Monday 27th April 2026. Colombia FARC. US Trump shootin… — Transcript

Good morning. This is Send7 World News in 7 minutes. I'm Stephen Devinchenzi. Today is Monday, the 27th of April 2026.

Starting in the Americas today, in Colombia, at least 13 people were killed in an attack using explosives on the Pan-American Highway close to the city of Popayan on Saturday.

Authorities have blamed dissidents of the FARC rebel group for the attack. The FARC officially dissolved after reaching a peace agreement with the government in 2017. However, some members refused to agree to the deal or give up their weapons.

In the United States, on Saturday night, there was a shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Todd Blanche, attorney general, has said that the shooter was probably targeting President Donald Trump and government officials. One Secret Service member was injured and the attacker has been captured. Metropolitan Police Chief Jeffrey Carroll said that the man was carrying various weapons.

At approximately 8:36 tonight, an individual charged a US Secret Service checkpoint here in the lobby area of the hotel. He was armed with a shotgun, a handgun, and multiple knives. As he ran through that checkpoint, members of law enforcement from the United States Secret Service intercepted that individual.

Also in the United States, a special forces soldier who was involved in the military operation that captured President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, has been arrested after allegations that he won over $400,000 by betting on the capture of Maduro. The soldier is accused of using the cryptocurrency betting platform Polymarket to win money based on classified information.

Europe. Russia launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Ukrainian cities this weekend, with at least five people killed in the central city of Dnipro, and at least two killed in the northern region of Chernihiv, and two killed in the eastern Donetsk region, with people injured in many other areas.

Ukraine's military intelligence has said that it has evidence that over the last year, some Russian soldiers have resorted to cannibalism because of a lack of food at the front lines. British newspaper, The Sunday Times, reported that Ukrainian intelligence sources showed them photographs and intercepted recordings from phone calls in which soldiers say that they have had to eat their comrades. In Ukraine's military, a top commander was fired this weekend after photos showed underfed soldiers who had reportedly not received proper food and water for months.

In Portugal, police have seized 278 pieces of art after the former butler of the house where they were kept was accused of attempting to sell the art illegally after the owner died. Officials have said that the owner was a US citizen who died in 2024, and that the artworks include paintings from 27 artists, including Pablo Picasso, Juan Miro, and David Hockney.

In the United Kingdom, in Northern Ireland, police have said that a car explosion outside a police station was an attempted murder by the New Irish Republican Army. The New IRA wants Northern Ireland to join the Republic of Ireland.

Asia. Iran has executed at least nine protesters and at least 30 have been sentenced to death for taking part in the protests in January, according to the Norway-based group Iran Human Rights. The group also said that executions in Iran have been accelerated since the start of the war.

In Japan, there have been major wildfires burning in the northeastern province of Iwate for the last five days. Over 3,000 people have been forced to leave their homes.

Also in Japan, workers in Tokyo are being encouraged to wear shorts and other more casual clothes rather than suits in order to save electricity on air conditioning during the fuel crisis caused by the war in the Middle East.

Myanmar's military government is cutting access to period products to stop them being used to treat injured opposition fighters, according to a women's rights group quoted by The Guardian. Various reports say that transporting female hygiene products into areas controlled by opposition groups is completely blocked, and that women have been forced to use unsafe alternatives.

In Nepal, hundreds of mountain climbers have had their attempts to climb Mount Everest delayed because of a giant block of ice just above Everest Base Camp. Nepal's Department of Mountaineering said that the ice was unstable.

Africa. In Mali, there were large coordinated attacks on military bases this weekend. Both Islamist jihadist group Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam and also the Azawad Liberation Front, a Tuareg separatist group, have claimed responsibility for some attacks. Mali's military government said that it had killed hundreds of militants.

Between Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo, large convoys of Congolese refugees have started to return to the DRC. At the start of last year, the M23 rebel group, which is supported by Rwanda, took control of large parts of Eastern DRC, including the major cities of Goma and Bukavu. Later last year, M23 reached the border with Burundi. However, in a ceasefire agreement between the DRC and Rwanda, the M23 agreed to leave that area. The UN Refugee Agency says that there are about 250,000 Congolese refugees in Burundi.

And Kenyan long-distance runner Sebastian Sawe has become the first person ever to run a marathon in a competition in under two hours. In the London Marathon yesterday, Sawe set a new marathon world record of 1 hour, 59 minutes, and 30 seconds. 11 seconds after Sawe crossed the finish line, Ethiopian runner Yomif Kejelcha became the second person to ever run a marathon in under two hours in a competition, and became the fastest athlete to complete a marathon without winning.

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