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Africa

  • A woman holds up a cut diamond to her eye

    BHP’s pursuit of Anglo American has a major obstacle: South Africa

    The De Beers owner is a longstanding jewel in the African' state’s economic crown – it would be a ‘big blow’ to see it sold off
  • UK PM Rishi Sunak

    Sunak: rise in asylum seekers in Ireland proves Rwanda plan ‘having impact’

  • South African president Cyril Ramaphosa speaking at a celebration commemorating Freedom Day

    South Africa marks 30 years since apartheid amid growing discontent

  • A man stands next to brown flowing floodwater covering a fallen hut, as people on the other side of the water search to retrieve belongings from rubble among damaged housing

    Kenya flood death toll rises as more torrential rain forecast

  • the muddy rain-sodden legs and shoes of two young people

    Weather tracker: heavy rainfall causes flooding and death in east Africa

  • Rishi Sunak's head under a sign saying 'STOP THE BOATS'

    UK Rwanda policy is ‘kneejerk reaction’ to migration, says Ireland’s deputy PM

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Americas

  • A sunny empty coast in Tobago with palm trees, beach, boats and huts

    Briton in critical care after ‘unusual’ shark attack on Tobago

    Peter Smith, 64, received critical care for injuries to arm, leg and stomach after attack in shallow waters
  • The orphaned two-year-old female orca calf swims in a lagoon near Zeballos, British Columbia, on 11 April.

    Orca calf successfully returned to open water after bold rescue in Canada

  • air canada jets

    Air Canada apologizes after headdress of First Nations chief removed to hold

  • Armed security personnel in full kit in road on patrol

    New Haiti government sworn in during secret ceremony

  • A woman holds out the skirt of her white dress showing the printed scene of slaves picking cotton on Lisbon’s Praça do Comércio.

    Portugal needs to ‘pay the costs’ of slavery and colonialism, says president

  • A crowd of women march along a street holding banners

    Honduras referred to UN human rights committee over total abortion ban

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Asia Pacific

  • Elon Musk gets out of a dark Tesla vehicle

    Elon Musk makes unannounced visit to China

    Tesla boss reportedly meets Premier Li Qiang in visit aimed at sealing rollout of Autopilot software and transferring data overseas
  • Screenshot of Money Idol Exchanger

    Schoolgirl impresses at Japanese gamer event with win in retro game

  • PM Fumio Kishida addressing Japan's parliament

    Anger at party funding scandal in Japan threatens to bring down PM Kishida

  • Smoke billows from a warehouse after an explosion at an army base in Kampong Speu province, Cambodia.

    Ammunition explosion at Cambodia military base kills 20 soldiers

  • FILE - In this undated file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, two Chinese SU-30 fighter jets take off from an unspecified location to fly a patrol over the South China Sea. China flew more than 30 military planes, including SU-30 fighter jets, toward Taiwan on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2021, the second large display of force in as many days.(Jin Danhua/Xinhua via AP, File)

    Chinese jets fly sorties over Taiwan strait in show of force as US delegation departs

  • Sign on a wall saying: 'NCA National Crime Agency' with a picture of a crown

    Four Vietnamese nationals arrested in London over people smuggling

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Australia

  • The Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler at a press conference in the blue room of Parliament House

    Bulk-billed GP visits rise following introduction of incentives for doctors, data shows

    Doctors’ groups say improved bulk billing rate is ‘encouraging’ but more investment in health system is needed
  • Children's legs and feet in black shoes hanging down over a brick wall.

    Why the Guardian is investigating the deep failings in Australia’s school system

  • Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends a rally to a call for action to end violence against women, in Canberra, Sunday, April 28, 2024.

    ‘Australia must do better’: Albanese calls urgent national cabinet meeting as thousands rally to end men’s violence against women

  • Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan.

    Truth-telling ‘critical’ to treaty, Victorian premier says ahead of historic appearance at Indigenous-led inquiry

  • An ABC News screengrab of prime minister Anthony Albanese speaking at Canberra’s 'No More' rally against men’s violence

    Albanese heckled at Canberra rally to end violence against women – as it happened

  • Queensland police minister Mark Ryan speaks to media

    Dangerous drivers to face prison sentences of up to 20 years under ‘Susan’s Law’ in Queensland

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Europe

  • Two people in uniforms near destroyed buildings

    Russia makes more gains around Avdiivka as Ukraine awaits US aid

    Ukrainian officials say situation ‘very difficult’ but ‘not catastrophic’ amid loss of two villages and fighting in Ocheretyne
  • Pope Francis is greeted by gondoliers upon his arrival in Venice.

    Pope visits women’s prison in Venice and tours Vatican show at art Biennale

  • Omar Sy

    It’s hard being black in France, says Omar Sy after Aya Nakamura racism row

  • A demonstrator holds up a sign reading 'Sánchez gets on, yes' outside the PSOE headquarters in Madrid on Saturday.

    Spanish opposition step up Sánchez attacks as PM decides on his future

  • A 19th-century engraving showing slaves in Brazil, one of Portugal’s colonies

    Portuguese government rejects president’s suggestion of slavery reparations

  • Begoña Gómez preparing to cast a vote with Pedro Sánchez standing behind her

    Spain’s PM Sánchez could quit after far-right attacks on wife and bid to ‘politically kill’ him

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Middle East

  • Antony Blinken

    Antony Blinken to visit Saudi Arabia to try to restart Gaza ceasefire talks

    US secretary of state to discuss avoiding regional conflict amid fears about Israeli ground invasion of Rafah
  • A family standing in the wreckage of a house

    Middle East crisis: Israel has agreed to listen to US concerns before any Rafah invasion, says White House – as it happened

  • Shia Muslim devotees self-flagellate over an unfurled banner on the ground depicting the Pride rainbow flag defaced with a boot in the city of Nasiriyah in Iraq in 2023.

    Human rights groups and diplomats condemn Iraq’s anti-LGBTQ+ law

  • Two totally burnt out cars, one upside down, illuminatewd with orange light, form part of an exhibit

    ‘We are showing the world what people do’: grim relics of Hamas attack go on display in New York

  • Construction work on the Gaza City shore in preparation for a floating pier the US military is building at sea.

    UK weighing sending troops into Gaza to distribute aid

  • An Iraqi jail

    Iraq makes same-sex relations punishable by up to 15 years in jail

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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 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

  • 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

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UK

  • Thames Water vans

    Thames Water collapse could trigger Truss-style borrowing crisis, Whitehall officials fear

    Exclusive: Concerns over effect on UK’s finances lead officials to believe utility should be renationalised before general election
  • Police and forensic officers working among bushes and undergrowth

    More human remains found in Greater Manchester torso investigation

  • Box of the insulin drug Humalog

    Insulin shortages ‘causing stress and anxiety’ for UK diabetes patients

  • Rishi Sunak

    Tory rebels plan 100-day ‘policy blitz’ if local elections are disaster for party

  • Five people in business clothes sit around a table

    UK charities hiring staff with ‘privilege not potential’, report author warns

  • Home Office immigration enforcement vans

    Home Office to detain asylum seekers across UK in shock Rwanda operation

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US

  • Man in neon jacket stands in wreckage

    Oklahoma tornadoes kill at least three people and leave dozens injured

    Governor issues state of emergency for 12 counties as authorities confirm a four-month-old baby was among the dead in Holdenville
  • Students Maintain Encampment At City College, CUNY, New York, New York, United States - 26 Apr 2024<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jesus King/REX/Shutterstock (14452059f) Pro-Palestinian protesters maintain their encampment on the lawn on the campus of CUNY City College, while barricades were being offloaded on the sidewalk by the NYPD's barrier unit. Widespread encampments in support of Palestinians have popped up across the U.S. on college campuses, resulting in arrests and academic repercussions for some students. Students Maintain Encampment At City College, CUNY, New York, New York, United States - 26 Apr 2024

    ‘Do not bow’: ex-Black Panther praises pro-Palestinian student protesters from prison

  • Patricia smiles as she sits in a window seat on a plane

    ‘They thought I was a child’: US airline repeatedly registers 101-year-old as baby

  • Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks durng the EarthX Conference<br>epa11298998 Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks about environmental challenges during the EarthX conference in Dallas, Texas, USA, 24 April 2024. EarthX is an international nonprofit environmental organization that raises awareness about environmental challenges and solutions across the country. EPA/ADAM DAVIS

    RFK Jr dismisses Trump as ‘unhinged’ after being called a ‘Democrat plant’

  • Man in suit and glasses closes his eyes in prayer

    Mike Johnson’s busy week: Ukraine aid and threats to protesters – what next?

  • a person holds a sign that reads "free Palestine" with a drawing of a watermelon slice

    Echoes of Vietnam era as pro-Palestinian student protests roil US campuses

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