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Thousands gather for summer solstice as UK braces for major heatwave

Thousands gathered to celebrate the summer solstice at Stonehenge on Sunday as the United Kingdom braces to bake in a heatwave that could see record-breaking temperatures. The Met Office said the heat is expected to peak...

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India power plant blast toll climbs to 19

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UK, France to co-host Paris Summit on Post-Conflict Maritime Security in Mideast

Thousands denied entry since EU's automated border system rollout

A traveller is assisted by a police officer as she is taken fingerprints at Stara Gradiska border crossing between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, as the Entry/Exit System (EES) required all non-EU citizens to register their personal details when they first enter the Schengen Area is introduced. — AFP File

Ukrainians sceptical as Kremlin orders Easter truce

Ukrainian servicemen cover the road with a net to protect vehicles from drone attacks at an undisclosed location in the Zaporizhzhia region amidst the Russian war in Ukraine. — AFP

Putin declares 2-day ceasefire in Ukraine for Orthodox Easter

Metropolitan Epiphanius I, head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine sprinkles holy water on a Ukrainian serviceman next to Easter cakes in Kyiv. — Reuters

Macron meets Pope Leo to talk Mideast war

French President Emmanuel Macron meets Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican. — Reuters

First ships pass through Strait of Hormuz

(FILES) A Hapag Lloyd container ship is seen in Rotterdam's harbour on August 1, 2022. German shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd's vessels will not resume transiting the Strait of Hormuz for now as the situation remains "tense" despite a ceasefire between the United States and Iran, German media reported on April 8, 2026. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP)

IAEA says ready to support ME peace effort

(FILES) Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi attends the IAEA痴 Board of Governors' meeting at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria on January 30, 2026. The chief of the UN nuclear watchdog on April 6, 2026 warned attacks near Iran's Bushehr atomic power plant "pose a very real danger to nuclear safety and must stop". The facility, located in the south of the country and equipped with a 1,000-megawatt reactor, has been targeted four times since the US-Israeli war on Iran began. The latest strike was reported by Iranian state media on April 4. Strikes near the operating plant "could cause a severe radiological accident with harmful consequences for people and the environment in Iran and beyond," said Rafael Grossi, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), on X. (Photo by Joe Klamar / AFP)

Pope Leo urges world leaders to end wars

Pope Leo XIV gestures from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican. — Reuters

Fire breaks out at Russia's NORSI oil refinery after drone attack, governor says

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Middle East war hits Britain's fish and chip shops

A chef poses with a plate of fish and chips at Poppies fish and chip restaurant in east London

UK's Starmer calls for closer Europe ties

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a press conference at Downing Street in London. — Reuters

Egypt's Sisi says only Trump can stop war

An industrial building at Israel's Oil Refineries was hit by debris from an intercepted Iranian missile, in Haifa. — Reuters

G7 ministers tackle fallout of Mideast war

G7 representatives meet at the French Economy minister in Paris. — AFP

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