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Africa

  • Aerial image of people leaving the airstrike-ravaged city of Khan Younis on foot and in vehicles

    US, Qatar and Egypt call on Israel and Hamas to resume urgent ceasefire talks

    Joint statement says framework agreement is ‘on the table’ and there are no excuses ‘from any party for further delay’
  • Electron microscope image showing oval-shaped monkeypox cells

    Mpox outbreak puts Africa on brink of official public health emergency

  • Had and shoulders shot of Chidimma Adetshina in a white dress

    Miss South Africa contestant withdraws after mother is accused of identity theft

  • Chidimma Adetshina

    Miss South Africa contest in turmoil as finalist’s mother accused of fraud

  • Khalifa Haftar in a military uniform

    Oilfield slowdown exposes political volatility in Libya and beyond

  • A woman walks near the Palace of Justice in Tunis, Tunisia May 13, 2024

    Tunisia court jails potential presidential candidates and bars them from upcoming election

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Americas

  • Portrait of Elon Musk with hands clasped

    Marina Hyde on the ‘brave’ inciters of Britain’s race riots; lightning struck my plane and I plunged 3,000m; the delights of the dead hang – podcast

    Where are you Tommy and Elon? Marina Hyde finds that those provoking the race riots are far, far away; the dead hang delight – how this quick, surprisingly simple exercise can change your life; and ‘A bolt of lightning struck my plane’ – one woman’s incredible story of survival
  • lots of police cars on a street with officers standing around

    No survivors from plane that crashed in Brazil with 61 people on board, officials say

  • two older men smile as they stand side by side

    Brazil cuts ties with Nicaragua as it rethinks links with leftist authoritarians

  • people line up against a wall as person wearing uniform shines flashlight on them

    Migrant crossings have plunged after Biden’s asylum ban. But top Democrats are asking: at what price?

  • Composite of headshots of Elon Musk (left) and Nicolás Maduro

    Nicolás Maduro blocks X for 10 days in Venezuela amid spat with Elon Musk

  • Demonstrators protest against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s disputed victory in Bogota.

    Friday briefing: What next for Venezuela as disputed election sparks protests against Nicolás Maduro

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Asia Pacific

  • China's foreign minister Wang Yi shakes hands with Britain's foreign secretary David Lammy during a ministerial meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations

    Lammy plans China visit for September to kick-start high-level engagement

    Exclusive: Move highlights ambition to reconnect with Beijing but minister will face pressure over human rights
  • Maria Ressa, 2021 Nobel peace prize co-winner and founder of Rappler, an online news outfit, displays documents showing the court's decision, with her lawyer Francis Lim seated beside her at a press conference at the Rappler office in Manila, Philippines, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Joeal Calupitan)

    Philippines court voids order to shut down independent news site Rappler

  • A collapsed house is seen following an earthquake in Osaki town on 8 August

    Japan’s PM cancels overseas trip after experts issue ‘megaquake’ warning

  • Taiwan’s vice-president, Hsiao Bi-khim

    China lists Taiwanese independence supporters it wants people to denounce

  • Former prime minister Paul Keating raises his finger as he speaks

    Aukus pact will turn Australia into ‘51st state’ of the US, Paul Keating says

  • Black and white picture of a huge mushroom cloud behind a suburban street

    US ambassador to skip Nagasaki bomb commemoration over Israeli exclusion

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Australia

  • The Australian foreign minister, Penny Wong: ‘The deliberate starvation of civilians is a war crime. There is no justification for it, ever.’

    Penny Wong condemns Israeli minister’s comments suggesting starvation in Gaza ‘might be justified’

    Australian foreign minister joins UK, Germany and France in condemning comments made by Bezalel Smotrich and repeats calls for ceasefire
  • Queensland police tape.

    Man fighting for life after being shot by police outside Queensland hospital

  • Headshot of former AFP commissioner Mick Keelty

    Former AFP commissioner Mick Keelty gives up Order of Australia honour six years after Ben Roberts-Smith tip-off

  • Illuminated head<br>Head of woman, illuminated by setting sun on Seattle rooftop.

    ‘Feels quite cruel’: Australians with ADHD scrambling to find medication amid shortage

  • Greater glider on a branch

    It looks like a cross between a koala and a possum – and it’s in big trouble, Australian conservationists say

  • Approaching the new metro platform at Martin Place.

    Riding the rails: a visual guide to the latest stretch of the Sydney Metro

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Europe

  • Martina Šimkovičová being sworn in as culture minister

    Slovakia purges heads of national theatre and gallery in ‘arts crackdown’

    Country’s hard-right culture minister Martina Šimkovičová accused of ‘complete lies’ after removal of respected figures
  • man holds an iphone

    Apple changes EU App Store rules after commission charges

  • Fans of Taylor Swift, some holding aloft mobile phones, raise their hands in the air as they sing in the city centre

    Third teenager arrested over foiled Taylor Swift concert attack in Vienna

  • VIP Guests At Olympic Games Paris 2024: Day 13<br>PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 08: Travis Scott attends the men's basketball semi-final match between Team United States and Team Serbia on day thirteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on August 08, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Karwai Tang/Getty Images)

    Travis Scott arrested in Paris over altercation with security guard

  • Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange

    Wall Street banker bonuses forecast to rise 35% this year

  • Carles Puigdemont stands on a stage and speaks into a microphone on a podium. He is clenching his hand in a fist. The Catalan flag is beside him

    Carles Puigdemont no longer in Spain and will not give himself up, lawyer says

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Middle East

  • An injured child cries in the yard of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital.

    Live
    Israel-Gaza war live: dozens reported dead after Israeli strike on Gaza school

    Estimates for the number of dead range between 60 and 100, while Israel says it struck ‘command and control centre for Hamas terrorists’
  • Palestinians gather in the yard of a school hit by an Israeli strike in Gaza City

    Israel strikes on Gaza school site kill at least 80, Palestinian officials say

  • Iraqi women protest against changes to the law that would allow underage marriage, in Tahrir Square, central Baghdad, 8 August 2024.

    Draft Iraqi law allowing 9-year-olds to marry would ‘legalise child rape’, say activists

  • Displaced Palestinians flee the eastern part of Khan Younis.

    Israel-Gaza war: thousands evacuate Khan Younis as Israeli tanks return to city – as it happened

  • A cleric next to a poster depicting the late political chief of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran's Palestine Square

    Iran may rethink reprisals against Israel over killing of Hamas’s leader

  • A Palestinian woman cries amid the rubbles of a building destroyed in Israeli attacks.

    Middle East crisis live: Israeli strikes kill at least 25 people in Gaza, Palestinian health workers say – as it happened

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South and Central Asia

  • Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sits as she addresses a meeting with foreign observers and journalists in Dhaka.

    Bangladeshi journalists hopeful of press freedom as Hasina era ends

    Reporters cautiously optimistic as interim government takes over after years of intimidation and censorship
  • Muhammad Yunus surrounded by people holds his hand up in a wave

    Muhammad Yunus sworn in as interim leader of Bangladesh

  • Muhammad Yunus at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport waves to people

    Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus urges peace as he is sworn in as Bangladesh leader

  • Bangladeshi Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus (C) talks to the media outside the Dhaka Labor Court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 01 January 2024

    Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to head Bangladesh’s interim government

  • Protesters in Dhaka climb a public monument to the assassinated first premier of Bangladesh, the father of Sheikh Hasina as they celebrate the news of her resignation as prime minister.

    Bangladesh parliament dissolved a day after resignation of prime minister

  • Sheikh Hasina giving press conference in front of smashed glass window.

    Bangladesh PM has resigned and left country, army chief confirms

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UK

  • A young girl touches a picture of Bebe King amid floral tributes

    Parents of girl who died in Southport stabbing say her sister witnessed attack

    Bebe King’s parents pay tribute to their ‘sweet, kind, and spirited’ daughter and reveal her older sister escaped attack
  • The worn down Lego shark on top of a book

    ‘Catch of the week’: fisher lands Lego shark lost at sea for 27 years

  • A large crowd watch a performance with the sea in the background

    Festival-goers injured in ‘terrifying’ crowd surge at Boardmasters in Newquay

  • People enjoy the sunshine on the Long Walk in Windsor Great Park, Windsor

    UK weather: weekend of ‘strong summer sunshine’ expected

  • A train moving on tracks by a sea wall.

    Minister warns CrossCountry about ‘dire’ service amid reduced timetable

  • Close-up photo of Maeve Boothby-O’Neill smiling on her 18th birthday.

    ‘I’ve been tired since I was 13’: ME patients hope harrowing inquest will change perceptions

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US

  • The Viper robot, with thick wheels, on a sloping platform, with a woman in a helmet controlling it

    Scientists slam ‘indefensible’ axing of Nasa’s $450m Viper moon rover

    In an open letter to the US Congress, experts say decision will undermine lunar exploration for the next decade
  • A man fishes off a jetty in Alameda, Calif., as the sun sets over the San Francisco Bay on Monday, July 1, 2024. An extended heat wave predicted to blanket Northern California has resulted in red flag fire warnings and the possibility of power shutoffs beginning Tuesday. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

    July was California’s hottest month in history

  • Meteor in an orangey sky

    Special treat for stargazers as Perseid meteor shower set to light up night sky

  • A smiling Wojcicki pictured in 2019

    Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki dies, aged 56

  • Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz arrive at a campaign rally at Desert Diamond Arena, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

    Harris and Walz whip up crowd at packed Phoenix rally – but ‘we are the underdog’

  • Donna Massey, center right, wipes tears from her face as she listens to Rev. Al Sharpton, right, speak during a press conference over the shooting death of her daughter Sonya, who was killed by Illinois sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson, at New Mount Pilgrim Church in the Garfield Park neighborhood in Chicago, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

    Illinois sheriff whose deputy killed Sonya Massey announces retirement

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