Blinken visits Israel amid a spate of violence

The US secretary of State Anthony Blinken is visiting Jerusalem with tensions high after the latest flare-up of violence between Israelis and Palestinians. Can the US use its influence to prevent bloodshed? Mr Blinken said the immediate priority was to restore calm.

Five people have died and twelve others are missing after a small boat carrying migrants from Cuba capsized. An economic crisis in Cuba has fuelled a sharp increase in people trying to leave the country and get to the United States.

The Scorpion police unit, whose officers are accused of murdering Tyre Nichols in Memphis in the US, has been disbanded. But there are growing calls for policing in the city and across the US to be reformed.