War against terrorism – 200 new army officers join military mandate

Senegal announces a record seizure of cocaine; the most ever intercepted on land by authorities. Over a ton of the illicit drug was confiscated from a truck near the border with Mali.

For months, Europe has been rocked by protests as farmers decry high costs and low prices, in addition to what they call unfair competition from Ukraine, and the constraints of environmental regulations. EU elites are worried that the farmers' movement will boost anti-establishment parties in the European elections this June. The EU Commission has put forward proposals to ease the burden on farmers, but environmental groups say this is a short-term political tactic that undermines elements of the EU's own Green Deal – and will ultimately lead to more climate chaos for everybody, including farmers. We unpick this with the EU's Agriculture Commissioner, Janusz Wojciechowski.

Doctors in Kenya have been on strike for five weeks, demanding better wages and working conditions. President William Ruto says his government is out of money to pay the medics. Meanwhile, patients remain without care.

The case had been noted as an extreme example of European governments' efforts to thwart NGOs helping migrants in the Mediterranean.

Indians begin voting on Friday in what will be the world's biggest-ever election, with nearly a billion registered voters.

Studying microbes at crime scenes could aid forensic pathologists in better determining potential suspects and confirming or refuting alibis in suspected murder cases, particularly when the time of death is unclear.