World

It has been a day of royal welcomes, of smiles for the cameras and elaborate pageantry for Donald Trump. 

It’s a condition that’s turned life upside down for thousands of Americans – who’ve suddenly developed an allergy to red meat.

More than 200 second world war veterans have boarded a ship chartered by the Royal British Legion – ready to set sail from Dover tonight bound for Dunkirk.

Five people were hurt after a giant cruise ship veered out of control on a busy Venice canal this morning – smashing into the dock and a ramming a tourist river boat in the process.

Thousands of Liverpool and Tottenham fans have arrived in Madrid ahead of tonight’s match.

Police have said 12 people were killed in America’s latest mass shooting, at a government building in Virginia yesterday. The authorities said a ‘disgruntled’ utilities engineer carried out the attack in Virginia Beach, on the east coast. He died after a gun battle with police. It is the country’s 150th mass shooting this year. The…

Donald Trump has endorsed the former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to become leader of the Conservative Party – and thus Prime Minister.

Parties with clear, bold ideas on left, right and even centre captured the imagination. But the traditional beasts of the EU are feeling diminished. 

Turnout appears to be up in several of EU’s biggest countries in the elections for the European parliament

President Trump has begun a 3 day trip to Japan aimed at showcasing strong relations between the two countries – fuelled, he hopes, by a new agreement to reduce America’s multi-billion dollar trade deficit with Japan.

Pro-choice demonstrators have held a National Day of Action across America to protest against the growing number of States which are passing laws to restrict women’s access to abortion clinics.

Staci Fox is from the pro-choice organisation, Planned Parenthood.

Dr Yu Jie researches China’s economic diplomacy at Chatham House. Martin Jacques is a senior fellow at the Department of Politics and International Studies at Cambridge University, and a visiting professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing.

Just over a week ago Hamas fired hundreds of rockets into Israel, which responded with airstrikes. Gazans have been protesting against the economic blockade on every Friday for more than a year.

Prosecutors in Sweden have reopened an investigation into a rape allegation made against Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange.