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US President Donald Trump (C/R) and First Lady Melania Trump (R) greet Britain's King Charles III (C/L) and Britain's Queen Camilla upon arrival at the South Portico of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 27, 2026.

Symbolic state visit

Britain's King Charles meets Trump in bid to salvage ties

Former Irish President Mary Robinson has long argued that climate change is not just an environmental but a human rights crisis

Nations have chance to break 'fossil fuel mindset': Mary Robinson

Tuareg rebels of the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) coalition said northern Kidal was under their control after a weekend offensive

Tuareg rebels in control of key Mali town

The blast left buses and vans mangled on the Pan-American Highway in the restive southwestern Cauca Department of Colombia

Cocaine trafficking

Colombia in mourning after deadliest attack in decades

The federal courthouse in Oakland, California is the scene of the legal showdown between two tech titans

Courtroom showdown

Jury in place for Elon Musk's legal battle with OpenAI

Former US actress Jessica Mann alleges that Harvey Weinstein raped her in a Manhattan hotel room in 2013

To continue Tuesday

Weinstein rape accuser gives emotional testimony at US retrial

France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrive at a meeting at United Nations headquarters

Pressure on Tehran

French FM says Iran must make 'major concessions' to end crisis

This image released by US President Donald Trump via his Truth Social account shows a man that he identified as the gunman who breached security at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner

Faces possible life imprisonment

Accused media gala gunman charged with attempting to assassinate Trump

The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case brought by oil and gas companies seeking to block climate change lawsuits

Spent more than $10bn settling litigation

US Supreme Court hears Bayer bid to end Roundup weedkiller suits

Run DMC's Jam Master Jay, whose real name is Jason Mizell, was gunned down in a New York City recording studio in 2002

Faces 15 to 20 years in prison

Third suspect pleads guilty in US murder of Jam Master Jay

North Korea's developing nuclear arsenal could be a deal-breaker

Powers at loggerheads over safeguards

'Looming' risk of nuclear arms race, UN proliferation meeting hears

People chant in support of a tax on billionaires during a Bernie Sanders rally in Los Angeles in February

Enough signatures to trigger referendum

California billionaire tax appears headed to the ballot

US television host Jimmy Kimmel has come under fire from First Lady Melania Trump for a joke comparing her to an 'expectant widow'

Comment made before shooting

Trump, Melania slam Kimmel for 'widow' joke

Tuareg rebels of the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) ride on pickup trucks in Kidal after seizing the city in northern Mali

Alliance forged a year ago

Separate goals, common enemy for Mali's jihadists and separatists

Tourist visits to Cuba dropped almost by half in the first quarter of 2026

International flights suspended

Tourism plummets in US-blockaded Cuba

Josh Hazlewood took four wickets as Bengaluru cruised to a comfortable win

Hazlewood, Kumar spark Delhi collapse as Bengaluru romp to victory

The world needs 'diverse voices', says principal Stuart Worden

Hitting the right notes

From Adele to Raye, the UK school nurturing future stars

This photo obtained by AFP from the Iranian news agency Tasnim shows an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) boat allegedly taking part in an operation to seize ships attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz, on April 21, 2026

"No legal basis"

UN maritime agency rejects Hormuz tolls

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has developed close personal ties with President Trump

'Platform for abusive policies '

Human Rights Watch warns of 'exclusion and fear' at World Cup

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in Ottawa earlier this month

Public and private investment

Carney launches $18 billion Canada sovereign wealth fund

From 2027 onwards

Cash payments of €10,000 or more to be banned across EU

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Saint Petersburg

Oil prices, rates and talks

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Bangladesh's Tawhid Hridoy and Shamim Hossain led a record run chase at home to beat New Zealand by six wickets in the first T20 international cricket match in Chittagong

T20 international

Hridoy, Shamim pull off record home chase for Bangladesh against NZ

Schengen Agreement violation

Koblenz court rules German border checks with Luxembourg illegal

Appenzell Innerrhoden citizens vote by raising their right hand during the Landsgemeinde open-air assembly

Tradition dating back to 15th century

Swiss canton votes with centuries-old show of hands

A health ministry worker showing vaccine doses for an immunisation campaign in Guatemala

World Health Organisation

Final talks begin on missing piece for pandemic treaty

Egyptian-born businessman Mohamed Al Fayed, who died in 2023 aged 94, has been accused by more than 150 women

Frustrated by British Police

US woman speaks of ordeal in France Al-Fayed trafficking probe

The French teenager is on a student pass and is studying in Singapore, according to court records

Mischief and public nuisance

French teen faces jail in Singapore for licking vending machine straw

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