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Britain's Prince Harry is due to arrive back in the UK, but without his wife, Meghan, and two children as had originally been planned

Forced solo trip

Prince Harry arrives in UK amid security spat

Xbox has been through successive rounds of cuts since Microsoft's $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard closed in 2024

Following 15k in 2025

Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs as it revamps Xbox

Folarin Balogun and the USA are aiming for a place in the knockout phase of the World Cup

Amid controversy

Infantino told Trump FIFA disciplinary body is 'independent'

The pressure has ramped up on European politicians to do more since Australia became the first country to ban social media for under-16s

Incompatible with bloc's rules

EU tells France to amend social media ban law

Japanese free agent forward Rui Hachimura has reporedly agreed to terms on a two-year NBA deal with the Los Angeles Clippers

Japanese forward Hachimura signs with Clippers: reports

Perfume bottles created by French glass maker Rene Lalique at the Lalique museum

Jewel whereabouts unknown

Losses from latest French museum heist estimated at 4.5 mln euros

A health ministry worker showing vaccine doses for an immunisation campaign in Guatemala

Refreshed sense of urgency

Jolted by Ebola, countries try again to finish pandemic treaty

Jonathan Anderson, seen here at the Dior show in March, scooped all his rivals with the Swift assignment

Haute Couture week

After designing Taylor Swift's wedding dress, Dior's Anderson returns to catwalk

German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil presented a budget for 2027, with debts and spending set to increase

Criticized for cutting climate action

Big defence spending, aid cuts: German cabinet approves budget

President Donald Trump confirmed he asked FIFA's boss to review a star USA striker's red card -- which has since been suspended

'Didn't think it was a foul'

Trump confirms he asked FIFA boss for review of Balogun red card

The case is the latest to be brought before a European court involving crimes committed in Syria

'Afraid to this day': victim

Austrian court sentences Syrian torturers to 8 years in jail

George Clooney is to get a lifetime achievement award at the Venice film festival

'Tremendous honour'

Clooney to get lifetime award at Venice film festival

Far right Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage could face new questions over gifts after a Sunday Times report about links to a crypto-entrepreneur

Mounting pressure

UK's Farage under the cosh over undeclared finances

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died from poisoning in a Siberian prison camp in 2024

Seven scientists, two labs

Britain sanctions Russian scientists behind chemical attacks

The fires are burning as temperatures rise once again in the heatwave-scarred region

Forced thousands to leave homes

Thousands flee new wave of European wildfires

The Norwegian royal palace released the first image of Princess Mette-Marit after her lung transplant in June

Norway releases first image of crown princess after lung transplant

Gender gap in politics

Debate on maternity leave: How developed countries fail to support pregnant leaders

Japan's Naomi Osaka makes an eye-catching entrance at Wimbledon

Targeting first title

Fashion forward: Osaka targets Wimbledon glory

'Birdman' Rodgers Oloo Magutha has become an internet hit

'I love rescuing birds'

Kenya 'Birdman' is internet hit but worries health officials

Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong (L) and Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto discussed keeping the Strait of Malacca open free of charge

Strait of Malacca

Indonesia, Singapore say key oil passage will remain 'accessible'

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte still enjoys public support, but a guilty verdict could cost her the 2028 race

Philippine Senate opens trial to decide VP Duterte's political future

Bavi was the second 'super typhoon' to hit Guam and the Northern Marianas since April

'We are hanging in there'

Damage but no casualties reported from Pacific super typhoon

The alliance binds Australia and Fiji to come to the other's 'mutual defence'

Australia signs defence alliance with Pacific nation Fiji

Engineers from Springett Elite Services install an air conditioning unit at a residential home in Croydon, south London, on July 1, 2026. A small but growing proportion of British households is embracing air conditioning (AC) to deal with increasingly hot summers. But the trend has attracted criticism, particularly from sustainability experts who argue it should not be the "default answer".

'It can cause a lot of damage'

Experts urge caution as demand grows for AC in heatwave-hit UK

Austrian Mex Mullner, filed his lawsuit against Austria at the European Court of Human Rights (EHCR) in 2021

'The government should do more'

Immobilised by heatwave, handicapped man sues Austria in rights court

The blaze in southwestern France near the town of Perpignan broke out over the weekend

Temperatures to reach 40°C

Thousands flee raging wildfires in southern Europe

Morning Roundup

New heatwave, pepper spray attack, and Super Typhoon Bavi

Jude Bellingham congratulates Harry Kane on England's third goal in the Estadio Azteca which proved decisive

England, Norway advance at World Cup, FIFA ruling triggers uproar

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