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Police in Dublin have broken up a city centre blockade by fuel protesters who have brought much of Ireland to a standstill in the past week. The tractors and trucks parked in the capital‘s main thoroughfare O’Connell Street were cleared during a late-night police operation. The Irish police service An …

China has said it is willing to resume some ties it had suspended with Taiwan, such as direct flights to cities across China, allowing in “healthy” television dramas and facilitating food sales. It follows a visit by Beijing-friendly Cheng Li-wun, the head of Taiwan‘s largest opposition party Kuomintang (KMT), who …

The star spent much of the gig singing along to YouTube videos of early hits like Baby and Never say Never. BBC News

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says his nation’s forces would respond “symmetrically” to Russian attacks. BBC News

The incident occurred at a “tourist event attended by many young people”, Haiti’s prime minister says. BBC News

A man has been arrested over alleged criminal damage of a US military plane at an Irish airport. Police said a man entered the “unauthorised area of Shannon Airport” in County Clare on Saturday morning. Footage posted on social media appeared to show a man climbing onto a US Air …

Hungary is voting to elect its leader and all 199 members of its parliament. And if the polls are correct, Prime Minister Viktor Orban is on his way out. After 16 years in power, Hungary’s hardman leader – and his self-styled brand of “illiberal democracy” – will supposedly be toast. …

They talked for 21 hours. The highest-level meeting between the US and Iran since its revolutionary government came to power in the ’70s. But in the end it wasn’t enough. The Americans were the first to get out their version of events before getting on their plane and heading home. …

Easter festivities are muted in Kharkiv as Ukrainians expect fighting to flare up again after a weekend truce. BBC News

At least 30 people are dead after a stampede in Haiti. Authorities said the stampede occurred at ⁠the Laferriere Citadel, and warned that the death toll could rise. The 19th-century fortress is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the Caribbean state, and was packed with students and visitors …

“Slopaganda” is too weak a term to capture how powerful this “highly sophisticated” content is, one expert says. BBC News

After Cayden McBride finishes class in Rome, Georgia, the 19-year-old goes home, opens his laptop, and starts searching. For the past few months, he has been spending hours at a time combing through the Jeffrey Epstein files on the US Department of Justice (DOJ) website, and following others online who …

Chiraiya, which has drawn an audience of millions, has prompted conversations on social media around consent and misogyny. BBC News

A BBC Disclosure investigation has uncovered significant questions about what happened at the hotel where Charmain died. BBC News

Most polls favour Péter Magyar, who fronts a grassroots party, but PM Viktor Orbán has been in a defiant mood. BBC News

The Iran war could not have come at a worse time for Sri Lanka, reeling from devastating floods and an economic crisis. BBC News

Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of violating an Orthodox Easter ceasefire. The governors of two Russia border regions claimed Ukrainian drones had injured five after attacking targets in the Kursk and Belgorod regions. Meanwhile Ukraine’s military said Russian forces had violated the terms of the 32-hour truce 469 …

The four astronauts who flew in Nasa’s Artemis II mission around the Moon have been welcomed back to Planet Earth at an event in Houston, Texas. Commander Reid Wiseman said the mission was “the most special thing I ever went through in my life”. The astronauts – Wiseman, pilot Victor …

Fuel tankers have regained access to an oil refinery that was blocked by protesters in Ireland. Gardai had launched a major operation to move large tractors that had been blocking the entrance to the Whitegate oil refinery, in Co Cork. It comes after Fuels for Ireland chief executive, Kevin McPartlan, …

As well as being the first woman to lead Canada’s armed forces, General Jennie Carignan is also in command as her country pushes to rearm on a scale not seen since the Cold War. This includes expanding the full-time military, bolstering the number of reservists and attempting to get up …