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  • An archaeological site in the desert featuring several square rooms and a staircase behind walls

    Archaeologists uncover ancient Byzantine city in Egypt’s western desert

    Well-preserved fourth-century quarters reveal details of daily life, urban development and economic activities
  • Displaced women and children sit on the ground

    ‘The situation is terrible’: aid workers on life in Sudanese city pummelled by drone strikes

  • A girl in a blue patterned headscarf and dress writes in a lined notebook with a pen

    Overseas education project for women and girls axed by UK after two years

  • Narendra Modi stands formally with Patrick Herminie in front of the flags of their respective countries, a dark varnished wooden door, and a tall pedestal holding a pot of exotic orange and pink flowered plants. They hold the trophy between them. Herminie wears a dark suit and tie, and is much taller than Modi, who wears white with a dark sleeveless jacket.

    ‘Give him any award, and he’ll come running’: Narendra Modi racks up honours on overseas trips

  • A damaged room with a large mudslide breaking through the wall, debris scattered across the floor

    Côte d’Ivoire floods kill 59 as west Africa endures torrential rains

  • People in Cuba during a blackout

    ‘Living like this is agony’: Cuba suffers third nationwide blackout in six months

    Impoverished island was already struggling to keep the lights on before the US imposed a blockade in January
  • A rendering of a TKMS 212CD submarine leaving a factory port

    Canada to buy 12 hi-tech German submarines after bidding war

  • white Bengal tiger cub with one of its ordinary-coloured siblings

    Cuban zoo celebrates birth of Bengal tigers amid energy crisis

  • A person stands on a beach in Venezuela with destroyed apartment buildings and collapsed structures in the background

    Rodríguez defends Venezuela’s earthquake response as death toll passes 3,000

  • FILE PHOTO: Carlos Gimenez speaks in MiamiFILE PHOTO: Carlos Gimenez, mayor of Miami-Dade, Florida, speaks during a rally with Venezuelans living in Miami, Florida, U.S. February 1, 2020. REUTERS/Eva Marie Uzcategui - RC20SE9I7J3K/File Photo

    Florida Republican says deporting Haitians with TPS would be ‘huge mistake’

  • A strategic missile launched by a submarine of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy bursting out of the water surface during a test on Monday.

    Chinese government tells critics not to ‘overinterpret’ missile test in Pacific as criticism grows

    The Australian government says there was ‘insufficient notice’ as details of missile path are released by Taiwan government
  • Brown flood water fills the streets in a Chinese village

    Typhoon Maysak kills two and forces thousands to evacuate in China

  • Chinese flag

    China tests long-range missile in South Pacific in move Australia condemns as ‘destabilising to region’

  • Zion Church founder Ezra Jin in a study surrounded by books

    Founder of prominent underground church released from prison in China

  • People relax on a Pattaya beach with boats moored in the water and a large city sign on a hillside behind

    UK woman, 21, arrested in Thailand after allegedly stabbing boyfriend to death

  • The assistant minister for technology, Andrew Charlton

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    Australia news live: government starts assessing risks of frontier AI models; Richard White steps down as WiseTech chair

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  • A man has spray-painted a Pam the Bird image on the Bolte Bridge, Melbourne.

    Melbourne police in standoff with graffiti artist perched above Pam the Bird tag on Bolte Bridge tower

  • A bee sticking out its glossa, photographed at high resolution from below.

    Do bees have inner lives? Slow-motion video reveals bumblebee behaviour similar to ‘liking’ or ‘disliking’

  • For sale signage in the suburb of Flemington in Melbourne

    Higher-earning Australians flocking to 5% first home deposit scheme with some borrowers earning over $200,000

  • Sydney skyline silhouetted against an orange sunrise sky, with harbour water in the foreground

    Extreme high temperatures double young people’s risk of mental health admissions, Australian research shows

  • Keir Starmer.

    Starmer to rally European allies at Nato summit amid concerns over US stance

    Outgoing PM will stress British commitment to defence spending at meeting in Ankara to counter Trump rebukes
  • Firefighters spray water on a heavily damaged apartment building with collapsed walls and exposed interiors

    Wave of Russian strikes in Ukraine kills at least 21 people on eve of Nato summit

  • Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of a Russian missile strike on a nine-storey residential building in Kyiv on Monday

    Zelenskyy calls for ‘strong decisions’ at Nato summit as Russia kills 21 in overnight strikes on Kyiv – as it happened

  • FRANCE-FIREA Canadair CL-415 water bombing aircraft of France's Civil Security services drops water on a wildfire in the southern France departmennt of Pyrenees-Orientales where 700 hundred firefighters backed by special aircraft battled to control a "gigantic" blaze spreading in a hard-to-reach remote area, with more than 10,000 local residents evacuated, near the town of Bouleternerre on July 6, 2026. Wildfires raged across southern Europe, forcing thousands of people to evacuate their homes and prompting officials to ban spectators from a stage of the storied Tour de France cycling race. (Photo by Jc Milhet / AFP via Getty Images)

    Wildfires rage across southern Europe, forcing thousands to flee homes

  • A walkway leads to the European Court of Human Rights with two cylindrical glass towers

    Italy ordered to compensate woman after allegations of rape by partner dismissed as ‘normal’

  • A new IDF outpost on top of a Palestinian home, set up in recent weeks to guard the Yeshiva expansion.

    UK charity funding school at heart of illegal Israeli settlement expansion

    Friends of Yeshivat Shavei Hevron sent nearly £200,000 to school in Hebron – where Israel has been accused of imposing apartheid – between 2019 and 2024
  • An aerial view shows a massive crowd surrounding a vehicle carrying a flag-draped coffin through a street

    Millions join funeral procession for Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei

  • A vehicle carrying coffins of Iran's late supreme leader ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his family members on 6 July.

    Middle East crisis: Funeral procession for supreme leader Ali Khamenei begins in Iran – as it happened

  • Safiya gestures while speaking to journalists and officials in the hospital

    Detained Gaza doctor almost unrecognisable after injuries in Israeli jail, lawyer says

  • Children watch as smoke billows in the background near the Nuseirat camp for Palestinian refugees in Gaza on 19 June.

    Israeli command system identified 850,000 targets in Gaza and Lebanon wars, says supplier

  • Victims with cuts and gunshot injuries were taken from Negombo prison, north of the capital Colombo following overnight fighting between inmates from two drug gangs, police said

    Sri Lanka prison riot kills 26, with more than 100 others wounded

    Victims with cuts and gunshot injuries rushed to hospital after fighting between prisoners from two drug gangs
  • vehicles and people gather after the roof of a tuition centre collapsed in Lahore, Pakistan.

    Pakistan roof collapse kills 14 children at tutoring centre

  • Traffic jam in Delhi featuring cars, auto rickshaws and motorbikes

    Delhi plans to ban petrol rickshaws and scooters in effort to cut toxic fumes

  • Umar Khalid, who has spent six years in an Indian jail without trial.

    ‘Humanity is a privilege’: Umar Khalid on his six years in an Indian jail without trial

  • People stand outside a ruined multi-storey building

    Pakistani airstrikes kill dozens in eastern Afghanistan

  • A symmetrical prison wing with multiple levels, white railings, skylights, and rows of cell doors

    Prison education cuts driving drug use, self-harm and violence, says watchdog

    Report by HM inspector of prisons for England and Wales comes as spending on frontline education falls by up to 50%
  • A line of protesters holding placards against datacentres standing in the sun against trees and a hillside

    Scotland could freeze datacentre projects in challenge to UK’s AI strategy

  • Exterior of the now closed Medomsley detention centre

    UK abuse scandal ‘ignored because victims were working-class boys from north’, minister says

  • Close-up of the two men with photographers around them

    Fraudster George Cottrell seen at numerous Reform events despite ‘no formal role’ in party

  • The Mexico and England captains.

    Keir Starmer intervened to oppose Fifa’s plan to move England kick-off time

  • Graham Platner speaks at a podium with a microphone, with blue campaign signs and supporters visible behind him

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    Democrats begin withdrawing endorsements of Graham Platner after Senate candidate is accused of sexual assault – live

    Democrats call allegation against the Maine US Senate candidate ‘serious and credible’ and ‘troubling’; Democratic nominee to ‘reflect’ on ‘best path forward’
  • a man speaking in front of a crowd

    Calls grow for Graham Platner to drop out after sexual assault allegation

  • A red pickup truck parked in front of the Payette County Courthouse building

    Idaho woman who said infant twins died from vaccines charged with murder

  • Lauren Bennett of G.R.L leans toward an audience reaching their hands up during a performance

    Lauren Bennett, singer on LMFAO’s Party Rock Anthem, dies aged 37

  • A badge worn by a Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff

    Fourth of July weekend marked by dozens of US deaths from gun violence

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