.

"We've received seven bodies, including two women and a female child," Asfandyar Khan, a hospital worker, told Al Jazeera.

A police inspector said 18 people were also wounded in the explosion.

Inspector Ali Jan Khan from the Shabqadar police station said the attacker was attempting to enter the court.

"The suicide bomber was interrupted by two security personnels, which prompted him to blow himself outside the court," he told Al Jazeera.

Medical teams were dispatched to the scene, but the death toll is expected to rise, he said.

In January, Bacha Khan University - also in Charsadda - came under attack by the Pakistani Taliban, killing 21 students and teachers.

The Most Heated Moment at the Democratic Debate

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders got testy with front-runner Hillary Clinton at Thursday’s Democratic debate during an exchange trade policies and the 2009 auto industry bailout when Clinton attempted to interrupt him.

“Excuse me, I’m talking,” he fired back at Clinton, in a moment that was the second-most discussed on Twitter of the debate.

As the presidential primary has gone on, debates between Sanders and Clinton have gotten increasingly prickly, with the Vermont Senator often casting side-eye or waving his hands at her remarks—moments that some Clinton supporters saw as derogatory or even sexist, while others thought just showed poor manners.

This response wasn’t the only time during the night when Sanders raised his voice to Clinton after an interruption—he shouted “Can I finish, please?” during a later exchange between the two on gun control.

The Most Heated Moment at the Democratic Debate

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders got testy with front-runner Hillary Clinton at Thursday’s Democratic debate during an exchange trade policies and the 2009 auto industry bailout when Clinton attempted to interrupt him.

“Excuse me, I’m talking,” he fired back at Clinton, in a moment that was the second-most discussed on Twitter of the debate.

As the presidential primary has gone on, debates between Sanders and Clinton have gotten increasingly prickly, with the Vermont Senator often casting side-eye or waving his hands at her remarks—moments that some Clinton supporters saw as derogatory or even sexist, while others thought just showed poor manners.

This response wasn’t the only time during the night when Sanders raised his voice to Clinton after an interruption—he shouted “Can I finish, please?” during a later exchange between the two on gun control.