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This week's assassination attempt on Slovakia's PM Robert Fico has shone a light on deep political divisions in the country, but there could also be a lesson for several other world leaders in the attack.

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico is in a "very serious" but stable condition, a hospital official says, after he was shot five times, as a man is charged with attempted murder over Wednesday's attack.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin have condemned what they cast as increasingly aggressive US behaviour and pledged to deepen their countries' already close defence and military ties.

AI tools such as face-swapping and chatbots are being used by South-East Asia's crime syndicates to make their scams more efficient and effective. However, some operations appear to be having less success with the new tech than others.

One man has been killed by Israeli troops and another has been injured as Palestinians gathered to commemorate "Nakba Day" in the West Bank.

Four people have now died in the unrest, with French officials saying a police officer died from a gunshot wound.

All but the most keen political buffs abroad will be hearing the name Robert Fico for the first time right now, and for all the wrong reasons.

At least 67 people have been killed in flash floods and landslides in West Sumatra, prompting authorities to deploy a method typically used to fuel rainfall in drought-stricken areas.

On the southern border of the US, the Texas governor has taken drastic steps to keep migrants out of the country, and to reshape the political debate inside it.

After months of questions about whether general election debates would happen, President Joe Biden and Republican nominee Donald Trump have agreed to participate in two: one in June and one in September. Here's what we know so far.