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Africa

  • Fishing boats off the coast of Djibouti.

    At least 21 migrants dead after boat capsizes off coast of Djibouti

    Children among those killed in second fatal incident in two weeks close to the Horn of Africa, says UN agency
  • Composite image of the House of Lords on Monday and Rishi Sunak

    Council of Europe human rights watchdog condemns UK’s Rwanda bill

  • Rishi Sunak walks to attend a press conference at Downing Street in London, 22 April 2024.

    Tuesday briefing: Rishi Sunak finally passes his Rwanda bill – now to find out if it works

  • A family of African elephants crossing a dirt road, with a safari jeep in background.

    World Bank suspends Tanzania tourism funding after claims of killings and evictions

  • Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo

    Sudan’s forgotten war

  • Rishi Sunak in front a lectern which reads 'Stop the Boats'

    UK passes bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

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Americas

  • Nancy Gonzalez shows off her collection of handbags at Neiman Marcus in Bal Harbour, Florida in 2008.

    Designer Nancy Gonzalez sentenced to prison for smuggling crocodile and python handbags

    Celebrity fashion designer, who recruited couriers to transport bags from her native Colombia to US on commercial flights, receives 18-month sentence
  • Fishers working with a net

    ‘Children won’t be able to survive’: inter-American court to hear from climate victims

  • A woman fans herself as she and another woman walk across a street

    Weather tracker: Mexico swelters under season’s first heatwave

  • Ukrainian soldier manning mortar unit

    Global defence budget jumps to record high of $2440bn

  • Supporters of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro hold up a sign saying ‘Thank you Elon Musk'

    Bolsonaro supporters hit streets of Rio and hail new hero Elon Musk

  • A person stands next to boxes with electoral kits ahead of the referendum, on 10 April in Quito, Ecuador.

    Ecuadoreans to vote in referendum on unprecedented security measures

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Asia Pacific

  • Police in Dresden, where the suspect was arrested on Monday night.

    AfD politician’s aide arrested on suspicion of spying for China

    Man worked as assistant to Maximilian Krah, top candidate in European parliament elections, say prosecutors
  • Rescue services inspect the crash site of two helicopters in Lumur, Perak state

    Malaysia navy helicopters collide in mid-air, killing all 10 onboard

  • A statue of General Chiang Kai-shek in Taiwan

    Taiwan pledges to remove 760 statues of Chinese dictator Chiang Kai-shek

  • The drag queen Nymphia Wind dressed in a gold outfit holding a stick with a gold sequinned stick with banana at the top

    Joy in Taiwan – and praise from the president – as Nymphia Wind wins RuPaul’s Drag Race

  • mother and baby lying on the floor

    ‘Horizontally’ recycled nappies go on sale in Japan in world first

  • Maldives' President Mohamed Muizzu addresses the media after casting his ballot during the country's parliamentary elections.

    Pro-China party wins landslide victory in Maldives parliamentary elections

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Australia

  • The Woodside-operated North West Shelf Project Karratha Gas Plant on Burrup Peninsula near Dampier, Western Australia

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    Australia news live: Woodside braces for shareholder revolt over climate plan; NSW settles class action with $230m offer to underpaid junior doctors

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  • Victoria police tape restricts access to a crime scene.

    Cobram death: homicide detectives launch investigation after woman’s body found in Victoria

  • The Australian Border Force cutter Cape Wessel in 2016

    Secret report warns Australian Border Force’s marine unit is ‘not safe for women’

  • Older person playing Sudoku or similar puzzle game

    One in five Australians wrongly believe dementia is ‘normal part of the ageing process’, survey shows

  • Guide dog with handler

    ‘He could have killed my dog’: ride-share drivers accused of refusing passengers with guide dogs

  • Australian opposition leader Peter Dutton

    Peter Dutton may face party upset if opposition supports government’s misinformation bill

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Europe

  • A couple sit on Tourkovounia hill, as southerly winds carry waves of Saharan dust, in Athens

    Athens swallowed up by orange haze from Sahara dust storm

    Authorities in Greece warn the dust concentrations can reduce sunlight and visibility, while increasing levels of fine pollution particles pose health risks
  • Man holds number of orange life jackets with others stood around next to bus

    ‘England is hope’: some say they will try again – despite Channel deaths

  • Grey sea and side view of officer with Police Nationale label on back of black uniform

    Humanitarian groups demand safe routes to UK after five deaths in Channel

  • Rishi Sunak speaking at a lectern in front of union jack flags

    Europe’s political leaders have been slow to recognise financial reality of long wars

  • A Ukrainian police officer

    Russian forces make significant gains in eastern Ukraine

  • Mike Johnson speaks into mic as Trump stands in background.

    Trump lauds House speaker as a ‘good person’ after Ukraine aid bill passage

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Middle East

  • Sandy soil with large empty trench and digger in background and people in white PPE.

    UN rights chief ‘horrified’ by reports of mass graves at two Gaza hospitals

    Spokesperson says some bodies allegedly had their hands tied while others were bound and stripped
  • A young man cycles through a crater with debris around the edge in front of the wrecked buildings of al-Shifa hospital

    Middle East crisis: Authorities recover further bodies at Nasser hospital from mass grave, say reports – as it happened

  • Faculty members at Columbia hold a demonstration in support of student protesters on Monday.

    Columbia faculty members walk out after pro-Palestinian protesters arrested

  • Palestinians walk with their belongings along a dusty road between destroyed buildings

    Israel still has no proof of Unrwa terrorist claims – but damage to aid agency is done

  • Palestinians carry away flour distributed by Unrwa in Rafah, Gaza, late last year.

    Israel has yet to provide evidence of Unrwa staff terrorist links, Colonna report says

  • Mourners react as people rebury the bodies of Palestinians killed during Israel's military offensive in Khan Younis.

    Middle East crisis: More than 200 bodies recovered from temporary mass graves in Nasser hospital, local authorities say – as it happened

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South and Central Asia

  • Avani Dias

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

    Despite eventual visa backflip by authorities, ABC’s south-Asia correspondent Avani Dias left after being made to ‘feel so uncomfortable’
  • 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

  • Thai soldiers stand guard as Myanmar villagers flee to Thailand amid clashes between rebels and the junta

    Fighting rages at Myanmar’s border with Thailand as rebels target junta troops

  • Narendra Modi addresses a crowd on Independence Day. He is looking towards the right and appears to be speaking, with one arm in the air. He is wearing a red turban and white kurta.

    ‘Messianic spell’: how Narendra Modi created a cult of personality

  • A motorcyclist drives past a poster of Narendra Modi in Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh

    Voting begins in India’s election with Modi widely expected to win third term

  • Diagram showing 20 of the snake's vertebrae.

    Fossil of ‘largest snake to have ever existed’ found in western India

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UK

  • Rishi Sunak talking to young children at a table in a nursery as they do colouring in

    England childcare scheme may struggle to deliver places, finds ‘damning’ report

    Watchdog says only a third of local authorities are confident they will have enough places for September
  • An older woman about to have an MRI scan.

    Ethnic minorities in England ‘need more GP visits’ before cancer diagnosis

  • A family photo of Barnaby Webber

    Mother of Nottingham stabbing victim criticises police officer’s comments

  • London Marathon runner wine challenge goes viral<br>Undated handout photo of Tom Gilbey, 52, a wine connoisseur who blind tasted a different glass of wine after completing each mile of the London Marathon, said he was "honoured" his challenge went viral on social media, prompting an influx of donations. Issue date: Tuesday April 23, 2024. PA Photo. Tom stopped 25 times during the race to sample a glass of wine and guess the beverage's vintage, grape variety and country of origin before continuing on towards the finish line. See PA story SOCIAL Wine. Photo credit should read: Tom Gilbey/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

    London Marathon ‘wine guy’ on how he sampled 25 wines during race

  • A 30mph sign with the 30 crossed out.

    Welsh government may reverse 20mph limit on hundreds of roads – but denies U-turn

  • A silhouetted male pushing an unidentifiable person in a wheelchair along seafront as the sun sets.

    UK government dementia adviser resigns over prosecutions of carers

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US

  • 'Vote here' sign outside church

    Biden and Trump clinch Pennsylvania primaries shortly after polls close

    State’s voters still had options in presidential contests, with tallies to provide window into how state will swing in November
  • Yellow police tape on green grass

    Plane crashes into river in Alaska, officials say

  • Silhouette of person holding Catholic cross

    US priest accused of raping teen in 1975 not fit to stand trial, psychiatrists say

  • line of protesters in front of line of police wearing helmets in the dark

    Student Gaza protests: top Republicans call on Biden to send in federal officers

  • US-POLITICS-AID-UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CONFLICT-ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN<br>The US Capitol in Washington, DC, on April 23, 2024. The US Senate is due to vote on the final foreign aid package of $95 billion in total military assistance to US allies, including money for Israel and Taiwan alongside the $61 billion earmarked for Ukraine -- is expected to land on President Joe Biden's desk for his approval by the end of the week. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

    US Senate close to passing $95bn aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after key vote

  • Two glass bottles containing ancient cherries were discovered in George Washington’s estate in Mount Vernon, Virginia.

    Centuries-old cherries found hidden in bottles under floor at George Washington’s home

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