# Today's Top News Headlines - April 26, 2026 ## **BREAKING: White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting** - **Shots fired at White House Correspondents' Dinner** - President Trump and Vice-President Vance were rushed off stage after gunshots were heard at the Washington Hilton hotel - **Suspected gunman identified** as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen from California - **Trump and officials 'likely' targets** of press dinner shooting suspect, authorities believe - **Suspect shared anti-Trump writings** before event, source says - **Suspect expected to be charged** with assault of a federal officer and using a firearm during a crime of violence ## **International Relations & Diplomacy** - **Trump cancels US envoys' trip to Pakistan** for Iran talks - President Trump calls off Witkoff and Kushner's travel to Pakistan for peace talks - **Iran's top diplomat returns to Pakistan** despite Trump canceling envoys' visit - **King Charles III to visit Washington** amid diplomatic tension - Buckingham Palace says visit will go ahead as planned despite security concerns ## **Mali Crisis** - **Mali defence minister killed** as country hit by wave of rebel attacks - Wave of coordinated attacks by jihadist militants and separatists has spread through the country ## **US Domestic News** - **University of South Florida doctoral student killed** by multiple sharp-force injuries, prosecutors say - **Thom Tillis agrees to move forward** with Kevin Warsh's Fed nomination - **Indiana GOP lawmakers defied Trump** on redistricting - Now GOP voters may thwart his push for revenge - **Two children found dead in Wellesley home**; mother arrested in Massachusetts ## **UK & Northern Ireland** - **Belfast car explosion at police station** treated as attempted murder - Police believe attack may have been carried out by dissident republican group New IRA ## **Sports** - **Kenya's Sabastian Sawe becomes first man to run sub two-hour marathon** as he wins London Marathon - **Chelsea reach FA Cup final** after Fernandez winner against Leeds ## **Other Notable Stories** - **Chernobyl nuclear disaster** marked 40 years since the world's worst nuclear accident - **Colombia president says rebels behind highway bombing** that killed 14 people --- *Sources: BBC News, CNN, Google News, Yahoo/AP News - Updated April 26, 2026*