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Africa

  • Jacob Zuma sitting in a chair, waving.

    Jacob Zuma not eligible to run for South African parliament, court rules

    Ex-president’s jail sentence precludes him from standing for new MK party in decision that could affect general election results
  • Blue truck labelled 'police' on a tree-lined street

    DRC army says it stopped attempted coup involving three US citizens

  • Two people holding up a black banner with no Rwanda written on top in red and white

    Rwanda denies entry to senior human rights researcher

  • Anthony George.

    Home Office in threat to deport disabled man to Nigeria after 38 years in UK

  • Tigran Gambaryan waits to face prosecution for tax evasion and money laundering at the federal high court in Abuja, Nigeria

    Binance executive denied bail in Nigeria over money laundering charges

  • A group of young men carrying a banner showing two soldiers in front of a DRC flag, run through the streets

    ‘Bullet wounds are common’: crime rife in DRC’s rebel-besieged city of Goma

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Americas

  • Scattered tree branches and a fallen Stop sign on the pavement in Houston, Texas

    Weather tracker: Tornado and hail risk as US storm season ramps up again

    Low pressure also expected to raise temperatures in eastern Canada and north-east US, while temperatures plummet in west
  • Two piles of soft-bound books with colorful graphic illustration of man wearing cowboy hat playing electric guitar, woman behind him and child.

    ‘One hell of a storm is coming’: Canadian graphic novel about Indigenous identity sparks outrage

  • Municipal Guard In Porto Alegre Boat Patrol The City to Keep Order And Help People Affected By The Floods<br>PORTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL - MAY 17: Aerial view a members of the Municipal Guard on a boat guard the flooded streets near Porto Alegre City Hall on May 17, 2024 in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The situation in Rio Grande Do Sul remains critical as the predictions mention that the level of the water will keep above the flood level for about a month. Death toll continues to increase and as of today, it has surpassed the 150 deceases. Damages to the infrastructure of the State and its capital, Porto Alegre, worsen while authorities and citizens continue with the rescue and safety efforts. (Photo by Jefferson Bernardes/Getty Images)

    Brazil counts cost of worst-ever floods with little hope of waters receding soon

  • An aerial view of Toronto, by the shore of Lake Ontario

    Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ ubiquitous in Great Lakes basin, study finds

  • A mural depicting author Gabriel Gárcia Márquez in Aracataca.

    Netflix’s One Hundred Years of Solitude brings fame to Gabriel García Márquez’s Colombian hometown

  • Man in apron prepares beef on hot grill with customers behind

    Fans queue round the block as tiny Mexican taco stand wins Michelin star

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Asia Pacific

  • An armoured vehicle with troops nearby

    New Caledonia: Macron calls further security meeting as deadly unrest grinds on

    French forces launch operation on Sunday to regain access to parts of Nouméa and allow airport to reopen
  • A burnt car in New Caledonia

    Evacuation flights unable to reach tourists stranded in New Caledonia amid unrest

  • Taiwan's former President Tsai Ing-wen, new President Lai Ching-te and new Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim wave during the inauguration ceremony outside the Presidential office building in Taipei, Taiwan

    Taiwan’s new president takes office and calls on China to cease hostile actions

  • Two small Korean girls and a woman stand in front of an aquarium as a white whale looks at them through the glass

    ‘Free Bella’: campaigners fight to save lonely beluga whale from Seoul mall

  • Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te (R) waves alongside outgoing president Tsai Ing-wen during the inauguration ceremony at the Presidential Office Building in Taipei on 20 May 2024.

    ‘China’s threats to annex Taiwan will not simply disappear,’ says Taiwan’s new president – as it happened

  • A residential complex in Nanjing, China.

    China to cut mortgage rates as part of plan to prop up property market

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Australia

  • Ali Cobby Eckermann, Australian poet

    Poet Ali Cobby Eckermann wins book of the year at the NSW premier’s literary awards

    Her first novel in eight years, She is the Earth, also claims the Indigenous writers category, netting writer a combined $40,000
  • AEC commissioner Tom Rogers at a Senate hearing

    AEC warns it doesn’t have power to deter AI-generated political misinformation at next election

  • Pro-Palestine encampment at the University of Melbourne

    University of Queensland bans chants as pro-Palestine camp in Melbourne threatened over fire safety rules

  • Anthony Albanese

    PM says Dutton yet to detail ‘a single costed policy’ in three budget replies – as it happened

  • Queensland premier Steven Miles speaks to the media

    Queensland police and premier warn against vigilantism after former LNP MP allegedly assaulted

  • Peter Dutton

    Peter Dutton’s migration cuts would cost budget $34bn over coming decades, thinktank calculates

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Europe

  • An aerial image shows the devastation in Vovchansk at the end of last week.

    Live
    Russia-Ukraine war live: Ukraine still controls 60% of Vovchansk, says local official

    Deputy governor of Kharkiv border town, Roman Semenukha, told national television on Monday that ‘the assaults do not stop’
  • Christine Lagarde

    G7 leaders to discuss €30bn loan for Ukraine using Russian assets

  • Marine Le Pen

    European far-right leaders gather ahead of EU elections

  • Robert Kaliňák, bearded and wearing a grey T-shirt, speaking to reporters

    Slovak PM Robert Fico out of immediate danger four days after shooting, says deputy

  • Oleksandr Usyk stands in the ring holding up a flag with Ukraine's national colours of blue and yellow

    ‘Proud and happy’: Ukrainians embrace Oleksandr Usyk’s boxing victory

  • View from Gellertberg over the Danube to Pest,

    Two dead and five missing after boat collision near Budapest

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Middle East

  • Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

    Live
    ICC chief prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas leader over alleged war crimes – live updates

    Karim Khan told CNN that he is seeking arrest warrants for Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and the Israeli prime minister
  • A man reads a newspaper with a front-page report on the crash of the Iranian president's helicopter outside a kiosk in Tehran on 20 May.

    ‘People are in no mood to mourn’: mixed reactions in Tehran after death of President Ebrahim Raisi

  • Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant sitting with Israeli flags in the background

    ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Israeli PM and Hamas officials for war crimes

  • A woman watches as another woman uses a voting machine in a large decorated hall with other voters in the background

    Ebrahim Raisi’s death pushes Iranian election process into spotlight

  • Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, sits next to an Iranian flag

    Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi dies in helicopter crash

  • Ebrahim Raisi in front of a portrait of Ayatollahs Ali Khamenei and Ruhollah Khomeini.

    Death of president in helicopter crash comes as Iran already faces huge challenges

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South and Central Asia

  • Narendra Modi holds a microphone as he speaks to Mark Zuckerberg while seated on stage

    Revealed: Meta approved political ads in India that incited violence

    Exclusive: Ads containing AI-manipulated images were submitted to Facebook by civil and corporate accountability groups
  • Children wearing Narendra Modi masks ride a bicycle in Varanasi

    ‘Modi builds highways but where are our jobs?’: rising inequality looms over India’s election

  • Taliban security officers by parked cars

    Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly tourist attack in Afghanistan

  • men stand by their belongings by water

    Fresh floods in Afghanistan kill at least 60 after heavy rain brings devastation

  • A Taliban soldier stands guard in front of the ruins of a Buddha statue in Bamiyan.

    Three Spanish tourists and an Afghan shot dead in Afghanistan attack

  • A man wearing only shorts pours water over himself at the side of a road

    ‘Impossible’ heatwave struck Philippines in April, scientists find

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UK

  • Infected Blood Scandal Protest in London

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    Children used as ‘objects for research’, blood scandal inquiry says, as victims say they feel vindicated by report – UK politics live

    Of the 122 pupils who attended special school to treat haemophilia between 1970 and 1987, only 30 are still alive
  • Stella Assange, wife of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, leaves the high court in London.

    Julian Assange wins right to appeal against extradition to US

  • Glass dome exterior of Meadowhall shopping centre

    British Land sells stake in Sheffield’s Meadowhall shopping centre for £360m

  • Families affected by the infected blood scandal hold a banner showing images of deceased relatives

    UK infected blood scandal made worse by cover-up, inquiry concludes

  • A bus passes the Bank of England

    UK interest rate cut is ‘possible’ this summer, says Bank of England deputy

  • PollTracker trail v2

    UK general election opinion poll tracker: Labour leading as election looms

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US

  • Independent U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. holds a rally in Colorado<br>Independent U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. takes questions from reporters during a campaign event in Aurora, Colorado, U.S., May 19, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt

    Robert F Kennedy Jr lists New York home he doesn’t own as voting address

    Independent presidential candidate listed home in foreclosure as address, but is not listed in public searches as one of its residents
  • Donald Trump sits in the courtroom in Manhattan with his attorney Todd Blanche to his right.

    Live
    Trump back in court as Michael Cohen due to give final day of testimony – live

  • Professor Arif Ahmed speech<br>EMBARGOED TO 001 MONDAY OCTOBER 9 File photo dated 19/10/15 of a graduation ceremony at University Campus Suffolk in Ipswich. Professor Arif Ahmed, director for freedom of speech and academic freedom at the Office for Students (OfS), will give his first major speech at an event at King's College London on Monday and set out his priorities for the role. His appointment by the Government earlier this year followed the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act and protests surrounding feminist Professor Kathleen Stock's talk to the Oxford Union over her views on gender identity. Issue date: Monday October 9, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story EDUCATION Universities . Photo credit should read: Chris Radburn/PA Wire

    US school apologizes for cutting feather from Lakota student’s graduation cap

  • Man in orange jump suit and mask in court

    San Francisco: trial begins in killing of tech executive that shocked city

  • A hard hat from an oil worker lies in oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster on East Grand Terre Island, Louisiana June 8, 2010.

    Green activists push Biden to freeze ‘disastrous’ deepwater oil export rigs

  • Closed Red Lobster in Maryland, U.S.<br>A sign taped to a door announces the closure of a Red Lobster in Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S., May 14, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Millis

    Red Lobster seeks bankruptcy protection after closing dozens of restaurants

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