Pakistan carries out deadly airstrikes along Afghanistan border

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Dozens of civilians reported dead by Taliban after strikes launched following militant attack in Karachi

Pakistani airstrikes in three eastern provinces of Afghanistan killed 36 civilians and wounded 163 others, the Taliban government’s deputy spokesperson has said as attacks between the two countries showed no sign of abating.

Pakistan’s information minister, Attaullah Tarar, said the operations on Sunday night were aimed at a terrorist group his country blamed for a deadly militant attack in Karachi that killed three security personnel over the weekend.

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Extreme heat continues in central and eastern Europe with temperatures of 38C expected – Europe live

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Germany, Czechia, Poland and Hungary reached record temperatures of more than 40C on Sunday

Good morning, or dzień dobry, from Warsaw, Poland as the heatwave that affected much of the continent last week continues to impact central and eastern Europe.

It’s 9am local time and already 32C. I have seen two people cycling home with large fans, trying to get back before the heat hits the fan again. None of this is normal.

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Liberal frontbencher calls for party ‘rebrand’ after drop in polls, prompting ridicule from Labor

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Melissa McIntosh’s comment comes after Angus Taylor’s claim Morrison government ‘breached trust’

Liberal frontbencher Melissa McIntosh has said the party might need a “rebrand” to win back voters who continue to desert the opposition, with the Coalition hitting a new historic polling low.

Her comments came after the opposition leader, Angus Taylor, claimed the Morrison government – of which he was a senior minister – had “breached trust” with the electorate during the Covid pandemic by supporting “big government”.

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Bruce Lehrmann loses bid to get footage from documentary featuring Brittany Higgins ahead of rape trial

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Judge says ‘no legitimate forensic purpose’ to former Liberal staffer’s subpoena requesting footage, ahead of his Queensland trial

Former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann has lost a legal bid to access copies of all footage from a documentary featuring Brittany Higgins.

Lehrmann had subpoenaed the producers of the documentary Silenced and signalled a possible attempt to ban its broadcast before his Queensland trial for rape.

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New campaign urges public to reduce water use as UK emerges from heatwave

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Exclusive: £75m publicity drive will ask people to treat water as precious resource and cut daily use by 28 litres

The biggest ever campaign to encourage the public to reduce their water use will launch this week, as the UK emerges from record temperatures attributed to the climate crisis.

The £75m publicity drive, called Let’s Save Water, will advise and encourage people to treat water as a precious resource and has a target for everyone to cut their daily use by 28 litres – or two large buckets – from the current average use of about 140 litres a day.

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Victorian premier accused of ‘nonsense’ for blaming inflation amid gangland allegations over cost blowouts

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Jacinta Allan resists calls for royal commission into state’s $100bn Big Build infrastructure project as pressure mounts following new reports

An integrity expert says Jacinta Allan blaming “inflationary pressures” rather than corruption for cost blowouts on the state’s $100bn Big Build is “nonsense”, as the Victorian premier resists growing calls for a royal commission.

Allan on Monday declared that “inflationary pressures on projects is not corruption” after Nine newspapers and 60 Minutes reported allegations that money from the state’s Big Build infrastructure projects was being paid to gangland figures and that the state government was warned about cost blowouts due to Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) demands.

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One person a week in England dies with undiagnosed TB, study finds

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British-born, older men among those most likely to have disease found only postmortem, say researchers

One person a week dies with undiagnosed and therefore untreated tuberculosis in England, a study has found.

British-born, older men were among those most likely to have TB diagnosed only after death, researchers said, suggesting healthcare workers could be overlooking the possibility of the disease in these patients.

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‘We were broke, but fascinated by freedom’: exhibition showcases East German artist Gabriele Stötzer

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Show at Martin Gropius Bau gallery in Berlin is biggest ever celebration of an East German female artist in a state museum

Gabriele Stötzer remembers the days when she had to decide: “Am I buying a sausage, or film for my Super 8 camera?”

Stötzer was one of the most radical artists in communist East Germany, and her desire to create was born in defiance of and in spite of the material conditions and oppressive restrictions of the GDR regime.

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Man charged with DV murder after allegedly shooting Gold Coast mother who could ‘light up any room’

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Mallorie Jane Roberts, 23, found with gunshot wounds on Sunday evening with her partner arrested at the home

A woman who died from gunshot wounds in an alleged domestic violence murder was “a beautiful young mother” who leaves behind a two-year-old son.

Emergency services were called to a home on Loder Street in the Gold Coast suburb of Biggera Waters, in Queensland, at about 8pm on Sunday.

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Reversing UK employment tax rises ‘would do little to help young people find jobs’

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Resolution Foundation calls for extra funding for apprenticeships and increase in number of youth support grants

Ministers should reject calls to reverse employment tax increases as a way to boost jobs for young people in favour of extra funding for apprenticeships and increasing the number of youth support grants, according to a leading thinktank.

The Resolution Foundation said an in-depth study showed a cut in employers’ national insurance contributions (NICs) and a reduction in the minimum wage for under-21s – measures demanded by business groups – would do little to promote the chances of younger workers finding a job.

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Shares in chipmakers underpinning AI boom rocket in first half of 2026

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Value of some chip manufacturers have tripled, or more, driving Asia Pacific stock markets sharply higher

Shares in chipmakers have surged in the first half of this year as investors piled into companies that make the hardware underpinning the AI boom, according to analysis.

Investors have driven up the value of semiconductor and memory chip manufacturers, whose profits have soared during 2026, at the expense of some large software companies, which have fallen out of favour this year.

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Dangerous chemicals, 55-gallon drum, note mentioning Ted Bundy found at home of Philadelphia felon linked to 2 missing women – New York Post

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  1. Dangerous chemicals, 55-gallon drum, note mentioning Ted Bundy found at home of Philadelphia felon linked to 2 missing women  New York Post
  2. Chemicals, ammo and drugs found after investigation into Olney home, Philadelphia police say  6abc Philadelphia
  3. A woman missing since 2016 had close ties to the Olney house that’s now the target of a massive investigation  Inquirer.com
  4. FBI investigating after man arrested with guns, fake IDs; chemicals found in Philadelphia home  FOX 29 Philadelphia
  5. Man charged after investigation uncovers "laboratory" of chemicals, drugs and guns in Olney home, police say  CBS News
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Australian man charged with murder after dead girl found in suitcase in Thailand – BBC

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  1. Australian man charged with murder after dead girl found in suitcase in Thailand  BBC
  2. Australian man arrested after Thai teen girl found dead in suitcase  CNN
  3. Australian man arrested in Thailand after 17-year-old’s body found in suitcase  The Guardian
  4. Thai teenager's father 'deeply saddened' as Australian charged with murder  Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  5. Australian man charged with murder of Thai teen found in suitcase  BBC
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Meet 3 members of Albania’s ‘Flamingo Revolution’ trying to torpedo a Kushner-linked development – AP News

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  1. Meet 3 members of Albania's 'Flamingo Revolution' trying to torpedo a Kushner-linked development  AP News
  2. Kushner-Linked Protests Reveal Depth of Anger at Albanian Leaders  Bloomberg.com
  3. Ivanka and Jared’s Island Resort Could Bring Down Albania’s Prime Minister  WIRED
  4. ‘We want a new Albania’: protests against Jared Kushner-backed resort turn anger on government  The Guardian
  5. Albania's "Flamingo revolution": Trump-linked luxury resort plan triggers mass protests  France 24
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Pakistan says its security forces killed 29 fighters along Afghan border – Al Jazeera

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  1. Pakistan says its security forces killed 29 fighters along Afghan border  Al Jazeera
  2. Pakistan launches deadly strikes along Afghan border  BBC
  3. Pakistan carries out deadly airstrikes along Afghanistan border  The Guardian
  4. Pakistan forces kill 29 militants in border operation, Kabul says dozens dead, injured  Reuters
  5. Pakistan says it carried out a ground operation and strikes along the Afghan border  NBC News
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Venezuela earthquake: father and son found alive in rubble after four days as death toll nears 1,500

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President says ‘we always hold onto hope’ as discovery of earthquake survivors spurs fresh search efforts despite dwindling chances of survival

A man and his teenage son were found alive under the rubble in Venezuela on Sunday, in a town about 40km north of the capital Caracas, AFP journalists reported, as the death toll from last week’s twin earthquakes passed 1,450.

The discovery of survivors in Caraballeda was made by French and American rescue teams nearly four days after back-to-back quakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 struck, completely destroying nearly 200 buildings in the area.

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Aramco oil company helicopter crashes in Saudi Arabia, killing all 14 on board – AP News

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  1. Aramco oil company helicopter crashes in Saudi Arabia, killing all 14 on board  AP News
  2. Saudi Arabia helicopter crash kills all 14 on board  BBC
  3. Saudi Aramco helicopter crash kills 14 nationals  CNN
  4. Saudi Aramco helicopter crashes, all 14 passengers killed  DW.com
  5. Helicopter Crash Near Major Saudi Oil Refinery Kills 14 People  The New York Times
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Serbia: Protests continue after Vucic says he will step down – DW.com

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  1. Serbia: Protests continue after Vucic says he will step down  DW.com
  2. Serbian President Vucic says he will resign within weeks  Reuters
  3. Protesters in Serbia skeptical of President Aleksandar Vucic's vow to step down  CBC
  4. Serbian President Vucic Vows To Resign, Announces Early Elections  Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
  5. Serbia’s protesters press on even after Vucic promises to step aside  Al Jazeera
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Putin says Russia will press on with front-line campaign regardless of Ukraine proposals – Reuters

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  1. Putin says Russia will press on with front-line campaign regardless of Ukraine proposals  Reuters
  2. Ukraine war briefing: Putin expects US negotiators in Moscow; fuel rationing in Siberia as crisis bites  The Guardian
  3. Russia Ready to Continue Discussing Ukraine With US, Putin Says  Bloomberg.com
  4. Putin says US negotiators expected in Moscow once US less busy with Iran talks  The Times of Israel
  5. Putin rejects Ukraine strike halt, vows to seize four regions  MSN
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