Brazil’s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says he is “very much a candidate” in the elections coming up in October, despite having been in jail for a month, the newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo reported Monday. The message was given by theologian Leonardo Boff, who visited Lula in prison in the southern city of Curitiba.

US President Donald Trump is all set to announce his decision on the Iran nuclear deal later today. President Trump is facing a May 12 deadline whether to uphold the 2015 nuclear agreement, which he has criticised since his campaigning days. The president had earlier signalled that he will pull out of the pact by the deadline unless it is revised, but he faces intense pressure from European allies not to do so.

Kilauea Volcano Erupts - Hawaii Emergency Declared

Mount Kilauea volcano has erupted near a residential area on Hawaii's largest island, prompting a local state of emergency and the mandatory evacuation of 1,700 local residents.

One witness said lava had burst across a road like a curtain of fire. He said he could smell sulphur and burning trees.

The American Red Cross has opened an evacuation shelter.

New York State’s top prosecutor and a public champion of the #MeToo movement resigned on Monday, just hours after being accused by The New Yorker of physically assaulting four women. It was an abrupt fall from power for Eric Scheiderman, the chief law enforcement officer in the state and a Donald Trump opponent whose office had launched multiple legal challenges against the Republican administration.

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said that the United States will face "historic regret" if it pulls out of the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and Western powers. Rouhani stated this on Sunday in an address on state TV. He disclosed that Iran has plans in place to confront any decision by US President Donald Trump, who said he would withdraw from the nuclear agreement.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller warned he could order Donald Trump to testify as part of a probe into alleged Russian election meddling, US media report.

Mr Mueller suggested the move during talks with Mr Trump's lawyers in March.

The threat to issue a subpoena, as it is known, was reportedly met with a sharp response from one of Mr Trump's former lawyers.