The Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday in one of the most important climate change cases to reach its docket in years, a multibillion-dollar effort to hold major oil companies like ExxonMobil liable for the damages caused by planet-warming pollution.

The justices will begin their new term with a landmark case about whether local governments can sue oil companies over damages caused by climate change.

The longtime justice said he is "concerned about the future of the court” amid growing calls for reform.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is taking legal action against Thames Valley police in an effort to quash search warrants that led to his arrest, with a private high court hearing to take place on Thursday, a judicial spokesperson has said. The former Duke of York has been granted permission to challenge whether the force acted lawfully over the searches relating to his arrest in February. Andrew’s application for a judicial review is said to have...