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BRUSSELS ― Europe's leaders have a new fear: Donald Trump's standoff with Iran is about to turn from an economic shock into a political crisis for the bloc's fragile center. With energy prices climbing and growth sputtering, pro-EU governments are bracing for a crisis they have little power to stop — and that could rip through the bloc's already weakened political mainstream. Across Europe, unpopular incumbents are facing a populist backlash that could strike hard enough next year in France to propel National Rally to victory, putting the far right in the Élysée Palace and sending shockwaves around the world. “Energy costs are cascading into food, transport and housing, hitting lower- and middle-income households hardest,” Seamus Boland, president of the European Economic and Social Committee, which brings together trade unions from across Europe and advises the European Commission on economic and labor policy, told POLITICO. “Politically, that creates space for distrust — not just of national governments, but of European institutions’ ability to shield citizens from external shocks. It risks accelerating support for more protectionist or inward-looking approaches.” France is the biggest prize. But it is not the signal in Europe that the center is crumbling. In Bulgaria, the April 20 victory of Kremlin-friendly ex-president Rumen Radev has set incumbents around Europe on edge. In Romania, a coalition crisis could soon sweep pro-EU Prime Minister Ilie…

LONDON — When King Charles III lands in the U. S. on Monday, his aides will be carrying a heavy ring binder lined with thick, textured paper. Among reams of timings, briefings and biographies will likely be a condensed list of key objectives, the result of months of planning with the British government, expanded upon in the margins with handwritten scribbles from the monarch’s red felt-tip pen. It will not have been easy to write. Trump had already strained his relationship with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to the limit with volleys against the prime minister’s stances on the Iran war, immigration and oil and gas drilling; some U. K. politicians called for Charles not to go at all. Now, his visit will take place amid heightened security tensions after a shooting at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Charles will likely touch on the shooting in his speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, according to a royal aide not authorized to speak publicly. The king has poured work into it personally. While reports have suggested the speech will last 20 minutes, two other people familiar with the planning said they expected it to run to about half an hour — far exceeding the 12-minute speech his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, gave during a U. S. visit in 1991. “You can say a lot in 30 minutes in Congress,” said one of the two people cited above. But as with all royal visits, Charles’ more contentious messages will be delivered mostly in code, the real politics simmering behind the scenes. Both sides are at pains to stress this trip is merely a 250th-birthday present to the U. S., and there will be no substantive announcements. The Trump administration has assured British counterparts they can expect little focus on policy, despite the president holding an Oval Office meeting with Charles — the U. K. head of state, though not the head of government — on Tuesday. Yet in conversations with POLITICO, 15 current and former U. K. and U. S. officials familiar with the process — many of them granted anonymity to discuss it — painted a vivid picture of a visit heavily planned and guided by the British state with political and policy implications that run deep. Leadership threats by Starmer’s own party have also raised questions among U. K. officials about how far Charles should keep himself — in Trump’s eyes — distinct from the prime minister who requested he go. In all, the bar for success is now so low in Britain’s eyes that the aim is quite simple: Mend some fences and make Trump smile. ‘That didn’t happen by accident’ Monarchs pick their interventions with care, while Trump seems to careen wildly into his. Both those factors will limit Charles’ room to influence the president. One person familiar with the preparations said: “There is a feeling that the king can probably advance maybe one issue, so the question is what that issue will be.” President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, whose relationship has been strained to the limit, speak during a world leaders’ summit on ending the Gaza war on October 13, 2025. | Suzanne Plunkett/Pool/Getty Images A prime candidate is the war in Ukraine, from which the president has spent months distracted by the upcoming midterm elections and the ongoing U. S.-Israeli war with Iran. The grinding conflict between Kyiv and Moscow sits in the center of the Venn diagram of British diplomatic aims that are also close to the king’s heart. “It is the thing the king really cares about,” said the same person quoted above. “More than tech or the other elements of the relationship.” (The royal aide quoted earlier in this story responded: “I would be very wary of speculative assumptions about the king’s supposed views on any given matter, which usually owe more to feverish gossip in Westminster saloon bars than the inner thoughts of the sovereign.”) The monarch also appears likely to emphasize Britain’s commitment to the two nations’ defense ties — which include NATO moves to fend off Russia in the Arctic — as the president questions the alliance’s future. A trip to Arlington Cemetery is on the agenda, and Starmer’s official spokesperson said Friday: “We’ve got one of the most important security and defense relationships, if not the closest that the world has ever seen.” While British officials downplayed a leaked Pentagon email Friday suggesting the U. S. could review its recognition of U. K. sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, any mention of it by Trump during the visit would put rocket boosters under the story. And there are deeper questions about defense — among them, how quickly Britain will accelerate toward its target (influenced by Trump) of spending 3.5 percent of GDP on defense by 2035. Former NATO Secretary-General George Robertson said last week that the future relationship with the U. S. would depend on Britain showing it is moving decisively toward the 3.5 percent goal. “Discussions I’ve had since last week indicate that that is the direction that they’re going in,” he told the Chatham House foreign affairs think tank in London. Charles will have Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper by his side for almost the entire four-day visit, including traveling on the same plane. She plans to break off from the royal delegation to discuss hard politics with U. S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday. The king’s messaging is a bit subtler. During Trump’s U. K. state visit in September, First Lady Melania Trump wore a yellow dress while Queen Camilla wore a blue dress, the colors of the Ukrainian flag. “That didn’t happen by accident,” said a person with knowledge of that visit. The royals’ style is “show don’t tell,” added Simon Case, who has held jobs in both wings of the British establishment — first as Prince William’s private secretary, then as head of the U. K. civil service. He added: “Royal visits use symbolism and images to communicate meaning more than they use words.” Sometimes Charles’ more potent messages will hide in plain sight, though. During the state banquet for Trump in September, the king praised the AUKUS submarine partnership between the U. S., U. K. and Australia as setting a “benchmark for innovative and vital collaboration.” A month later Trump — whose administration had reviewed the pact — said it was going “full steam ahead.” The first person familiar with the preparations said it had been a deliberate — and therefore successful — intervention designed to nudge the president. Topics best avoided There’s one thing that unites Trump, Starmer and Charles — none of them want to talk about the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Local government workers preparing for King Charles’ visit put up the Union Jack after mistakenly placing the Australian flag along 17th Street next to the White House in Washington DC on April 24, 2026. | Andrew Leyden/Getty Images Police are investigating the king’s brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, and former U. K. Ambassador to the U. S. Peter Mandelson over claims each of them separately passed sensitive material to Epstein. (Both deny wrongdoing.) Buckingham Palace has rebuffed calls from campaigners for the king or Queen Camilla — a campaigner on violence against women and girls — to meet Epstein’s victims on their visit. Hours before Charles’ speech to Congress, the U. K. parliament will hear for the first time from Starmer’s former chief of staff Morgan McSweeney, who resigned in February having previously pushed for Mandelson’s appointment as ambassador. Starmer appointed Mandelson despite knowing of his past friendship with Epstein, and Downing Street has struggled to contain the scandal that will continue to play out this week in Westminster hearings while the king is in Washington. The issue dearest to Charles’ heart — the environment — is also likely to be firmly off the table. The king used a Commonwealth summit in 2024 to call for action to combat the “existential threat of climate change.” It is hard to imagine him repeating those words this week. And it is difficult to picture the king holding forth about Trump’s new White House ballroom, though his zeal for preserving traditional architectural styles is well-known. Charles once sank a proposed extension to London’s National Gallery by calling it a “monstrous carbuncle.” ‘Cover to re-engage on trade’ There will be plenty of real policy machinations behind the public pomp. Starmer’s Special Envoy to the U. S. Varun Chandra is joining the royal visit, three people familiar with planning said, and was due to fly out ahead of the king on Sunday. Chandra, a former finance executive and political special adviser in Downing Street, has made regular trips to the U. S. in an attempt to unstick the details of two separate deals on technology and trade that Starmer and Trump struck last year. The “economic prosperity deal” promised to lower U. S. tariffs on cars, aerospace and steel in exchange for beef and bioethanol access, but despite some progress in areas such as pharma tariffs, key elements of the original deal remain unfulfilled. The separate tech agreement also hangs in the balance. Trump threatened on Friday to impose a “big tariff” in retaliation for the U. K.’s digital services tax, which affects several large U. S. tech firms. Charles is vanishingly unlikely to unstick any details, and nor would he intend to. The long list of reasons includes that technical negotiations are ill-suited to subtle royal diplomacy and that Charles’ priorities lie elsewhere. “I just can’t imagine for a moment that the king is going to start talking about trade,” said Duncan Edwards, CEO of BritishAmerican Business, a transatlantic networking group. All is not lost, however; Edwards predicted that Chandra and Christian Turner, Britain’s new Ambassador to the U. S., “will be absolutely using the cover that the king gives to re-engage on trade,” including once Charles is safely home. British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, who will accompany the king for much of the U. S. trip, speaks to Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi during their meeting in Tokyo on April 20. | Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images Both sides will be “trying to move ahead on certain issues,” added one U. S. official. The same U. S. official stressed that mending fences will be “first and foremost” in people’s minds. A former senior No. 10 official added: “My priority would be to stem the bleeding and ensure that when Trump is phoned up by random journalists in the middle of the night he stops setting these red lines for the prime minister.” ‘Deliberately shrouded in mystery’ All the planning happens under the thin pretense that royal visits are all the business of Buckingham Palace. The reality is that Charles’ visit is happening on government advice, and has been planned for months by Whitehall and palace aides in a succession of private briefings and meetings. A “royal visits committee” comprising royal staff, Downing Street, the Cabinet Office, the Foreign Office and Department for Business and Trade looks through hundreds of options. “Once they agree a place they start going through logistics, objectives and deliverables,” said a second person familiar with the preparations. Turner met U. S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to discuss the visit last week, while Cooper met U. S. Ambassador to the U. K. Warren Stephens. “It’s deliberately shrouded in mystery,” added the senior former No. 10 official quoted above. “It’s not meant to look like it’s all planned out by the government with the palace, but it is.” The king receives notes in a red box, like those given to U. K. ministers, and — although he has been involved personally in writing his speech to Congress — circulated copies of it to a …

The leader of Morena and president of the Senate's Coordination Committee (Jucopo), Ignacio Mier Velazco, criticized the National Action Party (PAN) for defending the Governor of Chihuahua, María Eugenia Campos, and rejected the idea that this was a political attack against the state governor. He stated that the PAN members "forget one detail: the Constitution is not optional." On social media, Mier Velazco responded to statements made by the PAN leader, Jorge Romero Herrera, who claimed that the federal government and Morena are carrying out a smear campaign, instead of acknowledging the success of their strategy to combat organized crime. The Morena senator warned that the presence of foreign agents without federal permission is a direct violation of our sovereignty, and he recalled that Article 89 of the Constitution explicitly states that national security is the exclusive responsibility of the Federal Executive. Also read: Angel Boligán, cartoonist for EL UNIVERSAL, wins the International Cartoon and Caricature Competition; his illustration "The Will of the People" is recognized. "No state can act as an independent republic to negotiate operations involving foreign agents. This is not a 'smear campaign,' it is about legality. What was the price for allowing this intrusion?" questioned the parliamentary leader. "Accountability is an obligation, not a persecution. Mexico deserves respect. Fulfilling the constitutional mandate does not..."

Lebanon’s health ministry said Israeli strikes on the country’s south on Sunday killed 14 people, the deadliest day since a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war came into force over a week ago. It came as Israel and the Iran-backed group traded fresh accusations of breaching the fragile truce, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying the military was “vigorously” targeting Hezbollah and the group vowing to keep responding to “violations”. Israel’s military has carried out repeated strikes...

Caught between wars, US Afghan allies trapped in Qatar without safe exit

Some defenders of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, including National Guard soldiers, remain in Russian captivity.

Reps. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) and Mike Collins (R-Ga.) traded barbs while former college football coach Derek Dooley largely stayed above the fray during Sunday’s Georgia Senate GOP primary debate — one day before early voting begins. Carter, Collins and Dooley alongside former Senate candidate John Coyne and retired Brig. Gen. Jonathan McColumn are vying for the Republican nomination to take on Sen. Jon Ossoff…

Efforts to resume peace talks over the Iran war stalled after US President Donald Trump canceled a planned trip by his top envoys and the Islamic Republic said it won’t negotiate so long as it’s being threatened. Bloomberg's Laura Davison reports. (Source: Bloomberg)

The book "From a Distance: Stories of Salvadoran Displacement in Australia," published in 2025 by Tania Cañas and Glenda Mejía, collects testimonies from the Salvadoran diaspora in Oceania. Among these stories, the account of Reina stands out. She experienced a peaceful childhood in Zacatecoluca, El Salvador, but her life changed dramatically in the late 1980s when violence forced her family into exile. This experience, marked by uprooting, adaptation, and overcoming challenges, represents an example of resilience in the face of migratory adversity. Born and raised in Zacatecoluca, Reina grew up with her five siblings in a home led by hardworking parents. Her father, a judicial employee and a pioneer in introducing technologies like the photocopier to the town, and her mother, a renowned seamstress, provided their children with a childhood surrounded by trees, family gatherings, and games in nature. "Our fun was going to our grandmother's house, climbing trees, and eating fresh fruit," Reina recalls in the testimony collected in "From a Distance." The family's tranquility was disrupted in 1988 when her father was the victim of a violent attack that nearly cost him his life. This all occurred amidst the civil war that plagued the Central American country for 12 years. The fear of further attacks and the increasing insecurity led the family to seek refuge abroad. A path into the unknown According to the narrative…

Iran has insisted that any future negotiations remain indirect, with Pakistani officials acting as intermediaries.

Veteran executive Jay Chen, who helped build Japanese group’s China business, left after links to start-ups surfaced

Cole Allen, the accused shooter at WHCD, sent a manifesto detailing his justification and 'rules of engagement' before the attack, criticizing US leadership.

With the “special relationship” on the rocks, the U. K.’s ties with President Trump now rest on a charm offensive by King George III’s great-great-great-great-great grandson.

Iran's foreign minister heads to Russia as Trump says Iranian leaders can call on the phone if they want to talk.

Police officers in the Dnipropetrovsk region came under Russian fire while heading to the settlement of Pokrovske to evacuate civilians.

As AI infrastructure and industrial electricity use rise, Taiwan's shifting power landscape has far-reaching global implications for supply reliability, corporate competitiveness, and carbon-cost exposure. Companies worldwide with local operations or supply chains tied to Taiwanese manufacturing may face higher energy prices, tighter grid constraints, and increased demand for behind-the-meter energy storage and power-quality solutions.

Global Wi-Fi router shipments are increasingly driven by telecom operators' upgrade cycles and tender deployments rather than consumer demand, with traditional seasonality continuing to weaken. Since 2025, the market has shown a pattern of weaker peak seasons and firmer off-seasons.

US President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is using the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday to try to pressure preservationists to drop their lawsuit over his planned US$400 million ballroom on the site of the former East Wing of the White House. “It’s time to build the ballroom,” acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said plainly on Sunday on social media, posting a letter in which Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate gave the National Trust for Historic...

At its first-quarter 2026 earnings call, Tesla set out a clear shift in strategy: moving the auto industry away from ownership toward a usage-based mobility model. By aligning software, hardware, and manufacturing capacity, the company is repositioning its vehicles not just as products, but as assets within a service-driven ecosystem.

Taiwan's National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) said on April 24 that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Saronic, a US unmanned surface vessel (USV) developer, to develop autonomous maritime systems.

There were no security checks to enter the hotel, and no identification was required. The only metal detector was located near the ballroom.

Seated at table 219 at the Hilton in Washington for the traditional correspondents' dinner at the White House. After the initial uproar, one of the diners throws us to the ground: "It's the only way to save us." Some cry, others pray. The agents manage to evacuate the tycoon.

Chevron CEO Mike Wirth stated in a Sunday interview that the "upward pressure" on oil prices, driven by the conflict in Iran, is "likely to continue" as the war enters its second full month. "We are in a period where there has been a significant reduction in supply, and we are facing this upward pressure..."

Global military spending climbed to nearly $2.9 trillion in 2025, marking an 11th straight year of growth as rising insecurity and rearmament boosted defence budgets, researchers said on Monday. The United States, China and Russia accounted for $1.48 trillion, over half the total, SIPRI said.

Rescue teams off the north coast of France saved at least 119 people attempting to make the journey across the Channel from France to the UK. Last Thursday, the two countries signed a new 3-year deal to stop undocumented migrants from making the risky crossing.

The U.S. Federal Reserve (FRB) will hold a meeting starting this week, on the 28th, to decide on monetary policy. Amidst persistently high oil prices due to the situation in Iran, and with the risk of inflation re-accelerating, there is a growing expectation that the Fed will refrain from cutting interest rates for the third consecutive meeting.

Mike Wirth, the CEO of Chevron, predicted on Sunday that the aviation industry will continue to suffer from jet fuel shortages resulting from Iranian restrictions on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. "Inventories of jet fuel in certain parts of the world were at seasonally, relatively low levels before the conflict began. The Middle East refiners…"

Waiting for the arrival of the Iranian Foreign Minister in Tehran. At the Kremlin, discussions focused on negotiations with the United States and the Russian proposal for a ceasefire.

Korea's economic growth engine is cooling rapidly. The Organisation for Economic...

Amidst uncertain prospects for negotiations aimed at ending the conflict between the United States and Iran, President Trump emphasized that the United States holds the initiative, stating, "If they want to talk, they can come to us, or they can call us." Meanwhile, the Iranian side is actively pursuing diplomacy, with Foreign Minister Zarif again visiting Pakistan, a mediating country, and the back-and-forth continues.

Geopolitics, at its core, examines how geography shapes international politics, power distribution and security dynamics. One enduring idea is geographer Halford Mackinder’s “heartland” theory, which situates Eurasia as the central arena of global power competition. In 1904, Mackinder argued that the vast land mass of Europe and Asia – what he called the “world island” – contained a pivotal core, the “heartland”, rich in resources, population and strategic depth. His dictum – “Who rules Eastern...

Foreign affairs minister begins another diplomatic tour to secure Australia’s fuel and energy supply chains. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Nationals MP says welcome to country is generally a ‘good part’ of ceremonies Nationals MP Michael McCormack said he thinks welcomes to county were generally a “good part” of ceremonies after the opposition leader, Angus Taylor, said this weekend he thought they were oversized. I can if you have several speakers and every one of them takes a lot of their speech time to do welcomes to country when it’s already been done. If you do it at the start, you do it appropriately, I think most people find that to be a good part of the ceremony, and then you get on with what the actual event is all about. And I think that’s probably appropriate. Continue reading...

Lebanon says Israel strikes kill 14 in deadliest day since truce

Ahead of the start of the NPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty) Review Conference, survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, along with American peace organizations, marched in front of the United Nations headquarters in New York, calling for the realization of a "world without nuclear weapons."

Abbas Araghchi travels to Russia, where he will speak with "senior officials", Iran's foreign ministry says.

The NPT (Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons) Review Conference, which will discuss the direction of global nuclear disarmament, will begin on the evening of the 27th (Japan time) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Amidst deepening conflicts between countries over situations in Iran and Ukraine, and a growing trend of reversing progress on nuclear disarmament worldwide, the focus will be on whether the international community can reach a consensus and adopt a "final document" aimed at promoting nuclear disarmament.

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Sunday urged lawmakers to create a bipartisan national commission for political violence following the shooting at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner.  “To see journalists like you and others ducking under tables was just horrifying,” Khanna said during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press” with Kristen Welker.  …

The armed suspect who tried to enter a Washington ballroom where President Donald Trump was set to speak was likely targeting administration officials, Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche said. (Source: Bloomberg)

‘Michael’ earns $217mn on opening weekend in boon for Lionsgate, Universal and the late singer’s estate

The Italian government has decided ⁠⁠to extradite a ⁠⁠Chinese man wanted ⁠⁠by US authorities on hacking charges that include stealing Covid-19 medical research, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The government’s decision, which was ‌‌first reported by Bloomberg, follows a ruling by an Italian court earlier this month which said Xu Zewei could be extradited. A representative for Italy’s government declined to comment. Xu’s lawyer Enrico Giarda told Reuters that his client...

The two politicians' alliance is aimed at uniting a fragmented opposition against current PM Benjamin Netanyahu.

Nearly 1 million Californians supported push by Republican Carl DeMaio but it faces historic opposition from Democrats California voters will decide in November whether to require photo identification to cast a ballot, making California the latest battleground in a long-running effort by conservatives to push voter ID laws that have been bolstered in recent years by Donald Trump’s repeated and unfounded accusations of widespread voter fraud. Nearly 1 million Californians signed on to support the ballot measure championed by Carl DeMaio, a Republican state representative from San Diego. Continue reading...

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Political scientist Vali Nasr argues that US and Israeli military options ‘have come up short'.

According to writer and economist Eduardo Giannetti, the disruption of trade routes like the Strait of Hormuz and the trade war initiated by the United States are signs of a global economic order coming to an end. In an interview with TV Brasil, which will be broadcast on "Repórter Brasil" at 7 PM on Monday (27th) and Tuesday (28th), the expert discusses various topics that are part of an international landscape marked by crises and wars. Related news: WHO: Dengue is an indicator of the relationship between climate change and arboviruses. The war in Iran pushes over 30 million people back into poverty. Russia and China veto a resolution on Hormuz in the Security Council. "International consulting firms show that for 180 critical products in global production chains, there are only two or three suppliers worldwide. If you look, Taiwan accounts for 90% of the production of the most advanced chips. Therefore, based on this observation, there is a search for diversification and security," the economist summarizes. "It's no longer the cold logic of hyperglobalization, which was about lower production costs, scale, efficiency, and concentration with a single supplier. Things have changed." Financialization Eduardo Giannetti links the end of hyperglobalization to historical events such as the 2008 financial crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic. He also highlights the increasing role of finance during this period. "When we entered the era of hyperglobalization, there was roughly 1 dollar of financial assets for every 1 dollar of GDP. Ho..."

Naftali Bennett, a right-wing politician, and Yair Lapid, a centrist, will merge parties for a vote later this year.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Sunday squeezed in a trip to Oman before returning to Pakistan and then heading to Moscow for talks in a frantic diplomatic shuffle as mediators pressed to reignite talks between Tehran and the US. But President Donald Trump stuck with his decision to scrap a planned trip by this envoys to Pakistan, saying Iran and the US could talk by phone instead.

WASHINGTON. – The shooting on Saturday night against a Secret Service agent during the White House Correspondents' Association dinner once again raises questions about the protection afforded to U.S. political leaders in a time of increasing political violence. Hundreds of agents from various law enforcement agencies were responsible for securing the annual event, which this year featured the presence of President Donald Trump. However, a suspect armed with a shotgun and other weapons managed to reach the upper level of the Washington ballroom, where an extraordinary gathering of cabinet members, high-ranking legislators, and celebrities were dining. In addition to Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Attorney General Todd Blanche, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, and other government officials were in attendance, many of them accompanied by their own security teams. What was supposed to be a fun night at the @WHCA dinner with President Trump delivering jokes and celebrating free speech was hijacked by a depraved and crazy person who sought to assassinate the President and kill as many top Trump administration officials as possible. I was with… — Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) April 26, 2026 "It's not a particularly…

His tariffs on Canada and Mexico make a mockery of the 2020 USMCA agreement.

WASHINGTON. – The gala event in Washington, intended to celebrate the relationship between power and the press, ended in a scene of panic and chaos. The assassination attempt against President Donald Trump during the Correspondent's Dinner left one agent injured and the international community on high alert. Diplomatic cables and social media platforms recorded messages demanding an end to political intolerance in the 21st century. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni expressed her solidarity and analyzed the impact of the attack on democracies. "I want to express my full solidarity and sincere condemnation to President Trump, First Lady Melania, Vice President Vance, and everyone present for what happened last night at the White House Correspondent's Dinner. No political hatred has a place in our democracies," Meloni wrote. Her message included a warning about the future: "We will not allow fanaticism to poison the spaces of free debate and information. The defense of the civilization of debate must remain the unbreakable barrier against any intolerant drift, protecting the values that underpin our nations." Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani highlighted the work of the Secret Service, which prevented a greater tragedy. Tajani stated: "Solidarity with President Trump, his wife Melania, Vice President Vance, and everyone present at the White House Correspondent's Dinner..."

His sanctions, efforts to broker peace and war in Iran are all consistent with American history.

The president of the Washington Hospital Center Auxiliary (WHCA) expressed gratitude to law enforcement officials following Saturday's "distressing" shooting at the organization's annual dinner.

Ukraine has signed an agreement with partners to open a special account to fund the restoration of the New Safe Confinement (NSC) at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.) said Sunday that security has “tightened” around President Trump since his July 2024 assassination attempt, after a gunman exchanged shots with law enforcement at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. “It improved since Pennsylvania. The policy is when the president is shot at or in threat, you get him down, you…

The second event dedicated to outdoor living, organized by the interior design magazine of La Repubblica, concluded with great success. From the installation designed by Michele De Lucchi to the masterclasses, the "Fuorisalone" crowd brought life to Palazzo Crivelli, in the heart of Brera, for seven days.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated this Sunday that Hezbollah's actions are effectively destroying the existing ceasefire in Lebanon, and he promised to act with "firmness" against the Shia terrorist group backed by Iran. The statement came hours after the Israeli military issued evacuation orders for seven locations in southern Lebanon and bombed targets belonging to the group. "It must be understood that Hezbollah's violations are, in practice, dismantling the ceasefire," Netanyahu told his cabinet. The Prime Minister called for "freedom of action" that includes neutralizing immediate and even emerging threats, within the framework of agreements with Washington. On Saturday, he had already ordered attacks on the group's positions, citing violations of the ceasefire. Shortly after, the Israeli military reported that it had intercepted three drones. The official Lebanese news agency, NNA, reported that Israeli aircraft attacked Kfar Tibnit, which was included in the evacuation order, resulting in casualties, and that shelling had been reported in border villages, particularly in Zawtar el Sharqiyah, since dawn. Hezbollah rejected the accusations with a statement in which it described its operations as a "legitimate response to the ongoing violations of the ceasefire by the enemy since the first day of the announcement of the temporary truce." The Shia group claims that Israel is the one that has violated the terms, with bombings...

U.S. President Donald Trump said he has had "good conversations" with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Footage is being reviewed, and investigations are underway at the Anti-Terrorism Unit. The ANPI (National Association of Italian Partisans) stated: "We will not be intimidated."

Darren Jones suggests cost of energy, food and flights will remain high after de-escalation and Hormuz strait reopens The UK faces higher prices for food and fuel for at least eight months after the war in Iran ends, a minister has said. The closure of the strait of Hormuz, a key shipping lane that carried a fifth of global oil and gas, has sent oil prices soaring since the US and Israeli attacks on Iran began in February. Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the prime minister, said the conflict would probably continue to raise prices for energy, food and flights in the coming months as potential issues around energy supplies affect production, rather than lead to shortages on supermarket shelves. The UK government has urged motorists to fill up their cars as usual amid higher prices at the pumps and for air travellers not to change their plans over potential jet fuel shortages. Jones told the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme: “You’re going to see prices go up a bit as a consequence of what Donald Trump has done in the Middle East. “That’s probably going to come online not just in the next few weeks, but the next few months. There’s going to be a long tail from this.” Asked how long higher prices might remain, Jones suggested it would be around eight months after the strait of Hormuz was unblocked and a de-escalation of the conflict had taken place. “I think our best guess is eight-plus months from the point of resolution that you’ll see economic impacts coming through the system,” he said. Donald Trump announced an indefinite extension of the US ceasefire with Iran last week that paused most of the fighting, but further efforts towards ending the conflict have been unsuccessful after the US president told his envoys not to travel to Pakistan for talks at the weekend. The UK government is stepping up planning for how to offset the impact, focusing on the live monitoring of stock levels and what plans are in place for addressing supply chain disruption. Jones said: “The government here in the UK, the work that I’m doing with the prime minister is looking at all of those things and saying, ‘What can we do within our power to help people to get through those difficult times?’” The government is also looking to secure stocks of carbon dioxide, which is used in the food industry and by breweries to make drinks fizzy, as well as for defence purposes and medical uses such as MRI scanning. Jones said he was seeking to ensure there was an adequate supply of beer for fans watching the men’s football World Cup which starts on 11 June. He said: “I raised this issue because if there is a problem with jet fuel on holidays and carbon dioxide on beer, the summer might be pretty depressing for people, but we’re doing everything we can to make sure that it’s not the case.” The Liberal Democrats have called for a bill to be included in the next king’s speech in May to put food security at the top of the government’s agenda. Continue reading...

The national president of the PAN (National Action Party), Jorge Romero Herrera, reiterated his party's full and unwavering support for the governor of Chihuahua, María Eugenia Campos, "in the face of the accusations and political attacks that have arisen following the operation in which one of the largest drug labs in the country was dismantled." In a statement, Romero Herrera emphasized that the focus of public discussion should be on the outcome of the operation, which represented a significant blow to the structure of organized crime, and not on creating political conflicts. "In Chihuahua, we fight organized crime; we do not negotiate with it. Maru Campos has demonstrated character, determination, and commitment to confront the cartels," he stated. Also read: PAN proposes extending maternity leave to one year with full pay; the reform includes cases of adoption. The PAN leader lamented that, instead of recognizing this achievement, the federal government chose to divert attention and politicize the issue, creating a conflict between different levels of government without a completed investigation. Furthermore, he pointed out that, in the event of the presence of foreign agents, the federal government is responsible for authorizing, supervising, and explaining the terms of their participation, in accordance with the current legal framework. "If they were unaware, it is a serious coordination failure; and if they were aware, they must explain under what conditions it was allowed. In both cases, the responsibility lies with the government..."

Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi travelled once to Oman and twice to Pakistan over the weekend, before heading to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday.

The US imposed a naval blockade on Iran on April 13

The Russian Foreign Ministry previously confirmed Abbas Araghchi's visit to Russia for talks

An Iranian negotiator returned to Pakistan on Sunday, despite the United States’ abruptly calling off a trip there by its two top negotiators.

An Iranian negotiator returned to Pakistan on Sunday, despite the United States’ abruptly calling off a trip there by its two top negotiators.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has returned to Islamabad after his trip to Oman, but the Trump administration is not sending a delegation to the Pakistani capital.

Deepening sense of deadlock despite regional diplomacy as Washington and Tehran show no signs of compromise Hopes of a breakthrough in negotiations between Iran and the US faded further on Sunday, amid a deepening sense of a deadlock in the nearly two-month-long conflict despite intense regional diplomatic activity. Washington and Tehran appear unwilling to moderate rhetoric or make concessions, and there are no negotiations scheduled that might bring the war to a definitive end. Continue reading...

Syria begun its first public trial of former Assad-era officials, with ex-security chief Atef Najib appearing in court.

The 33-year-old Indonesian taken into custody at luxury resort on island of Phuket after FBI tip-off.

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Sunday urged King Charles III to acknowledge the victims of deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during his address to Congress next week when the monarch makes his first state visit to the U. S. “I am hopeful that King Charles, when he speaks to the Congress, will acknowledge the Epstein…

Saturday evening’s shooting was the third assassination attempt on the US president in less than two years

Message on private Facebook group for staff said: ‘I dumped them all in a bin. They can sack me!’ Royal Mail is investigating allegations that a postal worker claimed to have “dumped” Reform UK campaign leaflets in a bin ahead of Thursday’s local elections. A post on a Facebook group for Royal Mail staff said: “My delivery officer had Reform party’s door-to-door leaflets today. I dumped them all in a bin. They can sack me! I don't care!” Continue reading...

The 33-year-old engineer was arrested in July 2025 at Malpensa airport.

Cole Tomas Allen sent a manifesto to his family members minutes before opening fire at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

The government is partly reversing a currency decision for basic items and tapping into the country's sovereign fund.

The U.S. President, Donald Trump, has stated that the individual arrested after attempting to attack the White House Correspondents' Dinner held on Saturday in Washington "hates Christians." "This guy is sick. From what I read in the message he left, he hates Christians. That's clear," Trump said in an interview with Fox News. Trump indicated that "his sister or brother" had complained about his views and that "they had even reported him to the authorities." "He was a troubled individual," he emphasized. Trump once again used the opportunity to defend the need to build a ballroom at the White House for security reasons. In the hotel where the attack occurred, "it's difficult because there were 1,000 rooms." The White House resident confirmed that the suspect had contacted the police in New London and that he had a room at the hotel. "I heard about New London, and I wish they had told us something, but that's how it was. Last night, there was a large group of people. Strong people. And I think the Secret Service did a magnificent job. They stopped him immediately," he explained. Furthermore, he expressed his desire to hold the White House Correspondents' Dinner again. "I hope it can be held soon because we cannot allow these criminals and this terrible people to change the course of events in our country," he argued. In any case, Trump believes that "the war with Iran will end very soon." "And we will be the ultimate victors..."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated this Sunday that the actions of the Hezbollah terrorist movement threaten the ceasefire in Lebanon, and he promised to act with "firmness" against this Iran-backed group. "It must be understood that Hezbollah's violations are, in practice, dismantling the ceasefire," Netanyahu declared during a weekly meeting of his cabinet. According to the terms of the recently extended truce, Israel reserves the right to respond to "planned, imminent, or ongoing attacks," and has attacked targets in southern Lebanon almost daily. Hezbollah denied the Prime Minister's accusations and stated in a statement that the group's attacks against Israeli targets in southern Lebanon and northern Israel constitute "a legitimate response to the enemy's ongoing violations of the ceasefire from the first day of the temporary truce." Netanyahu assured that Israel is acting with "firmness" in accordance with "the agreements" reached with the United States and Lebanon. "This means freedom of action not only to respond to attacks, which is obvious, but also to prevent immediate threats and even emerging threats." Shortly after Netanyahu's statement, the Israeli military announced that it had intercepted three drones before they penetrated its territory. The Israeli military issued an order early Sunday morning for…

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Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi returned to Islamabad on Sunday night, rejoining mediation efforts just hours after he left Pakistan and U. S. President Donald Trump abruptly scrapped a planned trip by American envoys to revive peace talks with Tehran. Iranian state media confirmed Araghchi’s return on Sunday, reporting he had arrived back in the Pakistani capital “to continue consultations on ending the war with the United States” after a brief stop in Oman. The minister had left Islamabad late Saturday, triggering confusion over whether talks would proceed, before reversing course and returning ahead of a planned trip to Moscow. His return came after Trump cited “infighting and confusion” among Iran’s leadership in scuppering a planned visit Saturday on by U. S. envoy Steve Witkoff and the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner to Pakistan for negotiations. “I just canceled the trip of my representatives going to Islamabad,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Saturday. “If they want to talk, all they have to do is call,” he said. Araghchi’s talks on Saturday in Islamabad were with Pakistan’s foreign minister, army chief and prime minister, according to Iranian state media ISNA. They discussed bilateral ties, regional developments and efforts to end the war, according to the report. Pakistan’s army chief visited Tehran last week to exchange proposals and messages with the United States via Islamabad. The back-and-forth comes days after Trump agreed to pause further strikes on Iran at Pakistan’s request, extending a fragile ceasefire after weeks of escalation, while also continuing the U. S. blockade of Iranian shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Trump said on Tuesday that Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and army chief Asim Munir had urged Washington to “hold our Attack on the Country of Iran until such time as [Iranian] leaders and representatives can come up with a unified proposal.”

Staff are handing over sandwiches from behind a theft-proof counter as the high street fights back Greggs has axed self-service display cabinets in bakery stores that have been most severely hit by shoplifters. The move is the latest aimed at combating a problem plaguing the high street. Last year official figures revealed annual shoplifting offences in England and Wales had passed half a million offences for the first time, and since then many retailers have reported high levels of crime in their shops. Continue reading...

Among the targets struck were rocket-launching terrorist cells preparing to carry out rocket-attacks toward IDF soldiers and the State of Israel, a loaded and ready-to-launch rocket launcher, a weapons storage facility, and military structures, the Israel Defense Forces said

Cole Tomas Allen: Donald Trump stated that a shooting incident at a White House dinner would not distract him from his focus on the Iran conflict.

Europe is turning to Turkey to fill the security vacuum left by an increasingly unreliable United States. But as Nato's secretary-general was praising Ankara's growing military role this week, the European Commission president was placing Turkey in the same bracket as China and Russia. The contradiction points to a dilemma that is only going to deepen.

Hezbollah carried out four operations against the IDF in retaliation for the strikes on Lebanon.

The suspect in the attempted attack at the White House Correspondents' dinner is believed to have been targeting US President Donald Trump and members of his administration. DW has the latest.

Buckingham Palace said Sunday it is in ongoing talks with U. S. officials over the impact of Saturday’s shooting in Washington on King Charles III’s visit this week to the U. S., after the incident raised security concerns just days before the trip. A palace spokesperson said in a statement that the King was being “kept fully informed” and was “greatly relieved” that U. S. President Donald Trump and other dignitaries at the gala dinner in the U. S. capital were unharmed. “As you would expect, a number of discussions will be taking place throughout the day to discuss with U. S. colleagues and our respective teams to what degree the events of Saturday evening may or may not impact on the operational planning for the visit,” the spokesperson said. The King and Queen are due to travel to the U. S. April 27-30 for a state visit aimed at celebrating long-standing ties as the U. S. marks its 250th anniversary. The trip — the first British state visit to the U. S. since Queen Elizabeth II in 2007 — is expected to include a White House banquet and a rare address to Congress. Those plans are now under fresh scrutiny after a gunman stormed the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday night, triggering panic as Trump and senior officials were rushed from the venue. Authorities said a lone attacker armed with a shotgun and other weapons breached a security checkpoint and exchanged fire with law enforcement officers, leaving one Secret Service member injured. The palace said King Charles had privately expressed his sympathies to Trump and his gratitude to security services for preventing further harm. The King’s visit to the U. S. comes against a worsening rift over the Iran war. Trump in March warned the U. K. that “the U. S. A. won’t be there to help you anymore,” after Prime Minister Keir Starmer refused to deploy forces. Starmer later reiterated: “This is not our war.” Dan Bloom contributed reporting.

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Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said on Sunday that he will support Kevin Warsh's nomination to be Fed chair after receiving "assurances" from the Department of Justice (DOJ) that the criminal investigation into current chair Jerome Powell and the central bank's renovations in Washington, D.C., is closed. Tillis, a member of the key Senate Banking Committee, had…

The attack that occurred early this morning during the White House Correspondents' Dinner, which forced the evacuation of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, his wife Melania, and his entire cabinet, has been universally condemned by the President's allies, international partners, and even his opposition critics. Among the first reactions, as expected given their friendship with the President, were those of the President of Argentina, Javier Milei, and the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, who expressed relief that the President was unharmed. "We are relieved to know that the President and the First Lady are safe and well," Netanyahu said on behalf of himself and his wife, Sara. "We send our best wishes for a speedy and complete recovery to the injured police officer, and we commend the United States Secret Service for their swift and decisive action," he added. Another friend of Trump, the Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, expressed her "full solidarity" and "sincere affection" to President Trump, First Lady Melania, Vice President JD Vance, and all those present "for what happened at last night's White House Correspondents' Dinner." "No political hatred can find a place in our democracies. We will not allow fanaticism to poison the spaces of free debate and information. The defense of civilization must continue to be the..."

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Blanche: "Members of the administration are the target." A police officer was injured, the attacker was arrested, and his home was searched. Meloni: "No room for political hatred." von der Leyen spoke with Trump. Buckingham Palace is assessing the potential impact on the state visit.

Thom Tillis had vowed to block nomination until the justice department dropped a criminal probe into Jay Powell

US President Donald Trump was evacuated after shots were fired at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington DC, Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil was killed in an Israeli strike, the pope visited inmates at an infamous Equatorial Guinea prison and robots outran humans in a Beijing half marathon. Here is a look back at some of the week’s most striking images.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N. Y.) on Sunday said Democrats will not focus on impeaching President Trump if they regain a majority in the lower chamber after midterm elections.  When asked if impeachment was a top priority, Jeffries said “Of course not,” during an appearance on Fox News’s’ “Fox News Sunday.” “I’ve made clear from…

The suspect in the attempted attack at the White House Correspondents' dinner is believed to have been targeting US President Donald Trump and members of his administration. DW has the latest.

A court in Damascus is trying one official in former President Bashar Assad's government in person, and several more in absentia. Assad and his brother are among the defendants. Both are thought to have fled to Russia.

Cole Tomas Allen, a former educator and Caltech graduate, was involved in a shooting incident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

Analysts say that each side is betting they can outlast the other. However, there are risks associated with a stalemate without a deal.

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi informed Chief of the Defence Staff of the Canadian Armed Forces Jennie Carignan about the situation along the line of contact and the results of Ukraine's defensive actions.