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Joe Biden is on a trip to Angola that the US State Department is calling "historic".This is the first time a sitting US president has visited sub-Saharan Africa in close to a decade. But rather than salvage his legacy in Africa, the trip has cemented that the US is not only losing influence here - it is also violently out of touch.As Mr Biden landed in Angola's capital Luanda, news broke that deadly missiles targeted displaced communities in the famine-ridden Zamzam camp in North Darfur, Sudan.The culprits are a paramilitary group born out of the janjaweed militias that terrorised Darfur in the early 2000s. Engaged in a brutal war with Sudan's army for territorial control, the Rapid Support Forces is accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity across the country.As a senator, Joe Bid...

The president of South Korea has declared "emergency martial law", accusing the country's opposition of controlling the parliament and sympathising with North Korea.Yoon Suk Yeol announced he was taking the step, which enacts temporary rule by the military, during a televised briefing on Tuesday, saying it was critical for defending the country's constitutional order. "I declare martial law to protect the free Republic of Korea from the threat of North Korean communist forces, to eradicate the despicable pro-North Korean anti-state forces that are plundering the freedom and happiness of our people, and to protect the free constitutional order," Mr Yoon said.South Korea martial law: Follow live updates It was not immediately clear how the steps will affect the country's governance and democ...

Three climbers are missing after failing to return from a planned ascent of New Zealand's highest peak, authorities say.Two Americans and a Canadian flew to a hut part way up the Aoraki mountain on Saturday to begin their climb, but failed to meet their prearranged transport on Monday after their trek. Both Kurt Blair, 56, from Colorado, and Carlos Romero, 50, from California, are certified alpine guides, according to the website of the American Mountain Guides Association.New Zealand police did not name the Canadian climber, saying his family needed to be notified.Hours after they were reported missing on Monday, searchers found climbing-related items that belonged to the men but no sign of them. Deteriorating weather conditions on the mountain - with heavy rain and snow forecast - meant ...

A bride who was killed by a drink-driver on the day of her wedding had, just moments before the fatal crash, told her new husband that she "didn't want the night to end".Samantha Miller, 34, died still wearing her wedding dress, while groom Aric Hutchinson suffered a brain injury and numerous broken bones when Jamie Lee Komoroski smashed into the golf cart the couple had been riding in after their beach ceremony. Komoroski, 27, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for the 2023 crash in South Carolina.Charleston County Courthouse heard how Komoroski had been drinking at several bars and was more than three times the legal limit.She was also said to be driving at 65mph on the 25mph narrow Folly Beach road. Mr Hutchinson cried in court as he recalled the last moments he spent with his wif...