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U.S. President Donald Trump is considering a broader cabinet shake-up in the wake of Attorney General Pam Bondi’s removal this week, as he grows increasingly frustrated with the political fallout from the war with Iran, five people familiar ​with internal White House discussions said. Any potential reshuffling could serve as a reset for the White House as it confronts a politically challenging stretch: The five-week-old war has driven up gas prices, dragged ‌down Trump’s approval ratings and intensified anxiety about the consequences for Republicans heading into November’s midterm elections. Some allies said his televised speech to the nation on Wednesday – which one senior…

British prosecutors said on ​Friday they had charged three men ‌in connection with an arson attack last month on Jewish community ambulances in north London. The ambulances ​were set on fire on March ​23 in what British Prime Minister Keir ⁠Starmer described as a “deeply shocking antisemitic arson attack”. The ​SITE Intelligence website has said an Iran-aligned ​multinational militant collective called Islamic Movement of the People of the Right Hand had claimed responsibility for ​the incident near a synagogue in the ​Golders Green area of London. Counter-terrorism officers are heading the ‌investigation, ⁠but as yet the incident is not being treated…

 Iran on Saturday executed ​two men it said ‌were convicted of links to an opposition group, the People’s ​Mojahedin Organisation of Iran, ​and of carrying out armed ⁠attacks, domestic media reported. The ​executions were the latest in ​recent days of individuals with PMOI links. The PMOI confirmed Saturday’s executions, ​saying in a statement ​that Iran was “trying to hide its ‌weakness ⁠by executing political prisoners, especially PMOI members and supporters.” Four PMOI members were executed ​earlier ​this ⁠week, it said. The group said the two ​men executed on Saturday ​were ⁠arrested in January 2024 and had their death sentences ⁠upheld ​in December…

Two drones hit the ‌BP-operated (BP.L), opens new tab North Rumaila oilfield in southern Iraq on Saturday, wounding ​three Iraqi workers, security ​and energy sources said. The attack ⁠took place shortly after ​another drone hit storage facilities ​west of the port city of Basra that belong to foreign ​oil companies, the sources ​said. The drone strikes had no impact on ‌operations ⁠in this part of Iraq’s giant Rumaila oilfield, as they targeted an equipment ​storage facility, ​said ⁠two Iraqi engineers working at the field. Foreign staff ​were evacuated following an ​earlier ⁠drone strike on the oilfield, sources told Reuters last ⁠month.

The NATO alliance has in recent years survived existential challenges – ranging from the war in Ukraine to multiple bouts of pressure and insults from U.S. President Donald Trump, who has questioned its core mission and threatened to seize Greenland. But it is the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, thousands of miles from Europe, that has nearly broken ​the 76-year-old bloc and threatens to leave it in its weakest state since its creation, say analysts and diplomats. Trump, enraged that European countries have declined to send their navies to open up the Strait of Hormuz to global shipping ‌following the start of the…

Dutch police on Saturday said ​they were investigating reports ‌of an explosion overnight at the Israel Centre ​in the central ​Dutch town of Nijkerk. There were ⁠no reports of ​injuries and the damage ​at the site, run by the Christians for Israel charity, ​was minimal, a ​police statement posted on social ‌media ⁠said. It was not clear if the incident was related to a ​series of ​attacks ⁠against Jewish sites in Europe ​since the war in ​Iran. Police ⁠said there had been no arrests and ⁠appealed ​for witnesses ​to come forward.

 Cuba began releasing prisoners from its jails on Friday just hours after its ​communist-run government announced a sweeping amnesty coinciding with the most intense pressure campaign applied by the U.S. in decades. More ‌than 2,000 prisoners are slated to be released as part of Cuba’s state-run media on Thursday called a “sovereign and humanitarian” gesture, the largest such amnesty in 10 years. The U.S. said it was closely monitoring whether those it deems to be political prisoners would be among the liberated “It is unclear how many, if any, political ​prisoners will be released,” the spokesperson said. “We continue to…

 Iraq ​closed the Shalamcheh ‌border crossing with Iran after airstrikes on the ​Iranian side killed ​an Iraqi citizen, security ⁠sources said on ​Saturday. The sources said at ​least five Iraqis were seriously wounded in the strikes, ​which hit a ​passenger reception area on the ‌Iranian ⁠side. Iraqi police recovered the body of a man, while the ​wounded ​were ⁠taken to hospital, most in critical ​condition. Iraq’s border authorities ​ordered ⁠the crossing closed to trade and travellers, ⁠the ​authorities said ​in a statement.

China’s cyberspace regulator issued draft regulations on Friday to oversee the development online of digital humans, requiring clear labelling and banning services ​that could mislead children or fuel addiction. The Cyberspace Administration of ‌China’s proposed rules would require prominent “digital human” labels on all virtual human content and prohibit digital humans from providing “virtual intimate relationships” to those under 18, according to rules published ​for public comment until May 6. The draft regulations would also ban the ​use of other people’s personal information to create digital humans without ⁠consent, or using virtual humans to bypass identity verification systems, reflecting Beijing’s…

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called ​on lawmakers to pass key legislation next week to avert a funding crisis, help Ukraine fight ‌the war against Russia, and enact key reforms required for European Union accession. Due to lagging reforms and slow legislative progress in late 2025 and early 2026, Ukraine missed deadlines to unlock billions from its key lenders, economists said. With the need for external financing standing at $52 ​billion this year – equivalent to around a quarter of annual economic output – the budget situation is ​desperate. “I have a list of key draft laws that are critical for securing…