News of the day from across the globe, May 21

Mexico’s Foreign Relations Department ruled Friday that the extradition of convicted drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to the United States can go forward.

The process can still be appealed, meaning it could be weeks or months before the Sinaloa cartel leader may be sent to the U.S., where he is wanted in multiple jurisdictions on charges related to drug trafficking and organized crime.

European Union nations agreed Friday to make it easier to suspend its visa waiver programs with some countries, just as Turkey is trying to secure visa-free travel for its citizens.

Lawmakers from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party pushed through an amendment to the Turkish constitution on Friday that would strip members of parliament of their immunity from prosecution, a move that is likely to lead to the ouster of Kurdish deputies.

The contentious amendment was proposed after Erdogan called for members of the Kurdish People’s Democratic Party to face prosecution for alleged ties with Kurdish militants who have carried out a three-decade-long insurgency against Turkey.

The independent Shorouk TV said on Friday at least 37 people died in the fighting, which took place between branches of the Hamar tribe, an ethnic Arab tribe.

Christian officials have launched historic restoration work at the Tomb of Jesus inside Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the site where tradition holds Jesus was crucified, buried and resurrected.

6 Palace intruder: A man convicted of murder for beating a homeless man to death climbed over a wall and wandered around the grounds of Buckingham Palace on Wednesday while Queen Elizabeth II was at home, British prosecutors said.