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Trump's USA  Chagos Islands Agreement
Report: Trump wants to buy the Chagos Islands from Mauritius

US President Donald Trump is considering buying the Chagos Islands, The Telegraph has learned.

Previously, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer wanted to cede sovereignty over the archipelago to Mauritius. However, Trump criticized the decision harshly, citing security reasons. The archipelago includes the island of Diego Garcia, where NATO has a military base.

In April, Britain withdrew its decision to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

Now, the White House has formulated a plan to take control of Diego Garcia, according to the newspaper. To buy the island, Washington would first have to make Starmer's proposal a reality, and then negotiate with Mauritius about a price.

Climate Threat Global Challenges
China's Emissions Increase – Wasting Solar and Wind Power

China's emissions have increased in the first quarter of 2026. An inflexible electricity grid has caused extensive losses of solar and wind power, reports Climate change news.

According to an analysis by the Finnish think tank CREA, China discarded an amount of renewable energy equivalent to the entire electricity consumption of France at the beginning of 2026.

The combustion of coal and gas increased during the same period. According to CREA, this is because coal and gas power plants have long-term contracts that do not have room to reduce production if solar and wind power becomes more available.

With the current system, it is also not possible to sell electricity in real time between provinces. 

Political situation in Armenia
Polling stations closed in Armenia – now the votes are being counted

Polling stations in Armenia have closed, and now the votes will be counted, reports SVT.

Around 2.5 million Armenians were eligible to vote in the much-talked-about parliamentary elections, and voter turnout is expected to be unusually high.

Preliminary election results are not expected until Monday, writes TT.

The big election question is whether Armenia should move closer to Russia or the EU. The party of incumbent Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who is seen as more pro-EU, is pitted against billionaire Samvel Karapetian, who emphasizes the importance of Russia as an ally.

Political situation in Bolivia
The military is deployed against the protests in Bolivia

The military is deployed against the protests in Bolivia, reports AFP. After 14 hours of night-time fighting, Congress voted through emergency laws on Sunday with a more than two-thirds majority, writes Bolivian media.

They will now go to the president for a decision before they come into force.

The demonstrations against the government have blocked roads around the country for 37 days, writes El Deber. 

Pope Leo XIV
Madrid has papal hysteria – 1.2 million at the mass

1.2 million people and over 30,000 flowers are said to be in place when the Pope holds mass in Madrid today, several media outlets report. It is the first papal visit to Spain in 15 years and Pope Leo XIV was greeted by the cheers of the crowd when he arrived in his popemobile.

Ignacio from Cádiz in southern Spain slept under the open sky to secure a good place at the mass, writes TT.

– Jesus slept on stones, he tells the Spanish news agency EFE. 

Midterm elections in the US
Democrats are upset over the Biden family's comeback: "A hole in the head"

Just as things were looking a little brighter for the Democrats ahead of the midterm elections, the wounds from the stinging election loss in 2024 were reopened. That's pretty much how it sounds among some Democrats after the former first lady of the United States recently released her memoirs, writes The New York Times.

In her memoirs, Jill Biden describes her husband's last time as president from her perspective. In connection with the promotion of the book, Joe Biden himself also appeared and claimed that his own memoirs would be published in September. Bad timing, according to many Democrats.

- We need this as much as we need a hole in the head, says Jim Manley, Democratic strategist and former Senate staffer, to the New York Post.

Biden's former spokesman Andrew Bates agrees.

- I don't understand why this painful conversation needs to be resumed right now.

Russian invasion  Negotiations
Zelenskyj meets European leaders in Britain

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj is to meet France's Emmanuel Macron, Germany's Friedrich Merz and Britain's Keir Starmer to discuss support for Ukraine on Sunday, The Guardian reports.

The meeting will be held at the prime minister's residence at Downing Street in London.

This week, the attacks between Ukraine and Russia have increased in intensity. On Friday, Russian leader Vladimir Putin rejected Zelenskyj's proposal to meet face to face.

US President Donald Trump has said it would be good if Zelenskyj and Putin met, but also said that both sides must "compromise". It was unclear on what. 

Several dead as ship capsizes off Malta coast

At least ten people died when a ship capsized off the coast of Malta, according to the Italian coast guard.

The ship “set sail from the Libyan coast and had around 60 people on board,” the coast guard reported on Sunday.

The Maltese coast guard had requested assistance in connection with the accident, which occurred southeast of the Maltese coast.

According to reports, the passengers on board were migrants trying to reach Europe.

The search for more people continued late on Sunday.