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Myanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing is in Thailand for a regional summit as his country reels from an earthquake that killed thousands and left cities in ruins.

The earthquake in central Myanmar last Friday killed 3,085 people and injured 4,715, the junta has said. Hundreds more are missing and the toll is expected to rise.

Critics say Min Aung Hlaing should have stayed in Myanmar to help oversee relief efforts.

The junta leader arrived in Bangkok on Thursday, according to AFP, on the eve of a summit that will gather leaders of the seven countries that border the Bay of Bengal.

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Global markets have dropped for a second day, as US President Donald Trump’s raft of global tariffs continue to spark fears of a global downturn.

London's FTSE 100 index fell on opening, along with the Cac 40 in Paris and Frankfurt's Dax, following further decline in the Asian markets overnight.

Trump has said his tariffs rollout is going "very well" and the economy is going to “boom”, after US markets closed on Thursday with the biggest one-day loss since the pandemic hit in 2020.

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South Korea's constitutional court has unanimously voted to uphold the impeachment of president Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived declaration of martial law last December, which plunged the country into political turmoil.

Yoon's powers were first suspended when parliament voted to impeach him on 14 December.

Now that the impeachment is finalised, a snap election must be held in the country within 60 days.

Meanwhile, Yoon also faces a separate charge of insurrection which will go on trial at a later date.

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Today, we’re looking at how the global economy is responding to Donald Trump’s tariffs announcement.

Adam is joined by Dharshini David, deputy economics editor, and Ben Chu, BBC Verify policy and analysis correspondent, to talk about how the markets are reacting (in real time), how the tariffs were calculated and which household brands could be most impacted.

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The US stock market dropped sharply after Donald Trump announced a raft of worldwide tariffs last night.

Big brands such as Nike, Apple and Amazon saw their share prices fall, but the White House told Wall Street to "trust in President Trump”.

In Canada, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced 25% tariffs on certain US vehicles.

The UK has drawn up a 400-page list of US products it could hit with tariffs which is a toughening up of Starmer's stance, according to BBC’s Chief Political Correspondent, Henry Zeffman.

Trump announced 10% tariffs on most countries, including the UK, from Saturday, with higher rates on some of America's biggest trading partners from 9 April.

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Hamas has rejected the latest Israeli proposal for the release of hostages and a ceasefire.

Instead, the group is reaffirming its commitment to an alternative, put forward by Egypt and Qatar.

The mediated plan proposed a 50 day ceasefire and a step-by-step process for exchanging Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, and in the absence of any agreement, bombardment will continue.

This afternoon, thick black smoke was seen from the southern Gaza Strip along with the sound of muffled explosions.

The Israelis said they are establishing a new security corridor which will separate Rafah from Khan Younis, giving Israel control of a second access in southern Gaza.

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Wayne Hawkins believes terminally ill people should be able to die when they choose, but others living in his state disagree.

He has less than six months to live, qualifying him for an assisted death in California. His request to die has been approved by two doctors and the lethal medication is self-administered.

He invited BBC News to witness his death under California's assisted dying laws - because if MPs in London vote to legalise the practice in England and Wales, it will allow some terminally ill people here to die in a similar way.

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The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, arrived in Brussels for a meeting with Nato foreign ministers.

Member states are seeking reassurance about Washington’s commitment to the alliance of US President Donald Trump’s demands that Europe takes more responsibility for its own defence.

Nato Secretary general, Mark Rutter, was questioned on whether the US is still a trusted ally.

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Last weekend, Finland’s President Alexander Stubb played golf with Donald Trump.

Over the course of several hours they discussed Ukraine and a lot more. Both Trump and US Senator Lindsey Graham praised Stubb’s golf skills.

So is golf diplomacy the way to win over the US president?

Kurt Volker, Donald Trump’s former special representative for Ukraine gives Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko his thoughts on why teeing up with the president is a good idea.

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Donald Trump's decision to impose new tariffs on all goods entering the US is a "major blow to the world economy", European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen has said.

Her comments echo those of a number of other countries, including China, which has expressed its opposition to the move and has warned it will take "resolute countermeasures" against the US.

Their words of warning come after the US president announced a universal 10% tariff on all imports into the US from 5 April. Around 60 countries will also be hit with steeper tariffs from 9 April.

Trump has said the tariffs will be used to boost US manufacturing, saying on Wednesday that the move would "make America wealthy again".

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