The floating plant, the Akademik Lomonosov, is towed out of the St Petersburg shipyard where it was constructed for its first sea voyage.

Kenya bans its first feature film to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, accusing it of having "clear intent to promote lesbianism in Kenya contrary to the law."

British toddler Alfie Evans has died following a series of court rulings that backed doctors at Liverpool's Alder Hey Childen's Hospital who said further treatment was futile.

US authorities arrest the son of a former president of the West African country of Guinea and his wife for allegedly enslaving a countrywoman, requiring her to work at their Texas home for 16 years without pay.

US President Donald Trump takes credit for the hopeful meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, but acknowledges the deal could still fail to deliver peace to the peninsula.