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Can World Cup hosts put differences aside for a month?

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is hosted across Canada, Mexico and the United States.

Football fans travelling to North America for the continent's first co-hosted World Cup will find three host countries who have endured a tense time. We speak to our correspondents in the three host countries, the US, Canada and Mexico.

Thousands of people have been marching in Jerusalem's annual Pride parade, which is usually held under tight security after violence at the event in previous years. Our correspondent is there.

A Nepali climbing guide thought to have died on Mount Everest has been found crawling down to Base Camp, six days after he was last seen alive.

Our sports reporter has today's sport headlines.

Presenter: James Reynolds.

(Photo: FIFA World Cup signage is displayed at L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles, California, USA, 03 June 2026. Credit: CHRIS TORRES/EPA)

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