In life, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner cavorted with a harem of young women in the infamous Playboy Mansion – a byword for hedonism and sexual excess. In death, he will lie next to just one: the iconic Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe. Hefner, who died on Wednesday aged 91, bought the crypt next to hers in 1992, for $75,000 (£55,930). The ...

One former UN official said the head of the UN in Myanmar (Burma) tried to prevent human rights advocates from visiting sensitive Rohingya areas. More than 500,000 Rohingya have fled an offensive by the military, with many now sheltering in camps in Bangladesh. The UN in Myanmar “strongly disagreed” with the BBC findings. In the month since Rohingya Muslims began ...