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EU foreign ministers' meeting

Bettel reveals consensus on Kyiv, tension over Gaza

Morning Roundup

Orange alert for heat, national football team coach resigns, and warnings about misuse of laughing gas

In this photograph taken in December 2021, Gul Ajan Hotak shows a picture of his son Shafiullah Hotak, who died after falling from a US Air Force C-17 aircraft

In evacuation attempt

Families forever scarred 4 years on from Kabul plane deaths

People stand in front of a tribute in Congress to late Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe, who died two months after being shot in the head at a campaign event

Colombia presidential hopeful dies after June rally shooting

The gang is suspected of holding retreats at a villa where several people took hallucinogenic drugs

Dangerous business

Spanish police bust 'spiritual retreat' offering hallucinogenic drugs

The Gravelines site in northern France is western Europe's largest nuclear power plant

Nature's unlikely disruptor

Jellyfish force French nuclear plant shutdown

The strike that killed the Al-Jazeera journalists came with Israel preparing to expand its campaign in the Gaza Strip

Targeted attack

UN, media groups condemn Israel's deadly strike on Al Jazeera team in Gaza

A handout image released by the District Court for the Western District of New York from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service shows the sock-wrapped protected turtles intercepted during a border inspection

Disguised as plastic toys

Chinese man pleads guilty in US to smuggling protected turtles

US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the White House on August 11, 2025

Displeasure with Zelensky

Trump expects 'constructive conversation' with Putin

Wael Al-Dahdouh, Al Jazeera's Gaza bureau chief, stands with anchor and presenter Mohamed Krichen and presenter Tamer Almisshal during a moment of silence to honour five of their colleagues killed in an overnight Israeli strike in Gaza City

Al Jazeera journalists hold vigil for staff slain in Gaza

US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference to discuss crime in Washington

Federal takeover

Trump deploys National Guard to tackle Washington crime

The strike that killed the Al-Jazeera journalists came with Israel preparing to expand its campaign in the Gaza Strip

Dozens pay respects

Mourners gather in Gaza for funeral of Al Jazeera staff killed by Israel

This screen grab released by the Philippine Coast Guard shows the Monday incident between a Chinese Navy vessel (L) and a China Coast Guard ship

Video – Disputed waterway

Chinese vessels collide while pursuing Philippine boat in South China Sea

At least 60,000 stray dogs live on the streets of Delhi, according to India's Livestock Census

Safety concerns

Indian top court orders roundup of stray dogs in Delhi

Life-threatening situation

Japan urges millions to evacuate, several reported missing amid heavy rain

Cigarette break mishap

Man survives clinging to moving high-speed train in Austria

The narrow Bering Strait separates the eastern tip of Russia and the westernmost point of the US state of Alaska

The Russian past of Alaska, where Trump and Putin will meet

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Australia will recognise Palestinian statehood at the UN General Assembly in September

Momentum building

Australia to recognise Palestinian state

Morning Roundup

Five journalists killed in Gaza, summer heatwave across Europe, and Luxembourgish cyclist Geniets talks of horror fall

Unhoused people in the US capital Washington are being put under pressure by US President Donald Trump, who has expressed his intent to have them removed from the city

Despite decreased rates

Trump says to move homeless people 'far' from Washington

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos speaks during a press conference at Malacanang Palace in Manila on August 11

Playing with fire

Marcos says Philippines would be dragged 'kicking and screaming' into Taiwan war

The sun sets over the Gaza Strip on August 10, 2025

Violating press freedom

Al Jazeera says 5 journalists killed in Israeli strike in Gaza

Netanyahu defended his plan for Gaza City as

Defying growing calls to end war

Israel PM says new plan for Gaza 'best way to end the war'

Interior Minister Ali Yerlikay (pictured here in 2024) said one person had died and dozens more had been injured

Istanbul, Izmir affected

One killed, dozens injured, as quake hits western Turkey

The United Nations Security Council holds an emergency meeting on the situation in Gaza, with a senior UN official warning that Israel's plans to control Gaza City risked 'another calamity' for the territory

Warned Security Council

Israel's Gaza plan risks 'another calamity,' UN official warns

Mali's junta chief General Assimi Goita last month granted himself a five-year presidential mandate, renewable without election

'Attempt at destabilisation'

Mali arrests dozens of soldiers over alleged bid to topple junta

Many of the marchers believe the UK should not recognise the State of Palestine

'Time to refocus on the hostages'

Hundreds march in London against UK recognising a Palestinian state

Ecuador, once a peaceful haven between the world's two top cocaine exporters Colombia and Peru, has seen violence erupt in recent years as gangs with ties to Mexican and Colombian cartels vie for control

Cartel violence rising

Eight dead in shooting outside Ecuador nightclub: police

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