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Africa

  • Women wearing brightly coloured prints walk through rows of solar panels.

    Green economy could generate 3.3m jobs across Africa by 2030 – report

    Policymakers and funders are being urged to invest in training a workforce to serve the industries of the future
  • A middle-aged white women standing on a stage talking to an unseen audience

    Doctor behind trial of HIV prevention drug recounts breakthrough moment

  • People search for victims of the second landslide to strike Gofa in south-western Ethiopia on Monday

    Death toll from Ethiopia landslides could reach 500, UN agency says

  • A destroyer tank lies in front of a mosque in a decimated area of Omdurman, Sudan.

    ‘Smoking gun’ evidence points to UAE involvement in Sudan civil war

  • Three people on a beach next to a long wooden fishing boat.

    At least 150 people missing after boat capsizes off coast of Mauritania

  • Empty plates laid out to symbolise the 733.4 million people living with hunger worldwide. The central message in red reads: End the global food crisis now. Round the edge is written: Millions of people have empty plates every day

    Africa to overtake Asia with highest number of hungry people by 2030, says UN

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Americas

  • two police officers outside a court building

    Mexico president calls for ‘transparency’ amid secrecy over Sinaloa cartel arrests

    US announces arrest of two leaders of organised crime group as Mexican authorities say they were in the dark
  • Man in sunglasses and orange shirt waves the Six Nations flag, a red flag with a yellow sun and illustration of a chief in the center, at an outdoor gathering

    Canada owes First Nations billions after making ‘mockery’ of treaty deal, top court rules

  • A woman wearing a black top and white blazer gestures as she speaks

    Alberta premier fights tears over Canada wildfires despite climate crisis denial

  • 'Sinaloa cartel' written on stone in Arizona desert

    Top leaders of powerful Sinaloa drug cartel arrested in Texas

  • Smoke from the wildfire burning near Jasper, Alberta, Canada

    Canadian Rockies town Jasper badly damaged by fast-moving wildfire

  • Cattle on a farm in Para state, Brazil.

    Brazilian rancher ordered to pay $50m for damage to Amazon

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Asia Pacific

  • South Korea’s athletes sailing down the Seine in Friday’s opening ceremony

    IOC ‘deeply apologises’ after South Korean athletes introduced as North Korean

    Olympic Games organisers said they ‘deeply apologise’ for introducing South Korea’s athletes as North Korea during the opening ceremony in Paris
  • A resident walks among debris of destroyed belongings next to her house at a village in Manila

    Weather tracker: Typhoon Gaemi wreaks havoc in Philippines and Taiwan

  • In this photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, aerial survey is conducted by Coast Guard Aviation.

    Typhoon Gaemi: ‘race against time’ to contain massive oil spill in Philippines

  • Deadly violence has erupted in Papua New Guinea, as the result of a dispute over land

    At least 26 killed in Papua New Guinea village attacks, including 16 children

  • A mother and her child sit inside an electric vehicle

    ‘High quality, low price and dizzying variety’: how the Chinese switched to electric cars

  • A New Zealand weka bird

    Reality TV contestant apologises for killing and eating protected New Zealand bird

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Australia

  • Victoria police tape restricts access to a crime scene

    Victoria’s tobacco wars: police investigate suspicious fire that destroyed Melbourne shop

    Firefighters found the building on Bridge Road, Richmond engulfed in flames on Saturday morning
  • Kai McKenzie, before he was attacked by a shark, standing holding a surfboard

    Australian surfer who lost leg in shark attack vows to be back in the water ‘in no time’

  • Federal Oppoisition Leader Peter Dutton

    Coalition has ‘a real chance’ to oust Labor government at next election, Peter Dutton tells party faithful

  • A man in the back of a police van in Liverpool, Sydney, Australia

    Immigration detainee charged over alleged drug ring operating from inside Villawood detention centre

  • An aerial view of the old Kinchela Boys Home outside Kempsey, NSW, Australia

    NSW boys home grounds to be explored after possible ‘clandestine’ human burial sites revealed

  • Mirarr traditional owners make their feelings known outside the Energy Resources of Australia’s annual general meeting in Darwin in April.

    Jabiluka decision ends long-running battle and preserves ‘some of the oldest rock art in the world’

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Europe

  • Céline Dion in an evening dress holding a microphone in her left hand and with her right arm extended

    Why Édith Piaf’s plaintive song was the perfect fit for Céline Dion at Paris Games

    The melody for the first live performance since 2020 by the singer, who has suffered with ill-health, was suitably tragic
  • Viktor Orbán

    Hungary’s PM Viktor Orbán warns EU on path to ‘self-destruction’

  • Georgia's Nino Salukvadze has competed for three different teams at the Olympics

    Georgian shooter Nino Salukvadze becomes first 10-time female Olympian

  • Shafts of light surround the Eiffel Tower during the Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony.

    ‘It was like us – a chaotic mess’: France enjoys Paris Games opening ceremony

  • two people in plane cockpit overlooking cityscape

    Top pilots’ union sounds alarm as regulators consider smaller crew sizes

  • Passengers at the Eurostar terminal at St Pancras station in central London.

    Further Eurostar cancellations hold up Paris 2024 passengers

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Middle East

  • Palestinians run for cover after an Israeli air strike on Khadija school leaves wreckage on the ground and the air filled with smoke

    Wave of Israeli airstrikes kills at least 50 people in Gaza

    Palestinian officials say at least 30 killed in strike on school in Deir al-Balah where thousands were seeking shelter
  • Opening Ceremony - Olympic Games Paris 2024: Day 0<br>PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 26: Athletes of Team Palestine wave flags on the athletes' parade team boat along the River Seine during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

    Palestine Olympic chief: no handshakes with Israelis unless they recognise state

  • A taxi driver cools off in the hot weather in Tehran

    Severe heatwave in Iran forces shops and public institutions to close

  • A Palestinian woman holds her daughter as she walks past the rubble of homes in Khan Younis.

    Israel-Gaza war: dozens killed after Israeli strike on school – as it happened

  • Palestinians flee the eastern area of Khan Younis as Israel’s bombardment begins

    ‘Like judgment day’: evacuees tell of fleeing Israel’s assault on Khan Younis

  • Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant seated in front of Israeli flags during a press conference

    Britain drops its challenge to ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders

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South and Central Asia

  • Protesters clash with guards in the street

    Bangladesh student protests turn into ‘mass movement against a dictator’

    Strength of PM’s crackdown shows her nervousness and that climate of fear is breaking down, say critics
  • Young man with beard turned to one side revealing arm with severe bruising

    Bangladeshi students allege police torture after protests crackdown

  • A crowd of student protesters

    Bangladesh’s top court cuts job quotas that led to deadly student-led protests

  • Soldiers jump down from armoured vehicles by a flyover.

    Bangladesh police given ‘shoot-on-sight’ orders amid national curfew

  • Damaged structure of a burned out building with rubble lying around

    Myanmar junta ‘bombing schools’, with 170 sites hit in past three years – report

  • Anti-quota protesters clash with the police in Dhaka

    National curfew imposed in Bangladesh after student protesters storm prison

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UK

  • the Treasury buildings in Whitehall.

    How bad are Britain’s finances? Key questions and answers on the state of the economy

    Several factors restrict the Labour government’s room for manoeuvre in its agenda for growth, writes Phillip Inman
  • Jude Law as Henry VIII with Alicia Vikander as Catherine Parr.

    Royal stinker: how Henry VIII changed from heroic to hideous on our screens

  • Rachel Reeves

    Rachel Reeves to delay some of Tories’ ‘unfunded’ road and hospital projects

  • Professional dancer Graziano Di Prima holding celebrity partner Zara McDermott.

    Fresh crisis at ‘toxic’ Strictly as ex-staff claim they faced sexualised comments and cruelty

  • A group of people disembark from a Border Force vessel in Dover.

    About 50 people brought to Dover as small boat crossings continue

  • Care workers are among those represented by Migrants at Work

    ‘I never expected this in the UK’: modern slavery expert receives death threat

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US

  • A Black and south Asian woman with shoulder-length brown hair, wearing a beige pantsuit, waves from a tarmac with a black SUV behind her.

    Kamala Harris ‘listening’ to young people on Gaza, says fellow Democrat

    Pramila Jayapal, progressive Seattle representative, makes remarks as young voters remain key to November victory
  • A mostly orange night image with three vehicles with bright headlights visible.

    California governor declares emergency as multiple wildfires rage across state

  • The Nelons on a red carpet in 2018

    Members of US family gospel group the Nelons killed in plane crash

  • JD Vance holds a campaign rally at Radford University on 22 July 2024 in Radford, Virginia.

    From rising star to potential liability: how JD Vance’s fortunes have turned

  • An older white man in a blue suit, white shirt and red tie, speaking and gesturing on a stage.

    Trump tells supporters they won’t have to vote in the future: ‘It’ll be fixed!’

  • A younger Black nurse with long thin braids, wearing a face shield, face mask and rubber gloves gives a shot in the elbow to an older Black woman wearing a red and black facemask and red top.

    Covid surges in US as unequal access plagues vaccination and treatment rates

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