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  • Julius Malema wearing a black shirt and jacket and red tie in court

    South African politician Julius Malema given five-year jail term for gun offence

    Leader of leftwing Economic Freedom Fighters was convicted last year for firing rifle in the air at 2018 political rally
  • Displaced people wait in line for food aid at a camp in Sudan.

    More than £1bn pledged for Sudan as humanitarian crisis deepens

  • a woman smiles for a photograph

    Suspicion surrounds death of US influencer Ashly Robinson in Zanzibar

  • Cyril Ramaphosa with Roelf Meyer, both smiling, and other people sitting at convention.

    South Africa names apartheid-era negotiator as ambassador to US

  • Zhang Kequn speaking to someone who is facing away from the camera

    Ant smuggler sentenced to a year in jail by Kenyan court

  • Aerial view of vessel targeted by U.S. forces in Eastern Pacific narco-trafficking operation

    US launches fifth strike on alleged Pacific drug boat in a week, killing three

    Wednesday’s strike brings the total of those killed in US military strikes on alleged drug boats to at least 177
  • Sheinbaum has taken a harder line against Trump in the wake of mounting deaths of Mexican citizens in ICE custody

    Sheinbaum vows to ‘defend Mexicans at every level’ amid anger at Trump over migrant deaths

  • a man speaks into a microphone at a lectern

    Carney says it’s Canada’s ‘time to come together’ after Liberals secure majority

  • Bahamas police arrest Michigan man after wife vanishes at seaRecovery operations are conducted by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force in the Marsh Harbour area of Abaco, April 10, 2026, for Michigan woman Lynette Hooker, who went missing at sea over the weekend in the Abaco Islands, Bahamas. Royal Bahamas Defence Force/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY

    Bahamas police release Michigan man questioned after wife disappeared from their boat

  • Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney stands at a podium making a speech

    Mark Carney secures majority government in Canada after byelection win

  • Floating solar panels on the sea in Goheung, South Korea,

    How South Korea plans to use the Iran crisis to spur a renewables revolution

    Energy crisis unfolding in Middle East has added political urgency, and more funding, to transform South Korea’s solar industry
  • A composite image showing damage from a typhoon

    Sinlaku rips through Northern Mariana Islands as strongest tropical cyclone this year

  • Donald Trump and Xi Jinping shake hands in front of each other's national flags

    Short-term gains for China from US-Iran war may turn to longer-term pain

  • Kim Jong Un observes hypersonic missile test launch in North Korea

    North Korea rapidly expanding nuclear weapons capability, UN watchdog warns

  • Air New Zealand Economy Skynest.

    No double-bunking or snacks - but snoring is fine: Air New Zealand’s economy sleep pods set for launch

  • Richard marles

    Has Marles bowed to Trump’s wishes on defence spending? The figures are as clear as mud

    The defence minister insists that increases in spending did not happen because of thinktanks, retired generals ‘or washed-up bureaucrats’
  • Damage on Corio oil refinery

    Albanese cuts fuel diplomacy mission short to rush to Geelong as Bowen calls oil refinery fire ‘a setback’

  • Australian energy minister Chris Bowen

    Bowen says Geelong fire appears to be accidental; Keating lashes Liberals– as it happened

  • A pro-Palestine protester at a rally in February in Sydney against Isaac Herzog’s visit.

    NSW’s highest court strikes down anti-protest law introduced in wake of Bondi beach terror attack

  • A fire at Viva oil refinery

    Geelong fire: blaze at one of Australia’s two oil refineries extinguished after 13 hours as fuel supply fears remain

  • A firefighter works at the site of a recyclable materials warehouse hit by a Russian missile strike in Kyiv on 16 April.

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    Europe live: Russia ‘does not deserve’ lifting of sanctions, Zelenskyy says, after deadly overnight strikes in Ukraine

    Ukrainian president says nearly 700 Russian drones and 19 ballistic missiles mostly targeted Kyiv, Odesa and Dnipro
  • Fire burns at recycling site in Kyiv following Russian strike

    Russia pummels Ukraine with drone and missile strikes, killing at least 12

  • U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer badge embroidered on uniform polo shirt

    France seeks release of 86-year-old French widow detained by ICE

  • Leli Doolan in hi-vs jacket smiling for photo, with people behind waving Palestine and UN flags, and a sign reading: 'US military planes out!'

    Peace activist, 91, walks across Ireland in protest against US military stopovers

  • UK secretary of defense John Healey, Ukraine's defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov, German defense Minister Boris Pistorius and Nato secretary general Mark Rutte attend the meeting of the Ukraine Contact Group at the Federal Ministry of Defense, Berlin.

    ‘Don’t lose sight of Ukraine,’ Nato chief tells European allies – as it happened

  • Smoke rises following an Israeli strike in Nabatieh, Lebanon, on Thursday

    Live
    Middle East crisis live: Netanyahu ‘to speak to Lebanese leader today’ but Beirut reportedly unaware of plans

    Israeli minister says pair to speak after ‘many years of total disconnect’ but reports say that Lebanese were not aware of plans first outlined by Trump
  • close up of a hand holding a gas pump near a car

    ‘A dollar or two increase is devastating’: US readers on toll of rising gas prices

  • Israeli army armoured vehicles driving along a road running beside destroyed buildings in southern Lebanon.

    US Senate fails to pass war powers resolution for fourth time – as it happened

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    Trump needs a better Iran deal than Obama’s – but faces major hurdles

  • Asha Bhosle in 2013

    Indian music legend Asha Bhosle dies aged 92

    Two-time Grammy nominee was one of Bollywood’s most versatile and celebrated voices
  • A police officer walks across a barricaded road

    Islamabad prepares to host historic negotiations between Iran and the US

  • A man walks amid the rubble of destroyed buildings and a car

    Netanyahu says there is no ceasefire in Lebanon as Israel launches fresh strikes

  • Awami Rickshaw Union workers holding posters of Pakistan's army chief Asim Munir

    How Pakistan secured ‘biggest diplomatic win in years’ with Iran ceasefire

  • Donald Trump speaks during a news conference as Pete Hegseth watches on

    Explainer: What is in Iran’s 10-point ceasefire plan and will the US agree to it?

  • People queuing outside a Covid-19 vaccination centre in London, with signs for science museum and London underground visible in background

    Covid jab injury payments must be urgently reformed, says inquiry chair

    Heather Hallett hails vaccine scheme but criticises rule that only those meeting 60% disabled threshold can get payouts
  • A shopper in a supermarket earlier this year

    Live
    SNP would set maximum price for essential foods, says Swinney as he fears costs affecting nutrition in Scotland – UK politics live

  • Close-up of a phone screen with social media apps

    Starmer tells social media firms in No 10 meeting ‘things can’t go on like this’

  • Peter Farquhar with his arm around Benjamin Field

    Church warden jailed for life for murder of lecturer has conviction quashed

  • Lisa Nandy leaves 10 Downing Street after attending the weekly cabinet meeting on TuesdayCabinet Meeting in Downing Street, London, UK - 14 Apr 2026

    New regulator powers could stifle advocacy, UK’s largest civil society bodies warn

  • a man checking out at Family Dollar register in Windsor, North Carolina

    Utah passes new law to combat overcharges at dollar stores after Guardian investigation

    Investigation of Family Dollar and Dollar General prompts lawmakers to double penalties for retailers that repeatedly charge more at checkout than prices listed on shelves
  • Students walking through Hampshire College campus in Amherst during winter.

    Hampshire College was ‘a magical place’ for a progressive education. It couldn’t survive this era

  • person wearing navy suit gestures while speaking

    Democrats file articles of impeachment against Hegseth for ‘high crimes and misdemeanors’

  • US secretary of defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon on 8 April.

    House Democrats file six articles of impeachment against defense secretary Pete Hegseth – as it happened

  • Sonia Sotomayor speaks during a funeral service for Sandra Day O’Connor in 2023.

    Sonia Sotomayor apologizes to Brett Kavanaugh in US supreme court justice spat

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