The amendment declares that children's rights to moral, physical and spiritual development supersede any right other than the right to life, including the right to peaceful assembly.

Hungary's parliament has passed an amendment to the constitution that allows the government to ban public events by LGBTQ+ communities, a decision that legal scholars and critics are calling another step toward authoritarianism.

The amendment, which required a two-thirds vote, passed along party lines with 140 votes for and 21 against.

Devastating attacks on a camp hosting hundreds of thousands of people who had fled Sudan's civil war have continued for a third day, residents have told the BBC.

One person in the Zamzam camp described the situation as "catastrophic" while another said things were "dire".

More than 100 civilians, among them at least 20 children and a medical team, have been killed in a series of assaults that began late last week in Sudan's western Darfur region, the UN has said.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has invited Donald Trump to visit his country ahead of any deal with Russia to end the war.

"Please, before any kind of decisions, any kind of forms of negotiations, come to see people, civilians, warriors, hospitals, churches, children destroyed or dead," Zelensky said in an interview for CBS's 60 Minutes programme.

The interview was recorded before a Russian missile hit the city of Sumy, killing 34 people and injuring 117 others.

Members of Parliament in the United Kingdom approved on Saturday plans to take emergency control of British Steel's blast furnaces.

The decision to save the steel plant in the industrial town of Scunthorpe followed an emergency parliamentary session.

Keir Starmer's government recalled lawmakers, who had been on Easter recess, to pass a law in the House of Commons which allows Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds to direct the company's board and workforce, ensure they get paid, and order the raw materials to keep the blast furnace running.

Donald Trump’s upending of the global economy has raised fears that climate action could emerge as a casualty of the trade war.

In the week that has followed “liberation day”, economic experts have warned that the swathe of tariffs could trigger a global economic recession, with far-reaching consequences for investors – including those behind the green energy projects needed to meet climate goals.

President Trump finally decided to take the proverbial “win” on trade and the stock market rallied nearly 3,000 points.

You can thank the bond market, with an assist from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, for making it happen.

President Donald Trump explained his decision on Wednesday to pause reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, telling reporters at the White House that people were "getting a little bit yippy" and "queasy" over days of market turmoil.

President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to reverse course on his sweeping tariff plan by announcing a three-month pause revealed his threshold for political pain: One week.

“They were getting yippy,” Trump said, explaining the rising criticism raining down on the White House over the last week. “They were getting a little bit yippy, a little afraid.”

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Trump administration has “70 negotiations lined up” with foreign governments on a wave of tariffs that kicked in overnight.

As news that President Donald Trump was backing down on most of his tariffs reached a luncheon of Senate Republicans Wednesday, the room reacted with relief, cheers and smiles.