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Savannah Guthrie, who will return on April 6 as co-host of NBC’s “Today” show after a nearly two-month absence sparked by the disappearance of her 84-year-old mother, said in an interview that aired on Friday that “joy will be my protest.” Guthrie, speaking with colleague Hoda Kotb, said that while it’s hard to imagine returning to a place of joy and lightness, she wants to try, even as she acknowledged she’s not sure she can do it or if she’ll belong anymore. “I can’t come back and try to be something that I’m not. But I can’t not come back,…

New York City has ended its legal fight with producer Jordan McGraw, the son of TV’s “Dr. Phil” McGraw, reaching a settlement Friday that clears the way for the release of a reality show he’s making about the New York Police Department. Under the agreement, the city will retain editorial control over the show, titled “Behind the Badge,” after accusing Jordan McGraw and his production company, McGraw Media, of trying to wrest it away. McGraw Media will provide “rough cuts” of episodes to the NYPD and will incorporate its edits into the finished version for the show, hosted by “Dr. Phil,”…

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis launched missiles at Israel on Saturday, their first such attack since the Iran war began, while Secretary of State Marco ​Rubio said the U.S. expected to conclude military operations within weeks. The Houthis, whose involvement risks broadening and prolonging a war that has entered its fifth week, said their operations ‌would continue until the “aggression” on all fronts ended. Israel said it had intercepted a missile from Yemen. The war, launched with U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28, has spread across the Middle East, killing thousands and causing the biggest disruption ever to energy supplies, hitting the global economy and fuelling inflation…

A former high-profile Belgian diplomat has appealed against a court decision ordering him to stand ​trial over the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, Congo’s first ‌prime minister, in 1961, the ex-diplomat’s lawyer told Reuters on Friday. A Belgian court ordered 93-year-old Etienne Davignon, a former vice-president of the European ​Commission, on March 17 to face prosecution over his ​alleged involvement in Lumumba’s killing 65 years ago. Beyond confirming ⁠his client’s appeal, Davignon’s lawyer made no further comment ​on the case. Prosecutors say Davignon, who was a junior diplomat ​at the time, participated in the unlawful detention or transfer of Lumumba and deprived him…

Nepal’s former prime minister, K.P. Sharma Oli, was arrested ​on Saturday as police investigate whether he was negligent in ‌failing to prevent dozens of deaths during Gen Z anti-corruption protests last September, officials said. His home minister, Ramesh Lekhak, was also arrested. They were taken ​into custody one day after rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah was sworn in ​as prime minister and after a recommendation last week by ⁠a Nepali panel investigating violence during the protests that they should ​be prosecuted for negligence. A total of 76 people were killed in ​two days of unrest, which led to Oli resigning. Police spokesman Om Adhikari said both…

When U.S. President Donald Trump’s signature appears on $100 bills in June, it will end 165 years of the U.S. Treasurer signing banknotes and place Trump among a small band of sitting global leaders, most heads of developing economies, whose autographs or images have ​graced their currencies. Banknotes around the world often show the signature of a central bank leader, finance minister or other ‌official associated with the printing and issuing of money. Trump’s signature would replace that of the U.S. Treasurer, which has appeared on U.S. currency since 1861. The Treasury secretary’s signature was added about a century ago.…

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has ​told Pakistan’s Prime Minister ‌Shehbaz Sharif that trust is needed to ​facilitate talks and ​mediation on the conflict in ⁠the Middle East, ​the prime minister’s office ​said on Saturday. It said Pezeshkian had praised Pakistan’s diplomatic ​efforts and that ​the two leaders had discussed ‌hostilities ⁠in the region and efforts to end the conflict during ​a call ​that ⁠lasted over an hour. Sharif ​briefed Pezeshkian on ​Pakistan’s ⁠diplomatic contacts with the United States and ⁠Gulf ​states, it said.

Pope Leo on Saturday made a day trip to Monaco, a tax-free microstate on the French Riviera known as a haven for billionaires ​and their luxury yachts, and urged its residents to share their wealth ‌and help those in need. “In God’s eyes, nothing is received in vain!” the pope told Monaco’s royal family and leading residents. “Every good placed in our hands… bears an intrinsic need not ​to be held back, but to be shared, so that everyone’s life ​may be better.” Leo is the first pope in nearly five centuries ⁠to visit the wealthy Mediterranean enclave. He arrived after a 90-minute…

When Israeli strikes rained down on southern Lebanon in early March, Hawraa Houmani, 29 years old ‌and almost nine months pregnant, fled her village near Nabatieh to a shelter in a school in Beirut. She no longer had access to the doctor that had cared for her throughout her pregnancy. “I had prepared myself physically and mentally for that doctor, for her to be ​the one delivering,” Houmani said. A Beirut hospital turned her away for a pre-delivery check-up, though when she started having ​contractions a week later, it admitted her. She gave birth to her son, Ali, on March…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday discussed the possibility of a diplomatic settlement in the Iran ​war with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araqchi, Lavrov’s ‌ministry said. “The ministers discussed in detail the most difficult military-political crisis in the Middle East, which erupted as a result ​of unprovoked American-Israeli aggression against Iran,” the statement ​on the ministry website said. “There was an exchange ⁠of views on the prospects of shifting the conflict ​into a channel for a political-diplomatic settlement based on ​international law and taking into account the legitimate interests of all countries in the region.” The statement also said Lavrov outlined…