The program helps keep tabs on visitors from outside the European Union. The entry-exit system, known as EES, registers facial scans, fingerprints, and passport information at the border. The controls are similar to others in Britain (the Electronic Travel Authorisation or ETA) and the United States (Electronic System for Travel Authorization or ESTA). It is part of a wider push across Europe to curb illegal immigration.

The East African nation reclaimed independent oversight over its human rights affairs, following approval by a UN Human Rights Council resolution. That ends over three decades of international monitoring and the mandate of a UN-appointed independent expert on human rights in the country. Khadiija Mohamed Al-Makhzoumi, a minister for women and human rights, said it represents the world’s recognition of Somalia’s “progress in rebuilding democratic institutions.”

North Korea is welcoming senior leaders from China, Russia, Vietnam, Laos, and other countries to attend an anticipated large military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea on Friday. Beijing sent its No. 2 official, Chinese Premier Li Qiang, for a three-day visit expected to underscore the traditional alliance between the two communist countries. Pyongyang has a mutual defense treaty with Beijing, but relations cooled as it moved closer to Moscow last year.

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said the latest vessel in the Caribbean bombed by the United States may have been Colombian with Colombian citizens aboard. The White House called it a “baseless” statement. President Donald Trump on Sunday announced the latest in a series of military strikes targeting drug trafficking vessels off the coast of Venezuela, although the Pentagon has yet to confirm any such strike occurred on Saturday. If verified, the assertion would bring Colombia into the fray of a U.S. campaign that had previously targeted Venezuelan boats.