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Washington Post cartoonist quits after Bezos satire is rejected

A Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist has resigned from the Washington Post after the newspaper refused to publish a cartoon satirical of the paper's billionaire owner Jeff Bezos

Biden plans to send $8bn arms shipment to Israel

The US Department of State has notified Congress of a planned $8bn (£6.4bn) arms sale to Israel, an American official has confirmed to the BBC

Biden and Trump lead tributes to ‘extraordinary’ Jimmy Carter after death

Joe Biden and Donald Trump have led tributes to former US President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jimmy Carter, who has died aged 100

Jimmy Carter, former US president, dies aged 100

Former US President Jimmy Carter has died aged 100, the centre he founded has confirmed

Mozambique president-elect urges ‘unity’ amid unrest, citizens fleeing

Mozambique’s president-elect has called for “non-violence” and “unity” after widespread rioting this week

Putin apologises for plane crash, without saying Russia at fault

President Vladimir Putin has apologised to the president of neighbouring Azerbaijan for the downing of a commercial airliner in Russian airspace

Israel forcibly evacuates Gaza’s Kamal Adwan hospital and detains medical staff

The last major functioning hospital in northern Gaza was forcibly evacuated by the Israeli military on Friday