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US President Donald Trump’s administration has said it will revoke the temporary legal status of more than half a million migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. Migrants without a legal basis to remain have been warned to leave the country before their work permits and deportation shield are cancelled on 24 April, according to…

Barbara Plett Usher BBC News Reuters The recapture of the presidental palace marks a significant victory for the army The scenes of jubilant soldiers in Khartoum mark a significant advance in an offensive that has seen Sudan’s army seize back swathes of territory in recent months. The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) lost control of the…

When violence broke out in Syria’s coastal area recently, including mass killings of civilians allegedly carried out as revenge for attacks on Syrian security forces, volunteer rescuers quickly came to help. They were part of the Syrian civil defence group known as the White Helmets, which had operated in rebel-held areas during the civil war.…

The Prince of Wales has taken a ride in a tank while visiting UK troops on the Estonia-Russia border. During his two-day-trip to the region, Prince William visited Ukrainian refugees as well as some of the 900 troops – in what is now the British Army’s biggest operational deployment overseas, defending the Baltic state from…

Getty Images Demonstrators are defying a ban on protests and heavy police presence on the streets of Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has condemned growing protests in Turkey days after the arrest of a key opposition figure. In a speech on Friday, Erdogan said his government would not “surrender” to “vandalism” or “street terror” ahead…

Iceland’s minister for children has resigned after admitting she had a child with a teenager more than 30 years ago. Ásthildur Lóa Thórsdóttir said in a media interview she had first started a relationship when the boy was 15 years old, and she was a 22-year-old counsellor at a religious group which he attended. She…

Getty Images Israel’s defence minister has ordered the military to “seize additional areas in Gaza” if Hamas does not free all remaining hostages. Israel Katz said on Friday that the military would continue its ground operation in Gaza “with increasing intensity” until all of the hostages “both living and dead” were returned. It is yet…

The Sudanese army has recaptured the presidential palace in Khartoum from the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, military leaders have said. Video and photographs posted on social media and verified by the BBC show jubilant soldiers waving their guns, cheering, and kneeling to pray. The army appears poised to regain control of the capital two…

Jonathan Beale Defence correspondent Artem Kariakin Artem and his unit would regularly cross into Russia – until last week Until just over a week ago, Artem Kariakin and his unit were making regular trips across Ukraine’s border into the Russian town of Sudzha. He shows me video taken with a phone of their very last…

US Justice Department The aftermath of an arson attack on a Tesla dealership in Oregon, pictured in court documents US Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday that three defendants accused of vandalism targeting Elon Musk’s Tesla electric vehicle company could face up to 20 years in prison. Bondi said the damage to Tesla cars, dealerships…