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American singer Carly Simon, seen here attending the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, says she has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease

Singer Carly Simon diagnosed with Parkinson's: statement

Dozens of aircraft are flying fire-dousing missions over the blazes in Spain

Raging wildfires

Spain races to contain blazes before new heatwave

Regional train incident

Sixteen-year-old girl sexually assaulted on train near Trier

One woman died and 29 others were wounded in the attack in Berlin

Deadly vehicle and machete attack

German govt vows to toughen laws after jihadist attack on Pride event

France has evacuated thousands from tourist areas

Human-caused climate change

What are 'fire clouds', the ominous phenomenon seen in France?

Flooding from heavy monsoon rains inundated villages in eastern Pakistan

109 deaths since June

Flooding forces residents to flee homes by boat in Pakistan

Unknown identity and motive

Paris police arrest man who wounded three women with knives

A 55 metre high statue of the Virgin Mary in the Polish village of Konotopie will be the biggest in Europe

Potential pilgrimage hotspot

Polish village puts faith in Europe's tallest Virgin Mary statue

The maker of the 911 sports car has seen profits collapse due to plunging sales in China, where home-made electric vehicles now dominate, as well as US tariffs and a costly decision to hit the brakes on its troubled electric transition

Cost-cutting measures

German sports carmaker Porsche to cut 5,000 jobs by 2035

Fire trucks were hard at work in the area of Marcheprime southwest of Bordeaux

Slightly less active

Farmers help battle French forest inferno before new heatwave

Temperatures reached 50C in overcrowded prisons in Italy's southern Puglia region

'Structural and persistent situation'

Heat, overcrowding, pushes Italian prison guard union to sue

South Africa has experienced periodic outbreaks of anti-migrant violence

Mounting pressure

South Africa's Ramaphosa calls for African action on migration

Zelensky is expected to renew calls to boost defence spending as both Moscow and Kyiv intensify drone and missile strikes

'Unwavering support' for Kyiv

Zelensky in UK for first meeting with Burnham

British TV personality and conservationist Bill Oddie holds an ivory tusk and carvings next to a crusher in central London in February 2014, during an event involving the public destruction of ivory

'Multi-talented celebrity'

UK TV comedy star and naturalist Bill Oddie dies at 85

German anatomist Gunther von Hagens poses next to one of his Body World exhibits in London in 2018

Preserving human remains

German creator of 'Body Worlds' anatomy exhibits dead at 81

More than 1,000 people visited the mountainous battle site in Guizhou province to relive a historic battle

Historic battle

Explosions, red flags: Chinese tourists reenact communist victory

Protesters demonstrate in Manila as Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos delivers his State of the Nation Address in the House of Representatives

National energy emergency

Philippines' Marcos says 'perhaps time to revisit nuclear energy'

Gianni Infantino launched a robust defence of FIFA's handling of the World Cup

Long open letter

Infantino slams World Cup critics for 'spreading hate'

Pallas's cat kittens, a species considered to be the world's oldest living feline, are seen in their enclosure at Kobe Animal Kingdom

One of the oldest living cat species

'Grumpy' Pallas kittens on display at Japan zoo

A firefighter walks on a road on the edge of a burning area in Ares in France on July 26, 2026

Shelters overflowing

France, Spain race to contain 'monster' fires ahead of new heatwave

One Nation party leader Pauline Hanson has in recent months emerged as one of Australia's most popular politicians

Popular politician

Far-right Australian politician loses appeal in racism case

Since the latest outbreak

Ebola cases pass 3,000 in Democratic Republic of the Congo

'Mallorca at breaking point'

Thousands protest against mass tourism in Mallorca

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi on his way to 81 against Zimbabwe in the third T20 in Harare

Youngest player to represent India

Laxman hails 'very mature' Sooryavanshi, 15, after series win

Police statement

At least two dead in shooting near Seattle's Space Needle

Weather forecasters warn another heatwave could hit France from Tuesday

Uphill struggle

France, Spain battle 'monster' wildfires with more heat on the way

Smoking aesthetics once again are enjoying an aura of cool

Concern among anti-smoking advocates

Make smoking cool again? Pop culture reboots the vice

Vessels transit the Bab el-Mandeb Strait off the coast of southern Yemen on July 25, 2026

Iran halts strikes as Trump gives space to talks

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