13 h. ago Beaches packed as Wales on course for hottest day of the year

People across the country are headed to the beach to soak up the rays

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39 h. ago Police warn 'do not snitch' as hosepipe bans come into force for 34C heatwave

Hosepipe bans have come into force in parts of the country today after several months of dry weather - but people are being told not to call the police if neighbours break the rules

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59 h. ago Bangladesh’s ousted Sheikh Hasina charged with crimes against humanity

Former leader, who is in hiding in India, indicted over deadly crackdown on anti-government protests last yearBangladesh’s ousted leader Sheikh Hasina has been formally charged with crimes against humanity after being accused of ordering a deadly crackdown against anti-government protests last year that left more than 1,400 people dead.Hasina, who fled the country on 5 August last year, was charged in absentia by a three-judge panel on Thursday. She remains in hiding in neighbouring India and has ignored formal requests for her to return. Continue reading...

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67 h. ago Outlook is down! Users unable to access emails due to login and server connection problems

It is an email service used by millions of people around the country. But Microsoft Outlook now appears to be down in an outage affecting thousands of Britons.

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68 h. ago Zelenskyy urges west to hit Russia with sanctions after huge attack on Kyiv

Ukrainian president wants allies to speed up action against Putin after two killed in second night of major strikesVolodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Ukraine’s allies to speed up imposing new sanctions on Russia after another huge wave of strikes on his country’s capital killed two people and left more wounded.“Sanctions must be imposed faster, and pressure on Russia must be strong enough that they truly feel the consequences of their terror,” the Ukrainian president said on social media. Ukraine’s air defence force said Moscow sent 400 drones and 18 missiles across the country in the early hours. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago ‘One too many’: rapper’s arrest sparks protests against Togo’s ruling dynasty

At least 10 people killed and 100 young people arrested since protests began in west African country in JuneOn the night last month that he and 34 other young people were arrested in the Togolese capital, Lomé, for coordinating an anti-government demonstration, Bertin Bandiangou said gendarmes beat him with ropes and slapped him. The next morning he was tortured while a commanding officer filmed proceedings.He was lucky to get out alive: at least 10 people have been killed by security officials since protests began in June calling for the resignation of the small west African country’s president, Faure Gnassingbé. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Accelerated glacial melt and monsoon rains trigger deadly floods in Pakistan

Record temperatures and seasonal downpours raise fears of a repeat of the devastating flooding in 2022Glaciers across northern Pakistan have been melting at an accelerated pace as a result of record-breaking summer temperatures, leading to deadly flash flooding and landslides.The floods and heavy monsoon rains have caused devastation across the country this summer, killing at least 72 people and injured more than 130 since the rains began in late June. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago The Spin | Dear cycling: a letter and a warning from cricket’s golden free

The last Tour de France on ITV is a stark reminder of the final terrestrial Test summerDear cycling, hello from 2005. It’s dusty back here, piles of unloved pagers, a cityscape of VHS towers and chest freezers packed with turkey twizzlers.It’s been a strange sort of summer – switchbacking in mood. On 6 July, London won the rights to hold the 2012 Olympics, a last-minute heist from under the Parisian nose; the next day terrorists murdered 57 people on the London transport network. The country was in a state of high alert, but the Australian cricket team, who had landed in early June, stayed to play in the Ashes. I’ll always be grateful for that decision – it turned out to be not only our last summer, but also our greatest. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Texas floods: more than 100 people dead and at least 161 still missing

Texas governor Greg Abbott said many people staying in state’s Hill Country still unaccounted for as questions mount over official response to disasterRescue crews continued on Tuesday to comb through parts of the Texas Hill Country devastated by catastrophic flash flooding over the Fourth of July weekend, but with more than 100 dead and hope fading for survivors, efforts have increasingly turned to search and recovery.As of Tuesday afternoon, the death toll across the six affected counties surpassed 100. Most of the deaths were in Kerr county, where officials said 87 bodies had so far been recovered, including 56 adults and 30 children. Identification was pending for 19 adults and seven children with one additional person still unidentified, county sheriff Larry Leitha told a news conference. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Inside Kondengui prison: ground zero of Cameroon’s war on dissent

Thousands have been detained and tortured in the Yaoundé jail as Paul Biya, 92, seeks to keep his grip on powerIn the visitors’ area in the courtyard of Kondengui maximum security prison, French-dubbed Nollywood films play on a TV as inmates and their guests hug each other and laugh. The green, red and yellow flag of Cameroon flutters above.The happy picture in this corner of Cameroon’s capital, Yaoundé, belies the prison’s dark status as ground zero of Paul Biya’s five-decade crackdown on dissent in the central African country. Thousands of people have been detained and tortured here as Biya, who turned 92 this year, seeks to keep Cameroon under his grip. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Photos of search crews racing against time as Texas flood deaths near 90

Crews search for victims of flooding that has killed almost 90 people in Texas Hill Country, with the risk of more flooding still high in central parts of the state. Authorities said Monday that the death toll was sure to rise.

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5 d. ago Bolsonaro wanted to exterminate us, claims Indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire

Kayapó chief tells in memoir of seeing former president in his dreams and of warning Lula not to repeat past mistakesBrazil’s most revered Indigenous leader, Raoni Metuktire, has said he believes that one of the former president Jair Bolsonaro’s goals while in office was to “exterminate” the country’s Indigenous peoples.According to the Kayapó chief, the far-right populist “encouraged invasions, mining and deforestation” in order to hand Indigenous lands over to the kubẽ (non-Indigenous people). Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Desperate search for missing girls from summer camp after Texas floods kill at least 24

Heavy rains have caused devastating flash floods in Texas Hill Country, killing at least 24 people and leaving many others missing

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8 d. ago People's Postcode Lottery results: The winning streets for June 28 to July 4

Many people across the country have won the Postcode Lottery in the last seven days

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9 d. ago UK's best town is sandwiched between two of the country's most beautiful cities

The quaint market town of Wetherby, in West Yorkshire, has been named one of the best towns across the country - and it's no wonder why people love it so much

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1 week ago UK tops all other countries in Europe for boozing with one key reason why people drink

A new survey has found that the UK has the highest number of people who drink alcohol at least once a week than any other country in Europe, with one key reason why people drink emerging

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1 week ago Iran raises death toll from war with Israel to more than 900

Iran has raised the official death toll for its war with Israel, with official media reporting 935 people were killed in the country during the 12-day conflict

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1 week ago ‘Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisis

Unusually aggressive lone star ticks, common in the south-east, are spreading to areas previously too cold for themBlood-sucking ticks that trigger a bizarre allergy to meat in the people they bite are exploding in number and spreading across the US, to the extent that they could cover the entire eastern half of the country and infect millions of people, experts have warned.Lone star ticks have taken advantage of rising temperatures by the human-caused climate crisis to expand from their heartland in the south-east US to areas previously too cold for them, in recent years marching as far north as New York and even Maine, as well as pushing westwards. Continue reading...

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1 week ago 10 reasons Scotland is the best country in the world from its food to its people

Nowhere is perfect, but there are a lot of things that make Scotland special.

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2 w. ago US woman living in the UK reveals what Americans REALLY think about Britons

Maxine, a US native currently living and working in North Yorkshire, took to TikTok to share what people in her home country really think of the British.

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