Plea deal with accused 9/11 plotters revoked - US government

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has revoked a pre-trial agreement reached with men accused plotting the 11 September terror attacks. In a memo on Friday, Mr Austin also said he was revoking the authority of the officer overseeing the court who signed the agreement on Wednesday. The move comes after the deal, which would have spared the alleged attackers the death penalty, was criticised by some families of victims. The memo named five defendants including the alleged ringleader of the plot, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. The original deal, struck on July...