Your cheat sheet to the teams headed to the World Cup semi-finals
We're at the final stretch of the World Cup. It feels like just yesterday, international fans were arriving in the U.S.…
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Polish-Ukrainian solidarity over Russian threat undermined by bitter historical dispute
Kyiv’s decision to honour second world war fighters who killed about 100,000 Poles has revived simmering tensionsIn the…
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Could it work if Verstappen wanted to go to McLaren? F1 Q&A
BBC Sport F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your latest questions before the Belgian Grand Prix at…
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France hopes to send ‘strategic signal’ about Europe’s renewed military focus at Bastille Day celebrations – Europe live
Many leaders from the ‘Coalition of the Willing’ stayed overnight in Paris to attend the parade, which will be Emmanuel…
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Why it's time for The Open to crown an English winner
It is nearly 60 years since Tony Jacklin became the last Englishman to win The Open on English soil but there's every…
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Sale of multimillion-dollar T rex skeleton is big headache for scientists
Palaeontologists warn before auction at Sotheby’s in New York that super-rich collectors are harming researchWith its…
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Free school meal pupils falling further behind their peers, report warns
The Education Policy Institute says the new prime minister should target the issue with "laser-like focus".
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Increased security for England and Argentina tie
Authorities say there will be increased security measures in place for Wednesday's World Cup semi-final between England…
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LGBTQ+ pop-up in former Sydney church ordered by landlord to cancel events after religious protest
Landlord of deconsecrated building sends notice of breach to Divine Playhouse, claiming it ‘insulted and mocked’…
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With US-Iran trust broken again, can Pakistan bring them back to talks?
Islamabad is still urging dialogue, but analysts say it has few tools to halt the latest round of US-Iran escalation.
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Death toll from a Bangkok music bar fire rises to 30, dozens remain in hospital
More than 70 people were injured, with 24 of them still in critical condition, according to a statement by the Bangkok…
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‘We are dying little by little here’: asylum seekers at mercy of Home Office hotel closures
Legal challenges launched over accommodation ‘adequacy’ as UK government closes more asylum hotelsHuda and her two…
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Why is India blocking film on a man who counted Punjab insurgency killings?
Satluj, based on life and murder of rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, is still finding its audience despite the ban.
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Ed Husic tells Labor to get tougher on AI companies as letting them self-regulate ‘doomed to fail’
Labor MP also says watering down copyright rules is ‘going against the ethos’ of his partyThe Labor MP Ed Husic says…
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Tuesday briefing: The law that Hillsborough built – and the bitter final battle to get it through
In today’s newsletter: A new law criminalising public bodies and officials that lie to the British public is expected…
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Universities not doing enough to deal with protests and ‘highly personal’ attacks, antisemitism royal commission hears
Royal commission on antisemitism and social cohesion hears from professor whose office was occupied by protesters…
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Bangkok bar fire: death toll reaches 30 as police investigate negligence as ‘primary theory’
Bar owner in Thailand offers ‘deepest apologies for this tragic incident’ as police investigate whether exits were…
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‘Beijing is laughing’ at US-Mexico-Canada stalled trade talks
A US trade expert says the US, Mexico, and Canada need to hold trilateral talks to get a cross-border trade deal signed.
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All the goals that fired France to semi-finals
Watch every goal scored by France on their way to the 2026 World Cup semi-finals and a mouth-watering tie against Spain.
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Time for Lamine Yamal to ignite? Or another Mbappe World Cup masterclass?
France face Spain for a place in the World Cup final on Tuesday, meaning a showdown between Kylian Mbappe and Lamine…
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Teenager left with life-threatening injuries after alleged stabbing at Brisbane school
Queensland police arrest a 16-year-old boy after an alleged altercation with a 17-year-old boy at Islamic College of…
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Trump threatens to attack ‘Pickaxe Mountain’ a nuclear facility inside Ira
US President Donald Trump is threatening to attack a heavily-fortified underground nuclear facility in Iran
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Brazil court bars Bolsonaro’s son from visiting ex-president for 90 days
Top court bars former President Jair Bolsonaro's son from visiting his father under house arrest over social media…
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Houthis: Saudi airport targeted in retaliation for strikes on Sanaa airport
Yemen's Houthis say they struck Saudi Arabia's Abha airport in retaliation for a strike on Sanaa’s…