Day: April 29, 2026

The military has also established a new command within the air force to bolster the nation’s capabilities

President Trump has called the bond between the US and the UK a friendship “unlike any other on Earth” at a state dinner attended by King Charles and Queen Camilla. Earlier in a historic address speech to Congress, King Charles praised NATO and said the UK-US partnership was more important than ever. We ask if these warm words can repair the two countries’ relations. Also: The former FBI director, James Comey, has been charged with threatening the life of President Trump in a picture he posted on social media last year; Mali’s ruler appears in public for the first time since insurgents tried to seize power; and we look at the impact of lab-grown diamonds on the wider diamond industry. The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight.
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More than four years into Russia’s grinding war in Ukraine, Kyiv’s forces are driving up their use of land robots. Troops who use them and engineers who produce them tell Alex Croft that the future of war has already arrived

Asian stocks are mostly higher despite a retreat on Wall Street, and oil prices slipped after the United Arab Emirates said it would leave OPEC in a blow to the oil cartel.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has publicly confirmed that his forces fighting alongside Russia in Ukraine have followed a