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'We are cool' - Szoboszlai plays down Liverpool row
Liverpool midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai says he has "cleared" the situation with team-mates Curtis Jones and Kostas Tsimikas after they seemingly argu…
EU commends Spain's 'swift response' to Ceuta migrant crisis
About 70,000 of the 72,000 people who came to Ceuta illegally last week have been returned to Morocco, Spain says.…
More key FIFA staff break ranks as Infantino’s World Cup plan faces mutiny
Battle lines being drawn within FIFA as key figures break ranks with President Gianni Infantino over failed selloff.…
Ohio Republican Max Miller faces growing calls to resign over domestic abuse allegations
Bernie Moreno, Miller’s ex-father-in-law, says congressman is unfit for office as Miller denies allegationsMax Miller, the Republican representative f…
FIFA denies Infantino sought Trump backing after failed World Cup selloff
FIFA refutes report that its President Gianni Infantino sought Donald Trump's backing after failed World Cup selloff.…
UN experts urge Canada to protect Sikh activist amid credible threats to his life
Special rapporteurs say ‘transnational repression by Indian authorities’ has put Moninder Singh in dangerUN rights experts have urged Canada to take a…
DR Congo Ebola outbreak kills more than 1,700 as WHO accelerates trials
The outbreak is concentrated in the province of Ituri, which accounts for nearly 90 percent of reported cases.…
Washington state Democrat who flipped pro-Trump district faces tough primary
Incumbent Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, a moderate who owns an auto repair shop, hopes to retain congressional seatThe two-term Democratic congresswoman Ma…
Prisoner early release scheme gives Burnham his first taste of unpopularity
After a blitz of small wins, PM is finding that like Keir Starmer there is only so much he can control on the big calls UK politics live – latest upda…
Vote to take place on Blanche nomination after GOP senators drop opposition – US politics live
Trump’s former personal lawyer appears on track to become attorney general despite reservations over deal withdrawing ‘anti-weaponization fund’Critics…
Colombia’s elephant-costumed anti-corruption activist sworn in as senator
Luis Carlos Rúa revealed himself to be Elefante blanco just three days before election for ‘his own safety’. Now he is tackling graft from senate floo…
Michigan votes in key Senate primary as Democrats battle over party’s future
Progressive Abdul El-Sayed leads in polls against centrist Haley Stevens as party looks to regain control of US SenateThe Democratic party faces a cru…
About 1,000 fewer prisoners to get early release as Burnham tightens rules
Justice secretary says ministers would have liked to block more but doing so would cause prison system to ‘break’UK politics live – latest updatesAbou…
Mother of PC Harper ‘bitterly disappointed’ that son’s killers remain eligible for early release – UK politics live
Government revises plans to tackle prison overcrowding amid pressure from MPs and victims but domestic abusers and killers could still be released ear…
Hungary comes ‘within millimetres’ of shutting down nuclear power plant amid drought crisis – Europe live
PM Péter Magyar says country nearly forced into decision as extreme heat and low water levels in Danube pose challenges in regionHungary has come “wit…
Trump wants ‘fair treatment’ in fight over Labor’s levy on tech giants to pay for news, US trade group warns
National Foreign Trade Council ‘disappointed’ at move to expand News Bargaining Incentive but Australian experts say government is not going far enoug…
UFC’s Allan Nascimento dead aged 34 after apparent heart attack
The Brazilian fighter died in his sleep after a suspected heart attack, the UFC said.…
Itauma v Hrgovic upgraded to IBF world-title bout
British heavyweight Moses Itauma's fight against Filip Hrgovic on 29 August will be for the vacant IBF title.…
Nauru, the world's 3rd-smallest country, changes its name to Naoero
The Pacific Island country of Nauru has changed its name to the Republic of Naoero, its president said, matching the spelling and pronunciation in the…
Public urged to avoid hospital unless ‘life might be in danger’ after record day for Sydney emergency departments
Winter flu season is putting pressure on the health system, with medical staff bracing for the ‘worst three weeks of the year’Sick patients in New Sou…
What Ben Carroll’s cabinet cuts say about his ‘new direction’ for Victoria
A week after his elevation to premier and four months out from an election, the priorities of the Carroll government are becoming clearerFollow our Au…
GPs’ breast cancer guidelines ‘miss’ 95% of women who will develop disease
Findings prompt calls for review of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence criteriaYoung women in England who later develop breast cancer a…
Approval of east London datacentre labelled ‘slap in the face’ for local democracy
Campaigners decry Angela Rayner’s backing for Brick Lane project that has only 11 affordable homesA £500m redevelopment of the Truman Brewery estate i…
Cancer survivors need protection from future discrimination, say German politicians
Campaigners say people who have had cancer face discrimination in areas including bank loans, adoption of children and insuranceGerman politicians who…
France wildfires reveal hundreds of WW2 shells in village
Explosions heard in Le Porge as the wildfires raged are believed to have have been the old munitions.…
Scottish exam results day 2026: What time will grades come out?
More than 148,000 people across Scotland will receive their exam results on Tuesday.…
Watch: Wild police chase in Queensland, Australia ends in two arrests
A police pursuit in Queensland has ended in two arrests, with authorities taken on a high-speed car chase across Ipswich and Brisbane.…
Crews building Trump border wall in drought-hit New Mexico ordered to stop drilling wells
Residents and farmers say contractors have tapped border aquifers that threaten water supply for those nearbyConstruction crews building a border wall…
Charred homes, burned out cars - before and after images show Spokane wildfire destruction
BBC Verify has matched videos posted online in the aftermath with images of the same streets before the fires to assess the damage in Washington state…
Japan’s prime minister tours quake-hit sites as recovery efforts hampered by soaring temperatures
Prime minister Sanae Takaichi visited Kumamoto prefecture almost a week after a magnitude 7.1 quake hit, killing 38 peopleJapan’s prime minister, Sana…