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With the Trump administration stepping up removals as part of its sweeping anti-immigration crackdown, rights activists warn that deporting Russian dissidents puts them at risk of prison and persecution back home

'Deep sense of disappointment'

'I don't cry anymore': In US jail, Russian dissidents fear deportation

This screen grab from a video posted by US President Donald Trump shows what he said was a US military strike on drug traffickers in the Caribbean Sea

With eye on US threat, Venezuela holds Caribbean military exercises

Machu Picchu receives some 4,500 visitors on average each day, many of them foreigners

Access to site blocked since Monday

Tourists return to Peru's Machu Picchu after community protest

The banquet table took a week to put together

Extraordinary show

Trump gets lavish UK banquet - and an awkward guest

US President Donald Trump delivers a speech as Britain's King Charles III watches on during a state banquet at Windsor Castle

Supersized welcome

King gives Trump royal welcome on UK state visit

Palestinians move with their belongings southwards on a road in the Nuseirat refugee camp area in the central Gaza Strip following renewed Israeli evacuation orders for Gaza City on September 16, 2025

After UN genocide accusation

Palestinians flee Gaza City in face of deadly Israeli offensive

Protesters with placards and Palestinian flags gather in Parliament Square in London to demonstrate against Trump's state visit

Signs and slogans

Thousands protest in London over Trump UK visit

Pressure has mounted on the EU to take action against Israel over its devastating near two-year offensive in Gaza

Following rising pressure on bloc

EU proposes action on Israel trade and ministers over Gaza

Fired CDC director Susan Monarez said she was asked to approve changes to vaccine policy not supported by scientific evidence

Fire for refusing to approve changes

Fired US health agency chief testifies on pressure to 'replace evidence with ideology'

Admiral Francisco Cubides (right), Colombia's military chief, says Bogota will fight the cocaine trade with or without help from the United States

Following Bogota blacklist

Colombia vows to fight drug trade 'with or without' the US

Christian Brueckner is suspected of involvement in Madeleine McCann 's disappearance

Served seven-year term

German suspect in Madeleine McCann case freed from prison

East Timor's parliament says it will scrap lifetime pensions for MPs following student-led protests in one of southeast Asia's poorest nations

Student-led demonstrations

East Timor to scrap MP pensions and SUVs after protests

South African Provincial Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi accused the national police minister of corruption

Set up by president

S.Africa commission begins probe into alleged links between politics and crime

The Natural History Museum is famed for its dinosaur skeletons and taxidermy

Gold worth 600,000 euros stolen in Paris museum heist

Kathmandu's Nakhu prison bears the scars of the unrest, which saw parliament and government buildings torched

After mass Nepal jailbreak, some prisoners surrender

Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee outlines his plans to diversify the city's economy, including fast-tracking a border development project and establishing the AI sector as a

Ambitious project

Hong Kong leader plans to fast-track border mega-project

Women offer prayers in Bhaktapur on the outskirts of Kathmandu. Flags flew at half-mast during a national day of mourning on September 17 those killed in anti-corruption protests that toppled the government

Flags at half-mast

Nepal mourns its dead after anti-corruption protests

Indian security forces pause while on patrol for Maoist rebels in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh state on September 12

Decades-long conflict

India checks Maoist rebel offer of suspending armed struggle

Tyler Robinson (bottom left), the suspect in the killing of political activist Charlie Kirk, faces the death penalty if convicted

Investigation details shared

Inside the hunt for the suspect in Charlie Kirk's killing

Morning Roundup

EU to sanction Israel, ING confirms job cuts, and Tour de Luxembourg starts today

Among the poorest countries in the world, Guinea has a long history of coups and violent authoritarian regimes

Boycotted by opposition

Junta accused of coveting power in crucial Guinea referendum

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape speaks during a flag-raising ceremony marking the country's 50th independence anniversary in Port Moresby on September 16

Australia, Papua New Guinea delay mutual defence treaty

Relatives attend a tribute to 13 slain police officers at the office of the governor of Antioquia in Medellin, Colombia, on August 28, 2025

Defunct guerilla army

Colombian FARC leaders ordered to make reparations for over 21,000 kidnappings

The Utah Governor's Office on September 13, 2025 released booking photos of Tyler Robinson, the suspect in the shooting death of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk

Kirk suspect faces death penalty for aggravated murder charge

Authorities said several officers were hurt during clashes overnight as they temporarily unblocked the tracks

900 still stranded

Peru evacuates 1,400 tourists from Machu Picchu amid protest

In a sign of the pomp and pageantry to come, a guard of honour greeted the Trumps as they stepped off Air Force One

Trump arrives in UK for historic second state visit

FBI Director Kash Patel testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee

FBI chief spars with Democrats in heated Senate hearing

Anti-drugs ally

Colombia halts US arms purchases in row over drug fight delisting

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