Jordan says that it has foiled an Iran-backed plot to stop weapons being smuggled into the kingdom. We have the latest. Plus: as Vladimir Putin says that he backs China’s plan for peace in Ukraine, we ask what this really means. Finally, after a far-right politician in Germany is fined for using a banned Nazi slogan, we ask whether it is a sign of a wider shift. All that, plus a check-in from Cannes Film Festival.
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Will Israel accept the United States ceasefire plan for Gaza?
Trump is convicted on all counts and a US policy shift in Ukraine
Early election results from South Africa and the ‘Hong Kong 47’ trial
Rafah on the brink and closing arguments in the Trump trial
UN Security Council meets as Israeli tanks enter Rafah
Monday 27 May
Russia strikes the key Ukrainian city of Kharkiv
China’s ‘punishment’ drills around Taiwan
Ireland, Norway, and Spain to recognise Palestinian state
ICC wants arrest warrants and the latest from New Caledonia
A US-built aid pier in Gaza and tussles in Taiwan’s parliament
Security in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region and a state of emergency in New Caledonia
Georgian students walk out to protest ‘Russian law’
Protests against the ‘foreign influence’ bill grip Georgia
Zelensky’s staffing shake-up and a new political party in the UK?
Biden warns Netanyahu over Rafah and Apple’s advertising blunder
EU ambassadors discuss further sanctions on Russia
Xi Jinping’s European tour kicks off and learning from the campus protests
Chad heads to the polls
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