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Lawmakers are considering a draft bill to end the exemption granted to ultra-Orthodox men enrolled in full-time religious study.

The president says the US will “go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country”.

Juan Orlando Hernández, once called the key figure in a drug trafficking scheme that flooded America with cocaine, walked free after the pardon.

The military has taken over but some say the overthrow of the president was not what it seemed.

Fishing boats deliver relief supplies to flooded suburbs as community kitchens churn out food aid.

The opera legend’s widow said the town had made an “absurd decision” after it also encouraged skaters to high five the statue.

The Imperial Winter Egg with 4,500 diamonds was commissioned by Russia’s Tsar Nicholas II in 1913.

Kremlin officials described the five hours of talks as “constructive” – but said “a lot of work lies ahead”.