Liz Cookman speaks to an intensive care nurse at a hospital in Bunia about the brutal nature of the virus, and how it is overwhelming both health centres and labs as the death toll grows

Noche del domingo, 17 de mayo. Tras una intensa jornada electoral, Ulisses Correia e Silva, primer ministro de Cabo Verde, telefonea al líder opositor y su rival en los comicios, Francisco Carvalho, para felicitarlo por su ajustada victoria, incluso antes de la publicación de los resultados. Mientras en África occidental acecha la inestabilidad y proliferan los golpes de Estado y las juntas militares, este país africano se prepara para protagonizar su cuarta alternancia pacífica en 35 años de democracia. Su pequeño tamaño, pero con una robusta diáspora sobre todo en EE UU y Europa, su particular historia, su tradición de consenso y su sólido régimen parlamentario se combinan para hacer de Cabo Verde un ejemplo de estabilidad.

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US president dismisses Iranian media reports agreement is close, despite earlier suggesting a deal could be signed this weekend

Prospects for an immediate end to the war between Iran and the US remained uncertain on Friday amid a chaotic series of conflicting claims and counter-claims by US and Iranian officials about ongoing negotiations.

Donald Trump seemed to distance himself from his earlier comments that suggested a preliminary agreement could be signed as soon as this weekend, with a series of angry social media posts describing the Iranians as “very dishonorable people to deal with”.

Amid rhetoric, market uncertainty and tit-for-tat exchanges, the two sides are still trying to find a way out of the impasse

Great news! Donald Trump has said the US and Iran are on the verge of a peace agreement. Oil prices are down, and the stock market is up. This comes only hours after Trump warned Iran was about to be struck “VERY HARD”, a threat that had sent oil prices up and stocks down.

It has been another ride on the Trump rollercoaster, keeping traders on edge, most of the world poorer, and people of the Middle East constantly whiplashing between fear and hope. But whether the ride veers up or down, the management always makes money.

El extremo Víctor Muñoz ha llevado a cabo este viernes su primer entrenamiento con el grupo en la concentración de la selección española para el Mundial y ha dado un paso más en la recuperación de la lesión muscular que sufrió el pasado 19 de mayo. La Copa del Mundo 2026 arrancó este jueves en el estadio Azteca de México, con el partido inaugural entre el conjunto local y Sudáfrica en el que los de Javier Aguirre han vencido por 2-0, aprovechando las expulsiones de los africanos. Después, ya en la madrugada del viernes, Corea del Sur se impuso a Chequia por 2-1 remontando el gol inicial de los europeos. Se ponen en marcha las otras dos anfitrionas, Canadá, ante Bosnia-Herzegovina, inaugurando así el grupo B y EE UU se enfrentará a Paraguay dentro del Grupo D

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Paris meeting draws up proposals and calls for urgent diplomacy towards two-state solution at summit next week

Palestinian and Israeli civil society groups meeting in Paris on Friday have urged G7 leaders to act at their summit in the French spa town of Évian-les-Bains next week to save the narrowing chances of a two-state solution.

The groups called for specific action on enforcing a ceasefire, disarming Hamas and starting reconstruction in Gaza, and said the various peace processes including the Board of Peace initiative should be integrated into one programme.

With more than 177,000 people forcibly disappeared since 2011, short doc Maybe Tomorrow captures ‘the violence of waiting’ experienced by family

When Wafa Mustafa was a child, she remembers her father playing the music of Umm Kulthum non-stop at home in Syria, humming along to the legendary Egyptian singer’s melodic tones. One day, in an effort to encourage his daughter to appreciate music, he asked her to take a pen and paper and write the lyrics of a song she loved. Wanting to impress him, Mustafa chose an Umm Kulthum song called “Aghadan Alqak”, which translates to: “Will I meet you tomorrow?”

“The lyrics are literally about someone who’s gone, about the waiting for them and the love you have for them,” says Mustafa. “It feels like I knew what was coming … as if I manifested my life since I was very young.”