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King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived at the White House on Monday. President Trump and Melania Trump greeted them with handshakes.

The visit lasts four days. A military band and honour guard welcomed the royal couple.

The United Kingdom hopes the visit can help fix the UK-US relationship. That relationship has been strained by the Iran war.

The US Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday. The case is called Monsanto v Durnell.

It centers on Roundup weedkiller and its chemical glyphosate. Some studies have linked glyphosate to cancer.

The key question is whether people can sue Monsanto for not warning them. Monsanto says federal law blocks those lawsuits.

But the judges appeared skeptical of Monsanto's position. The court seems divided so the outcome is not clear.

The ruling could affect tens of thousands of lawsuits against Monsanto. Monsanto makes Roundup and is now owned by German company Bayer. A decision is expected by the end of June 2026.

Ali al-Zaidi was named prime minister-designate of Iraq. He is a businessman who has never held a government post before.

Iraq's president tasked al-Zaidi with forming a government on Monday. This followed his pick by Iraq's main group in parliament.

Al-Zaidi also leads Al-Janoob Islamic Bank. That bank was previously sanctioned by the United States.

Under Iraq's constitution he has 30 days to present a cabinet to parliament. The nomination came after months of pressure from both the United States and Iran.

Reports say the deadlock was partly triggered by President Trump's opposition to former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Trump reportedly threatened to cut all aid to Iraq if al-Maliki was appointed. Trump viewed al-Maliki as too close to Iran.

A 31-year-old man from California was charged on Monday. He is accused of trying to kill President Trump.

The shooting happened at a formal dinner in Washington on Saturday. The dinner was the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.

The man got past security and fired several shots. A Secret Service agent was shot in the chest.

The agent's protective vest stopped the bullet. Agents then tackled the man and stopped him.

He brought a pump gun and three knives to the dinner. Investigators say he wanted to kill as many senior leaders as possible.

He faces three federal charges including attempted assassination. That charge carries up to life in prison.

Microsoft and OpenAI have changed how they work together. Microsoft is OpenAI's biggest financial partner.

Under the new deal Microsoft will no longer be OpenAI's only licensee. Microsoft will keep licensing OpenAI's technology until 2032.

Microsoft will stop sharing its revenue with OpenAI. But OpenAI will keep paying Microsoft a 20% share until 2030.

The new deal gives OpenAI more freedom in how it runs its business. Microsoft stays as OpenAI's main cloud provider.

OpenAI products will still launch first on Microsoft's Azure platform. Reports say the deal also removes old rules tied to AGI milestones.

Trump wants to build a $400 million ballroom at the White House. The National Trust sued to stop the plan.

The Department of Justice told the National Trust to drop the lawsuit. But the National Trust said no and kept going with the case.

A second group also sued over the ballroom. The Department of Justice told that group to drop its case too.

That group also said no. Senator Lindsey Graham plans to introduce a new law to approve the ballroom. If that law passes it could make both lawsuits pointless.

Iran wants shipping companies to pay fees in the Strait of Hormuz. The fees would cover services like escort and piloting.

Iran is also developing a 10-point peace plan with Oman. The plan asks the United States to end its blockade of Iran.

But Iran has not mentioned its nuclear programme in the plan. The Trump administration says stopping Iran from getting a nuclear weapon is its main goal. So a large gap remains between the two sides.

China has blocked Meta's $2 billion deal to buy Manus. Manus is an AI startup based in Singapore with Chinese roots.

Chinese leaders said the deal broke laws but gave no details. Reports say the real concern was stopping Chinese AI technology going to a rival country.

China also stopped the two Manus founders from leaving China. They were called to Beijing in March while the deal was being reviewed.

Leaders checked if the deal broke China's investment rules. The deal had already moved far forward before China stepped in.

Manus workers had joined Meta and money had already been moved. Investors including tech company Tencent had already received payments. The deal also drew attention from US leaders.

Elon Musk and Sam Altman went to trial on Monday. The two were once business partners at OpenAI.

The trial started with jury selection at a federal court in Oakland in the United States. Musk says Altman betrayed OpenAI's original mission.

OpenAI was founded in 2015 as a nonprofit group. It later became a for-profit company worth $852 billion.

Musk claims Altman acted with deceit and broke the trust of the nonprofit. OpenAI says Musk knew about the change to for-profit.

OpenAI also says Musk wanted the company merged into Tesla for his own gain. Microsoft is also named in the case. It is accused of helping OpenAI break its charitable duties.

Mali's Defence Minister Sadio Camara has died after an attack on his home. A suicide attacker drove a car bomb into his house in Kati, Mali.

Reports say Camara was hurt in the blast and later died in hospital. His second wife and two grandchildren were also killed.

Kati is a heavily protected military town about 15km from Bamako. Mali's interim leader also lives there.

The attack was part of strikes across several cities including Bamako and Gao. Two insurgent groups carried out the attacks together.

One was the West African branch of al-Qaida known as JNIM. The other was a Tuareg separatist group called the Azawad Liberation Front.

Sources say this was the first time the two groups joined forces. Separatists also claimed to have taken control of the city of Kidal. Camara was a key figure in Mali's military government.

World military spending reached nearly $2.9 trillion in 2025. This is the 11th year in a row that spending has gone up.

The United States, China and Russia spent $1.48 trillion combined. That is more than half of the world total.

Fear and rearmament drove countries to spend more on their militaries. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute warns this trend will likely continue. They say it could also bring more risks to world peace.

President Trump called off a planned US trip to Pakistan. The two top US negotiators were Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

Iran had already said no direct talks would happen in Pakistan. Iran's Foreign Ministry said no meeting between Iran and the US was planned.

But Iran kept pushing for talks anyway. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi visited Oman on Sunday.

He then returned to Pakistan. He is set to travel to Moscow on Monday to meet President Putin. Trump suggested Iran and the US could talk by phone instead.

President Trump's team dropped a criminal probe into Jerome Powell. Powell is the current head of the Federal Reserve.

The probe looked at cost overruns in a large renovation of the Fed's main building. Senator Thom Tillis had said he would block Kevin Warsh's nomination as Fed chair.

But Tillis said he would only do this if the probe stayed open. After the probe was dropped Tillis said he would now support Warsh's nomination.

The Senate Banking Committee will move forward with confirming Warsh. Powell's term as Fed chair ends next month.

Warsh is being confirmed to replace him. The prosecutor who led the probe said she would restart it if new facts came up.

The Federal Reserve's Inspector General has since taken over that review. Powell has a separate role on the Fed board until 2028. It is not yet clear if he will stay on the board after Warsh takes over.

Syria held its first public trial of officials linked to former leader Bashar Assad. Assad and his brother Maher Assad are among those charged.

Both are thought to have fled to Russia. They were charged without being present in court.

Maher Assad once led a major Syrian army unit. A cousin of Assad named Atef Najib was present in court.

Charges include killings, torture and drug trafficking. Sunday's session was a first hearing.

The trial will continue next month. Crowds gathered outside the court in Damascus, Syria to celebrate. Syria's justice leaders said the public trial was held to show fairness.

Sabastian Sawe of Kenya made history at the London Marathon. He finished in 1 hour 59 minutes and 30 seconds.

That beats the old world record by 65 seconds. Sawe wore special supershoes during the race.

Second-place finisher Yomif Kejelcha of Ethiopia also finished under two hours. Kejelcha crossed the line in 1 hour 59 minutes and 41 seconds.

It was his first ever marathon race. In 2019 Eliud Kipchoge ran 1:59:40.

But that was a specially arranged event and was never counted as an official record. Sawe's win is the first official sub-two-hour marathon finish.

It has been 40 years since the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown in Ukraine. Russia's invasion has brought new disaster to the area.

The zone around the old reactor is now controlled by the army. It acts as a security belt during the war.

In February 2025 a Russian drone hit and damaged the shelter built over the destroyed reactor. This raised new safety fears about nuclear risk.

Before the war up to 70,000 tourists visited the zone each year. Those visits stopped when Russia invaded in February 2022.

Plans have been proposed to bring money into the zone. But those plans cannot move forward while the army is in control.

The war has pushed people out of a region already marked by decades of nuclear harm.

A car bomb went off at a police station in Dunmurry near Belfast in Northern Ireland. It happened late on Saturday night.

Police declared a security alert after the blast. The alert was confirmed on Sunday morning.

The explosion was described as an attempt to kill officers. Nearby homes were cleared and people were told to stay away.

Hisham Abugharbieh was charged Saturday with two murders. The victims are University of South Florida doctoral students Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy.

Both students are from Bangladesh. Abugharbieh was Limon's roommate.

He was arrested after a standoff with police. Limon's remains were found on a bridge in Tampa, Florida.

Leaders believe Bristy is also dead. Search teams are looking for her near the same bridge. One student is still missing and the search is ongoing.

Two CIA officers died in a car crash last weekend in Chihuahua state in Mexico. Two Mexican officials also died in the same crash.

The officers were returning from an antidrug operation led by Mexico's armed forces. Mexico's leaders say the two CIA officers were not allowed to take part in operations in Mexico.

One officer entered Mexico as a visitor. The other held a diplomatic passport.

Mexico's security cabinet said neither officer had formal approval for operations in Mexico. Mexican President Sheinbaum is considering penalties against Chihuahua's state leaders. She says they allowed the agents to take part without federal approval.

Viktor Orban will leave his seat in Hungary's Parliament. His party Fidesz suffered a large defeat in the April 12 election.

Péter Magyar's Tisza party won about 136 of 199 Parliament seats. That is a two-thirds majority.

The result ended Orban's rule after 16 years as prime minister. Fidesz is now back in opposition.

Orban said leaving Parliament is part of a party renewal. He still plans to lead Fidesz from opposition.

A woman and child died in water at Elthorne Park in Ealing in west London. They are believed to be a mother and son.

Police were called to the park just before 4:30pm on Saturday. The Metropolitan Police pulled them from the water.

But they could not be saved. Police called the incident tragic.

Their deaths are not being treated as suspicious. A formal inquiry is underway. Police are working to find the family's next of kin.