Brekkie Wrap: Prosecutors seek death penalty against James Holmes James Holmes, accused of mass killings at a theatre in Colorado, has tired to change his plea to guilty to avoid the death penalty. Picture: RJ Sangosti Source: AP PROSECUTORS overnight said they will seek the death penalty against the man accused in last year's movie theatre attack that killed 12 and wounded 70 in Colorado. The much-anticipated disclosure came in a court hearing held four days after prosecutors publicly rejected an offer by James Holmes' lawyers that the former neuroscience graduate student would plead guilty to avoid execution. Unidentified women embrace outside of the courtroom in the case of Aurora theatre shooting, after hearing that the prosecution will seek the death penalty in the case against James Holmes. Picture: Brennan Linsley Source: AP Elsewhere, six more people have died at a Chinese mine just days after a deadly explosion there, an Afghan teenager has stabbed dead a US soldier, Australian kidnap victim Warren Rodwell is preparing to charge his abductors, an American man screaming about Allah has shot dead his father after an Easter church service and the girlfriend of a Russian tycoon found dead in the UK says she doubts he would have killed himself. Shain Gandee, a star of the MTV reality show BUCKWILD, has been found dead in a car along with two other people, the doctor on the French version of Survivor has committed suicide after the death of a contestant, female tourists are avoiding India after horrific crimes against women there, two tourists have also been abducted and assaulted in Rio and a brave housewife has become the first woman to run for parliament in Pakistan's volatile tribal region. Mugshots showing Jonathan Froudakis de Souza (left), 20, and Wallace Aparecido Silva, 22, who allegedly raped a foreign tourist in a minibus in Rio de Janeiro. North Korea's new premier will likely focus more on the economy than nukes, Coney Island is in need of a bumper summer after the devastation of Superstorm Sandy and Nelson Mandela enjoyed a visit from his family in hospital. Also, Indonesian police found hundreds of turtles at Jakarta's airport, Iran is out for world supremacy in the race for the largest tub of ice cream, the Philippines will not set the bar lower than 5'4" for the height of its police, the Obamas enjoyed some Easter festivities at the White House, Saudi women are now allowed to ride bikes (provided they do so in approved areas), while elderly men everywhere are being advised to ride women's bikes as they're less likely to fall off them. US President Barack Obama attends the White House Easter Egg Roll alongside the Easter Bunny on the South Lawn of the White House. Picture: Saul Loeb Source: AFP In entertainment, Chris Brown agrees that it is hard to make people like him, Orlando Bloom will profess his love to someone other than Miranda Kerr when he plays Romeo on Broadway, a Breakfast at Tiffany's manuscript is up for sale with a price to match its jeweller namesake, John Farnham has been voted the nation's best-ever voice, Brad and Angelina may travel many leagues to film in Australia, Ryan Gosling doesn't like it when people call Eva Mendes "Baby," and Julio Iglesias says he is cool with being uncool (he's sold 300 million records so that probably helps). Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom arrive for the 2013 Vanity Fair Oscar Party. In sport, Australian cyclist Simon Gerrans has won the first stage of the Tour of the Basque country, a stunning strike from Chelsea's Demba Ba has knocked Manchester United out of the FA Cup, new Sunderland boss Paolo Di Canio has denied being a racist and fascist, Paris doesn't want to say au revoir to David Beckham, Bayern Munich and Juventus are primed for the Champions League encounter and India wants an Olympic boxer tested for heroin use. Chelsea's Demba Ba scores a goal past Manchester United's goalkeeper David De Gea during their FA Cup quarter-final.