Britain’s Sunak says it’s priority to open Rafah crossing from Gaza

For years, severe pollution made swimming in the sea hazardous for people in the Gaza Strip. But internationally funded sewage treatment facilities have stepped up their operations, allowing people to enjoy safe and clean beaches again.

The unidentified 58-year-old was one of three men detained on suspicion of money laundering as the UK attempts to disrupt possible criminal actions of oligarchs linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

We bring you reactions from the papers in Brazil as fans wait for hours to view Pelé's coffin on the football field of his cherished Santos FC club before a private burial. The British papers issue a plea to the government to help pull the beleaguered public health system back from the brink of collapse.

Teddy Hobbs got into Mensa, an international organization for high-IQ individuals, when he was three. He taught himself how to read when he was two years old.

The British prime minister rushed to Northern Ireland a day after his EU agreement to tout the country as "the world's most exciting economic zone." But he needs to convince the unionist DUP to back the agreement.

At a summit in Paris to reset rocky ties, the UK leader agreed to commit $575 million to increase beach patrols in northern France. Britain has seen a large rise in the number of migrants crossing the sea in small boats.

The Israeli military said it was targeting Hamas operations in retaliation for rocket strikes, while the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon urged restraint. A shooting in the West Bank has also killed two Israelis.

US President Joe Biden is set to deliver a keynote speech at the University of Ulster in the Northern Irish capital, Belfast. Later, he travels to the Republic for a meeting with officials and his own distant relatives.

President Joe Biden met with U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in Belfast, Northern Ireland on Wednesday as part of a visit to mark the 25th anniversary of Northern Ireland's 1998 peace deal.

Early results from the local elections have put the Conservatives on course for a resounding defeat. It was Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's first electoral test.

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said civilian deaths were "unacceptable." He also condemned the indiscriminate launching of rockets from Gaza into Israel.

Palestinian militants have fired dozens of rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel. The rocket launches follow airstrikes that Palestinian health officials say killed at least 13 people.