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Khalil al-Hayya, a high-ranking Hamas official who has represented the Palestinian militant group in negotiations for a cease-fire and hostage exchange deal, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Hamas again raises the possibility of a 2-state compromise. Israel and its allies aren’t convinced

The Palestinian militant group Hamas has said for more than 15 years that it could accept a two-state compromise with Israel — at least, a temporary one.
 
FILE - A Palestinian baby girl, Sabreen Jouda, who was delivered prematurely after her mother was killed in an Israeli strike along with her husband and daughter, lies in an incubator in the Emirati hospital in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. Sunday, April 21, 2024. A premature Palestinian infant, rescued from her mother's womb shortly after the woman was killed in an Israeli airstrike, has died, her uncle said Friday, April 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammad Jahjouh, File)

Premature baby girl rescued from her dead mother’s womb dies in Gaza after 5 days in an incubator

 
Patients are evacuated from Children's Hospital No. 1 on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, April 26, 2024. Doctors and ambulance crews evacuated patients from a Kyiv children's hospital on Friday after a video circulated online saying Russia planned to attack it. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Ukraine’s farm minister is the latest corruption suspect as Kyiv aims to undo recent Russian gains

 
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in China, Friday, April 26, 2024, in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

US postpones decision on aid to Israeli army battalion accused of abuses against Palestinians

 
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People, Friday, April 26, 2024, in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

Antony Blinken meets with China’s President Xi as US, China spar over bilateral and global issues

 

ELECTION WATCH 2024

A voter puts his hand on a classroom desk covered in marks as a polling officer applies indelible ink mark on his index finger at a polling station situated inside a school during the second round of voting in the national election, near Palakkad, in Indian southern state of Kerala, Friday, April 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India votes in second phase of national elections with Modi’s BJP as front-runner

Millions of Indians voted in a moderate turnout in the second round of multi-phase national elections, with some big names in the contest.
 
IDENTIFIES TRANSITIONAL COUNCIL MEMBERS - Ex-senator Louis Gerald Gilles, from left to right, pastor Frinel Joseph, barrister Emmanuel Vertilaire, businessman Laurent Saint-Cyr, interim Prime Minister Michel Patrick Boisvert, Judge Jean Joseph Lebrun, who is not a member of the council, former senate president Edgard Leblanc, Regine Abraham, former central bank governor Fritz Alphonse Jean, former diplomat Leslie Voltaire and former ambassador to the Dominican Republic Smith Augustin, pose for a group photo during an installation ceremony, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Meet the members of a transitional council tasked with choosing new leaders for beleaguered Haiti

A transitional council tasked with bringing political stability to Haiti has been installed in the capital of Haiti, a nation marred by gang violence and soaring hunger and poverty.
 

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Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf speaks during a press conference at Bute House, Edinburgh, Thursday, April 25, 2024. Scotland’s leader is facing a potential battle for survival after ending a three-year power-sharing agreement with the Scottish Green Party following a clash over climate change policies. First Minister Humza Yousaf of the Scottish National Party informed the leaders of the much smaller Greens on Thursday that he was terminating the power-sharing agreement. (Jeff J Mitchell/PA via AP)

Scottish leader faces battle for survival after ending power-sharing deal over climate change clash

 
  1. FILE - People queue to cast their votes In Soweto, South Africa April 27, 1994, in the country's first all-race elections. In 1994 people braved long queues to cast a vote after years of white minority rule which denied Black South Africans the vote. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell. File)

    South Africa will mark 30 years of freedom amid inequality, poverty and a tense election ahead

  2. FILE - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez walks at the Europe Summit in Granada, Spain, Oct. 6, 2023. Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has left Spain in suspense on announcing he may step down because of what he called an "unprecedented" smear campaign against his wife. Sanchez, who has been in office since 2018, stunned all Wednesday April 24, 2024 by announcing that he was canceling all events until next week when he will unveil his future. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)

    Here’s why Spain’s leader is mulling his future while denouncing a ‘smear campaign’ against his wife

Student protesters at prestigious Sciences Po university stage demonstration in support of Palestinians

Students at a prestigious university in Paris resumed pro-Palestinian protests on Friday, days after police broke up a similar demonstration, inspired by Gaza solidarity encampments at campuses around the United States. Dozens of students at the Sciences Po university blocked an entrance to a campus building with chairs and bikes. About 40 remained in a building overnight in defiance of the university’s management that students say called the police on their fellow protesters on Wednesday night. (AP video by Jeffrey Schaeffer)
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Rabbis arrested at a protest in Israel demanding a ceasefire in Gaza

Mexico City seeks to downplay the case of a serial killer suspect who kept women’s remains in his room

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Europe

FILE - Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth looks over the latest version of the M1A2 Abrams main battle tank as she tours the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center, Feb. 16, 2023, in Lima, Ohio. Two U.S. officials say Ukraine has sidelined U.S.-provided Abrams M1A1 battle tanks for now in its fight against Russia. This is in part because Russian drone warfare has made it too difficult for them to operate without detection or coming under attack. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Ukraine pulls US-provided Abrams tanks from the front lines over Russian drone threats

 

  1. US announces new Patriot missiles for Ukraine as part of new $6 billion aid package

  2. Ukraine pushes to get military-age men to come home. Some neighboring countries say they will help

  3. British Army says horses that bolted and ran loose in central London continue ‘to be cared for’

Asia

FILE - Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Vietnamese Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue shake hands as they pose for a photo at the national assembly in Hanoi, Vietnam, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. Vietnamese state media outlet VN Express reports that the head of Vietnam’s Parliament, Vuong Dinh Hue, has resigned. He is the latest member of senior government to leave office amid an ongoing anti-corruption campaign. (AP Photo/Minh Hoang, Pool, File)

Head of Vietnam’s parliament resigns amid corruption probe

 

  1. The TikTok law kicks off a new showdown between Beijing and Washington. What’s coming next?

  2. Japan announces plans to launch upgraded observation satellites on new flagship rocket’s 3rd flight

  3. South Korean police raid office of incoming head of doctors’ group over protracted strikes

Latin America

Police escort musicians arriving for the swearing-in ceremony of a transitional council tasked with selecting a new prime minister and cabinet at the Prime Minister's office in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

New leaders take on Haiti’s chaos as those living in fear demand swift solutions to gang violence

 

  1. Marta says this will be her final year with Brazil’s women’s national team

  2. Venezuela broke its HPV vaccine promises, and there’s barely any sex ed. Experts say it’s a problem

  3. With fear and hope, Haiti warily welcomes new governing council as gang-ravaged country seeks peace

Middle East

Palestinians spend the day on the beach along the Mediterranean Sea during a heatwave in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 25, 2024. Over 80% of Gaza's population has been displaced by the ongoing war with Israel, and many have relocated to the area. Temperatures hovered near 37 degrees Celsius (100 degrees Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Egypt sends delegation to Israel, its latest effort to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas

 

  1. The Latest | Israeli drone strike kills 2 in Lebanon after Hezbollah fires at an Israeli convoy

  2. Private security firm says missile fire seen off the Yemen coast in the Red Sea near crucial strait

  3. Hamas official says group would lay down its arms if an independent Palestinian state is established

Africa

FILE - A soldier applauds the presidential inauguration of Junta leader Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba during his swearing-in ceremony broadcast on national television on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso suspended the BBC and Voice of America radio stations for their coverage of a report by Human Rights Watch on the mass killing of civilians carried out by the country's armed forces. According to the report published by Human Rights Watch on Thursday, April 25, 2024, the army killed some 223 civilians, including 56 children, in villages accused of cooperating with militants. (AP Photo/Sophie Garcia, File)

Burkina Faso suspends BBC and Voice of America after they covered a report on mass killings

 

  1. Brazilian authorities bury deceased migrants who drifted in African boat to the Amazon

  2. United Methodists endorse change that could give regions more say on LGBTQ and other issues

  3. Repatriated South African apartheid-era artworks on display to celebrate 30 years of democracy

  4. At least 70 people killed by flooding in Kenya as more rain is expected through the weekend

U.S. News

FILE - This July 25, 2014 photo shows vials of the sedative midazolam at a hospital pharmacy in Oklahoma City. An investigation led by The Associated Press published in 2024, has found the practice of giving sedatives to people detained by police spread quietly over the last 15 years, built on questionable science and backed by police-aligned experts. (AP Photo/File)

Takeaways from AP’s investigation into fatal police encounters involving injections of sedatives

 

  1. How a 911 call for trespassing escalated to an injection of a powerful sedative and one man’s death

  2. Columbia protesters say they’re at an impasse with administrators and will continue anti-war camp

  3. Trump’s lawyers try to discredit testimony of prosecution’s first witness in hush money trial

  4. #MeToo’s founder, advocates say the reckoning will continue after Weinstein’s verdict reversal

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Mexican film wins top prize at Moscow International Film Festival while major studios boycott Russia

A Mexican film has won the top prize at the Moscow International Film Festival which took place as major Western studios boycott the Russian market and as Russia’s war in Ukraine grinds into its third year.
 

A British tourist is in a hospital after a shark attack. Tobago closes several beaches

A shark attack on a British tourist in the southeastern Caribbean prompted the government of Trinidad and Tobago to close seven beaches and a marine park.
 
Peter Magyar, a former insider within Orban's ruling Fidesz party speaks during a protest outside the Hungarian Interior Ministry building to demand stronger protections for children and Interior minister Sandor Pinter to step down, in Budapest, Hungary, Friday, April 26, 2024. The demonstration was the latest in a series of large anti-government protests that Magyar has mobilized in recent weeks, and comes as the political newcomer is campaigning for EU elections this June with his new party, Respect and Freedom (TISZA). (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Orbán challenger leads protest calling for child protection after sexual abuse scandal in Hungary

An aspiring challenger to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has renewed his calls for change. He led a protest Friday of several thousand people demanding a more robust child protection system and the resignation of Orbán’s government.
 
Houston Astros team mascot Orbit and fans, pose for a photo backdropped by the Monument to the Revolution in Mexico City, Thursday, April 25, 2024. The Houston Astros will face Colorado Rockies in two regular season game beginning Saturday, at Mexico City's Alfredo Harp Helú stadium. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

MLB presence in Mexico goes beyond just hosting another regular-season series

When the Houston Astros take on the Colorado Rockies this weekend, it will be the seventh regular-season series played in Mexico.
 
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko pose for a photo during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 11, 2024. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Hackers claim to have infiltrated Belarus’ main security service

A Belarusian hacker activist group claims to have infiltrated the network of the country’s main security agency and obtained access to personal files of over 8,600 staffers of the KGB, the security service that still goes under its Soviet name.
 

Jury in Abu Ghraib trial says it is deadlocked; judge orders deliberations to continue

A judge ordered jurors Friday to keep deliberating after they said they were deadlocked in a lawsuit alleging a Virginia-based military contractor is liable for abuses suffered by inmates at the Abu Ghraib prion in Iraq two decades ago.
 
FILE - Spain's Prime Minister and Socialist Party leader Pedro Sanchez and and his wife Begona Gomez, left, celebrate general election results in Madrid, Spain, April 28, 2019. Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has left Spain in suspense on announcing he may step down because of what he called an "unprecedented" smear campaign against his wife. Sanchez, who has been in office since 2018, stunned all Wednesday April 24, 2024 by announcing that he was canceling all events until next week when he will unveil his future. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

Journalists sign manifesto in defense of Spanish PM and wife, criticize right-wing media, parties

Thousands of Spanish journalists have come out in support of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and his wife following Sánchez’s announceement that he was considering his future as premier after a court opened preliminary proceedings against his wife on corruption allegations.
 
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, center, looks up at Netherland's Prime Minister Mark Rutte and French President Emmanuel Macron during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. European leaders' discussions at a summit in Brussels were set to focus on the bloc's competitiveness in the face of increased competition from the United States and China. Tensions in the Middle East and the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine decided otherwise and the 27 leaders will dedicate Wednesday evening talks to foreign affairs. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

Outgoing Dutch prime minister visits Turkey’s Erdogan in his bid for the NATO chief position

The Netherlands’ outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte is in Turkey, seeking support from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in his bid for the seat of NATO secretary general.
 
Pope Francis arrives for an audience with Azione Cattolica (Catholic Action) pilgrims and faithful in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope to bring his call for ethical artificial intelligence to G7 summit in June in southern Italy

Pope Francis is taking his call for artificial intelligence to be developed and used according to ethical lines to the Group of 7 industrialized nations.Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced Friday that Francis had accepted her invitation to attend the G7 Summit in Puglia in June.
 
FILE - Britain's King Charles III waves as he leaves after attending the Easter Matins Service at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England, March 31, 2024. Buckingham Palace says King Charles III will resume his public duties next week following treatment for cancer. The announcement on Friday April 26, 2024, comes almost three months after Charles took a break from public appearances to focus on his treatment for an undisclosed type of cancer. (Hollie Adams/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Britain’s King Charles III will resume public duties next week after cancer treatment, palace says

Buckingham Palace says King Charles III will resume his public duties next week following treatment for cancer.
 

Fire at small hotel in southern Brazil kills at least 10 people

Authorities in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre say a fire at a small hotel has killed at least 10 people and injured 11.
 
FILE - Andrew Tate, left, and his brother Tristan, right, wait inside the Court of Appeals building in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. A court in Romania's capital on Friday, April 26, 2024, ruled that a trial can start in the case of influencer Andrew Tate, who is charged with human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

Andrew Tate’s trial on charges of rape and human trafficking can start, a Romanian court rules

A court in Romania’s capital has ruled that a trial can start in the case of influencer Andrew Tate, who is charged with human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.The Bucharest Tribunal ruled that prosecutors’ case file against Tate met the legal criteria but did
 
Poland's President Andrej Duda speaks during a joint media conference with Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda during the Lithuanian-Polish Brave Griffin 24/II military exercise near the Suwalki Gap close to the Polish border at the Dirmiskes village, Alytus district west of the capital Vilnius in Lithuania on Friday, April 26, 2024. The week-long military exercise which started April 22, is to test a defense scenario on the bilateral so-called “Orsha” plan to defend the Suwałki Gap, a corridor of almost 100 kilometers (62 miles) between the two NATO members Poland and Lithuania. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Polish and Lithuanian leaders oversee military drills along their shared border

Polish President Andrzej Duda says “a potential aggressor must see our readiness” as he and his Lithuanian counterpart monitored a joint military drill along their shared border.
 
Baker Xavier Netry makes baguettes in the Utopie bakery Friday, April 26, 2024 in Paris. Baker Xavier Netry was chosen this week as the 31st winner of Paris' annual "Grand Prix de la baguette" prize. The Utopie bakery in Paris' 11th district that Netry works for wins 4,000 euros ($4,290) and becomes one of the suppliers of the presidential Elysee Palace for a year. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Paris crowns a new king of the crusty baguette in its annual bread-baking prize

Paris has a new king of the crusty baguette. Baker Xavier Netry was chosen this week as the 31st winner of Paris’ annual “Grand Prix de la baguette” prize.
 

A Russian journalist has been detained for posts criticizing the military, his lawyer says

A journalist for the Russian edition of Forbes magazine has been detained on charges of spreading false information about the Russian military.
 
This court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook shows Dmitrijus Paulauska, left, and Jake Reeves, who along with Paul English and Nii Mensah have been charged in connection with the case of a London arson plot, at Westminster Magistrates' Court, central London, Friday April 26, 2024. (Elizabeth Cook/PA via AP)

British man charged with acting on behalf of Russia in plot to torch Ukrainian-linked business

Prosecutors say a British man accused of plotting to torch a London business with links to Ukraine has been charged with conducting hostile activity to benefit Russia.
 
Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf, centre, visits the Hillcrest Homes housing development in Dundee, Scotland, Friday April 26, 2024. (Andrew Milligan/PA via AP)

Scotland’s under-pressure leader insists he won’t resign before crunch confidence vote next week

Scotland’s leader has insisted that he won’t be resigning amid the fallout of his decision to pull the plug on a three-year power-sharing agreement that has made his Scottish National Party a minority government.
 
FILE - Representatives of the Turkish communities put flowers over a memorial placed on the spot of Sunday's explosion on Istanbul's popular pedestrian Istiklal Avenue in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. Alham Albashir, alleged bomber of a deadly blast killing six and injuring 99, received 7 consecutive life sentences by an Istanbul court on Friday, April 26, 2024, Turkey’s state-run news agency reported. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

A Turkish court sentences a Syrian woman to life in prison for a bombing in Istanbul in 2022

Turkey’s state-run news agency has reported that a court sentenced a Syrian woman to life in prison for a deadly explosion on a busy shopping district in Istanbul in 2022.
 

Kenya Airways accuses Congo military of holding its staff since last week over cargo issues

Kenya’s state-owned airline has accused the Republic of Congo’s military of holding two of its staffers since last week over cargo issues.
 
Students block the Sciences-Po university Friday, April 26, 2024 in Paris. Students at a prestigious university resumed pro-Palestinian protests on Friday, days after French police broke up a demonstration, inspired by Gaza solidarity encampments at campuses around the United States. Dozens of students the Sciences-Po university blocked an entrance to a campus building in central Paris with chairs and bikes. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Schaeffer)

Students at prestigious Paris university occupy campus building in pro-Palestinian protest

Students in Paris inspired by Gaza solidarity encampments at campuses in the United States have blocked access to a campus building at a prestigious French university, prompting administrators to move all classes online.
 
Swedish soldiers during the military exercise Aurora 23 at Berga naval base outside Stockholm, Friday, April 28, 2023. A Swedish parliament committee on Friday, April 26, 2024, said Sweden which recently joined NATO, should increase its military budget by nearly 54 billion kronor ($5 billion) until 2030 to strengthen the Scandinavian country's air defense and increase the number of conscripts, among others. (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP, File)

Sweden should spend more on defense and increase the number of conscripts, lawmakers recommend

A Swedish parliament committee says Sweden should increase its annual military budget by nearly 54 billion kronor ($5 billion) by 2030 to strengthen its air defenses and increase the number of conscripts, among other measures.
 
Former British parliamentary researcher Christopher Cash arrives at Westminster Magistrates' Court where he faces an Official Secrets Act charge related to allegedly gathering information for China, in London, Friday April 26, 2024. (Jeff Moore/PA via AP)

2 men charged in the UK with spying for China are granted bail after a court appearance in London

A former researcher working in the U.K. Parliament and another man charged with spying for China have been granted bail after a court appearance in London.
 
FILE - In this handout photo provided by the Philippine Army 6th Infantry Division, recovered firearms from suspected members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters are seen after a gunbattle with Philippine troops at Datu Saudi Ampatuan town in Maguindanao del Sur province, southern Philippines, on April 22, 2024. Philippine forces killed an Abu Sayyaf militant, who had been implicated in past beheadings, including of 10 Filipino marines and two kidnapped Vietnamese, in a clash in the south, police officials said Friday, April 26. (Philippine Army 6th Infantry Division via AP, File)

Philippine police kill an Abu Sayyaf militant implicated in 15 beheadings and other atrocities

Philippine forces have killed an Abu Sayyaf militant who had been implicated in past beheadings including of 10 Filipino marines and two kidnapped Vietnamese.
 
A TikTok content creator, speaks to reporters outside the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in Washington, as Senators prepare to consider legislation that would force TikTok's China-based parent company to sell the social media platform under the threat of a ban, a contentious move by U.S. lawmakers. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

These are the countries where TikTok is already banned

TikTok is banned in a handful of countries and not allowed on government-issued devices in a number of others.
 
The Xiaomi SU7 is displayed with the slogan, "The car and the person as one, my heart is surging," in Beijing, Thursday, April 25, 2024. China's vision of the future of the automobile — electrified and digitally connected — is on display at the ongoing Beijing auto show. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

5 cars from the Beijing auto show that reflect China’s vision for the future of driving

China’s vision of the future of the automobile — electrified and digitally connected — is on display at the ongoing Beijing auto show.
 
Divers with gloved hands gently nestled the first self-bred corals from the World Coral Conservatory project amongst their cousins in Europe's largest coral reef at the Burgers' Zoo in Arnhem, eastern Netherlands, Monday, April 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Corals bred in a zoo have joined Europe’s largest reef. This is offering scientists hope

A lab in a Dutch zoo has presented special corals that bred themselves and nestled them in Europe’s largest coral reef.
 
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Stock market today: Alphabet and Microsoft push Wall Street toward its first winning week in a month

Alphabet and Microsoft are leading the U.S. stock market toward its first winning week in the last four. The S&P 500 rose 1.2% Friday.
 
Ramia Abdo Sultan, lawyer and communications relations advisor of the Australian National Imams Council with Imams speaks during a press conference, in Sydney, Friday, April 26, 2024. Muslim groups in Australia on Friday criticized the disparity in the police response to two stabbing attacks in Sydney this month, saying it had created a perception of a double standard and further alienated the country's minority Muslim community. (Dean Lewins/AAP Image via AP)

Muslim groups claim double standards in police handling of two high-profile stabbings in Sydney

Muslim groups in Australia have criticized the disparity in the police response to two stabbing attacks in Sydney this month, saying it created a perception of a double standard and further alienated the country’s minority Muslim community.
 
People wearing Roman Centurion costumes attend a historical re-enactment at Rome's Circus Maximus on the occasion of the celebrations of Rome's birthday, Saturday, April 20, 2024. On Sunday April 21, Rome celebrates the anniversary of its legendary foundation by Romulus in 753 BC. The annual birthday celebrations include historical re-enactments of ancient Roman rituals, costumed parades, and gladiator fights, staged by the Rome Historical Group in the Circus Maximus. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

April 19-25, 2024

French police evict migrants from a makeshift camp in Paris ahead of the Olympics, Portugal commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, clean-up operations take place in South Africa during the Earth Day, and Estonians demonstrate in support of a military strategic plan for Ukrain
 
Italian director and actress Paola Cortellesi poses for a photograph during an interview in London, Monday, April 22, 2024. Paola Cortellesi is a staple of Italian pop culture known for her work in front of the camera and her talent as a comedian. Recently she took on a new challenge, directing her first feature movie titled “There’s Still Tomorrow”. The black and white movie about a woman stuck in an abusive marriage in post-war Italy, debuted in October 2023. After achieving incredible success in the motherland, where it beat global box office smash “Barbie," it is released in the U.K. Friday. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

‘There’s Still Tomorrow’ director Paola Cortellesi talks success, toxic relationships and hope

Actor Paola Cortellesi has long been a staple on the Italian pop culture scene, mostly known for her work as a comedian.