The Copernicus Climate Change Service says historically low rainfall has worsened the situation in several countries.
Western Europe has experienced its hottest June and July on record this summer, according to the European Union’s climate change monitor.
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Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected a US-backed 15-point peace plan for Gaza in a rare public break with Donald Trump. In a statement, Israel’s prime minister said he was confronting a “wave of rumours about Israeli weakness and Israeli withdrawals on all fronts” and rebuked US pressure to end wars in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran without Israel’s buy-in.
Three confederations release letter criticising FIFA’s president over his proposal to sell off stakes in the World Cup.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino has come under renewed fire as a joint letter from three confederations – UEFA, CONCACAF and AFC – declared that football “belongs to no individual”.
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8h agoMeanwhile, Ukraine’s military has confirmed it hit the Taneko oil refinery in Russia’s Tatarstan region overnight, adding that a fire was recorded at the facility, Reuters reported.
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Harry Potter fans have successfully campaigned to change plans for a new power line, which would have carved through the site of Dobby's grave.
At least 13 people have been killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on the Russian republic of Tatarstan, local officials have said.
They confirmed one child was among those killed, with 75 more people injured as drones hit Nizhnekamsk, more than 1,100 kilometres (680m) from the Ukrainian border. Ukraine's Armed Forces said the city's Tanevo oil refinery had been hit.
A Kurdish man who was force fed over the course of eight months while on hunger strike in US immigration detention has spoken out about it for the first time, describing how much the process harmed him physically and psychologically.
Emerging clinical data shows that GLP-1 receptor agonists act directly on the brain, cardiovascular network, and immune system to reduce systemic inflammation—far exceeding their well-known role in weight loss.
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - APRIL 28: Don Mattingly, interim manager for the Philadelphia Phillies, looks on after a 7-0 win against the San Francisco Giants at Citizens Bank Park on April 28, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)