Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and all other passengers were killed in a helicopter crash in northern Iran on Sunday. The cause of the crash is still under investigation. The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for leaders of Israel and Hamas. An update from Kyiv, including a look at the new mobilization law that just went into effect. Taiwan has a new president and authorities in Kinshasa claim to have thwarted a coup attempt and… Read Full Article

CANNES, France — While Donald Trump's hush money trial entered its sixth week in New York, an origin story for the Republican presidential candidate premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday, unveiling a scathing portrait of the former president in the 1980s.  "The Apprentice," directed by the Iranian Danish filmmaker Ali Abbasi, stars Sebastian Stan as Trump. The central relationship of the movie is between Trump and Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong), the defense attorney who was chief counsel… Read Full Article

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Kamenei offered condolences after the deaths of the president and foreign minister.

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The U.S. government’s attempts to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from Britain on charges of espionage took another legal twist Monday, as judges ruled that he must be given the right to a full appeal against the order — based on freedom of speech. Henry Ridgwell has more from London.

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