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Africa

  • People seen from behind, carrying possessions on their back.

    ‘Nowhere to go’: people trapped in eastern DRC as rebel militia seize key town

    Rwandan-backed rebels seize Kanyabayonga, says official, already home to thousands driven from their homes by conflict
  • Supporters of Mauritanian president, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, attend the final campaign rally in Nouakchott.

    Voters in Mauritania’s fledgling democracy head to the polls

  • Protesters stand on a street holding a sign that says ‘Rex Masai avenue’. Some are also holding Kenyan flags and one person stands with their fist raised in the air

    Kenya’s youth-driven protest movement at crossroads as it considers future

  • Ancient illustrations of Egyptian people and a jackal-headed god, with Egyptian language above

    Egyptian scribes suffered work-related injuries, study says

  • Portrait of a man sitting in a car

    Londoner continues epic trans-Africa run after release from South Sudan jail

  • Dried-out ground on the edge of the Gaddara Dam, where water levels have dropped

    ‘Whack-a-mole situation’: Algerian officials wrestle with water shortage anger

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Americas

  • An indigenous Aymara woman walks past police officers stationed in La Paz, Bolivia, on Friday

    Bolivia coup attempt: ex-army chief given six months ‘preventive detention’, says prosecutor

    Juan José Zúñiga Macías has been handed charges of terrorism and armed uprising, says prosecutor, as president again rejects claims of ‘self-coup’ to boost popularity
  • The Nunavut and Canadian flags.

    Canadian woman gets three years’ jail in first ever sentencing for a ‘Pretendian’

  • Canada’s parliament

    Canadian man makes history after receiving zero election votes: ‘I am the true unity candidate’

  • In 2007 Redux, Canada's Oil Heartland Is Running Ferociously Hot<br>The TC Energy headquarters in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on Monday, June 20, 2022. Calgary, surrounded by fields of oil, natural gas, wheat and barley that make Canada a global exporting powerhouse, is at the epicenter of a post-Covid economic expansion. Photographer: Gavin John/Bloomberg via Getty Images.

    British Columbia investigates claims energy company ‘dramatically’ influenced climate policy

  • Bolivia's sacked army head Gen Juan José Zúñiga Macías is arrested after an apparent coup attempt against President Luis Arce.

    Former heads of Bolivia’s army and navy arrested over failed coup

  • TOPSHOT-CANADA-WILDFIRE<br>TOPSHOT - Smoke from the McDougall Creek wildfire envelops Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, on August 18, 2023. Wildfires bore down on Canada's Yellowknife and Kewlona August 18, 2023, with firefighters in the west bracing for another "scary" night as stunned refugees from the far north began arriving at shelters after their entire city was evacuated. The blazes have caused "terrible loss," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters after meeting evacuees from Yellowknife, capital of the Northwest Territories, as they arrived in Edmonton, Alberta. (Photo by Darren HULL / AFP) (Photo by DARREN HULL/AFP via Getty Images)

    Canada’s 2023 wildfires created four times more emissions than planes did last year – report

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Asia Pacific

  • A person passing an illuminated sign on a wall reading: 'IQOS - This changes everything'

    Tobacco giant accused of ‘manipulating science’ to attract non-smokers

    Leaked documents from Philip Morris reveal ‘secret’ strategy to market its heated tobacco product IQOS
  • Li Shangfu in military uniform, sitting at a table at an event

    Chinese Communist party expels two ex-defence ministers for corruption

  • People stand in a line outside the High Court in London

    NCA failure to investigate imports linked to forced Uyghur labour unlawful, court rules

  • A large illuminated display reading 'Shein' with clothes rails in the background

    Human rights group urges UK financial regulator to block Shein’s LSE flotation

  • Incheon airport in Seoul

    Rubbish-filled North Korea balloons prompt closure of Seoul airport

  • A sign in tropical jungle that reads in English: "This is a protected area. Entry is barred by law"

    Protecting just 1.2% of Earth’s land could save most-threatened species, says study

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Australia

  • snow at Perisher

    Eastern Australia to shiver through cold week as snow predicted for ski fields in Victoria and NSW

    Weather bureau says the cold front sweeping from SA to Tasmania will move up into alpine areas to bring much-needed snowfalls
  • Uncle Frog product recall. Oz Brands Pty Ltd is conducting a recall of Uncle Frog's Mushroom Gummies Cordyceps 36g and Uncle Frog's Mushroom Gummies Lion's Mane 36g. Australia

    Mushroom gummies: powerful cannabis product could have caused ‘disturbing hallucinations’ and hospitalisations

  • Australian Border Force Commissioner Michael Outram during Senate Estimates

    Drugs, alcohol and ‘horrendous’ attacks in detention centres leave ABF reeling

  • Australian notes scattered on a table.

    Debt collection giant Panthera puts large parts of its business into administration

  • Kevin at his home in Indonesia.

    Indonesian boys jailed by Australia claim no translation provided in court

  • WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures after landing in Canberra, Australia.

    ‘You can expect everything’: what next for Julian Assange and WikiLeaks?

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Europe

  • Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump.

    Live
    Russia-Ukraine war live: Kremlin refuses to comment on Trump’s claims he would settle war

    Donald Trump claimed he could end the war in Ukraine, while his political rival joe Biden said Trump hads ‘no idea’
  • View of the Aspe peak

    British hiker found dead in Pyrenees mountains after four-day search

  • Police vehicles parked on a road in rocky terrain

    Mass search for missing Briton Jay Slater begins in Tenerife

  • A police sketch of a young man with dark hair

    Belgium’s ‘Crazy Killers’ mystery goes unsolved after police close file

  • Dancers on stage

    French court rules Boléro was Ravel’s work alone

  • Joe Biden during the debate

    ‘Biden can’t do it’: European politicians shocked by US president’s debate flop

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Middle East

  • Supporters of Iran-backed Hezbollah chant slogans in Beirut.

    Middle East crisis: Iran sounds warning on Israeli ‘aggression’ in Lebanon – as it happened

    Islamic republic’s UN mission says an ‘obliterating war will ensue’ if Israel launches ‘full-scale military aggression’ in Lebanon
  • Saeed Jalili (left) and Masoud Pezeshkian

    Iran heading for runoff election after neither lead candidate scores majority

  • Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and defence minister Yoav Gallant (right) at a press conference with Israeli flags behind them

    ICC decision on Netanyahu arrest warrant may be delayed by UK

  • A man and a woman with loose headscarf put their vote in a box

    Iran goes to polls to elect new president after Raisi killed in helicopter crash

  • Students stand outside a building holding signs reading 'No more universities in Gaza' and 'LSE disclose invest'

    Court order bans encampments in LSE building after pro-Palestine protest

  • Palestinians gather to fill water vessels near one of the strip's few functioning desalination plants in Deir al-Balah.

    UN issues warning over disease in Gaza as sewage and rubbish problems grow – as it happened

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South and Central Asia

  • A mural in Kolkata of a pensive woman looking cautiously from behind a wall, painted in dark monotones.

    India’s supreme court to rule on new penal code permitting marital rape

    Rights groups protesting at Modi government’s view that criminalising sexual assault violates ‘sanctity’ of marriage
  • A mural showing a woman in a blue headscarf looking away and holding up her hands defensively.,

    Afghan girls accuse Taliban of sexual assault after arrests for ‘bad hijab’

  • Arundhati Roy sits at a protest with a sign saying 'Free the press' attached to her shirt

    Open letter in India calls for withdrawal of go-ahead to prosecute Arundhati Roy

  • Two rows of bearded men sit at a conference table.

    Shutting Afghan women out of key UN conference to appease Taliban ‘a betrayal’

  • Aydos Sadykov

    Popular Kazakh opposition figure in hospital after being shot in Kyiv

  • Workers unload water bottles from a truck

    Indian engineers warn of prolonged blackouts amid searing heatwave

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UK

  • Jacob Rees-Mogg with his mother, Lady Gillian Rees-Mogg

    ‘I don’t know anyone voting for him’: is this the end for Jacob Rees-Mogg?

    Polls suggest the divisive Tory’s 14-year stint as MP for North East Somerset may be coming to a close - but his mother still backs him
  • Leader of Reform UK Nigel Farage

    Live
    General election live: racism row shows failure of Farage leadership, says Starmer as he sympathises with Sunak

  • Kemi Badenoch, the business and trade secretary, standing in front of a Union Jack

    ‘Disbelief’ as US-UK trade deals under threat after Britain axes negotiators

  • Stephen Twigg looks over towards Michael Portillo while clapping; Portillo, seen in profile on the right of the picture, has an unreadable expression

    Which Tory big beasts could lose their seats in the general election?

  • Forensic investigation vehicle outside a house sealed off with police tape

    Police ‘not looking for anyone else’ after two found dead in Staffordshire

  • Trees reflected in a tranquil river on a misty early morning

    Tory deputy chair dismissed sewage crisis as ‘political football’

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US

  • Three people sit in front of microphones at a long table covered with dark blue cloth, in a wood-paneled room, like a courthouse. A Black man speaks, sitting next to a white woman in a pink dress and a white man.

    Renters in New York City fight back against real estate broker fees

    City is one of few in the US where tenants can be forced to pay fees, despite a landlord having hired the broker
  • a woman waves as she walks on stage

    Could Kamala Harris be a winner for the Democrats if Biden steps aside?

  • The New York Times editorial on 28 June headlined: 'To serve his country, President Biden should leave the race' on a smartphone screen, next to a screen showing Donald Trump.

    New York Times first US paper urging Biden to drop out of presidential race

  • white man with tattoo sleeves wearing black fedora puts his hands together

    Crazy Town singer Seth Binzer died of accidental overdose, band manager says

  • white man wearing glasses and black suit

    Martin Mull, Arrested Development and Roseanne actor, dies aged 80

  • a man in a suit and a maga hat speaks

    Trump claims ‘big victory’ over Biden despite lying in debate

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