Drug-rape student - 23 more women make allegations
Police in London say Zhenhao Zou's "offending group is far greater" than they had realised.

Three big unknowns ahead of Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs
The president is expected to unveil details of his plans for a wider set of import taxes. But what tariffs and when?

US prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione in CEO murder case
The 26-year-old is accused of shooting dead healthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel.

BBC finds fear, loss and hope in Sudan's ruined capital after army victory
Our correspondent enters Khartoum just days after Sudan's army recaptured it from the Rapid Support Forces after a six-month offensive.

Girl missing in River Thames named as Kaliyah Coa
A recovery mission is now under way to find 11-year-old Kaliyah along the Thames, Met Police said.

'We still have hope': Searching for quake survivors in Mandalay
The BBC speaks to people in Mandalay close to where Myanmar's deadly 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck.

Donald Trump signs off UK's handover of Chagos Islands to Mauritius
No 10 says deal to cede UK's last African colony now being finalised after months of doubtDonald Trump has signed off the UK's handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Downing Street has indicated, paving the way for the UK to cede sovereignty over its last African colony after a six-month standoff.Under the terms of the deal, the UK will give up control of the Chagos archipelago while paying to maintain control of a joint US-UK military base on the largest island, Diego Garcia, under a 99-year lease. Continue reading...

People displaced by Uganda oil pipeline 'received inadequate compensation'
Many of the people displaced by Eacop project were inadequately rehoused or compensated, report saysPeople displaced from their homes alongside the site of an oil pipeline under construction in Uganda have complained of being inadequately rehoused or compensated.When completed, the East African crude oil pipeline (Eacop) will transport oil from the Tilenga and Kingfisher oilfields in western Uganda to the port of Tanga in Tanzania. Continue reading...

Niger's junta withdraws from Lake Chad anti-Islamist force
Coalition of former allies Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria fought armed insurgents including Boko HaramNiger's ruling junta has quit a regional force fighting armed Islamist groups in west Africa's Lake Chad area, cementing an acrimonious split from former allies in the region.The decision to exit the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) was announced in a bulletin on state television over the weekend. The move "reflects a stated intent to reinforce security for oil sites", the bulletin stated, without providing further details. Continue reading...

Chester zoo unveils £28m 'Africa' facility - complete with chilly giraffes
Nine-hectare site home to 57 species including rhino, zebras and ostriches in UK's biggest such development"Although we are trying to replicate Uganda and Kenya we are actually in Cheshire so the weather is slightly different," admits Chester zoo boss, Jamie Christon, on a fresh and very grey Monday morning.But ignore the chilliness and screw your eyes and you could well be transported to a sweeping African savannah where, one day, there will be giraffes, zebras, antelopes and ostriches roaming majestically side by side. Continue reading...

New images reveal extent of looting at Sudan's national museum as rooms stripped of treasures
Only a few statues remain, with thousands of priceless artefacts from Nubian and Kush*te kingdoms missingVideos of Sudan's national museum showing empty rooms, piles of rubble and broken artefacts posted on social media after the Sudanese army recaptured the area from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in recent days show the extent of looting of the country's antiquities.Fears of looting in the museum were first raised in June 2023 and a year later satellite images emerged of trucks loaded with artefacts leaving the building, according to museum officials. But last week, as the RSF were driven out of Khartoum after two years of war, the full extent of the theft became apparent. Continue reading...

Donors quit Prince Harry's charity when he left UK, says Sentebale chair
Sophie Chandauka claims there is 'significant correlation' with drop in funders and prince's move to the USDonors abandoned the charity Prince Harry founded in memory of his late mother when he left the UK, the chair of Sentebale has said amid a bitter media row in which she accused the prince of trying to "eject" her through "bullying" and "harassment".Sophie Chandauka told Sky News's Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips programme that there was a "significant correlation" between a drop in funders and the Duke of Sussex's departure to the US after the controversy caused by his rift with the royal family. Continue reading...

Here are the 20 specific Fox broadcasts and tweets Dominion says were defamatory
• Fox-Dominion trial delay 'is not unusual,' judge says• Fox News' defamation battle isn't stopping Trump's election lies

Judge in Fox News-Dominion defamation trial: 'The parties have resolved their case'
The judge just announced in court that a settlement has been reached in the historic defamation case between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems.

'Difficult to say with a straight face': Tapper reacts to Fox News' statement on settlement
A settlement has been reached in Dominion Voting Systems' defamation case against Fox News, the judge for the case announced. The network will pay more than $787 million to Dominion, a lawyer for the company said.

Millions in the US could face massive consequences unless McCarthy can navigate out of a debt trap he set for Biden
• DeSantis goes to Washington, a place he once despised, looking for support to take on Trump• Opinion: For the GOP to win, it must ditch Trump• Chris Christie mulling 2024 White House bid• Analysis: The fire next time has begun burning in Tennessee