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Annapurna is a dangerous and difficult climb, and the avalanche-prone Himalayan peak has a higher death rate than Everest

Tenth highest peak in the world

Nepal celebrates 75th ascent anniversary of Mount Annapurna

Karol Nawrocki has said he will oppose the government's progressive agenda on abortion and LGBTQ rights

Polish PM calls confidence vote after nationalist wins presidency

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed the operation

Outnumbered and outgunned

'Aces up the sleeve': Ukraine drone attacks in Russia shake up conflict

A worker processes ballots after polls close in Mexico's unprecedented judicial elections

Unprecedented vote

Ruling party-aligned judges set to dominate Mexico Supreme Court

Medics and people walk at a heat stroke treatment unit at the Mina Emergency Hospital in the holy city of Mecca

Saudi readies for 'worst case scenario' in sweltering hajj

Wilders has been dubbed the 'Dutch Trump' for his bouffant dyed hair and firebrand rhetoric

Man on a mission

Wilders: firebrand 'Dutch Trump' gambles for power

Prime Minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene (R) bows after losing his position in a vote in Ulaanbaatar, capital city of Mongolia

Landlocked democracy

Mongolia PM resigns after anti-corruption protests

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks to reporters outside the White House in Washington, DC, on June 2, 2025

Long-awaited call

Trump, Xi will 'likely' talk this week: White House

An Australian woman who allegedly murdered three of her husband's relatives with toxic mushrooms said she developed an interest in foraging for wild fungi during Covid lockdown

Passion for foraging

Australian woman details fungi interest before deadly meal

Anger, sadness, and disappointment

Nationalist's win dashes hopes for Polish LGBTQ, abortion rights

Morning Roundup

Bonnevoie stabbing trial begins, housing tax aid to end, and South Korea elects new president

Muslim worshippers gather around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque complex in the holy city of Mecca

Heat mitigation increased

Hajj pilgrims gather in Mecca under scorching desert sun

US President Donald Trump (C) wants both Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) to come to the table, the White House says

After first round of talks

Trump 'open' to meeting Ukraine, Russia leaders to push ceasefire

South Korea's Lee Jae-myung is the frontrunner in a snap presidential election on June 3

Recap of events

South Korea's six months of political chaos

US President Donald Trump hit out at predecessor Joe Biden, saying the Democrat

'Peaceful' pursuit

Trump says Iran deal would not allow 'any' uranium enrichment

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro risks 40 years' imprisonment if convicted on coup charges

Facing 40 years

Brazil's Bolsonaro to take the stand in coup trial

Palestinians children walk amid the rubble of a home that was targeted in an Israeli strike in Jabalia on Monday

No responsibility taken

UN chief calls for probe into deaths near Gaza aid site

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky's demands to end the war are still far apart

Territorial disputes

Ukraine peace talks: What are Kyiv and Moscow's positions?

The German court ruling follows an appeal by three Somalis who were sent back to Poland

Flagship measure

German govt defiant despite court ruling against migration crackdown

A woman stands next to debris from damaged buildings in Mokwa, Nigeria, where many bodies are feared to be buried in the rubble following deadly flooding

Bleak prospects

Nigeria flood victims mourn missing bodies as death toll stagnates

Kim Moon-soo, the presidential candidate for South Korea's conservative People Power Party, gestures as he leaves an election campaign event ahead of the upcoming June 3 presidential election in Seoul on June 1, 2025.

Labour activist-turned-lawmaker

S. Korea's conservative contender Kim Moon-soo emerges from Yoon's shadow

Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said he had spoken with the Tunisian ambassador to France about the murder of a Tunisian man

France probes terror motive after man shoots dead Tunisian neighbour

Outgoing German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock delivers her speech during a handover ceremony of the German Foreign Ministry to the new government in Berlin in May 2025

Despite strong opposition from Russia

Germany's ex-foreign minister Baerbock chosen to lead UN Assembly

Prime Minister Keir Starmer says Britain is entering 'a new era of threat'

Dealing with 'growing' Russian threat

UK to build attack subs as part of major defence review

Greenpeace activists have stolen a wax figure of the French president from the Grevin Museum in Paris

Placed in front of Russian embassy

Greenpeace steals Macron wax figure for anti-Moscow protest

Boniface Mwangi (R), seated next to fellow rights activist Agather Atuhaire, said Tanzanian security forcs meted out brutal treatment

Brutal treatment

Kenyan rights campaigner speaks of Tanzania sexual torture

Experts said that Polish president-elect Karol Nawrocki will seek to bring down the country's current pro-EU government

Likely increase political tensions

Nationalist victory spells trouble for Poland's Tusk

Mali

Situation is 'under control'

Mali army camp and airport in Timbuktu targeted in attack

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