American missionary kidnapped in Niger freed after nine months

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Kevin Rideout, who was abducted by unknown assailants in Niamey, said to be in good health and in care of US officials

An American missionary who was kidnapped in Niger in October has been released, his organisation has said.

Serving in Mission International said Kevin Rideout “is in good health in the care of US officials” and would soon be reunited with his extended family.

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Second train derails in England in less than 24 hours amid record heatwave – CNN

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  1. Second train derails in England in less than 24 hours amid record heatwave  CNN
  2. Derailed Wickford train to London derails leads to cancellations  BBC
  3. National Rail says heat poses ‘exceptional challenges’ after two trains derail in 24 hours  The Guardian
  4. Probe into UK train derailment after 20 people injured  Financial Times
  5. Passenger train derails and flips in southern England  abcnews.com
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Hundreds evacuated from Croatian and Greek resorts as wildfires stretch across Europe – Reuters

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  1. Hundreds evacuated from Croatian and Greek resorts as wildfires stretch across Europe  Reuters
  2. Wildfire descends on Croatian tourist town, injures 36  Reuters
  3. Dozens injured and thousands evacuated in Croatia wildfire  BBC
  4. One dead, dozens injured and thousands evacuated in Croatian wildfires – as it happened  The Guardian
  5. Croatia's raging wildfires seen from above  Yahoo
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Russia’s Black Sea’s Sheskharis terminal halts loadings after drone attack, sources say – Reuters

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  1. Russia's Black Sea's Sheskharis terminal halts loadings after drone attack, sources say  Reuters
  2. Russian Strikes on Dozens of Grain Ships Threaten Global Food Supplies  The New York Times
  3. Russia-Ukraine War Is Squeezing Another Global Chokepoint: The Black Sea  WSJ
  4. World in Brief: America accuses China of evading tariffs; Israel removes settlers from West Bank  The Economist
  5. Major Russian grain export terminals hit in Ukraine Black Sea port attack  BBC
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Race to reach trapped Colombia quake survivors offers hope – Reuters

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  1. Race to reach trapped Colombia quake survivors offers hope  Reuters
  2. How to beat an earthquake: The Colombian city where no one died  The Washington Post
  3. A $10 Billion Earthquake Bill Imperils Colombia Austerity Drive  Bloomberg
  4. Buenaventura residents criticise state neglect after Colombia’s earthquake  Al Jazeera
  5. Inside Colombia's big quake – and why more could be coming : Short Wave  NPR
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Count Binface wins hearts, if not the election, in bid to defeat Trump ally Nigel Farage in U.K. – CBS News

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  1. Count Binface wins hearts, if not the election, in bid to defeat Trump ally Nigel Farage in U.K.  CBS News
  2. Farage puts seat on the line over ‘establishment hit job’ — voters send him right back  Fox News
  3. ‘Disgraceful’: what one election photo tells us about British politics in 2026  The Guardian
  4. Nigel Farage beats Count Binface to win back seat in Parliament in widely mocked election  NBC News
  5. Nigel Farage wins election in which his main rival was a trash can  CNN
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BP to develop offshore gasfield in Venezuela with firms linked to Trump administration

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Move will be one of first large-scale foreign investments in country since US ousted leader Nicolás Maduro in January

BP has answered Donald Trump’s call for oil companies to help rebuild Venezuela’s fossil fuel industry with new plans to develop a large offshore gasfield.

BP will partner with two oil firms with close links to the Trump administration to develop the second phase of the Loran gasfield, in one of the first large-scale foreign investments in Venezuela since the US ousted its leader Nicolás Maduro in January.

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Pope Leo XIV on liturgy: Priests must remain faithful to Mass rubrics – EWTN News

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  1. Pope Leo XIV on liturgy: Priests must remain faithful to Mass rubrics  EWTN News
  2. Pope Leo calls on priests to ‘respect’ the post-Vatican II liturgies in new letter  America Magazine
  3. Pope: Sunday Mass must form Catholics through reverent worship  Vatican News
  4. Pope urges clergy to stick to ‘approved texts’ in liturgy  The Catholic Herald
  5. Pope Leo XIV: Attendance at Sunday Mass cannot be replaced by virtual participation  EWTN News
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Builders unearth €9m gold stash sealed in walls of Belgian property – BBC

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  1. Builders unearth €9m gold stash sealed in walls of Belgian property  BBC
  2. Builders discover £7.6m of gold hidden in wall  The Telegraph
  3. Belgian student strikes gold worth €9m while digging a new sewer  The Guardian
  4. Construction Workers Dig Up Mysterious $10M Gold Stash While Working on Sewer System  People.com
  5. $10M of gold found hidden in brewery cellar while laying sewage pipe  New York Post
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Russia jails man on Poland spying charges after Warsaw foils hit job – Euronews.com

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  1. Russia jails man on Poland spying charges after Warsaw foils hit job  Euronews.com
  2. Poland says it thwarted a Russian plot to kill an American citizen in Warsaw  CNN
  3. Poland says it thwarted Russian assassination attempt on U.S. citizen in Warsaw  The Washington Post
  4. Kremlin hired assassin to murder American on Polish soil, says Tusk  The Telegraph
  5. Russian hitman in Warsaw targeted Ukrainian rapper Kyivston  Українська правда
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Record-breaking rain floods Chiba east of Tokyo, killing at least 5 people – AP News

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  1. Record-breaking rain floods Chiba east of Tokyo, killing at least 5 people  AP News
  2. 'Unprecedented' rain in Japan kills eight people  BBC
  3. Japan's record rains strand thousands at Narita airport; kill eight  Reuters
  4. ‘Unprecedented’ rain kills five in Japan as thousands stranded at airport  The Guardian
  5. Record rainfall leaves four dead, thousands stranded in Japan  Al Jazeera
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With Trump’s Hamas Deal in Peril, Kushner Set to Visit Israel for Gaza Talks – The New York Times

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  1. With Trump’s Hamas Deal in Peril, Kushner Set to Visit Israel for Gaza Talks  The New York Times
  2. Kushner to visit Israel after Netanyahu rejects Gaza Board of Peace plan  Al Jazeera
  3. Kushner to Visit Israel Next Week for Talks on Gaza Peace Plan  Bloomberg.com
  4. Jared Kushner to visit Israel and Egypt next week with Board of Peace officials to talk Gaza  AP News
  5. Jared Kushner may visit Israel next week for talks on Gaza, source says  Reuters
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Joe Rogan reacts to Trump secretly ditching press on decoy plane: ‘Holy s—’ – NJ.com

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  1. Joe Rogan reacts to Trump secretly ditching press on decoy plane: ‘Holy s---’  NJ.com
  2. Why officials decided to smuggle Trump out of Turkey with a catering truck and a secret plane  CNN
  3. How Do You Report on a Presidential Ruse?  The New York Times
  4. The Flawed Logic of Trump’s Airplane Escape  The Atlantic
  5. CIA had ‘low confidence’ in Iranian threat before Trump switched planes in Turkey  The Washington Post
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