Reuters World News Summary

Opinion polls show RN is set to make large gains in the elections - some polls crediting it with 28%-30% support - and that it could pose a major challenge to France's mainstream parties, including President Emmanuel Macron's Renaissance. Police in Berlin yet to find suspects in decades-old Red Army Faction case Police said that their search on Sunday for two individuals wanted for their involvement in Germany's notorious Red Army Faction (RAF) militant group ended unsuccessfully.

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Haiti telecoms back after disruption amid violence, inmates on the run

International connectivity to Haiti was temporarily disrupted on Sunday following violent clashes in the capital that have damaged communications and led to a prison break at the main penitentiary as a major gang leader seeks to oust Prime Minister Ariel Henry. The chairman of Digicel, one of two major telecoms providers to the Caribbean country, said that lines had been affected following days of street violence in parts of the capital.

France's far-right RN makes immigration pillar of Europe poll campaign

The French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) of Marine Le Pen kicked off the party's campaign for the European elections in June on Sunday saying the vote will be a referendum on immigration. Opinion polls show RN is set to make large gains in the elections - some polls crediting it with 28%-30% support - and that it could pose a major challenge to France's mainstream parties, including President Emmanuel Macron's Renaissance.

Police in Berlin yet to find suspects in decades-old Red Army Faction case

Police said that their search on Sunday for two individuals wanted for their involvement in Germany's notorious Red Army Faction (RAF) militant group ended unsuccessfully. Berlin police said that about 130 officers had been on the ground looking for Ernst-Volker Staub and Burkhard Garweg, members of the so-called third generation of the militant RAF group.

Malaysia says MH370 search must go on, 10 years after plane vanished

Malaysia is pushing for a renewed search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, the transport minister said on Sunday, as the 10th anniversary of its disappearance in one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries approaches. Flight MH370, a Boeing 777 carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew, vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014.

Ukrainian rescuers complete search after Odesa drone attack kills 12

Rescue workers completed operations on Sunday after a drone strike on an apartment building in the southern city of Odesa, finding four more bodies and bringing the death toll to 12. Odesa regional governor Oleh Kiper, writing on Telegram, said rescue teams working into Sunday evening had found the bodies of an eight-year-old girl, near the body of her older brother, uncovered earlier.

In blunt remarks, US VP Harris calls out Israel over "catastrophe" in Gaza

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris bluntly called out Israel on Sunday for not doing enough to ease a "humanitarian catastrophe" in Gaza as the Biden administration faces increasing pressure to rein in its close ally while it wages war with Hamas militants. Harris, speaking in front of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, where state troopers beat U.S. civil rights marchers nearly six decades ago, called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and urged Hamas to accept a deal to release hostages in return for a 6-week cessation of hostilities.

US VP Harris urges Hamas to agree to an immediate ceasefire, pushes Israel on aid to Gaza

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday demanded Palestinian militant group Hamas agree to an immediate six-week ceasefire while forcefully urging Israel to do more to boost aid deliveries into Gaza, where she said innocent people were suffering a "humanitarian catastrophe." In some of the strongest comments by a senior leader of the U.S. government to date on the issue, Harris pressed the Israeli government and outlined specific ways on how more aid can flow into the densely-populated enclave where hundreds of thousands of people are facing famine, following five months of Israel's military campaign.

French farmers could stage more protests, union boss says

French farmers could stage more protests and blockades in the coming weeks to push the government to deliver on its promises to help the sector, the head of France's largest farming union FNSEA said on Sunday. Farmers across Europe have been protesting for weeks over what they say are excessively restrictive environmental rules, competition from cheap imports from outside the European Union, plus rising costs and low incomes.

Ukraine's Zelenskiy: Political will in West required to secure needed supplies

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday called for Ukraine's Western partners to summon the political will to provide Kyiv with necessary military supplies or the world will face "one of the most shameful pages of history." Zelenskiy issued his appeal as a U.S. package to provide military and other assistance remains blocked by disagreements in Congress.

Israeli military review of Gaza aid convoy deaths finds most killed in stampede

Israel's military said on Sunday most of the Palestinians killed last week as crowds massed near an aid convoy in Gaza died in a stampede but local health officials said casualties brought into hospitals had been hit by large-calibre ammunition. Pressure has mounted on Israel over the deaths of dozens of Palestinians during a confused incident in the Gaza Strip on Thursday in which crowds surrounded a convoy of aid trucks and soldiers opened fire, with several countries backing a U.N. call for an inquiry.

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