The World

Through hundreds of hours of interviews with North Korean defectors, author Jieun Baek has tried to piece together insights into the "Hermit Kingdom’s" privileged class of elites. Also, El Salvador sends 2,000 troops to Haiti to rescue four military technicians who disappeared in a gang ambush. And, one town in Norway is told not to drink the tap water after tests found higher than average levels of heavy metals and contaminants. Plus, a new survey finds that the Canadian accent is aligning closer to the American accent.

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King Charles III embarks on his first official Caribbean tour as monarch, which comes amid renewed calls for Britain to apologize for its role in the transatlantic slave trade and pay reparations, something Buckingham Palace says he will not do. Also, with no clear winner in Israeli parliamentary elections, the political horse-trading and wrangling has begun. And, after English musician Ed Sheeran was pressured to drop Macklemore because of his pro-Palestinian views, the American rapper is now forging a mini-tour of his own. Plus, a look at why Germany is discouraging college in favor of trade schools.

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A deadly train collision in Spain that left dozens of people dead and injured appears to have been caused by human error. Also, a record turnout at the polls by Palestinian citizens of Israel has positioned Arab parties to win a historic 19 out of 120 seats in the Knesset. And, an update on Jamaica one year after Hurricane Melissa. Plus,  a vaccine that could soon help prevent the deadliest form of skin cancer — melanoma — from returning in those diagnosed.

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Israelis have flocked to the polls in what is considered one of the most important elections in the nation's history. Also, Colombia's government takes down more than 30 items from the National Museum of Bogota, most of them reflecting leftist, feminist and LGBTQ history. And, residents of a favela in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro try to change the image of their neighborhood through food. Plus, the discovery of a new dwarf planet in space.

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Serbia is facing an unprecedented political experiment after a student-led movement swept to power, ending Aleksandar Vučić's 14 years in office. Also, incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva wins Brazil’s runoff election. And, María Corina Machado returns to Venezuela to a rapturous welcome from supporters. Also, polls project youth voters in Israel could lean farther right than the rest of the population. Plus, using technology to track the migration path of monarch butterflies across North America.

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