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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

  • The Shard, Tower Bridge and the City of London financial district in May 2024 (taken by a drone)

    UK cannot afford to give ‘cold shoulder’ to China, says City minister

    Bim Afolami’s comments distance British government from protectionist moves by US
  • An armoured vehicle with troops nearby

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

  • 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

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Australia

  • Eraring Newcastle power station

    Closure of Australia’s biggest coal-fired power station may be delayed while renewables catch up

    States must roll out batteries, solar and wind energy more quickly to ease risk of blackouts, energy operator says
  • A residential electricity bill

    Guardian Essential poll: $300 energy rebate shouldn’t go to high-income households, voters say

  • Australian banknotes on a table

    Why Guardian Australia is investigating the private debt collection industry

  • Aerial image of beach and waterfront properties in Sydney, Australia

    Disposable income soared for richest Australians after pandemic but went backwards for the rest, report says

  • Composite with text messages and Panthera Finance logo

    Revealed: how a debt collection giant dodged its own blacklisting

  • A girl eats an ice cream as she walks along Nakamise-dori, a shopping street near Senso-ji buddhist temple, in Tokyo

    ‘Bloody £9 for two!’ How much does an ice-cream cost around the world?

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Europe

  • Police officers inspect a neighborhood for evacuation of civilians on a village nearby Vovchansk in Kharkiv, the scene of fierce fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces.

    Russia-Ukraine war: Russia to make further bid to carve out ‘buffer zone’ in coming weeks, warns US defence secretary – as it happened

    Lloyd Austin, speaking at the Ukraine Defence Contact Group, praises troops’ courage in ‘hard and dangerous fight’
  • The Adriana, an ageing fishing trawler, is seen illuminated in the dark at a port with people crammed onto its decks and even onto the roof of its cabin. It is painted blue with large patches of rust on its hull.

    Mediterranean migrant boat disaster: men on trial are ‘scapegoats’, say lawyers

  • The Slovakian prime minister, Robert Fico, speaks to the media in front of a Slovakian flag

    Slovakian PM Robert Fico stable and communicating, say doctors

  • Screengrab from video showing closeup head-and-shoulders view of children laughing and dancing, girls seen at the front, one with her arm in the air; they are spotlit under pink and purple light

    ‘We got the energy’: Irish children’s rap video goes viral

  • 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

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Middle East

  • Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

    Israeli ministers condemn ICC arrest warrant call as ‘scandalous’ – as it happened

    Foreign minister Israel Katz says move by chief prosecutor is tantamount to an attack on the victims of 7 October
  • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei sitting behind a microphone, with an Iranian flag behind him

    Iran’s supreme leader sets its hardline foreign policies: expect more of the same

  • 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

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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 inquiry

    Live
    Infected blood inquiry chair vows to hold government to account to ensure proposals are implemented– UK politics live

    Sir Brian Langstaff says he will make sure recommendations of report are not allowed to ‘collect dust on the Cabinet Office shelf’
  • Infected Blood inquiry<br>PABest Cressida Haughton (left) who's father Derek and Deborah Dennis who's father Dennis died, outside Central Hall in Westminster, London, after the publication of the Infected Blood Inquiry report. Tens of thousands of people in the UK were infected with deadly viruses after they were given contaminated blood and blood products between the 1970s and early 1990s. These include people who needed blood transfusions for accidents, in surgery or during childbirth, and patients with certain blood disorders who were treated with donated blood plasma products or blood transfusions. Picture date: Monday May 20, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story INQUIRY Blood. Photo credit should read: Jeff Moore/PA Wire

    Politicians should ‘hang heads in shame’ over UK infected blood scandal, victims say

  • 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

  • Stella Assange, wife of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, leaves the high court in London.

    Julian Assange wins right to appeal against extradition to US

  • Aerial view of circular raised beds, made from perforated clay blocks, full of plants with green and grey foliage and purple, orange, yellow and white flowers

    Garden with terracotta 3D-print bricks wins Chelsea flower show green medal

  • A clear blue sky above the old town of Edinburgh, with old stone buildings and a church steeple

    Edinburgh rape crisis worker wins tribunal over gender critical views

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US

  • Michael Cohen (left) and Donald Trump. Cohen is expected to give more testimony on Monday.

    Live
    Michael Cohen admits stealing from Trump Organization; closing arguments expected next Tuesday – live

    Trump back in court as Michael Cohen’s likely last day of questioning gets under way
  • Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Knesset in Jerusalem amid news the ICC prosecutor said he was seeking a warrant for his arrest.

    Live
    ICC prosecutor’s call for Netanyahu arrest warrant complicates US support as Israeli ministers condemn ‘scandalous’ move – live

  • Del Monte's Rubyglow pineapple goes for $395.

    California’s $395 pineapple highlights spike in luxury fruit market

  • A black bird with only its long skinny neck out of rippling water holds a bird in its yellow beak.

    Environmental advocates heartbroken over sale of Florida seabird preserve

  • 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

  • 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 foreclosed New York home as voting address

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