The European Union's Brexit plans remain unchanged by Theresa May's snap election announcement, the council representing EU leaders has said.
The UK prime minister, who had promised not to call an election before 2020, said she planned to call a snap general election on June 8.
But European Council President Donald Tusk's spokesman said the 27 other EU states would forge ahead as planned.
French President Francois Hollande has given citizenship to 28 Africans who fought for France in World War Two and other conflicts.
Mr Hollande said France owed them "a debt of blood".
The world's oldest person has died at age 117 in her home in northern Italy.
Emma Morano was born on November 29, 1899. She was also believed to have been the last surviving person in the world who was born in the 1800s.
Dr Carlo Bava told the Associated Press by telephone that Morano's caretaker called him to say the woman had died on Saturday afternoon while sitting in an armchair in her home in Verbania, a town on Lake Maggiore.
