Anti-Trump demonstrations sweep across the US

Hugh Schofield BBC News, Paris Reuters Marine Le Pen is awaiting a high-stakes verdict in a party funding trial France’s Marine Le Pen faces a make-or-break moment on Monday, as a judge rules on whether she should be banned from the next presidential election. The hard-right leader, who is ahead of all her rivals in…

Leading EU nations have said they support an Arab-backed plan for the reconstruction of Gaza that would cost $53 billion (£41 billion) and avoid displacing Palestinians from the territory. The plan, drawn up by Egypt and endorsed by Arab leaders, has been rejected by Israel and by US President Donald Trump, who presented his own…

The army of the Democratic Republic of Congo has accused Rwanda of dressing up prisoners in military uniforms in an effort to pass them off as newly-captured rebels linked to the Rwandan genocide. It comes after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo said they had captured fighters from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation…

President Donald Trump‘s trade policies will have a negative impact on Google parent Alphabet‘s core advertising business, an executive from the company said Thursday. Alphabet, which reported stronger-than-expected revenue for its first quarter of the year, faces an online ad market that’s on edge due to concerns about how Trump’s tariffs will affect the economy…

The kibbutz of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas says a new body handed over by Hamas on Friday is hers. “With pain and deep sorrow, Kibbutz Nir Oz announces the murder of Shiri Bibas,” the community said in a statement. Israel’s forensic officials who have been examining the body are yet to confirm her death. Hamas…

Getty Images Donald Trump said he planned to hit goods from China with a new 10% tariff, the latest salvo in the US president’s steadily escalating trade fights. Imports from China already face taxes at the border of at least 10%, after a Trump tariff order that went into effect earlier this month. Trump also…