May 5-11: Trump hosts Carney, Papal Conclave begins, Europe marks 80 years since VE Day

A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News. Delivered to your inbox on Fridays.

Leading the week

Monday (May 5): Donald Trump expected to visit Virginia; Scott Bessent addresses Milken Institute Global Conference; Met Gala.

Tuesday (May 6): Donald Trump hosts Mark Carney for White House talks; Scott Bessent and Kristi Noem appear at House committee hearings; Bundestag votes to confirm Friedrich Merz as German Chancellor.

Wednesday (May 7): Papal conclave opens; Scott Bessent and Kash Patel appear at House committee hearings; Fed interest rate decision followed by Jay Powell press conference.

Thursday (May 8): Joe Biden is interviewed live on The View; Celebrations in Europe mark 80th anniversary of VE Day.

Friday (May 9): Vladimir Putin marks 80th anniversary of the end of World War II with Moscow parade attended by Xi Jinping; Norway hosts Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) leaders’ summit; European Union foreign ministers visit Kyiv.

Saturday (May 10): Kristi Noem delivers Dakota State University commencement address; Steve Bannon interviewed at FT Weekend Festival US; Walton Goggins hosts Saturday Night Live.

Sunday (May 11): Mother’s Day; Albania holds parliamentary elections.

Tanks in Moscow's Red Square — ID1974 / Shutterstock

Also look out for

May 5

Department of Education resumes collections on defaulted student loans

Jury selection begins in Sean 'Diddy' Combs sex trafficking trial

ICJ issues order in Sudan case against UAE over West Darfur

Pulitzer Prizes

May 6

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer addresses Milken Institute Global Conference

Oral arguments in appeal over case of detained Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk

Hearing in case of Apalachee High School shooting suspect Colt Gray

Saturn’s rings 'disappear' during equinox

May 7

Rep. Sarah McBride among speakers at EMILY's List Conference and Gala

Utah ban on fluoride in drinking water takes effect

EU foreign ministers, joined by UK’s David Lammy, meet for informal talks in Poland

Friedrich Merz visits Paris and Warsaw

25 years ago: Vladimir Putin became Russian president

May 8

Kristi Noem and Kash Patel appear at Senate committee hearings

Three-day Putin-announced ceasefire due to begin in Ukraine

Academy of Country Music Awards

May 9

Hearing in Menendez brothers case

Emmanuel Macron hosts Poland’s Donald Tusk for security pact signing

May 10

UFC 315: Muhammad v Della Maddalena

May 11

NBA Draft Combine begins

Jennifer Coolidge delivers Emerson College commencement address

Key Statistics, reports and results

May 5

Results from: Ford, Audi, BioNTech

May 6

US International Trade in Goods and Services

EIA Short-term Energy Outlook

WHO World Report on Social Determinants of Health Equity

IIF Global Debt Monitor

Results from: AMD, Unicredit, Hugo Boss, Marriott International

May 7

Brazil interest rate decision

OECD consumer price indices

Results from: BMW, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Devon Energy, APA Corporation (Apache), DoorDash, Uber, New York Times, Walt Disney, Novo Nordisk, Emerson Electric

May 8

Unemployment Insurance weekly claims

UK interest rate decision

Results from: Toyota, AP Moller-Maersk, Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount, Rocket Lab, HeidelbergCement, Coinbase, ConocoPhillips, News Corp, Nintendo

May 9

China monthly trade data

Results from: Nippon Steel, International Airlines Group, AngloGold Ashanti, Commerzbank

May 10

China consumer price index

May 11

Results from: Saudi Aramco