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Jailed former president’s whereabouts unknown amid Sudan chaos

Omar al-Bashir, who ruled the country for three decades, was overthrown during a popular uprising in 2019.

New Zealand plants tree at parliament to mark King’s coronation

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said his office had liaised with Buckingham Palace over the best way to mark the event.

Sudan airlift continues as ministers defend UK response to the crisi...

Hundreds of Britons have been evacuated from Sudan in flights which began arriving in Cyprus on Tuesday evening.

Singapore executes man for co-ordinating cannabis delivery

Tangaraju Suppiah, 46, was sentenced to death in 2018 for abetting the trafficking of one kilogram of cannabis.

Thousands born by donor eggs or sperm set to find out biological ori...

Changes to the law mean young people will be able to find out information about their donor later this year.

Quad leaders to hold security summit in Sydney on May 24

The meeting will be Australia’s first time hosting the Quad Leaders’ Summit.

Riots, crown jewel mishaps and a banned queen among coronation troub...

At Queen Victoria’s coronation, an elderly peer caught his foot on his robe and rolled down the bottom of the steps in front of the throne.

Survey finds almost half of senior hospital doctors over 50 plan to...

Just under 1,700 doctors medics responded to the study.

George VI’s coronation day sinking feeling over most important cerem...

The King’s grandfather wrote in great detail about the mishaps during his 1937 coronation.

Multimillion-pound coronation ‘a slap in face amid cost-of-living cr...

The late Elizabeth II’s coronation cost £20.5 million in today’s money, while Charles’s grandfather George VI’s was £24.8 million.

Man who attended 1953 coronation with school remembers ‘immense’ occ...

Jeremy Hoare watched the event on the Victoria Embankment as one of 30,000 schoolchildren.

Charles made history when he watched the Queen’s coronation aged fou...

The prince tugged on his grandmother’s sleeve in excitement but also looked bored during the three-hour ceremony in 1953.

Ten days to go as preparations enter final phase before coronation

Westminster Abbey has closed its doors to get ready to stage the ceremony as behind the scenes work gathers pace with a week and a half to go.

NI teachers and civil servants involved in biggest industrial action...

Teachers and civil servants will go on strike later in what trade unions have described as the biggest industrial action in Northern Ireland in over a

Horse-drawn carriage available to book on Uber ahead of coronation

The carriage will be in a south London park in the days before the coronation.

What the papers say – April 26

Sudan and royal phone hacking dominate the front pages of Wednesday’s newspapers.

‘High probability’ spacecraft crashed on moon, Tokyo company says

If all had gone well, ispace would have been the first private business to pull off a lunar landing.

UK troops to take over Sudan airfield as evacuation flights gather p...

Three flights carrying British nationals are due to have left war-torn Khartoum by Wednesday morning.

How is the UK evacuating people from Sudan?

Will British citizens be safely able to get away from conflict in Sudan?

Taliban ‘kill mastermind’ of suicide bombing at Kabul airport

The Isis leader, whose identity has not yet been released, died in southern Afghanistan in early April, one official said.