Annie Besant was an English-born activist who moved to India and became the first woman to preside over the Indian National Congress, in 1917. Earlier she was a leading secularist and labour campaigner in London, prosecuted in 1877 with Charles Bradlaugh for publishing a book on birth control. After meeting Helena Blavatsky in 1890 she joined the Theosophical Society, and in India she founded schools and launched the Home Rule League during the First World War to campaign for self-government within the British Empire.

Israeli reports also say the cabinet directed the military to prepare for a possible new attack on Iran.

Angkor, near Siem Reap in northern Cambodia, was the capital of the Khmer Empire, which ruled much of mainland Southeast Asia between roughly the 9th and 15th centuries. At its height the city spread across about 3,000 square kilometres, making it the largest pre-industrial city on Earth by area. Its growth depended on water: huge reservoirs called barays, along with canals and embankments, stored monsoon rain and carried it to rice fields. That system let farmers harvest more than once a year and fed a very large population through the dry season. The temple complex of Angkor Wat, built in the early 12th century, is the best-known monument and still stands at the heart of the park.