I have known Jimmy, a gentle, good-humoured father of one, since January 2016, when I first travelled to Kampala to volunteer with Hospice Africa Uganda (HAU), an inspirational charity that supports thousands of poor but critically ill people with compassionate palliative care.

Hamas yesterday released three Israeli hostages and Israel freed 369 Palestinians in an exchange, after mediators helped avert a collapse of the fragile ceasefire.

It has been pretty clear for over a year that the endgame in Ukraine was approaching fast. With last November&s election of Donald Trump, the pace quickened considerably.

A young man belonging to an isolated and indigenous tribe who approached a river community in Brazil&s Amazon returned voluntarily to his own people less than 24 hours later, Brazilian authorities said.