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Africa

  • Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

    ‘She is one of our heroines’: reviled, now revered, Winnie Mandela wins over young South Africa

    The legacy of the activist, ANC politician and wife of Nelson Mandela has growing appeal, despite her refusal to apologise for crimes
  • Women wearing brightly coloured prints walk through rows of solar panels.

    Green economy could generate 3.3m jobs across Africa by 2030 – report

  • A middle-aged white women standing on a stage talking to an unseen audience

    Doctor behind trial of HIV prevention drug recounts breakthrough moment

  • People search for victims of the second landslide to strike Gofa in south-western Ethiopia on Monday

    Death toll from Ethiopia landslides could reach 500, UN agency says

  • A destroyer tank lies in front of a mosque in a decimated area of Omdurman, Sudan.

    ‘Smoking gun’ evidence points to UAE involvement in Sudan civil war

  • Three people on a beach next to a long wooden fishing boat.

    At least 150 people missing after boat capsizes off coast of Mauritania

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Americas

  • A group of supporters of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro outside a polling station during the country's presidential election, in Caracas.

    Venezuela on a knife-edge as polls close in election which could end socialist rule

    Opinion polls suggest president Nicolás Maduro is facing possible defeat against little-known ex-diplomat Edmundo González Urrutia
  • Thousands of Venezuelans wait Edmundo Gonzalez to arrive at the closing campaign rally in Las Mercedes, eastern Caracas, Venezuela, on 25 July 2024.

    Venezuela votes in election that could end 25 years of socialist rule

  • two police officers outside a court building

    Mexico president calls for ‘transparency’ amid secrecy over Sinaloa cartel arrests

  • Man in sunglasses and orange shirt waves the Six Nations flag, a red flag with a yellow sun and illustration of a chief in the center, at an outdoor gathering

    Canada owes First Nations billions after making ‘mockery’ of treaty deal, top court rules

  • A woman wearing a black top and white blazer gestures as she speaks

    Alberta premier fights tears over Canada wildfires despite climate crisis denial

  • 'Sinaloa cartel' written on stone in Arizona desert

    Top leaders of powerful Sinaloa drug cartel arrested in Texas

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Asia Pacific

  • Maori Illustration

    ‘Dangerous’ and ‘retrograde’: Māori leaders sound alarm over policy shifts in New Zealand

    Experts say policy changes that include scrapping Māori-led programs will harm communities and put New Zealand’s ‘great reputation’ at risk
  • The Australian foreign minister, Penny Wong

    Wong announces new digital cable centre to limit China’s influence in Indo-Pacific

  • Vaccines being unloaded at the airport in Pyongyang earlier this month.

    Four million vaccine doses for children and pregnant women flown to North Korea

  • A woman with supporters holding banners in Chinese outside a court in Beijing

    Professor sacked over abuse claims in rare win for China’s #MeToo movement

  • Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits the Fatherland Liberation War Martyrs Cemetery.

    North Korea vows to ‘totally destroy’ enemy as regime marks end of Korean war

  • South Korea’s athletes sailing down the Seine in Friday’s opening ceremony

    IOC ‘deeply apologises’ after South Korean athletes introduced as North Korean

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Australia

  • Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

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    Australia news live: Dutton must sack Joyce over ‘bullet’ comments, PM says; Minns backs Labor conference motion to recognise Palestine

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  • A smiling young woman wearing a hijab

    Ruqia was murdered by the man she was forced to wed. Her mother has now been jailed over the marriage

  • Barnaby Joyce at an anti renewable energy rally on the front lawns of Parliament House in Canberra this morning

    Barnaby Joyce apologises for ‘bullet’ comment aimed at Labor during anti-wind turbine rally

  • Gloved Hand holding a Syringe

    Widely advertised hormone test unreliable as fertility prediction tool for women, researchers say

  • A young man using his smartphone to gamble

    Online gambling in Australia has ‘exponentially increased’, new report warns

  • The prime minister, Anthony Albanese

    Albanese’s new lineup signposts Labor’s areas of greatest weakness and effectively concedes he made mistakes

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Europe

  • A group of people thought to be migrants brought in to Dover, Kent, by a Border Force vessel

    One dead and dozens rescued in latest attempt to cross Channel

    French authorities say they received call for help from overcrowded dinghy in early hours of Sunday
  • A man jogs on the ancient Appian Way in Rome as dawn breaks behind mature trees that line the pathway

    Ancient Roman Appian Way becomes Italy’s 60th Unesco world heritage site

  • The segment featuring a singer made up as the Greek god of wine, Dionysus

    Paris Olympics organisers apologise to Christians for Last Supper parody

  • Vladimir Putin

    Putin warns US against deploying long-range missiles in Germany

  • Céline Dion in an evening dress holding a microphone in her left hand and with her right arm extended

    Why Édith Piaf’s plaintive song was the perfect fit for Céline Dion at Paris Games

  • Viktor Orbán

    Hungary’s PM Viktor Orbán warns EU on path to ‘self-destruction’

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Middle East

  • A crowd of people around 10 coffins

    Global leaders try to dissuade Israel from increasing attacks on Lebanon

    US backed Israel in blaming Hezbollah for strike on Golan Heights but is ‘working on a diplomatic solution’
  • 12 Young People Killed In Rocket Attack In Golan Heights<br>GOLAN HEIGHTS, - JULY 28: Mourners attend a funeral for ten of the victims of yesterday's rocket attack on July 28, 2024 in Majdal Shams, Golan Heights. Yesterday, 12 young people were killed in a rocket attack on a football pitch in this Druze Arab community. Israel blamed the militant group Hezbollah, with which it has been regularly exchanging fire across the Lebanese border, although the group denied responsibility. Today, Israel said it had retaliated with strikes against Hezbollah targets "deep inside Lebanese territory." (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

    Biden administration blames Hezbollah for ‘horrific’ Golan Heights rocket attack

  • Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers the official endorsement letter to president-elect Masoud Pezeshikan

    Iran’s new president rekindles faint hopes of rapprochement with west

  • 12 Young People Killed In Rocket Attack In Golan Heights<br>GOLAN HEIGHTS, - JULY 28: Mourners attend a funeral for ten of the victims of yesterday's rocket attack on July 28, 2024 in Majdal Shams, Golan Heights. Yesterday, 12 young people were killed in a rocket attack on a football pitch in this Druze Arab community. Israel blamed the militant group Hezbollah, with which it has been regularly exchanging fire across the Lebanese border, although the group denied responsibility. Today, Israel said it had retaliated with strikes against Hezbollah targets "deep inside Lebanese territory." (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

    ‘It was indescribable’: Golan Heights town mourns 12 children killed in strike

  • Women mourn by a coffin during a funeral of a person killed in a rocket strike from Lebanon a day earlier.

    Israeli minister threatens ‘all-out war’ with Hezbollah after Golan Heights attack – as it happened

  • Mourners surround the coffins of 10 of victims killed in the rocket strike

    Israel strikes Lebanon as diplomats try to prevent regional war

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South and Central Asia

  • Protesters clash with guards in the street

    Bangladesh student protests turn into ‘mass movement against a dictator’

    Strength of PM’s crackdown shows her nervousness and that climate of fear is breaking down, say critics
  • Young man with beard turned to one side revealing arm with severe bruising

    Bangladeshi students allege police torture after protests crackdown

  • A crowd of student protesters

    Bangladesh’s top court cuts job quotas that led to deadly student-led protests

  • Soldiers jump down from armoured vehicles by a flyover.

    Bangladesh police given ‘shoot-on-sight’ orders amid national curfew

  • Damaged structure of a burned out building with rubble lying around

    Myanmar junta ‘bombing schools’, with 170 sites hit in past three years – report

  • Anti-quota protesters clash with the police in Dhaka

    National curfew imposed in Bangladesh after student protesters storm prison

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UK

  • A white plastic bag on a beach with the sea behind

    Number of plastic bags found on UK beaches down 80% since charge introduced

    Hailing the success of carrier bag laws, the Marine Conservation Society urges nations to push forward with plans for other single-use items
  • Jonny Clothier and Carter in graduation robes and mortar boards outside Bristol university

    Man graduates 41 years after being denied ceremony by parrot problem

  • Tommy Robinson addressing a crowd gathered at Trafalgar Square

    Tommy Robinson arrested in Kent under Terrorism Act

  • Anita Rose with dog

    Woman dies four days after being attacked walking her dog in Suffolk

  • Rachel Reeves

    Rachel Reeves paves way for cuts and tax rises to fill shortfall left by Tories

  • Adam Peaty poses with his silver medal after the men’s 100m breaststroke final at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

    Heartbreak for Adam Peaty on disappointing day two for Team GB

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US

  • person wearing yellow shirt and red hat and carrying black backpack looks at flames in front

    Firefighters battle California’s seventh largest wildfire on record as thousands under threat

    The Park fire has more than doubled in size in 24-hour span to burn 350,000 acres and stretches over four counties
  • *** BESTPIX *** Vice President Kamala Harris Campaigns In Milwaukee<br>WEST ALLIS, WISCONSIN - JULY 23: Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to supporters during a campaign rally at West Allis Central High School on July 23, 2024 in West Allis, Wisconsin. Harris made her first campaign appearance as the party's presidential candidate, with an endorsement from President Biden. (Photo by Jim Vondruska/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

    Kamala Harris allies deploy new Trump attack line: he is ‘just plain weird’

  • person in red and black suit and person in yellow and black suit walk side-by-side

    Deadpool & Wolverine shatters record for R-rated movies with $205m debut

  • US-VOTE-POLITICS-HARRIS<br>US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris waves while boarding Air Force Two from Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport in Westfield, Massachusetts, on July 27, 2024, as she returns to Washington, DC, after attending a campaign fundraising event. (Photo by Stephanie Scarbrough / POOL / AFP) (Photo by STEPHANIE SCARBROUGH/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

    Top Republicans call Kamala Harris a ‘dangerous liberal’ as attacks ramp up

  • Donald Trump<br>FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. Two very different conspiracy theories are spreading in the days following former Trump's attempted assassination. For some Trump supporters, the failure of the Secret Service to stop the shooter before he fired at Trump suggests a conspiracy orchestrated by President Joe Biden. For some Trump critics, however, the same video footage is being used to suggest Trump staged the shooting. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

    Swat team says it had no contact with Secret Service before Trump rally shooting

  • Mike Lynch arrives at federal court in San Francisco, California, US, on 18 March 2024

    Cleared UK tech tycoon feared he would die in US jail if convicted

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