内容摘要：However, unlike other leaders in the region, he was never accused of corruption or of undermining his country's democracy.

However, unlike other leaders in the region, he was never accused of corruption or of undermining his country's democracy.

Today, Mr Hernández's mother, Alexis Romero de Hernández, can hardly bear the pain of not having him by her side."I'm waiting for news of my son," she told BBC Mundo. "I want to know how he is. I wonder how they're treating him. If they gave him water. If they gave him food. Every day I think about him and ask God to bring him back to me."

The last known image of Hernandez is a photo taken of him on the night of 15 March inside the Salvadoran mega-prison, when a American photojournalist Philip Holsinger documented the arrival of a group of alleged criminals for Time magazine.That was when he took a photo of a young man saying "I'm not a gang member. I'm gay. I'm a barber", Mr Holsinger wrote in his article.The man was chained and on his knees while the guards shaved his head. Mr Holsinger later learned that man was Mr Hernández.

"He was being slapped every time he would speak up… he started praying and calling out, literally crying for his mother," Holsinger told CBS. "Then he buried his face in his chained hands and cried as he was slapped again."Mr Hernández's case has caused a stir in the US, and mystery surrounds his whereabouts.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has requested his return, while four US congressional representatives travelled to El Salvador and requested to be provided with proof of life for him. They did not get it.

A number of countries have condemned the Israeli military's actions after troops fired warning shots in the vicinity of a diplomatic delegation visiting the occupied West Bank.Brain tumours are the biggest cancer killer of children and adults under 40, according to The Brain Tumour Charity.

Dr Simon Newman, the charity's chief scientific officer, said: "The delivery of an accurate diagnosis within hours of surgery will be transformative for all patients ensuring rapid access to the optimal standard of care and - crucially - removing the uncertainty patients face when having to wait weeks for their diagnosis and prognosis."Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital and King's College Hospital in London are among those now setting up their own testing of the method alongside their existing processes.

West Nile virus, which mainly spreads between birds but can also infect people if they're bitten by an infected mosquito, has been detected in UK mosquitoes for the first time, UK health officials say.Although the virus can sometimes make people seriously ill, there is no evidence it is spreading in the UK and the risk to the general public is "very low", the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said.