Soaring petrol prices send US inflation to 40-year high
Consumer prices reached a fresh 40-year high in March after the US stopped Russia energy imports. BBC News – US & Canada
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South Africa’s Durban floods: At least 45 die as rain and mudslides cause havoc
People stand on rooftops awaiting rescue after flooding along Durban’s coast kills at least 45. BBC News – Africa
Hidden wealth of one of Putin’s ‘inner circle’ revealed
Leaked documents show how sanctioned oligarch Suleiman Kerimov used shell companies to move $ 700m. BBC News – Europe
López Obrador wins Mexico recall vote amid low turnout
Fewer than 20% of voters cast their ballots in the referendum, which the president himself called. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Palestinians attack biblical figure Joseph’s tomb in West Bank
The holy site in the West Bank was vandalised in what Israel’s PM called a “frenzy of destruction”. BBC News – Middle East
UK economic growth slows sharply in February
A sharp fall in car and computer production weighed on the UK’s economic expansion. BBC News – Business