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Romano Floriani Mussolini, the great-grandson of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, came off the bench to help Cremonese defeat Sassuolo 3-2 in his Serie A debut on Friday. Introduced with eight minutes remaining, 22-year-old Floriani Mussolini earned the penalty from which Manuel de Luca struck the winner for the newly promoted side, who went top of…

Will GrantBBC Mexico correspondent, Mexico City Getty Images The protesters say locals are being priced out of central Mexico City The timing of the first of several recent anti-gentrification protests in Mexico City was no coincidence – 4 July, US Independence Day. Demonstrators gathered in Parque México in Condesa district – the epicentre of gentrification…

Tiffanie Turnbull and Ottilie MitchellBBC News, Sydney Getty Images A huge search is under way in Australia for a heavily armed fugitive who allegedly shot two police officers Even in Australia, Porepunkah is a town few would have heard of before this week. Fewer still could pronounce it. Nestled at the base of densely wooded…

The White House is defending Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr after a chaotic week at the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) that led to calls for his removal. On Friday, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller called Kennedy, also known as RFK Jr, “a crown jewel of this administration”. Earlier this…

Khanyisile NgcoboBBC News in Johannesburg Media 24 / Gallo Images The death of a much-loved star is normally followed by an outpouring of grief, but in South Africa last week’s loss of 75-year-old actress Nandi Nyembe also came with an outpouring of anger. People were distressed that in the last months of her life an…

Ana FaguyBBC News, Washington DC and Nardine SaadBBC News, Los Angeles Watch: “Please give me an invite” – Young Americans react to Taylor Swift’s engagement Jaws dropped and phones lit up around the world earlier this week as Taylor Swift and American football player Travis Kelce announced their engagement. Fans of the singer and professional…

An extensive earthen wall is being built around the besieged Sudanese city of el-Fasher and is intended to trap people inside, according to research from Yale University. From satellite images, the university’s Humanitarian Research Lab has identified more than 31km (19 miles) of “berms” – as the raised banks are known – constructed since May…

Soutik BiswasIndia correspondent Getty Images Modi and President Xi have met more than a dozen times since 2014 “This is a time for us to engage America, manage China, cultivate Europe, reassure Russia, bring Japan into play, draw neighbours in, extend the neighbourhood and expand traditional constituencies of support,” Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar wrote…

A US appeals court has ruled that most tariffs issued by US President Donald Trump are illegal, setting up a potential legal showdown that could upend his foreign policy agenda. The ruling affects Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs, imposed on most countries around the world, as well as other tariffs slapped on China, Mexico and Canada. In…

Jessica LawrenceBBC News NI NPH International Gena Heraty was among several people taken in Kenscoff, near Haiti’s capital The family of kidnapped missionary Gena Heraty in Haiti have said they are “relieved beyond words” at her release. Ms Heraty, who is originally from Westport in County Mayo, is the director of an orphanage in Haiti,…