We detail the US aid package approved by Congress last night, join celebrated novelist Monica Ali as she reveals the Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist and discuss why shares in Gucci’s parent company, Kering, have plunged. Plus: we talk about Caravaggio’s last painting, “The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula”.
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Chad heads to the polls
Xi Jinping’s European charm offensive
Clashes at US campuses continue and a murder trial in Kazakhstan
Pro-Palestine protests at US campuses escalate
First images of the US aid pier in Gaza
Ukrainian troops withdraw from Donetsk
Antony Blinken meets with Xi Jinping during a warning of crossing ‘red lines’
China doubles its presence in the West Philippine Sea
The UK green lights controversial immigration policy
Aid for Ukraine and drills in the South China Sea
Israel retaliates and Slovakia fundraises for Ukraine
India heads to the polls and a spying scandal
Ukraine’s defence deficit
The US considers splitting foreign aid
Israel-Iran escalation and Trump stands trial
Israel-Iran relations and Olaf Scholz in China
When two become three: Biden, Kishida and Marcos Jr meet
South Korea heads to the polls and the Delphi Economic Forum
David Cameron’s US charm offensive
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