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Dissident Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee dies aged 70
Lam Wing-kee, who defied China by selling material critical of Beijing, passed away after suffering from lung cancer.
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Heavy rain floods Mumbai during intense monsoon spell
Heavy monsoon rains have inundated parts of Mumbai, India's financial capital, causing widespread flooding.
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Germany’s Merz defends NATO spending after Trump calls it ‘ridiculous’
Back and forth over defence spending comes as NATO leaders set to meet in Ankara next week.
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Hottest June on record in France as heatwave deaths rise to alarming levels
The average temperatures on June 24 and 25 this year were the highest ever recorded in the country.
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Yemen’s Houthis threaten Saudi Arabia after alleged airspace intrusion
Houthis say they confronted Saudi planes allegedly trying to stop Iranian civilian aircraft from landing in Sanaa.
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Ukrainian suspect hunted by police after Monaco bomb attack was 'disguised as a man'
Officials believe the suspect may not have acted alone and spent days casing out the scene of the attack.
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Instagram running ads promoting child sexual abuse material in India, BBC finds
The ads use terms including “rape” and “child video” and link to content on the messaging app Telegram.
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German row over plan for workers to need sick note on first day of illness
A doctors' group says it "borders on madness" that patients will have to obtain the note in person.
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Why is the UK mired in a maternity and neonatal deaths scandal?
An inquiry found that more than 500 mothers and babies either came to harm or died due to poor care.
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Gaza sports community pledges to continue legacy of killed goalkeeper
Slain seeking cooking gas, Gaza goalkeeper Saleem al-Ashqar joins more than 1,000 Palestinian athletes killed in war.
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Mourners bury victims of Damascus cafe bombing with six lawyers among dead
Syrian Bar Association mourns six lawyers amid international condemnation of Thursday's attack in Damascus.
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Election wins prove pro-Palestine US campus protests didn’t fail: Activists
With Columbia University set to be represented in Congress by former protester, advocates see 'new wave of hope'.
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Osaka defeats Kasatkina to make Wimbledon round of 16
Four-time grand slam winner continues to impress at SW19, losing only four games to Daria Kasatkina in round three.
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US withdraws troops from Nigeria after Islamic State mission
The US said the joint operation, which began in December last year, was a success.
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Russia’s advance collapses in Ukraine, ‘40,000’ troops killed in June
Ukraine's long-range strikes hit targets in Russia, where anxiety is rising.
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'Most massive' Russian attack on Kyiv kills at least 20
Kyiv's mayor declares a day of mourning after the major drone and missile attack on the Ukrainian capital.
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Residents of Ethiopian town forced to kill hundreds of their own dogs after rabies deaths
Some residents reluctantly hung their dogs to avoid being arrested or fined, locals tell the BBC.
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UK’s Starmer apologises for the state’s role in decades of forced adoptions
UK government and Christian churches oversaw system that separated 185,000 babies from their mothers from 1949 to 1976.
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The US deported them to Venezuela - hours later earthquakes struck
They landed on Flight 164 just before the twin quakes. Family members are desperately searching for them.
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Who is Iranian oil tycoon Shamkhani whose ship is stranded in Hormuz?
Iranian oil shipping magnate Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani has been sanctioned by the West over his shadow fleet.
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Venezuela quake survivor pulled out alive after eight days
Hernán Gil was trapped under a collapsed multi-storey car park, and encouraged them as they inched closer to him.
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Cheers and applause as security guard rescued from rubble
Emergency workers managed to free Hernán Gil more than 100 hours after they had first located him under 140 tonnes of rubble.
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Man City sign Elliot Anderson from Forest in record British transfer
Anderson will become the most expensive British player in history when the transfer is finalised with Nottingham Forest.
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With Hormuz reopened, has the oil shortage turned into a glut?
As flow resumes through the strait, an oil surplus may yet again destabilise global energy markets.
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