The former President returned to a familiar theme, the US Mexico border, in his first address in the capital since riots by his supporters 18 months ago. Also: a warning that the bleak economic outlook could tip the world into recession; and the men who tried to flee a car crash in an English market town, only to be stopped by Emus.

Trump’s Washington comeback speech

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US House speaker confronts students, calling the protests anti-Semitic and demanding they stop, while protesters fear loss of free speech. After six months of conflict in Gaza, we look at the impact on the Israeli and West Bank economies.  Also: President Zelensky welcomes the long-awaited US aid package to Ukraine. We ask how likely it is to change events on the ground.  Portugal's surprise mea culpa as it says it wants to take full responsibility for its involvement in the slave trade, and how easy is it to reconnect with old friends?

Violence spreads at US universities over pro-Palestinian protests

America's top diplomat Anthony Blinken arrives in Shanghai amid Chinese anger over Taiwan aid. Also: Relief in Ukraine after US senate approves aid package, and how AI helped discover Plato's grave.

Taiwan and Ukraine on agenda as Blinken visits China

The former US president Donald Trump denies falsifying business records to cover up a payment to a porn actress.  Also: the Israeli military has rejected accusations that its forces buried the bodies of Palestinians at a medical compound in Gaza, and at what age do we become 'old'?

Prosecutors ask judge to punish Trump for violating trial gag order

Migrants to be sent abroad for asylum processing.  Ministers say the legislation will deter small boat crossings.
Father begins legal action against BP over son's cancer death in Iraq.  Voyager-1 sends readable data again from deep space. Elon Musk Sydney church stabbing video row. The US state that wants to fine homeless sleepers. UK woman races topless in the London marathon to show her mastectomy scars. Shakespeare a man of words and numbers.

UK - Rwanda bill: Will it deter small boat crossings?

Defence lawyers tell jurors in New York there was no crime and the former US president Donald Trump is "cloaked in innocence". Also: Ecuadorean police arrest fugitive gang leader, Fabricio Colón Pico, and have you seen the raccoons that are on the run in the Netherlands?

Trump’s Washington comeback speech

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