Qatar denies capturing three Iranian pilots after downing fighter jets – BBC

  1. Qatar denies capturing three Iranian pilots after downing fighter jets  BBC
  2. Iran Says Qatar Captured Its Pilots Months Ago, a Claim Qatar Rejects  The New York Times
  3. Iran claims Qatar is holding pilots, Israeli strikes kill 11 in Lebanon, and other Middle East news  AP News
  4. Qatar denies detaining Iranian pilots, says it found remains of one  Reuters
  5. Qatar denies it is detaining three Iranian bomber pilots  Al Jazeera
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One Nation senator says parents who support their trans children are engaging in ‘child abuse’

‘There’s male, there’s female, and then there’s mental illness,’ Tyron Whitten says on YouTube show

One Nation senator Tyron Whitten has claimed parents supporting their children who identify as transgender are engaging in “child abuse”, telling a fringe YouTube show: “there’s male, there’s female, and then there’s mental illness”.

Guardian Australia has unearthed several incendiary comments from Whitten and fellow One Nation senators Pauline Hanson and her longtime lieutenant Malcolm Roberts, about transgender Australians.

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Zimbabwe boat accident death toll hits 68 as 22 more bodies recovered

Eighteen children among the people killed after ferry capsized on Lake Kariba

Twenty-two more bodies have been recovered after a boat accident in Zimbabwe, taking the death toll to 68, police said on Saturday.

The ferry capsized on Tuesday on Lake Kariba, on the border with Zambia. An investigation has suggested it was overloaded when it turned over during heavy winds.

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Roman shipwreck believed to be over 2,000 years old discovered in Sicily’s newly unearthed ‘underwater museum’ – New York Post

  1. Roman shipwreck believed to be over 2,000 years old discovered in Sicily’s newly unearthed ‘underwater museum’  New York Post
  2. Italian Diver Discovers ‘Treasure at the Bottom of the Sea’ in Sicily  The New York Times
  3. Fishermen find ancient Roman shipwreck off coast of Sicily  CNN
  4. Video: Roman-era shipwreck from over 2,000 years ago discovered at bottom of ocean near Sicily  FOX Weather
  5. Roman shipwreck with 500 amphorae found off coast of Sicily  The Guardian
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‘Arctic Express’ Cargo Route From China to UK Kicks Off – Newser

  1. 'Arctic Express' Cargo Route From China to UK Kicks Off  Newser
  2. After Hormuz, China looks to the promise – and peril – of the Arctic’s ‘ice silk road’  The Guardian
  3. China Is Opening the First Regular Cargo Route Through the Arctic  WSJ
  4. How an icy shipping route at the top of the world is bringing China and Russia together  CNN
  5. China sets sail on the “Ice Silk Road”  The Economist
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Thousands of Bonnie Tyler fans gather to pay respects as coffin brought home

Fans line streets, singing Total Eclipse of the Heart ahead of Welsh singer’s Swansea funeral

Thousands of Bonnie Tyler fans lined the streets of her home town in south Wales to pay respects to the singer as her coffin was brought back to her former home.

The singer, whose real name was Gaynor Sullivan, died unexpectedly on 8 July in Portugal at the age of 75.

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Iran attacks third UAE tanker within a week – The Hill

  1. Iran attacks third UAE tanker within a week  The Hill
  2. Iran War Updates: Iran strikes another ship in Strait of Hormuz as Israel steps up Lebanon attacks  CBS News
  3. UAE says Iran attacked ADNOC vessel in Hormuz, urges waterway's reopening  Reuters
  4. Hormuz Ship Attacks Mount as US Vows to Cripple Iran’s Economy  Bloomberg.com
  5. Iran targets tankers in ‘unprovoked attacks’ in Strait of Hormuz, UAE says  foxnews.com
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