California's Dungeness crab industry is under increasing regulation because of concerns over whales getting entangled in fishing gear. With a truncated season and sharp limits on gear, crabbers wonder whether the fishery can survive.

The head of the UN Aids agency has said the number of new HIV infections could jump by more than six times by 2029 if American support for the biggest Aids programme is dropped - warning that millions of people could die and more resistant strains of the disease could emerge.

Hamas continues to free Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, holding to cease-fire terms. But the militant group's grip on Gaza remains strong

The Vatican's main charity has voiced outrage at what it called the &reckless& and &unhuman& U.S. plans to gut USAID.