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Race to extinguish blazes across Europe as fire weather breaks records
Figures show hot, dry, windy conditions in EU are 43% more severe than the average over last 20 years
Ajit Niranjan
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Saudi Arabia prepares sea and possible land offensive against Houthis
Yemeni sources say Saudis concentrating forces for what could be attack in central Yemen
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
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Russian missile destroys US firm’s Kyiv drone factory
Strike on Terminal Autonomy plant appears to be first time in the war that Moscow has targeted a US defence company
Aram Roston in Washington
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Russia accused of violating Polish airspace after missile explosion near village
Polish PM visits scene of crater thought to have occurred during deadly wave of attacks on Ukraine
Peter Beaumont and agencies
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US hits dozens of targets in Iran overnight as peace efforts under threat
Central Command says strikes aimed at diminishing Iranian military while mediators say talks are continuing
William Christou in Beirut
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Iran’s war with the US is not its only conflict as internal crises mount
Government fears social discontent on ‘most important battlefield’ of economy and livelihoods as war takes its toll amid anti-state dissent
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
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Nato ‘will take all necessary measures’ to defend territory after Russian missile crashes in Poland – as it happened
Polish PM confirms the missile that crashed in Poland was a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile and says he is in touch with EU and US leaders
Jakub Krupa
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Child pedestrian casualties are almost five times higher in England’s worst-off areas
Official figures expose widening gap in road deaths and injuries between poor and wealthy postcodes
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent
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Pope Leo calls himself pontiff who ‘happens to be American’
First US pope says mission is to be pastor of a universal church but expresses ‘great love’ for his home country and its core principles
Angela Giuffrida in Rome
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Europe burns: a visual guide to the wildfires
Ferocious flames continue to rage in parts of France and Spain, with no sign of abating. We chart the destruction in graphics and pictures
Damian Carrington, Lucy Swan, Ana Lucía González Paz, Harvey Symons
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Fifty-three days and counting: 93-year-old leader’s record absence fuels health speculation
Cameroon’s Paul Biya has not made a statement or been seen since leaving for ‘brief private stay’ at Swiss hotel on 7 June
Giovanni Wanneh in Buea and Eromo Egbejule in Accra
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German chancellor chooses pope’s AI encyclical over pacy potboiler as holiday read
With his popularity at a record low, Friedrich Merz packs the papal guide Magnifica humanitas
Deborah Cole in Berlin
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Was Florentine friars’ fatigue-fighting elixir a precursor to Coca-Cola?
Document believed to be from 19th century details recipe using Bolivian coca leaves, kola nuts and wine
Angela Giuffrida in Rome
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Death toll in Japan earthquake rises to 30 as aftershock and heat hamper rescue efforts
Soldiers and emergency teams search damaged shopping centre, paper mill and homes for survivors
Gavin Blair in Tokyo
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Thursday briefing: The UK’s special relationship with the US allows their servicemen to avoid our justice system
In today’s newsletter: With trials held on sealed bases, British victims are left to navigate a justice system they cannot see or understand
Hettie O'Brien
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‘Lenin was an enemy of humanity’: Why Kyiv wants to put Cossack chief statue in place of Soviet leader
Removal of Soviet-era statues sped up when Russia seized Crimea in 2014, and since Putin’s 2022 invasion has moved at pace as Ukrainians question their identity
Luke Harding in Kyiv. Photography by Alessio Mamo
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Artists find creative haven in Côte d’Ivoire’s ‘calm and soothing’ Grand Bassam
Creatives priced out of Abidjan have breathed new life into a city that was hit by a jihadist attack in 2016
Eromo Egbejule in Grand Bassam; photographs by Aïcha Fall
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Bird flu has reached Victoria and more wildlife deaths loom. How bad could it get?
Authorities say local transmission of H5 bird flu virus among South Australian birds signals ‘shift in the situation’
Donna Lu
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Ukraine war briefing: F-16 crashes while chasing Russian air targets
Pilot found safe and taken for medical treatment after ‘malfunction’; Russian drone company chief shot. What we know on day 1,618
Warren Murray and agencies
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Body found in suitcase in Athens is that of 38-year-old British woman
Greek authorities identify remains as those of Elizabeth Jane Ross after discovery in a derelict building 11 days ago
Helena Smith in Athens
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Three firefighters killed on Crete and in mainland Greece as Europe battles wildfires
Repeated heatwaves and strong winds alarm experts, who warn blazes are becoming harder to quell
Ajit Niranjan and Jennifer Rankin
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US-Saudi strikes in Iraq push region into ‘uncharted territory’, analysts warn
Riyadh’s decision to join US in strikes on Iran-backed militia further complicates widening and ‘unpredictable’ war
Peter Beaumont Senior international correspondent
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‘The breath just went out of us’: people return to their homes after wildfires near Madrid
Residents struggle to take in the devastation five days after El Morro was evacuated as fires burned across countryside west of Spanish capital
Sam Jones in Navas del Rey
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Norwegian teenager guilty of travelling to UK to carry out contract killing
Johannes Kongsnes Natland was recruited to murder unknown person by international crime gang linked to Iran
Priya Bharadia