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FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks to the media outside her official residence of 10 Downing Street in London, Tuesday April 18, 2017. Theresa May, who succeeded David Cameron after he resigned following Britain's vote to leave the European Union in a referendum in June 2016, sought to capitalize on the Conservative Party's big opinion poll lead and called an early general election for June 2017. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
Rishi Sunak's D-Day departure is just the latest in a long line of gaffes in UK election campaigns
LONDON (AP) — The decision by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to leave D-Day commemorations in northern France early has caused a political storm that threatens to derail his Conservative … more
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Temperatures keep rising in the Gaza Strip while displaced Palestinians in Jabaliya camp, north of the enclave, continue to struggle with water scarcity. Families line up for hours under the sun, in front of water barrels waiting to fill up their buckets and containers with water that they need to carefully ration. (AP/ Mahmoud Issa. Production by Wafaa Shurafa)
UN will declare that both Israel and Hamas are violating children's rights in armed conflict
The U.N. secretary-general will tell the Security Council next week that both Israel and Hamas are violating children’s rights and leaving them exposed to danger in their war to eliminate each … more
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FILE - Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico arrives to a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Fico, has been released from hospital where he was treated after an assassination attempt on May 15. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)
Slovaks and others go to the polls in EU elections under the shadow of an assassination attempt
Voters in Slovakia are casting the ballots in European Parliamentary elections just weeks after an attempt to assassinate populist Prime Minister Robert Fico. Analysts say the attack that sent the … more
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FILE - Iranians attend a funeral ceremony for the late President Ebrahim Raisi and his companions who were killed during a helicopter crash on Sunday in a mountainous region of the country's northwest, in Tehran, Iran, on May 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
Iran helicopter crash shows Tehran's reliance on an aging fleet as well as its challenges at home
While the cause of the May 19 helicopter crash that killed Iran's president and others remains unknown, the sudden death of the hard-line protégé of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei … more
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FILE - President Joe Biden, right, and French President Emmanuel Macron arrive at the international ceremony at Omaha Beach, June 6, 2024, in Normandy, France. Biden is being feted with a state visit this weekend by Macron in Paris.(AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, Pool)
Macron is hosting Biden for a state visit as the two leaders try to move past trade tensions
President Joe Biden is being feted by French President Emmanuel Macron with a state visit this weekend in Paris. The two allies aim to show off their partnership on global security issues and move … more
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Florida woman charged with leaving her boyfriend to die in a suitcase faces October trial
A Florida woman charged with leaving her boyfriend to die after he was zipped into a suitcase in their home will go on trial in October. An Oct. 7 trial date was set during a hearing Friday for Sarah … more
Real Madrid's Nacho holds the Champions League trophy at the Cibeles square during a trophy parade in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, June 2, 2024. Real Madrid won against Borussia Dortmund 2-0. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa
May 31 - June6, 2024 Veterans from the U.S., Britain and Canada converged with more than two dozen heads of state and countless others on the beaches of Normandy, France to commemorate the 80th … more
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second left, greets World War II veterans at the international ceremony at Omaha Beach, Thursday, June 6, 2024, in Normandy, France. Normandy is hosting various events to officially commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings that took place on June 6, 1944. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, Pool)
At D-Day ceremony, American veteran hugs Ukraine's Zelenskyy and calls him a savior
An American veteran and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shared an emotional moment at a ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion to liberate France in World War II. … more
FILE - Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, left, speaks with Italy's Premier Giorgia Meloni during a round table meeting at an EU Summit in Brussels, on March 21, 2024. It seemed like a throwaway line by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, yet it encapsulated what is at stake for many in this week's European Union parliamentary elections — What to do with the hard right? And should it be trusted? (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)
The Irish and the Czechs vote on Day 2 of EU elections as the far right seeks to gain more power
Voters in Ireland and the Czech Republic are going to the polls on the second day of the elections for the European Paraliament. A surge of the far-right across the 27-nation bloc seems likely to … more
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A girl looks on in the family home of the late Ousmane Sylla ahead of his body's arrival in Conakry, Guinea, Monday, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
AP Week in Pictures: Global
May 31-June 6, 2024 From the commemorations of the 80th anniversary of D-Day in France, to a fish market in Mexico, to the Bureij refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, this photo gallery highlights … more
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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, and other dignitaries, attend an international ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Thursday, June 6, 2024, in Normandy. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden is to meet with Ukraine's Zelenskyy in Paris as Russia leans into its battlefield offensive
U.S. President Joe Biden is due to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Paris as Kyiv’s army endures its hardest days of fighting since the early weeks of the war with Russia and … more
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FILE - Palestinians search for bodies and survivors in the rubble of a residential building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike, in Rafah southern Gaza Strip, on Dec. 20, 2023. An AP analysis of Gaza Health Ministry data finds the proportion of Palestinian women and children being killed in the Israel-Hamas war appears to have declined sharply. Israel faces heavy international criticism over unprecedented levels of civilian casualties in Gaza. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
Women and children of Gaza are killed less frequently as war’s toll rises, AP data analysis finds
An Associated Press analysis of Gaza Health Ministry data finds the proportion of Palestinian women and children being killed in the Israel-Hamas war appears to have declined sharply. The trend both … more
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Young soldiers wave Union Jack flags during a D-Day national commemoration event in Portsmouth, England, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, Pool)
AP PHOTOS: A look at the 80th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy
Veterans from the U.S., Britain and Canada, more than two dozen heads of state and countless others took to the beaches of Normandy and elsewhere this week to mark the 80th anniversary of the June 6, … more
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FILE - The scaffolding surrounded 17th century, 95ft-tall bronze canopy by Giovan Lorenzo Bernini surmounting the papal Altar of the Confession is seen in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. Vatican police have detained a former employee on charges of attempted extortion after he allegedly tried to sell a 17th century gilded manuscript describing Bernini’s designs for the altar canopy of St. Peter’s Basilica back to the Holy See. Vatican prosecutors said the 18-page manuscript, which apparently contains the first known specifications for the gilding of the baldacchin canopy, had disappeared from the basilica archives. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
Vatican detains ex-employee who allegedly tried to sell back manuscript of Bernini's basilica canopy
Vatican police have detained a former employee after he allegedly tried to sell a 17th century manuscript back to the Holy See.Vatican prosecutors said the 18-page manuscript contains the first known … more
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In several Nigerian communities in the northeastern Gombe state, UNICEF is training thousands of women to boost their families’ nutrient intake. More than a dozen women gathered this week in the village of Poshereng, where they are learning at least 200 recipes they can prepare with crops like cassava, orange-fleshed sweet potato, maize and millet. (AP Video by Dan Ikpoyi)
The UN says a quarter of the world's children under 5 have severe food poverty. Many are in Africa
A report by the U.N. children's agency says 181 million children younger than 5 live in severe food poverty. That's more than a quarter of the world’s youngest children. Africa’s population of … more
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FILE - European flags fly outside the European Parliament on Feb. 7, 2024 in Strasbourg, eastern France. Some 400 million EU citizens go to the polls this weekend to elect the members of the European Parliament in one of the biggest global democratic events. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)
What's at stake in the European Parliament election this week
Around 400 million European Union citizens are electing members of the European Parliament in one of the biggest global democratic events. Far-right parties are seeking to gain more power amid a rise … more
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Palestinians check the bodies of their relatives killed in an Israeli bombardment of UNRWA school at Nusseirat refugee camp, in front of the morgue of al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, early Thursday, June 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Israeli strike on Gaza school that military says was being used by Hamas kills 30 people
Palestinian health officials say an Israeli strike on a school in central Gaza killed at least 30 people overnight. The Israeli military said Thursday the school was being used as a “Hamas … more
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Ahmed, a Palestinian shepherd, poses for a portrait in a hamlet in the South Hebron Hills, Friday, May 17, 2024. Ahmed spoke to AP on condition that only his first name be used, over fear of retaliation. He and other Palestinians in the West Bank say they face harassment and intimidation by Israeli settlers, some of whom have been sanctioned internationally. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
Takeaways from AP's report on sanctioned settlers in the West Bank
More than a dozen Israeli settlers have been targeted by international sanctions over accusations of attacks and harassment against Palestinians in the West Bank. The measures are meant as a … more
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Ahmed, a Palestinian shepherd, poses for a portrait in a hamlet in the South Hebron Hills, Friday, May 17, 2024. Ahmed spoke to AP on condition that only his first name be used, over fear of retaliation. He and other Palestinians in the West Bank say they face harassment and intimidation by Israeli settlers, some of whom have been sanctioned internationally. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
Israeli settlers in the West Bank were hit with international sanctions. It only emboldened them
More than a dozen Israeli settlers have been targeted by international sanctions over accusations of attacks and harassment against Palestinians in the West Bank. The measures are meant as a … more
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FILE - A woman casts her ballot at a polling station, during general elections in Eshowe, South Africa, on May 29, 2024. South Africa is in a moment of deep soul-searching after an election that brought a jarring split from the African National Congress, the very party that gave the country freedom and democracy 30 years ago. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)
South Africa questions its very being. Yet a difficult change has reinforced its young democracy
South Africa is in a moment of deep soul-searching after an election that brought a jarring split from the African National Congress party. The ANC is the party of Nelson Mandela and the very … more
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