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• More than half of England in drought, Environment Agency declares
  29 July 2026
  The drought declarations follow an exceptionally hot and dry period, which has hit rivers, crops and nature.
• Burnham doesn't rule out tax rises to fix social care
  29 July 2026
  The prime minister holds cross-party talks as he speeds up review of social care in England.
• Moment police officers set foot in 'horror scene' funeral home
  29 July 2026
  Police discovered messy side rooms strewn with rubbish at the Legacy funeral home in Hull.
• Four women accuse Jared Leto of criminal sexual conduct when they were teenagers
  29 July 2026
  The actor and musician faces allegations from 10 women in total who say he mistreated them as teenagers.
• France fire crews face searing heat in battle to contain flames
  29 July 2026
  "It's our forest," one volunteer fighting the fire in the Gironde region told the BBC, as other locals have refused to heed evacuations.
• Police to take no further action against Polanski over guillotine re-post
  29 July 2026
  The Green Party leader has said he made an "inadvertent mistake" when he shared the image with his social media followers.
• Saudi Arabia's dilemma as it tries to stay out of US-Iran war
  29 July 2026
  The kingdom faces a choice of whether to keep hitting back as a deterrent or to try to de-escalate the situation.
• Some tech shares are plunging - what does that mean for the AI revolution?
  29 July 2026
  Sharp falls in the value of chip makers have stoked investor concerns that the euphoria around AI related companies is fading.
• Anthony Fauci refuses to answer questions during tense US Senate hearing about Covid origins
  29 July 2026
  The former top US health official said he feared Republicans could try to trip him up and use his testimony to prosecute him for perjury.
• Fifa opens disciplinary proceedings against Argentina
  29 July 2026
  Fifa opens disciplinary proceedings against Argentina over their behaviour after their World Cup final loss to Spain and throughout the tournament.

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• From deer to hedgehogs: Wildfires devastate France's wildlife
  29 July 2026
  As wildfires continue to tear through southwest France, thousands of wild animals are paying the price. Unable to outrun the flames or left without food and water, many have perished while others are being rescued by firefighters and volunteers.
• Firefighter films wildfire using smart glasses in France's Gironde
  29 July 2026
  Footage captured by a firefighter filming with his smart glasses shows his colleagues battling the blaze in the village of Le Las, in France's Gironde department, on July 27, 2026. 
• Trump tries to take action in the Middle East ahead of midterm elections
  29 July 2026
  The US and Saudi Arabia jointly struck Iran-backed militias on July 29 in a move that widens the conflict in the Middle East. This comes a day after the US president met with the Israeli prime minister for the first time since they started their military campaign on Iran. As the midterm elections comes closer, Donald Trump is looking to take decisive action in the conflict. FRANCE 24's Angela Diffley tells us more.
• 'Rethink the forest' amid unprecedented wildfires: Return to 'ancestral ways of managing the land'?
  29 July 2026
  Stuart Norval welcomes Jean-Luc Gleyze, President of the Departmental Council of the Gironde, and Stéphane Delpeyrat-Vincent, former firefighter and founder of WARUCENE, a research firm specialising in wildfire prevention. The Gironde wildfires expose the growing challenges of land management in a warming world. Offering complementary perspectives, Jean-Luc Gleyze, speaking from the front line of the emergency response, presents the fires as a test of social solidarity, institutional coordination, and public resilience. By contrast, Stéphane Delpeyrat-Vincent argues that increasingly destructive wildfires are not simply emergencies to be fought, but symptoms of a deeper structural failure: landscapes managed for a climate that no longer exists. Together, their analysis suggests that the challenge is no longer simply to improve firefighting capacity, but to rethink forests, communities, and urban planning in an era of accelerating climate change.
• US and Saudi Araba jointly strike Iraq, widening the conflict
  29 July 2026
  The US-Israel war on Iran is widening once again, with the US and Saudi Arabia launching joint airstrikes on Iran-backed armed groups in Iraq. Earlier, Tehran targeted US bases in Jordan and ships in the Strait of Hormuz. President Donald Trump is now vowing further retaliation, raising fresh concerns that the conflict is entering a dangerous new phase.
• Rescue operation at Japan shopping mall destroyed in quake
  29 July 2026
  Rescuers battled through the tangled wreckage of a Japanese shopping mall Wednesday searching for any trapped survivors after a big earthquake killed at least 13 people.
• Cats, dogs and horses: Rescuing the pets caught in France’s wildfires
  29 July 2026
  Wildfires raging through southwestern France have forced thousands to evacuate their homes in the fire-ravaged department of Gironde. Many of the evacuees were forced to leave their pets behind amid the ensuing chaos. Our special correspondent in Gironde reports on the volunteers dedicated to rescuing the four-legged victims of the catastrophic wildfires.
• Public executions in Iran spark anti-regime protests
  29 July 2026
  The Islamic Republic publicly executed two Iranian protesters in Isfahan at dawn on July 28. Several hundred people gathered near a stage set up in the city’s Alikhani Square, but instead of cheering the execution, they chanted slogans against the police, prompting anti-riot units to disperse the crowd.
• 'Two options' for Trump in Middle East war: 'he waits or he escalates massively'
  29 July 2026
  US President Donald Trump confirmed on Fox News that the US and Saudi Arabia coordinated attacks on Iran-backed Iraqi militias with the Iraqi government itself. But Iraq has called the strikes a 'blatant violation', and its prime minister has called off a meeting with the Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salmane due to the attack. This comes as the US struggles to put an end to the war with Iran. FRANCE 24's Angela Diffley tells us more.
• Drones and bulldozers: how the army is helping battle the blaze in France's southwest
  29 July 2026
  Some 1,500 French soldiers have been deployed to help combat the Gironde fire. A team of France Television reporters was granted permission to embed with some of them to see how they help support local firefighters. From widening forest trails to helping identify hotspots, potential looters or civilians trapped by the flames, they are proving useful support to firefighters.

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29 July 2026

• UK PM Burnham pledges to reform social care system
  27 July 2026
  One week after taking office, Andy Burnham vowed to overhaul the UK's social care system, which is largely privatised, to ease pressure on the National Health Service, which struggles to discharge patients with no social care in place.
• Four days after arriving at Downing Street, Andy Burnham is already in turmoil
  25 July 2026
  The honeymoon period is already over for the new British prime minister, Andy Burnham. The leader of the Labour Party is drawing criticism over how he will fund his first measures, amid a troubled economic climate.
• The mysterious horse-shaped geoglyph England has been maintaining for thousands of years
  23 July 2026
  The Uffington White Horse is one of the best known geoglyphs in the UK. Drawn around 3,000 years ago on a hillside in Oxfordshire, its chalk outline is maintained each year by volunteers through a restoration campaign.
• Burnham enters Downing Street and appoints former defense minister John Healey as chancellor of the Exchequer
  21 July 2026
  The former mayor of Greater Manchester, who succeeds Keir Starmer, has become the seventh British prime minister in 10 years. Ed Miliband, who had aspired to the chancellorship, was named foreign secretary.
• Tate brothers' lawyer says they will fight UK extradition on sex crime charges
  21 July 2026
  US authorities detained self-professed misogynist Andrew Tate and his younger brother Tristan on Saturday as UK prosecutors announced new charges of rape, sex trafficking and assault. In Romania, the Tates face allegations of trafficking minors, sexual intercourse with a minor and money laundering.
• UK man charged with murder of right-wing ex-MP Ann Widdecombe
  20 July 2026
  Joshua Kerry, 28, was arrested in his hometown of Rotherham in Yorkshire, northern England, about 500 kilometers from Ann Widdecombe's home. The former Conservative minister, a spokesperson for the far-right Reform UK party, was found dead in her home in Devon on July 9. Kerry was charged after a police investigation.
• Andy Burnham becomes new UK PM after meeting King Charles
  20 July 2026
  The new British prime minister has promised to address the cost-of-living crisis, telling 'The Times' that 'what we've been doing hasn't been working' and vowing to 'bring forward a new plan for Britain, a 10-year plan.'
• Far-right Nigel Farage faces an unlikely opponent: Count Binface
  20 July 2026
  The leader of the far-right party resigned his seat as MP in an attempt to distract from investigations into his party's donors, but he now faces an unlikely opponent: Count Binface.
• 'Netanyahu still regards the 1946 King David Hotel bombers in Jerusalem as heroes'
  19 July 2026
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has never stopped defending the attack, which claimed the highest-ever number of civilian lives in British Mandate Palestine, historian Jean-Pierre Filiu writes in his column.
• Influencer Andrew Tate and brother Tristan arrested in Miami as Britain seeks their extradition
  19 July 2026
  The brothers, notorious for promoting aggressively misogynistic views to millions of their followers on social media, were arrested on Saturday by US marshals. The United Kingdom is seeking their extradition to face new charges of rape, sex trafficking and assault.

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29 July 2026

• Europe’s biggest debates on The Ring - EU’s security… at what cost?
  29 July 2026
  As parliamentary activity pauses for the summer recess, we look back at some of the debates of the season. This special edition revisits some of the most pressing questions facing the EU: how should Europe defend itself in an unstable world, and how should it respond to conflicts beyond its borders?
• More than half of England 'officially in drought', UK Environment agency says
  29 July 2026
  "Rivers are running low, farmers are having to harvest crops early, wildfire risk is increasing, and millions of people are living under restrictions on water use," the UK Environment Agency said in its announcement.
• Pro-Russian propagandist Xenia Fedorova faces expulsion from France
  29 July 2026
  In 2017, French President Emmanuel Macron implied that Fedorova was not a journalist. Asked again in June, Macron said his opinion of her remained unchanged.
• Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn €71 million defamation award in sexual assault case
  29 July 2026
  The appeal was filed electronically and is expected to be formally docketed with the court later on Wednesday.
• Italy moves to ban horse-drawn tourist carriages in Rome and other art cities
  29 July 2026
  On Wednesday afternoon Italy’s Chamber of Deputies saw the introduction of a bill which, if passed, would ban "botticelle", the traditional horse-drawn tourist carriages, especially common in Rome.
• Portugal: Air France-KLM and Lufthansa submit binding bids to buy TAP
  29 July 2026
  The government is now expected to receive the report within 30 days and may ask investors to submit an improved final bid.
• UEFA slams FIFA over Infantino's deadline for World Cup stake sale
  29 July 2026
  The clash between FIFA and UEFA has intensified after European football's governing body issued a fresh rebuke over plans to sell a stake in the World Cup. UEFA will hold an emergency meeting to discuss its next steps.
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  29 July 2026
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• EU grows impatient over Italy's hesitancy on €14.9bn defence loan
  29 July 2026
  Italy hasn't decided how much of its €14.9bn SAFE defence loan it will use, as several domestic considerations affect the calculus. But Brussels and other member states are growing impatient to reallocate any unspent funds within the legal deadlines.
• Houthis to copy Iran's Hormuz playbook with Red Sea toll plan
  29 July 2026
  Yemen's information minister said intelligence confirmed IRGC advisers were directly involved in designing a Houthi-enforced toll system for the Bab el-Mandeb, mirroring Iran's contested claim to charge fees in the Strait of Hormuz.

Observer

• Why the Most Compelling Luxury Hotels Start With a Point of View
  29 July 2026
  Crown Creative’s Ryan Crown explores how luxury hospitality is shifting from abundance to relevance. Crown argues that as travelers more often gravitate toward destinations based on shared interests and identity, the hotels that stand out will be those with the clearest points of view.
• For Italian Automakers, Beauty Has Always Come Before Horsepower
  29 July 2026
  From Ferrari's sexy racers to the iconic spiaggine of the Amalfi Coast, the country's relationship with the automobile has long been more romantic than practical.
• How A.I. Ended the Era of Launch Here, Localize Later
  29 July 2026
  Smartling’s Bryan Murphy unpacks the new realities of launching A.I. products in a global market. As generative A.I. turns every product launch into a global one, Murphy contends that cultural expertise and human review have become as essential as the technology itself.
• How Nicola Lees Recentered the Aspen Art Museum Around Artists Instead of Objects
  29 July 2026
  The artistic director and CEO reflects on AIR, ArtCrush and the cross-industry partnerships supporting ambitious, place-responsive commissions in the Rockies.
• Bernard Arnault’s Succession Looms as LVMH Returns to Growth
  29 July 2026
  LVMH is returning to growth as the Arnault family expands its control, leaving Bernard Arnault’s succession plans under fresh scrutiny.
• The Ultimate Cannes Beach Club Guide, Ranked By a Summer Insider
  29 July 2026
  From La Plage du Martinez and Ciro’s to quieter local favorites near Plage du Midi, Cannes rewards anyone who knows that the right sun bed is as important as the right hotel.
• The Best Art Galleries in Porto, Portugal 
  29 July 2026
  Along Rua de Miguel Bombarda and in Bonfim, the city's most compelling art spaces favor emerging and self-taught artists over the market-polished rosters found in the capital.
• The Insider’s Guide to Saint-Tropez, Beyond the Yacht Parade
  29 July 2026
  Saint-Tropez has never lacked theater, but the real appeal this season is in its revived hotels, smarter beach clubs, tucked-away shops and stubbornly glamorous old town.
• Why More Billionaires Are Chartering Superyachts Instead of Buying
  28 July 2026
  From Elon Musk to Kim Kardashian, ultra-wealthy travelers are choosing superyacht charters for greater flexibility and privacy.
• The Emptons: Estates Forsaken as Hamptonites Flee for European Shores
  28 July 2026
  From Sagg Pond mansions on timers to yachts anchored off Portofino, the East End's wealthiest have found a new status symbol: not being there at all.

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29 July 2026

• Glen Hansard, Oscar-winning Irish singer-songwriter, dies in Dublin motorcycle crash
  29 July 2026
  Hansard combined acting and a musical career. He won an Oscar in 2007 for the song 'Falling Slowly' from the film 'Once,' in which he starred alongside Markéta Irglová.
• France to deport pro-Russian propagandist Xenia Fedorova
  29 July 2026
  The newspaper Libération cited the interior ministry's deportation order as accusing her of acting 'as a conduit for disinformation campaigns orchestrated by the Russian authorities' with the aim of 'destabilising public order.'
• Germany's Merz faces unprecedented rebellion within his party
  29 July 2026
  Following a cabinet reshuffle meant to bolster his authority, internal criticism of the German chancellor is mounting within the CDU.
• Zelensky cultivates new relationship with Trump on Washington visit
  29 July 2026
  As Trump takes a more considerate approach toward his Ukrainian counterpart, a new package of sanctions against Russia has cleared a key hurdle in the Senate.
• Russia puts Telegram founder on wanted list
  29 July 2026
  Russia charged the messaging app's founder Pavel Durov with terrorism charges on Wednesday.
• 'Within three years, Ukraine has built one of the most innovative military-industrial complexes in the world'
  29 July 2026
  Once heavily dependent on vital Western support for its survival against Russia, Ukraine is now a supplier of military technology to both Europe and the Middle East, write Arthur de Liedekerke and Hector de Rivoire, two international security experts, in an op-ed for Le Monde.
• Spain's climate-skeptic right wing rejects Sanchez's 'national pact' to tackle climate emergency
  29 July 2026
  As the massive wildfires devastating the country are close to being brought under control, the Socialist prime minister says it is urgent to adopt prevention measures that were developed in 2025 in collaboration with civil society and scientists.
• War in Ukraine: Europe fears more active Belarusian involvement
  28 July 2026
  Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, whom Kyiv has pressed to cut military ties with Moscow and Western powers have unsuccessfully courted, keeps discreetly supporting Russia, all while holding off on committing troops.
• Roberto Mancini tasked with revitalizing Italy's national football team
  28 July 2026
  Though the Azzurri have missed out on the last three World Cups, the nomination of the former head coach has not been unanimously cheered.
• Berlin Pride attacker pledged allegiance to Islamic State, prosecutors say
  28 July 2026
  The man blamed for the deadly attack on the weekend pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group in a video, prosecutors said on Tuesday. He was shot dead on Sunday by police.