Prime Minister Keir Starmer apologised in the House of Commons for Britain's role in an estimated 185,000 forced adoptions in England and Wales between 1949 and 1976, hours from a parallel Dutch cabinet apology in The Hague covering some 15,000 children relinquished between 1956 and 1984. Both governments promised follow-up measures; neither, so far, has put compensation on the table.
For the first time since the Taliban took Kabul in 2021, the EU hosted its officials in Brussels — a meeting the Commission requested to discuss returning rejected Afghan asylum seekers, and which rights groups condemned as deportations to a country grown only more dangerous.
In his Sunday Regina Caeli address on 3 May 2026, Pope Leo XIV condemned violations of media freedom and paid tribute to journalists killed in Gaza, Lebanon and Mexico, lending Vatican weight to a growing international concern.
The military regime announced the transfer of the 80-year-old Nobel laureate, citing humanitarian considerations as international pressure on the junta intensifies.
The Nobel laureate has been transferred from Naypyidaw Prison to an undisclosed residence as part of a Buddha Day amnesty, days before the ASEAN summit. Her family says they have no proof.