Liverpool flood deaths: Two dead after driving car into floodwater
Passersby fought to help them when they saw they were in trouble, but they were later pronounced dead.
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Afghanistan: Taliban ban women from visiting popular national park
4 hours ago About sharing Band-e-Amir, seen here in May this year, was Afghanistan’s first national park By Antoinette Radford BBC News The Taliban government have banned women from visiting the Band-e-Amir national park in Bamiyan province. Afghanistan’s acting minister of virtue and vice, Mohammad Khaled Hanafi, said women had not been observing hijab inside…
P&O Britannia cruise ship crashes during Mallorca storms
34 minutes ago About sharing Cruise ship and freight ship collide amid storm in Mallorca A cruise ship broke free from moorings and collided with a freight vessel during a storm in Mallorca, Spain. Passengers on Britannia, a P&O Cruises ship based in Southampton, described “being pushed ashore by tugs whilst confined to our cabins”…
Spain FA activates sexual violence policy after Hermoso kiss
An internal investigation has been launched by Spain’s football federation after its sexual violence protocol was activated. Federation president Luis Rubiales has been suspended by Fifa after kissing forward Jenni Hermoso on the lips after Spain’s Women’s World Cup win. Hermoso, 33, has said the kiss after last Sunday’s game was not consensual. Maria Dolores…
Prigozhin and Putin: How a 25-year friendship turned ugly
11 hours ago About sharing “I had known Prigozhin for a very long time, since the 1990s,” Vladimir Putin recalled this week By Andrei Goryanov BBC Russian Theirs was a relationship borne out of the murky world where Russia’s state security services mingled with the criminal underworld. While Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner military company grew into…
Fukushima: No detectable radioactivity found in sea after water released, Japan says
Tokyo seeks to reassure neighbours about the release of treated water from the damaged nuclear plant.
Three US marines killed in Australia helicopter crash
Five more have been taken to hospital in a serious condition, US officials say.
Wilko: New bid emerges for stricken retail chain
A private equity firm makes a £90m bid for the business and pledges to retain all jobs for two years.
Nadine Dorries resigns: Labour and Lib Dems gear up for by-election battle
7 minutes ago About sharing Nadine Dorries has not spoken in the House of Commons for more than a year By Thomas Mackintosh BBC News Labour and the Liberal Democrats are vying to snap up Nadine Dorries’ seat in a by-election this autumn, triggered after she quit on Saturday. The two parties ruled out any…
Trump campaign raises $7.1m following historic Georgia mugshot
Merchandise bearing the ex-president’s scowling face at his arrest on Thursday is flying off the shelves.