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Ceuta: Spain PM condemns EU’s ‘selfish’ response to migrant crossings
Spain has installed a 500 metre long barrier along its sea border with Morocco – after tens of thousands of people rushed into the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta.
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Calls for FIFA leadership review as pressure grows on Infantino
A rift at the top of football is widening UEFA – which runs European football – said it had lost confidence in the boss of the sport’s world governing body.
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Russian missile attacks kill nine in Kyiv
Nine people have been killed and more than 30 others were injured after Russia launched another large scale ballistic missile attack on the capital Kyiv – the second major strike in just three days.
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Sri Lankan court rules officials could have stopped Easter terror attack
Sri Lanka’s High Court has sentenced the country’s former police chief to death – after a majority of judges ruled that he failed to act on warnings that suicide bombers planned to stage a series of attacks on Easter Sunday 2019.
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Sri Lanka convictions bring ‘sighs of relief’, says journalist
We spoke to the Sri Lankan journalist Faraz Shauketaly and asked him how significant these rulings are.
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Black Britain: 50 years of images
His photographs have captured life for the Windrush Generation and beyond, from Notting Hill Carnival to the Brixton Riots – creating an extraordinary visual record of Black Britain.
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How Trump is trying to redesign Washington DC
From Donald Trump’s ballroom to the gilded statues to the giant ‘Arc de Trump’ – Washington DC is getting a make-over, Mar-a-Lago style.
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Met Office: July 2026 driest for England and Wales in 190 years
As wildfires and drought make the headlines, today the Met Office released provisional UK weather statistics for July.
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National Trust’s appeal to restore Suffolk nature reserve after wildfire ‘devastation’
Firefighters are still tackling a blaze which has caused “total devastation” to heathland in Suffolk, and the National Trust has announced a public appeal to restore the reserve.
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Hull funeral director jailed for 20 years after dozens of bodies found unburied
The government has announced it will regulate the funeral industry in England, after a rogue undertaker was jailed for 20 years for leaving dozens of bodies unburied while charging for cremations that never happened.
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Analysing Andy Burnham’s devolution plans for England mayors
We spoke to the Labour Mayor of the West of England, Helen Godwin, and the Conservative Mayor of the Tees Valley, Lord Houchen after Andy Burnham unveiled new plans to give metro mayors more financial autonomy.
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Greater Manchester Mayor contest described as biggest by-election ‘in history’
Counting has been taking place in what has been described as the largest by-election in British history – the race to replace Andy Burnham as Mayor of Greater Manchester.
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Andy Burnham sets out devolution plans for England
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has set out his devolution plans for England that would give metro mayors the powers to spend a share of income tax and business rate revenue.
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Trump: ‘Board of Peace’ to oversee Hamas ‘disarmament’ and Israeli withdrawal from Gaza
Donald Trump has announced what he has called an “historic” agreement for the phased, complete disarmament of Hamas – to be overseen by his ‘Board of Peace’ – alongside a gradual withdrawal of Israeli troops.
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Infantino ‘should resign’ over Fifa World Cup plans – Former England Women’s star
The first tournament that would be affected by a UEFA boycott of Fifa would be the Women’s World Cup, with qualifying matches starting in September.
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International pressure rises against Fifa President Gianni Infantino’s World Cup plan
Gianni Infantino, the boss of world football’s governing body Fifa, is coming under increasing pressure after the North American and Asian confederations both joined UEFA’s revolt against his plan to sell a minority stake in the World Cup to private investors.
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Migration expert reacts to ‘extraordinary’ number of migrants entering Ceuta
We spoke to Gerald Knaus, chair of the European Stability Initiative, a thinktank focused on EU enlargement and integration. We asked him what he thought had happened in Ceuta.
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Spain deploys troops to Ceuta after tens of thousands cross border from Morocco
The official death toll in Spain’s tiny North African territory of Ceuta has risen to 57, after tens of thousands of migrants overran border controls and swam and climbed in from neighbouring Morocco.
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Will Gianni Infantino RESIGN over his botched World Cup deal?
Despite his job seemingly looking assured just a few weeks ago, Gianni Infantino’s position as President of FIFA is now in jeopardy.
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The man who worked for Zuckerberg, Musk and Google has a warning
Former Silicon Valley insider Dex Hunter-Torricke spent years advising some of the most influential figures in tech, from Google and Facebook to SpaceX. Now, the founder of The Center for Tomorrow, he is sounding the alarm about the future being built by the industry he once helped champion. In this episode of Ways to Change…
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Wildfires spread across Europe as heatwave takes hold
The heatwaves and dry weather in Europe have continued to result in wildfires. Some raged through the night in Spain, with ten areas now said to be of high concern.
