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Wildfires rage in Spain and Portugal as heatwave continues
Thousands of firefighters battled huge blazes in Spain and Portugal on Saturday, as parts of southern Europe remained gripped by a heatwave. Spain’s national weather agency Aemet said that temperatures had exceeded 44C in several places on Saturday and warned of a very high risk of fires across “practically the entire country”. More than than…
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Trump shifts ceasefire position ahead of Zelensky talks
Getty Images Donald Trump has said he wants to bypass a ceasefire in Ukraine to move directly to a permanent peace agreement after his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. In a major shift of position, the US president said on Truth Social following Friday’s summit that this would be “the best way to end…
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Gazan woman flown to Italy dies of malnutrition
A Gazan woman who was evacuated to Italy for treatment while severely emaciated has died in hospital. The 20-year-old, who was identified as Marah Abu Zuhri, flew to Pisa with her mother on an overnight flight on Wednesday under a scheme set up by the Italian government. The University Hospital of Pisa said that she…
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Hurricane Erin rapidly intensifies to category five storm
Hurricane Erin has rapidly intensified into a category five hurricane, packing maximum sustained winds of 160mph (260km/h). National Hurricane Center Director Mike Brennan told a briefing that the “extremely powerful” storm had “explosively deepened and intensified” overnight after growing from tropical storm strength on Friday. Erin is expected to pass north of the Leeward Islands,…
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Trump’s ceasefire pivot will have caused dismay in Kyiv
Paul Adams BBC Diplomatic Correspondent Getty Images Zelensky and Trump will meet on Monday No deal in Alaska. It was always the most likely and, in the absence of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, perhaps the most desirable outcome. But US President Donald Trump’s pivot away from the need for an immediate ceasefire, which he said…
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‘The world is behaving irrationally’
Joel Gunter Reporting from Kyiv EPA Donald Trump welcomes Vladimir Putin to Alaska with a red carpet and a warm handshake Ukrainians went to bed on Friday night with the frightening possibility that Donald Trump could be seduced by Vladimir Putin into offering significant concessions on the war. They woke up on Saturday morning to…
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Indian trials debunk sweet myths
Soutik Biswas BBC News, London Mansi Thapliyal There are over 1,000 varieties of mango grown in India As summer sweeps across India, one of the most common questions a leading Mumbai-based diabetologist hears from his patients is: “Can I eat mangoes?” “Mangoes, with their rich sweetness and diverse varieties, are a staple of Indian summers,…
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What summit means for Trump, Putin and Ukraine
Watch: How the Trump-Putin summit unfolded in 82 seconds US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have left Alaska without reaching an agreement for a ceasefire in Ukraine. After an almost three-hour meeting, the leaders delivered a joint statement to the media before leaving without taking questions. Three BBC correspondents who are…
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Macron vows justice after tree memorial for murdered Jew cut down
Getty Images French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged that every effort will be made to track down and punish the person who cut down a tree commemorating a murdered Jew. The memorial tree was planted 14 years ago to honour Ilan Halimi, who was tortured and murdered by a Paris gang in 2006, sparking widespread…
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Trump and Putin leave Alaska with no deal reached in Ukraine talks
Jake Lapham BBC News in Anchorage Watch: How the Trump-Putin summit unfolded in 82 seconds US President Donald Trump has left Alaska without a deal to end the war in Ukraine, following a high-stakes meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. “There’s no deal until there’s a deal,” Trump told the world’s media following the…