Legal migrants remain vulnerable to trafficking
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A woman rides a bicycle past murals depicting the late football star Diego Maradona in his hometown neighbourhood of Villa Fiorito, in Buenos Aires province, Argentina [Tomas Cuesta/AFP]
Alejandro, a volunteer, prepares meat for a stew for neighbours in need at the yard of the childhood home of the late football star Diego Maradona, now transformed into a soup kitchen. [Tomas Cuesta/AFP]
A man touches a mural depicting the late football star Diego Maradona. [Tomas Cuesta/AFP]
Cook Maria Torres prepares a stew for neighbours in need at the yard of the childhood home of the late football star. [Tomas Cuesta/AFP]
People line up to receive food outside the yard of the childhood home of the late football star Diego Maradona. [Tomas Cuesta/AFP]
The second trial over the death of football star Diego Maradona begins on Tuesday, after the first one, which took place last year, was annulled when it was discovered that one of the judges was taking part in a clandestine documentary about the proceedings. [Tomas Cuesta/AFP]
Alejandro, a volunteer, prepares a stew for neighbours in need at the yard of the childhood home of the late football star Diego Maradona, now transformed into a soup kitchen, in Villa Fiorito, Buenos Aires province. [Tomas Cuesta/AFP]
People line up to receive food at the yard of the childhood home of the late football star. [Tomas Cuesta/AFP]
Diego Maradona would be happy, his fans say. [Tomas Cuesta/AFP]
A man sits in front of a mural depicting late football star Diego Maradona and reading in Spanish "Fiorito city of God", at the yard of the childhood home of the late football star Diego Maradona. [Tomas Cuesta/AFP]
Father Leonardo Torres, instrumental in establishing the soup kitchen, recalls Maradona's stories about his mother, Dalma "Tota" Franco, sacrificing her own meals so he could eat. [Tomas Cuesta/AFP]
"Diego said that his mother would pretend her stomach hurt so he could eat," Father Leonardo Torres recounted. "We want many 'Totas' and many 'Diegos' to leave here with a full stomach." [Tomas Cuesta/AFP]
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US military kills two men in new strike on vessel in eastern Pacific
Latest attack brings death toll from US strikes on vessels in the Pacific and Caribbean to at least 170 since September.
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History of flotilla campaigns to end Israel’s siege of Gaza
A 70-boat flotilla sets sail from Spain, aiming to break Israel’s naval blockade on Gaza amid history of interceptions.
Police have arrested hundreds of people during a mass vigil in central London opposing the government's ban on the campaign group Palestine Action. [Carlos Jasso/AFP]
More than 1,000 people gathered in Trafalgar Square for the demonstration on April 11, 2026, with many holding signs reading, “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.” [Carlos Jasso/AFP]
Protesters call for the lifting of the ban on the Palestine Action group, which the High Court has struck down, ruling that it violates free speech protections. [Carlos Jasso/AFP]
Police removed numerous demonstrators in central London, including an elderly man in a wheelchair and an elderly woman using walking sticks, both of whom were escorted away by officers. [Carlos Jasso/AFP]
One demonstrator told Al Jazeera he was taking part in the vigil because he “believed in the democracy”. “I think Britain has now descended into a nondemocratic situation, and I think that is very dangerous [for] free speech,” he added. [Jack Taylor/Reuters]
Defend Our Juries, a United Kingdom-based activist group that organised the protest, demanded that the government lift the ban on Palestine Action and drop all charges and investigations into those who have been arrested under the Terrorism Act for allegedly supporting the campaigners. [Carlos Jasso/AFP]
The group said it’s also protesting against the Metropolitan Police’s U-turn on its policy to arrest people who show support for Palestine Action after the government appealed the High Court ruling. [Carlos Jasso/AFP]
Palestine Action is a direct action group that says it wants to end British complicity in Israel’s mistreatment of Palestinians. [Jack Taylor/Reuters]
Parliament voted to ban Palestine Action in July 2025 by a vote of 385-26 after the government tabled a draft order to amend the Terrorism Act 2000 to do so. [Jack Taylor/Reuters]
London's Metropolitan Police said in a post on X that people were arrested in London for showing support for a "proscribed organisation". [Jack Taylor/Reuters]
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Israel in row with South Korean leader over Palestinian abuse concerns
South Korea’s president says it’s disappointing Israel does not ‘even once reflect on criticisms from around the world’.
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What’s at stake in Benin’s presidential election?
Finance minister is favourite to win on Sunday as incumbent Talon will step down after leading the country for 10 years.
At least seven Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza
An early-morning strike hits a group of civilians in Bureij camp as drones attack a tent in Khan Younis.
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‘Neither war nor peace’: What Gaza looks like six months into ‘ceasefire’
Following October 2025 agreement, attacks continue, aid is insufficient and regional conflicts deepen instability.
‘How can I do this?’: Gaza families unable to bury dead months into truce
About 10,000 Palestinians remain missing, believed to be buried under rubble of collapsed buildings during Israel’s war.
Palestinians pray over the body of Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Wishah, who was killed in an Israeli drone strike on his vehicle, during his funeral outside Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah, the central Gaza Strip, on April 9, 2026. [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]
Rida Daher grieves at the funeral of her son-in-law, Samer al-Fasis, killed in an Israeli military strike, in Khan Younis, Gaza, on March 29, 2026. [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]
A tent camp for displaced Palestinians stretches across the Gaza City seafront, on March 25, 2026. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
A boy pushes a bicycle carrying jugs of water through a sandstorm in Khan Younis on March 14, 2026. [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]
Mourners carry the bodies of two Palestinian policemen killed in an Israeli strike, during their funeral in Khan Younis on March 14, 2026. [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]
Members of the al-Najar family break their fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan amid the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza City, on March 13, 2026. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
Gaza's civil defence teams work to recover the remains of members of the Abu Nada family, who were buried beneath the rubble of their four-storey house after it was destroyed by an Israeli strike in December 2023, in Gaza City, on February 9, 2026. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
Smoke and flames rise from an Israeli military strike on a building in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City, on Feburary 6, 2026. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
Khadija Abu Rabi mourns over the body of her son, Iyad, three, who was killed when an Israeli strike hit tents sheltering displaced people along the coast of Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip, on Febuary 2, 2026. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
Mourners carry the body of Abd Shaat, one of the three Palestinian journalists killed in an Israeli strike on an Egyptian committee's vehicle, during his funeral in Khan Younis, the southern Gaza Strip, on January 22, 2026. [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]
Palestinians inspect damaged tents at a displacement camp following an Israeli strike in Gaza City, on January 9, 2026. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
Palestinians stand beside a tent set up on the rubble of buildings destroyed during Israeli air and ground operations in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood in Gaza City on December 30, 2025. [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]
Palestinians struggle to receive donated food at a community kitchen in Nuseirat, the central Gaza Strip, on December 17, 2025. [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]
Bodies of unidentified Palestinians returned from Israel as part of the ceasefire deal are buried in Deir el-Balah, the Gaza Strip, on November 23, 2025. [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]
Displaced Palestinians ride donkey carts loaded with belongings past destroyed buildings in Gaza City, on October 11, 2025. [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]
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