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Big increases are due next April but charities say soaring prices mean people need the money now.
BBC News – Business

British citizen Alaa Abdel Fattah’s prison conditions are “inhumane”, the foreign secretary is told.
BBC News – Middle East

At least two people are dead and hundreds of thousands have been left without electricity.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

It will invest in pipelines in other countries but will speed up a shift to green energy.
BBC News – Europe

The chancellor says it won’t be easy to tackle cost of living crisis as inflation hits 40-year high.
BBC News – UK

But the too-close-to-call Republican primary in Pennsylvania is likely to go to a recount.
BBC News – US & Canada

Paris St-Germain’s Idrissa Gueye refused to play in a match to avoid wearing a rainbow symbol in support of LGBTQ+ rights BBC Sport understands.
BBC News – Africa

Currently, half of the world has realized that Covid-19 is not going away, no matter how many lockdowns, or how many treatments, this is the brand new virus that is sweeping the nation. Other than one place… […]