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A court in Damascus is trying one official in former President Bashar Assad's government in person, and several more in absentia. Assad and his brother are among the defendants. Both are thought to have fled to Russia.

The Bavarian state premier has criticized the government's voluntary plan. Meanwhile, Chancellor Friedrich Merz condemned the shooting in Washington.

A spate of attacks was coordinated by Tuareg separatists and jihadis with links to al-Qaeda. Among them, a car bomb in Bamako killed Mali's defense minister.

Donald Trump said that he didn't want US officials to "sit around talking about nothing" in Islamabad. It comes after Iran said that there would be no direct talks with the US. More on DW.

Two US citizens believed to be CIA agents were killed in a car accident following an anti-drug trafficking operation. Mexico says they entered the country as a tourist and a diplomat.

On a state visit to the US, the British monarch is being deployed to help steady increasingly strained US-UK relations. Can King Charles help repair the damaged so-called "special relationship?"

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country is ready to hold talks with Russia in Azerbaijan. Meanwhile, Russian attacks killed several people across Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to meet with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Monday, Russian state media reported. Russia and Tehran, who are both subject to fierce Western sanctions, have developed an increasingly close relationship in recent years. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.

Breakdown of White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting; alleged gunman wrote that he expected more security.

Questions about how shooter was able to get so close to Trump, cabinet members and lawmakers are likely to be asked. Key US politics stories from Sunday 26 April at a glance US law enforcement officials are reportedly reassessing security arrangements after a gunman opened fire near the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, raising questions about how he was able to get so close to an event attended by president Donald Trump, cabinet members and lawmakers. Former Secret Service agents and senior US officials told the Reuters news agency that federal agents appeared to carry out their plan to protect the president effectively on Saturday night, stopping the alleged gunman before he reached the basement level of the Washington Hilton, where Trump was set to speak. Continue reading...