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President Yoweri Museveni has extended his 40-year reign over Uganda by another five years.

An Iranian rapper who took part in the country's protests has described "a massacre on the streets", suggesting foreign forces have been brought in to stamp out the protests.

Kemi Badenoch led hundreds of protesters in opposition to China's proposed new mega-embassy in central London.

The body of 15-year-old Grace Keeling, who was swept into the sea with her mother, is believed to have been found, police have said.

Donald Trump has sparked backlash after saying he will impose tariffs on eight European countries - including the UK - until the US is allowed to purchase Greenland.

First Minister John Swinney has said a potential majority in Scotland's May election would be taken as a green light to demand another independence referendum.

Uganda's long-time leader Yoweri Museveni has won the country's presidential election, officials say, amid claims by the main opposition leader of "massive ballot stuffing".

Temperatures could plummet again across the UK towards the end of the month, increasing the likelihood of snow, forecasters have warned.

Like so much of the politics in the Middle East, the new governance structure for Gaza is complicated and contentious.

A system urging doctors to rethink if a patient has had three appointments without a diagnosis, known as Jess's Rule, will be advertised in all GP practices in England from this week.

A mother who is among a group of British parents suing TikTok after the deaths of five children has described a hearing in America as "deeply painful".

Some of the tactics ICE agents have used in Minneapolis against peaceful demonstrators including tear-gassing and arrests, should be curbed, a federal judge has ordered.

The Greens are calling for people under the age of 22 to have free bus travel in England.

Rolls-Royce Holdings is to hand its chief executive a multimillion-pound annual pay boost, even as he nears one of Britain's most lucrative ever public company payouts after overseeing a spectacular revival of the industrial manufacturing group.

Scientists have dismissed warnings from Donald Trump linking paracetamol use during pregnancy to autism.

Several police officers have been injured after a protest outside the Iranian embassy in London erupted into violence.

Several police officers have been injured after a protest outside the Iranian embassy in London erupted into violence.

A murderer accused of rapping about the death of the London schoolboy he killed will not be transferred to an open prison, after the Deputy Prime Minister intervened.

Sir Tony Blair will oversee the future of the Gaza strip as part of the "greatest and most prestigious board ever assembled", Donald Trump has said.

A mother who fed her baby a now-recalled batch of infant formula is calling for a "full investigation" into the product after her son fell seriously ill.