BBC Verify looks into claims that the Afghan national suspected of shooting two National Guard members in Washington DC entered the US unvetted.
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How Trump’s pledge to tackle Sudan atrocities could play out
The war is being fuelled by regional powers and the US president may have some leverage over them.
Why the rich and powerful couldn’t say no to Epstein
The late sex offender maintained contact with wealthy and influential people even after his first conviction.
Watch: Pope struggles to remove cloth covering plaque
It took several attemps for Pope Leo and church clergy to unveil a plaque covered by a white sheet at an Istanbul cathedral.
Guinea-Bissau’s coup called a ‘sham’ by West African political figures
Senegal’s prime minister and Nigeria’s former leader say they do not believe the military takeover was genuine.
Trump says he will pardon ex-Honduras president convicted of drug trafficking
Juan Orlando Hernández was sentenced in the US last year to 45 years behind bars for conspiring to import cocaine into the country.
Daughter of Zambia’s unburied ex-president loses seat as MP
Zambia’s government is accused of ‘hypocrisy’ as fallout from ex-president’s death deepens.
Tunisia hands prison terms to dozens of opposition figures
The defendants were accused of attempting a coup – but human rights groups say the trial was politically motivated.
UN panel says Israel operating ‘de facto policy of torture’
Rights groups gave harrowing details about conditions in Israeli detention centres. Israel has not responded but has previously denied allegations of torture.
Ex-president’s daughter resigns over allegations she duped South Africans to fight for Russia
Her resignation comes as a South African allegedly recruited to fight in Ukraine recounts the horrors of war to the BBC.