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  • Uganda's coat of arms displayed on the Parliament building in Kampala

    Uganda copying Russia and China with new bill designed to crush dissent, say critics

    New law proposes up to 20 years in prison for promoting ‘foreign interests’, and restricts those who work with or are funded by overseas partners
  • Ground crew unloading cargo from Kenyan startup Encomm Aviation's BAe ATP aircraft

    BAE faces £120m lawsuit over decision to scrap support for aid aircraft

  • Farmers add fertiliser to a maize field using traditional methods.

    Iran war may cause food shortages in Africa, world’s largest fertiliser firm says

  • A young black man wearing a black jacket looks sternly ahead as he stands in court

    South Africa deports Mugabe’s son for unrelated offences after employee shot at family home

  • Members of Sambaiana performing on stage

    ‘It will never cover what’s authentic’: African music industry weighs up AI risks and rewards

  • An oil vessel is visible in the Caribbean Sea at sunset

    Could key climate talks mark ground zero in global push to ditch fossil fuels?

    Colombia hosted nearly 60 countries at pivotal time on world stage for fight to transition to a clean energy future
  • Gaston Browne, the prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda

    Antigua and Barbuda prime minister set to win fourth term in election

  • Denise Ann Williams

    Australian hiker missing in Nova Scotia national park not heard from for two weeks

  • In a white shirt, Jair Bolsonaro looks pensive while his son Flávio, wearing a yellow short-sleeved sports top, smiles while holding a microphone

    Brazil’s congress approves bill reducing prison sentence of former president Jair Bolsonaro

  • Venezuelan and US flags waved from the cockpit

    ‘A new chapter’: first commercial flight from US since 2019 lands in Venezuela

  • People sift through remains of homes ripped apart by storm

    Weather tracker: Tornadoes and giant hail in central US

    Strongest tornado hits Mineral Wells, Texas, where disaster was declared. Elsewhere, extreme rain inundates China
  • Jimmy Lai being arrested in Hong Kong in April 2020

    Jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai wins free speech award in Germany

  • The exterior of Al Noor Mosque

    Christchurch gunman fails in bid to appeal against guilty pleas in New Zealand court

  • A student sits next to the quadrangle at the University of Sydney

    Student’s alleged jailing in China over Australian pro-democracy protests sparks calls for inquiry

  • A general view of Alibaba's headquarters in Hangzhou, China

    More private health records of UK Biobank volunteers appear on Chinese website

  • NSW Greens MP Sue Higginson

    ‘Barely a street’ in Dubbo without trees poisoned by pesticides, NSW Greens say – as it happened

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  • There were 39 deaths in NSW custody in 2025. Of those, 12 were First Nations people, also a record high.

    ‘Profoundly distressing’: record number of deaths in custody and police operations in NSW

  • A woman is carried by police officers

    Police say they will charge people with unrest in Alice Springs after arrest over death of Kumanjayi Little Baby

  • A women is carried by police during community unrest outside Alice Springs Hospital, where a man accused of abducting and killing five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby was taken after being arrested, in Alice Springs, Thursday, April 30, 2026. (AAP Image/Rhett Hammerton) NO ARCHIVING

    Unrest in Alice Springs after Jefferson Lewis arrested over death of Kumanjayi Little Baby

  • Logo of US tech company Palantir is seen in Davos, Switzerland, with two men with umbrellas in the foreground

    Calls grow to ban Palantir in Australia after manifesto described by UK MP as ‘ramblings of a supervillain’

  • Greg Jackson, founder and chief executive of Octopus Energy

    Octopus Energy boss: some people would accept occasional blackouts if bills cut

    Greg Jackson argues against costly investments in UK’s power grid that are adding to household bills
  • Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni

    Trump threatens to withdraw US troops from Italy and Spain – as it happened

  • A large USAF plane seen from behind a fence

    Trump threatens to withdraw troops from Italy and Spain

  • Two dogs on lead standing next to their owner in Rome

    Italian city orders dog owners to wash away urine or face €500 fine

  • A smiling man in a tux and glasses hold gold statuette over his head.

    Missing Oscar belonging to co-director of Putin film found after TSA made him ship it

  • US President Trump speaks with US Defense Secretary Hegseth

    Trump administration says hostilities in Iran ‘terminated’ ahead of war powers deadline

    US president faced a 60-day deadline on Friday to end the Iran war or make the case to Congress for extending it
  • Boats comprising a flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip deoart from Barcelona's Port Vell.

    Israel intercepts and detains crews of Gaza aid flotilla near Crete

  • An oil and gas field in Basra, Iraq

    Oil price tops $126 a barrel after Trump warns Iran blockade could last ‘months’

  • Iran army members wave national flags as they stand in front of a poster of Khamenei

    Iran supreme leader issues defiant statement on strait of Hormuz

  • A large crowd of people on a street.

    Syrian commission prepares war crimes case against notorious Assad official

  • A street scene at dusk in the Keonjhar district.

    Shock in India after man takes remains of his sister to bank to prove her death

    Jitu Munda says he was refused access to money in case highlighting ‘lack of humanity’ in Indian bureaucracy
  • Hippos float in the lagoon at Hacienda Nápoles Park

    Indian billionaire’s son offers to house Pablo Escobar’s hippos at his private zoo

  • Sri Lankan monks arrive to appear before a court

    Sri Lanka police arrest 22 Buddhist monks after 110kg of cannabis found in luggage

  • A Taliban security member rides an armed vehicle on the outskirts of Jalalabad

    Afghanistan says Pakistani strikes kill seven and wound 85 in first attack since peace talks

  • People with umbrellas walk on the road amid heavy rain in Guangzhou

    Weather tracker: Torrential rain in southern China leads to flooding fears

  • Green Party leader Zack Polanski.

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    Zack Polanski apologises for sharing criticism of police response to Golders Green attack – UK politics live

    Green party leader shares statement after open letter from Met police chief Mark Rowley
  • Green leader Zack Polanski.

    Zack Polanski apologises for sharing tweet criticising police at Golders Green stabbings

  • two men in suits smile at each other outside

    Charles tamed Trump while rebuking Trumpism in ego-flattering masterstroke

  • Glasses and bottles lined up for a tasting at Glendronach distillery

    End of Trump tariffs on whisky sparks row between Scottish parties over claiming credit

  • Woman crossing road next to taxi with shirt over head to protect her from the sun

    ‘Hotter than Hawaii’: London and East Anglia expected to reach 27C on Friday

  • Pete Hegseth testifies during the US senate committee on armed services

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    Trump administration rejects need for Iran war Congressional approval despite deadline – US politics live

    Pete Hegseth argued that a ceasefire agreement with Iran more than three weeks ago ‘means the 60 day clock pauses, or stops’
  • a man in a suit speaks into a microphone

    Pentagon inks deals with seven AI companies for classified military work

  • An entrance to a detention center surrounded by high fences

    Cuban immigrant dies in Georgia detention center, ICE tells Congress

  • two sea otters eat in an aquarium

    Mother knows best as sea otter adopts orphaned pup at California aquarium

  • teen girl in red hoodie and light grey sweatpants watches police officers standing on school steps

    Six wounded after stabbing attack at high school in Washington state

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