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IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGESimage captionPresident Biden is facing a record surge of immigrants at the US-Mexico border President Joe Biden has lifted the US annual refugee cap, bowing to outrage from his party after he initially opted to stick by the Trump-era figure. The Democratic president is raising the cap from …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTREUTERSimage captionJoe Biden, who visited the demilitarised zone between the two Koreas as vice-president in 2013, wants a “calibrated” approach to the North North Korea has hit out at the Biden administration as it prepares to unveil its strategy for dealing with Pyongyang and its nuclear programme. The foreign …

image captionThe withdrawal will be completed by 11 September The US has started formally withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, beginning the end of what President Joe Biden called “the forever war”. The US and Nato have had a presence in Afghanistan for almost 20 years. But the withdrawal, which runs until …

Families in Israel have begun burying their loved ones after at least 45 people died in a crush at a crowded Jewish festival overnight. Some 150 people were also injured at the Lag B’Omer festival, near Mount Meron, when people became trapped in an overcrowded passageway. Funerals were allowed to …

At least 44 people have been killed in a stampede at a religious festival in the north-east of Israel. The national emergency service Magen David Adom (MDA) said dozens more had been wounded at the Lag B’Omer festival, at the foot of Mount Meron. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described it …

 Woman arrested A woman hid a loaded gun in her vagina to smuggle it into prison and officers didn’t find it until weeks later.   Amy Wilhite, 39, brought the .22 calibre revolver to Boone County Jail in Missouri, the US, on February 14, fully loaded with five rounds.   Officers …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGESimage captionVoters in the Indian state of West Bengal go to the polls People in the Indian state of West Bengal are voting in the final phase of elections despite soaring Covid cases. Long queues were seen outside polling booths, raising concerns about the further spread of the …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGESimage captionPresident Biden will try to build support for two massive spending packages US President Joe Biden is expected to call for free pre-school and community college in his first speech to a joint session of Congress. Speaking on the eve of his 100th day in office, the …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTREUTERSimage captionAndrew Brown’s death on 21 April triggered six nights of protests Police in the US state of North Carolina are facing growing calls to release footage of an incident that led to the fatal shooting of a black man. Andrew Brown, 42, was shot and killed last week …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTEPAimage captionEU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen oversees trade relations with the UK The European Parliament is expected to ratify the post-Brexit EU-UK trade deal – a key move to ensure that tariff- and quota-free trade continues. The Trade and Co-operation Agreement (TCA) has been operating provisionally since …