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Omdurman (AFP) – Sudanese soldiers patrol the streets of Salha district, south of Omdurman, after retaking it from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The Sudanese army says it has dislodged the rival paramilitaries from their last positions in Omdurman, part of the Sudanese capital, securing all of Khartoum state nearly two months after recapturing the capital’s centre. In recent days, both the army and RSF have launched attacks across the country, trying to claim territory and cut off rival supply lines.

Deir el-Balah (AFP) – “We are still searching for Mohammed,” says a Palestinian man standing by a house in Gaza’s Deir El-Balah, reduced to rubble in an Israeli strike. European countries have ramped up pressure on Israel to abandon its intensified campaign in Gaza and let more aid into the war-ravaged territory, where rescuers say overnight attacks killed at least 19 people, including a week-old baby.

Jundiaí (AFP) – A chemical spill has turned the waters of the Corrego das Tulipas in Jundiai, Sao Paulo, an unnatural shade of blue after dye leaked from a truck and flowed into a nearby park lake, threatening local wildlife.

Vatikanstadt (AFP) – Pope Leo XIV calls for sufficient humanitarian aid to be allowed into war-ravaged Gaza, where humanitarian agencies say a total blockade has sparked critical food and medicine shortages. “I renew my heartfelt appeal to allow the entry of sufficient humanitarian aid and to put an end to the hostilities,” the pope says during his first weekly general audience in the Vatican.

Miami (AFP) – Venezuelan migrants in Miami express their fears for the future after the US Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to end legal protections that have shielded some 350,000 Venezuelans from potential deportation.

Attari (India) (AFP) – India has resumed its daily border ceremony with Pakistan at the Attari-Wagah crossing after a brief suspension due to deadly conflictearlier this month—the most serious clash between the two rivals in decades.

Karachi (AFP) – A team of doctors and vets in Pakistan has developed a novel treatment for a pair of elephants suffering from tuberculosis that involves feeding them at least 400 pills a day.

Acapulco (Mexico) (AFP) – National Guard and firefighters arrive at night following clashes between armed groups that left several vehicles burned and two people dead, just kilometers from Acapulco’s tourist port. IMAGES

London (AFP) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer tells MPs that the suffering in Gaza is “utterly intolerable” as he repeats demands for a ceasefire and states his opposition to West Bank settlements. The UK government has paused free trade negotiations with Israel and slapped new sanctions on West Bank settlers to protest against Israel’s actions.

Kristiansand (AFP) – Lioness Kira tends to her five cubs, which were born at Dyreparken zoo in southern Norway on Monday. Kira and the cubs’ father, Mufasa, both 6 years old, already had two litters of cubs since they arrived at the zoo in 2022. The mother and cubs are now resting away from visitors.

Chan Junis (AFP) – Hundreds of Palestinian families in and around Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, are fleeing west, after the Israeli military issued an evacuation call ahead of what it describes as an “unprecedented attack”.

Peterborough (AFP) – Farmer Luke Abblitt hasn’t seen any rain fall on his farm in the east of England since March, leaving his crops stunted as summer approaches and the climate is only set to get harsher. “I’m just hoping, I’m just praying at the minute. I keep looking at the weather, hope it’s going to rain,” he says as Britain suffers its driest spring in 173 years.