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News conference between Trump and Netanyahu in Washington DC cancelled

The US president and Israeli prime minister, who are expected to hold talks on tariffs and the conflict in Gaza, will still take questions from a smaller number of reporters.
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Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands outside the White House. Pic: AP

Explainer
Explainer
Who is Pete Hegseth? Trump’s defence secretary and former Fox News host who accused Europe of ‘pathetic free-loading’

The 44-year-old scraped the US military's top job, only getting in on the vice president's 51-50 tie-breaking vote in Senate. But why is he considered so controversial?
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Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth at Kane'ohe Bay, Hawaii. Pic: Reuters

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Hegseth meets military personnel at the US border in New Mexico. Pic: Reuters

Analysis
Analysis
Trump’s tariffs: A negotiating tactic or the start of an ‘economic nuclear winter’?

Bill Ackman – a billionaire Trump backer who is against the tariffs – has warned of an “economic nuclear winter” if the president does not change course.

At least 19 dead after storms bring flooding and tornadoes to parts of US

A series of storms, brought on by warm temperatures, an unstable atmosphere, strong winds, and large amounts of moisture arriving from the Gulf, have brought tornadoes, heavy rains and flooding to parts of the US.
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Chuck Razor and his dog Bear row in swollen floodwaters in Kentucky. Pic: Reuters

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Dawson Springs, Kentucky. Pic: Reuters

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Flooding in Frankfort, Kentucky. Pic: Reuters

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Flooding in Dawson Springs, Kentucky. Pic: Reuters

Texas: Second child with measles dies as US outbreak spreads

An unvaccinated schoolgirl dies from measles pulmonary failure, officials say, having caught the illness recently in an area where vaccination rates are below the safe level.
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US health and human services secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr (right) at the girl's funeral. Pic: AP

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A funeral is held after the second measles death in the state, in Seminole, Texas. Pic: AP

His only ‘crime’ is being Venezuelan and having tattoos, says brother of man ‘thrown to the lions’ in El Salvador jail

Nelson Suarez learned his brother Arturo is – most likely – in a notorious El Salvador jail only because of a photograph he spotted on a news website of a group of inmates, with their hands and feet cuffed, heads shaved and bodies shackled together.
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Arturo Suarez, in a music video, is now in a notorious prison in El Salvador

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Nelson Suarez insists his brother Arturo is not a gang member

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A group of inmates are processed to be imprisoned in the CECOT jail in EL Salvador. Pic: Reuters

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Nelson Suarez believes this is his brother Arturo Suarez due to his distinctive hummingbird tattoo. Pic: Reuters

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Alleged gang members imprisoned in the CECOT jail in El Salvador. Pic: Reuters

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Jerce Reyes Barrios

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Jerce Reyes Barrios's lawyer says he has a tattoo of the Real Madrid logo surrounded by rosary beads

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Sir Keir Starmer pledges to protect UK companies from Trump tariff ‘storm’

It comes as Jaguar Land Rover announced it would “pause” shipments to the US, as firms grapple with the new import taxes.

Podcast
Podcast
Day 77: Q&A – Trump’s tariffs, Putin’s Arctic, and penguins

Analysis
Analysis
France needs to sort its political mess – or populist winds blowing from the US will strengthen

France and Europe need effective leadership from a French president – the unnecessary judicial suspension of Marine Le Pen's candidacy has simply generated uncertainty for both her friends and foes.
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Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella. File pic: AP

Artist behind Trump portrait branded ‘the worst’ by president says her business is ‘in danger of not recovering’

Sarah Boardman, the artist behind an official portrait of Donald Trump which the president said was “truly the worst”, says the viral backlash has put her 41-year-old business at risk.
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Sarah Boardman. Pic : AP