At least 28 killed, 25 critically injured after fire engulfs Bangkok bar
Firefighters arrived at the scene in the Chatuchak district to find patrons running through flames to escape.
Mitch McConnell releases health update, says he is ‘regaining’ strength
The US Republican senator has been absent from Congress during a weeks-long hospitalisation, spurring party concern.
New era for Gibraltar with removal of 118-year-old border controls with Spain
It is hoped that free movement between the UK territory and Spain will provide an economic boost.
Disney’s live-action Moana fails to make a splash at box office with underwhelming opening
Latest film in franchise takes just $43m in North America and $95m globally, against a $250m budget
The Walt Disney Company’s live-action remake of Moana may be the No 1 movie at the North American box office but it did not make a big splash in its first weekend in theaters.
The movie, which cost a reported $250m (£187m, A$360m) to produce, earned just $43m from ticket sales in the US and Canada, according to studio estimates on Sunday.
Continue reading...Thousands may have died in UK’s exceptional May and June heatwaves – BBC
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- How extreme heat affects the body – and the best ways to cope New Scientist
- Our climate change casualties The Ecologist
- Met Office: Thousands of deaths during recent heatwaves caused by climate change BusinessGreen
US launches new wave of strikes against Iran, aimed at ‘degrading’ military
Sunday's attacks follow three previous days of tit-for-tat strikes between Iran and US as a June ceasefire deal frays.
Lindsey Graham tributes from Israel and Ukraine point to complicated, often bloody legacy
Republican senator, who died Saturday, had a global reach few could rival and was vital in shaping Trump’s worldview
It was revealing that one of the first tributes to Lindsey Graham, a US senator who died on Saturday aged 71, came from Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s national security minister, a far-right provocateur who recently caused widespread anger by sharing footage of himself taunting bound activists who had been trying to sail to Gaza with aid.
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, was not far behind, calling Graham a “great friend of Israel and a cherished friend of mine”, and he was quickly followed by Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who described him as “a true defender of freedom and the values that make our world safer”.
Continue reading...US senator and close Trump ally Lindsey Graham dies after ‘brief and sudden illness’
A spokesman for the 71-year-old South Carolina senator says initial findings suggest Graham's cause of death was related to his heart.
Detained by settlers, US Democrat Ro Khanna now faces pro-Israel attacks
Progressive congressman accuses Israeli military of 'lying' after settlers held up his van in the occupied West Bank.
Israel releases video of huge detonations in Lebanon
The Israeli military has released video showing huge explosions and detonations in villages in southern Lebanon.
Deadly Israeli strikes pound Gaza
Israel’s military has attacked several places across Gaza.
Israel to hold national elections on October 27, parliament says
Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving prime minister, has confirmed that he will run for office again.
Protest on London’s Tower Bridge demands release of Dr Hussam Abu Safia
Pro-Palestine activists unfurled a giant Palestinian flag and a banner on London's Tower Bridge.
Lindsey Graham, hardline backer of US-Israeli wars, dies aged 71
US senator Lindsey Graham, a key ally of Israel and one of Washington’s most prominent foreign policy hawks, has died.
The man who changed the Arab world
Former Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has died at age 74.
‘His blood is on Trump’s hands’: man killed by ICE in Texas mourned at vigil
Fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Texas builder, renews outcry against Trump’s immigration crackdown
The builder got up every morning long before dawn, left home to pick up his construction crew and then headed out to work on yet another house somewhere across the sprawl of Houston.
Fourteen hours later, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo would return to the wife he’d met as a teenager in Mexico and the modest house he’d built for his family on the city’s east side.
Continue reading...Fire engulfs popular Bangkok pub, killing 27 people and injuring 63
Footage shared online by first responders showed a huge blaze raging in the Na Ladprao pub.
UK couple found burned and semi-conscious in Almería amid Spanish wildfires
Pair airlifted to hospital in two-hour rescue operation after Guardia Civil searched area for survivors
A British couple have been found badly burned and semi-conscious in a Spanish ravine amid deadly wildfires that have swept through the country’s Almería province, according to local media reports.
The couple were on holiday in the region and were thought to be out hiking when they were caught up in the wildfire, which has so far killed 13 people and burned more than 6,000 hectares (14,800 acres). At least 23 people are missing.
Continue reading...Sinner beats Zverev to defend Wimbledon men’s singles tennis title
Italy's Jannik Sinner beats Germany's Alexander Zverev 6-7 (7-9) 7-6 (7-2) 6-3 6-4 to claim his fifth Grand Slam.
Qatar’s former emir remembered as ‘a man of vision and courage’
US diplomat Adam Ereli remembers Qatar’s former Emir Sheikh as a personable and charismatic leader.