Sinner beats Alcaraz to win Wimbledon 2025 Grand Slam title
Top seed Sinner defeats Alcaraz 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in the final to win his first Wimbledon and fourth Grand Slam title.
German defence minister calls on arms makers to deliver – Financial Times
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Wildfires destroy historic lodge on Grand Canyon’s North Rim, park says
Grand Canyon Lodge consumed by two wildfires that have burned more than 45,000 acres in area
The historic Grand Canyon Lodge on the monument’s North Rim has been destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire, the park said on Sunday. The blaze has forced officials to close access to that area for the season.
The Grand Canyon Lodge, the only lodging inside the park at the North Rim, was consumed by the flames, park superintendent Ed Keable told park residents, staff and others in a meeting Sunday morning. He said the visitor center, the gas station, a waste water treatment plant, an administrative building and some employee housing also were lost.
Continue reading...Women who run with bulls at Pamplona’s San Fermín festival in minority – Euronews.com
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- Trump lashes Putin as he confirms Patriot Missiles for Ukraine MSN
Former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari dies aged 82 in London
Leader who ousted Goodluck Jonathan in 2015 three decades after brief stint as military ruler dies after ‘prolonged illness’
Nigeria’s former president Muhammadu Buhari, who led Africa’s most populous country from 2015 to 2023 and was the first Nigerian president to oust an incumbent through the ballot box, died in London on Sunday, a presidential spokesperson has said.
President Bola Tinubu’s spokesperson said in a post on X: “President Buhari died today in London at about 4.30pm [1530 GMT], following a prolonged illness.”
Continue reading...‘Humanitarian city’ would be concentration camp for Palestinians, says former Israeli PM
Ehud Olmert says forcing people into camp would be ethnic cleansing, and anger at Israel over Gaza war is not all down to antisemitism
The “humanitarian city” Israel’s defence minister has proposed building on the ruins of Rafah would be a concentration camp, and forcing Palestinians inside would be ethnic cleansing, Israel’s former prime minister Ehud Olmert has told the Guardian.
Israel was already committing war crimes in Gaza and the West Bank, Olmert said, and construction of the camp would mark an escalation.
Continue reading...Several dead in clashes in predominantly Druze Syrian city
Authorities send forces to de-escalate the situation after fighting breaks out between Bedouins and Druze.
ICE Plans to Ramp Up Deporting Immigrants to Countries Other Than Their Own – Rolling Stone
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- Trump Administration Poised to Ramp Up Deportations to Distant Countries The New York Times
- "Six Hour Notice, No Safety Assurance": Inside America's New Deportation Plan NDTV
- ICE may deport migrants to countries other than their own with just six hours notice, memo says Reuters
Syria signs $800m Tartous port deal with UAE firm DP World
'Syria possesses valuable assets,' says DP World’s CEO, highlighting the country’s economic potential.
Hungary’s oldest library is fighting to save 100,000 books from a beetle infestation – NBC News
Watch: Was Lady Gaga’s Rio concert really attended by 2.1m people?
BBC Verify looks at a claim from Rio de Janeiro officials that the pop star's beach gig drew huge numbers.
“There is Something Very Different Going on Here”: Archaeologists Keep Finding Gigantic Shoes at This 2000-Year-Old Roman Site – The Debrief
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Why does Israel want to prolong the war on Gaza?
Israeli columnist Gideon Levy says Israel has ‘no clue’ about dealing with Gaza, besides ongoing death and destruction.
Former Nigerian leader Muhammadu Buhari dies aged 82
The former military ruler was "converted" to democracy and won the historic 2015 elections.
Forbes: Ukraine’s drone swarms beat Russia—now the US needs satellite swarms before China does – Euromaidan Press
- Forbes: Ukraine’s drone swarms beat Russia—now the US needs satellite swarms before China does Euromaidan Press
- A Never-Ending Supply of Drones Has Frozen the Front Lines in Ukraine The Wall Street Journal
- How drones and video-game techniques are coming together in Ukraine’s war The Economist
- Ukraine Turns to Fishing Nets to Catch Russian Drones The New York Times
- Kyiv to allocate $6.2 million to drone interceptor program Reuters
Trump wants to ‘remake’ Fema, not eliminate it, Kristi Noem says
Noem says president’s response to Texas floods shows how he wants to change US disaster relief agency to help states
Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, said on Sunday that Donald Trump wants to have the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) “remade” instead of eradicated entirely.
In a new interview on Sunday with NBC, Noem defended the Trump administration’s response to the deadly Texas floods that have killed at least 120 people, saying: “I think the president recognizes that Fema should not exist the way that it always has been. It needs to be redeployed in a new way, and that’s what we did during this response.”
Continue reading...‘Serious incident’ at Southend airport after small plane crashes
Emergency services at the scene after Beechcraft B200 aircraft involved in collision at about 4pm on Sunday
A small passenger plane has crashed after taking off in Essex.
The Beechcraft B200 aircraft crashed at about 4pm on Sunday, soon after taking off from Southend airport, and was seen in flames with dark smoke billowing from it, according to photos circulating on social media.
Continue reading...Bishops call on UK government to take action over West Bank settler violence
Senior Church of England clerics want ministers to intensify sanctions and be willing to suspend Israeli trade agreement
Four senior Church of England bishops have called on the UK government to intensify the use of sanctions and to be willing to suspend its trade agreement with Israel over settler violence in the occupied West Bank.
The situation there is “in freefall with increasing levels of settler violence and intimidation against Palestinians”, the bishops say in a letter to the Guardian. The settlers are acting with impunity, they add. “Settler violence is state violence by any other name.”
Continue reading...Gaza officials say children killed in strike as Israeli military admits ‘error’
Six children waiting for water are among those killed in an Israeli air strike, emergency service officials say.
Gaza officials say children killed in strike as Israeli military admits ‘error’
Six children waiting for water are among those killed in an Israeli air strike, emergency service officials say.