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Buckingham Palace said a state visit by King Charles and Queen Camilla to America will go ahead on Monday,

despite security worries after a shooting at the White House Correspondence Association dinner on Saturday.

In an interview, Donald Trump claimed the gunman, who was arrested, had a manifesto and hates Christians.

Everybody at the dinner was safely evacuated.

Mr. Trump said in an interview that if Iran's leaders wanted to make a deal, they only had to call.

On Sunday, Abbasarachi, Iran's foreign minister, returned to Islamabad for a second time in several

days to continue talks with the Pakistani government, which is trying to mediate.

On Saturday, Mr. Trump cancelled the trip of Steve Wyckoff and Jared Kushner, two of his envoys,

to Pakistan.

Sebastian Sarway became the first person to run a sub two-hour marathon in race conditions.

The 31-year-old Kenyan completed the London Marathon in 1 hour 59 minutes and 30 seconds.

Yomif Kajelcha, an Ethiopian who came second, also finished in under two hours.

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