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Africa

  • Brown floodwater in green land and semi-submerged dwellings

    Kenya floods: tourists evacuated from Maasai Mara after river bursts banks

    Kenya Red Cross rescues more than 90 people from hotels and lodges as heavy rainfall continues
  • Children holding placards outside parliament

    Lone children at risk of deportation to Rwanda after being classified as adults, says charity

  • View of the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford

    Dorset auction house withdraws Egyptian human skulls from sale

  • Former Central African Republic president François Bozizé

    Arrest warrant issued for Central African Republic’s former president over crimes against humanity

  • Soldiers in uniform carry a coffin on a ramp from a plane

    IS commander wanted for deaths of US forces in Niger killed in operation

  • Aerial shot of a small, partially submerged boat.

    At least 50 people feared drowned after boat from Senegal sinks off Canary island

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Americas

  • Man in black baseball cap addresses workers at rally

    Colombian president says government will sever Israel ties over Gaza ‘genocide’

    Gustavo Petro tells May Day rally ‘if Palestine dies, humanity dies’, as Israeli foreign minister accuses president of antisemitism
  • Man in suit and tie in parliament

    Canada: bitter clash in parliament over Trudeau ‘wacko’ jibe

  • people holding phones

    US asylum app strands migrants and aids organised crime, rights group says

  • Man in suit and tie gestures in parliament

    ‘Wacko PM’: Canadian opposition leader ejected for Trudeau insult

  • Cars on highway in Canada

    Ontario: grandparents and infant killed in wrong-way police pursuit crash

  • FILES-HAITI-POLITICS-TRANSITION<br>(FILES) The members of the new Haitian transitional council pose after being sworn in at the National Palace in Port-au-Price, Haiti, on April 25, 2024. A long-awaited transitional ruling council was sworn in in crisis-torn Haiti Thursday, an official told AFP, the first step to forming a new government after months of gang violence in the Caribbean nation. (Photo by Clarens SIFFROY / AFP) (Photo by CLARENS SIFFROY/AFP via Getty Images)

    New Haiti PM named but powerful gangs demand seat at the table

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Asia Pacific

  • A pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong holds up signs in support of Zhang Zhan, a citizen journalist who has been in prison since 2020

    Number of writers jailed in China exceeds 100 for first time, says report

    Pen America says there are 107 people behind bars for published content in China, with many accused of ‘picking quarrels’
  • Mt Ruang volcano spews lava and volcanic ash

    Indonesia volcano eruption spreads ash to Malaysia and shuts airports

  • A man lying down covered in sheets while two police officers watch over him

    First scientist to publish Covid sequence in China protests over lab ‘eviction’

  • A black bear in Iwate prefecture, northern Japan.

    Japan to trial AI bear warning system after record number of attacks

  • In this image taken from video, outgoing Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare speaks during a news conference, Monday, April 29, 2024, in Honiara, Solomon Islands. Sogavare on Monday withdrew from the contest to remain head of the strategically important South Pacific island nation’s government following general elections two weeks ago that are central to the U.S.-China rivalry in the region. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP)

    Solomon Islands PM Manasseh Sogavare to stand down after poor election result

  • Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk, left, dressed in dark suit and white shirt and tie, sits at a table with besuited Chinese Premier Li Qiang (right) in Beijing

    ‘Watershed moment’ for Tesla as Elon Musk’s visit to China reaps quick reward

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Australia

  • Adm Chris Barrie, former chief of the Australian defence force, wants climate change taken seriously as a security threat

    Live
    Australia news live: military experts warn of climate security threat; Forbes to mourn Molly Ticehurst

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  • Naloxone nasal spray

    Researchers urge more Australian pharmacies to stock anti-opioid overdose drug naloxone

  • Western Australian premier Roger Cook speaks at a press conference

    Two 17-year-old climate activists claim WA premier Roger Cook defamed them over Woodside protest

  • Australian federal Labor MP Dan Repacholi trains ahead of a qualifying event in pistol shooting for the Paris Olympic Games

    Australian MP Dan Repacholi shoots for Olympic Games record

  • Students walking past a sign at Swinburne University of Technology

    Majority of university chiefs in Victoria earn over $1m despite budget woes

  • A Bonza 737 Max 8 aircraft at Melbourne airport

    Bonza administrators in global talks on grounded budget carrier that helped ‘push down air fares’

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Europe

  • Man in protective suit and others in high-vis jackets removing tents

    ‘This is cleansing’: Dublin sends in police and buses to dismantle tent city

    Shocked people from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria herded on to coaches as 200 tents removed and streets cleaned
  • Riot police use pepper spray on protesters in Georgia

    Georgia condemned for crackdown on protesters opposing ‘foreign agents’ bill

  • Police use water cannons to disperse protesters near the Georgian parliament in Tbilisi.

    Georgian police fire teargas as huge ‘foreign agents’ bill protests rock Tbilisi – as it happened

  • The aftermath of an attack on Kharkiv earlier this week.

    Russia-Ukraine war: Moscow claims it has hit Ukraine’s southern army HQ – as it happened

  • Sara Alhashimi, who died trying to cross the Channel.

    Father of girl who died in Channel says family feared being deported to Iraq

  • Man standing in front of a green wall with barred windows

    Greek court drops espionage charges against aid workers

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Middle East

  • Protesters clash at the University of California in Los Angeles.

    California leaders condemn violence at UCLA after raid on pro-Palestine camp

    Los Angeles mayor calls late-night attack by counter-demonstrators ‘abhorrent’ as footage shows people wielding sticks
  • Yoav Gallant, Antony Blinken and Sigrid Kaag talk with officials at the Kerem Shalom crossing

    Israel under pressure to let more aid into Gaza as hostage talks continue

  • Antony Blinken stands in front of a lorry of aid parcels

    Middle East crisis: Jordan says some Israeli settlers attacked aid convoys on way to Gaza – as it happened

  • Man in suit at negotiating table

    Saudis push for ‘plan B’ that excludes Israel from key deal with US

  • Police in formation on university campus

    Police enter Columbia in apparent bid to break up student occupation

  • Saudi Arabia women’s rights activist Manahel al-Otaibi has been sentenced to 11 years for ‘terrorist offences’.

    Saudi Arabia activist sentenced to 11 years in prison for ‘support’ of women’s rights

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South and Central Asia

  • Voters queue to cast their election ballot outside a village polling station in Assam state

    India election: Modi and rivals trade accusations as voter turnout slumps in second phase

    Parties clash over communal issues in increasingly charged campaign amid concerns unseasonably hot weather affecting voter numbers
  • A girl cools off during the heat wave at the Suhrawardy Udyan water reserve in Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Wave of exceptionally hot weather scorches south and south-east Asia

  • A middle-aged woman holds up a report that says: 'The state of the world's human rights' with the Amnesty candle and barbed-wire logo behind her

    UK accused by Amnesty of ‘deliberately destabilising’ human rights globally

  • Avani Dias

    Reporting in India ‘too difficult’ under Modi, says departing Australian journalist

  • A hand holds three cardboard cutouts of Narendra Modi with party supporters out of focus in the background

    Narendra Modi accused of stirring tensions as voting in India continues

  • Ukrainian soldier manning mortar unit

    Global defence budget jumps to record high of $2440bn

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UK

  • Police car parked behind police tape in residential street

    Man, 36, charged with murder of Daniel Anjorin, 14, after Hainault stabbings

    Teenage boy died in attack by man armed with sword, while two police officers and two others were injured
  • A view of the Co-op Live arena with a blue and white path in front of it

    Manchester Co-op Live cancels opening concert again after ‘technical issue’

  • A man holds a placard in Blackpool during a Reform UK campaign event

    Reform UK backs candidates who promoted online conspiracy theories

  • Humza Yousaf and his front bench in Holyrood

    SNP defeats Labour confidence motion and sets out plan for choosing new leader

  • Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner in hard hats and hi-vis jackets

    Labour’s ‘new deal for workers’ will not fully ban zero-hours contracts

  • Sadiq Khan clapping his hands in front of a group of young people waving Labour flags in a park

    Sadiq Khan calls Tories unpatriotic for ‘trying to do London down’

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US

  • Supporters of pro-Palestine protests at Columbia, in New York, expressing their disapproval of having police on campus.

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    Top New York prosecutor says 280 people arrested at campus protests; independent review into UCLA violence – live

    Alvin Bragg does not confirm reports of “outside agitators” infiltrating student-led protests; University of California orders review of lack of policing
  • A group of people hold mostly printed-out black-on-white signs that say 'No cops on campus,' 'We care,' etc.

    Columbia University faculty ‘horrified’ by mass arrests of student protesters

  • person's hand holds sign reading 'my body my choice'

    Arizona senate passes repeal of 1864 near-total abortion ban

  • The US Capitol building.

    US House votes to pass antisemitism bill in response to campus protests

  • Duane Eddy American guitarist December 1963<br>B505RF Duane Eddy American guitarist December 1963

    Duane Eddy, pioneering rock’n’roll guitarist, dies at 86

  • People hold a banner that reads "End the six week abortion ban"

    Kamala Harris invokes ‘fight for our freedom’ as Florida six-week abortion ban takes effect

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