<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Daily Express :: International Development Feed</title><link>https://www.express.co.uk</link><description>Simply The Best 7 Days A Week</description><language>en-gb</language><image><link>https://www.express.co.uk</link><url>https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/logorss.gif</url><title>Daily Express</title></image><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:40:28 +0100</pubDate><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><generator>CakePHP</generator><managingEditor>news@express.co.uk</managingEditor><webMaster>news@express.co.uk</webMaster><item><title><![CDATA[Fight to save mountain gorillas creating tensions over tourism]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/285x214/2190018_1.jpg"/><br><br>There is tension between communities benefiting from mountain gorilla tourism and 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2026 14:32:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Sarah Barltrop]]></author><category>UK</category><media:keywords>Immigration, International Development, Migrant Crisis, Defence, Global Security, Politics (section), UK aid cuts, Sarah Champion, international development, migration increase, UK asylum crisis, international aid cuts, defence spending, global confl</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/590x/2184183_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A Labour MP clashed with Yvette Cooper over the decision to cut aid budgets]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/237x141/2184183_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A Labour MP clashed with Yvette Cooper over the 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