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• Burnham pledges to be 'relentless' in curbing small boat crossings
  02 August 2026
  The prime minister says enforcement is increased but there also need to be more safe routes into the UK.
• Man admits transporting Scottish woman's body in suitcase, Greek police say
  02 August 2026
  The man was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter, as well as robbery and weapons offences.
• Prolonged drought could cause shortage of some foods, farmers' union head says
  02 August 2026
  NFU president Tom Bradshaw calls on the government to take action to prevent extreme weather affecting the UK's food supply.
• Ukraine says major Russian oil refinery and airfield hit, as Moscow reports eight deaths
  02 August 2026
  Russia's military says it attacked Ukraine's ports and vessels in the Black Sea overnight.
• Trump cancels Iran strikes subject to deal being made 'rapidly'
  02 August 2026
  The US president claims Iran and other Middle Eastern countries asked Washington to hold off on any attack as the "perimeters" of a deal had been agreed.
• At least 13 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza after Hamas agree disarmament deal
  02 August 2026
  Israel says it was targeting military operatives in the strikes on Gaza City, Khan Younis and Deir el-Balah.
• Massive Attack respond after Singapore ban over Palestine display
  02 August 2026
  The UK band says they are "surprised and disappointed" by their treatment over shouting "free Palestine" at a concert there.
• Emma Finucane wins four gold medals in Commonwealth Games first
  02 August 2026
  Welsh star Emma Finucane creates history by becoming the first sprint cyclist to win four track gold medals at the same Commonwealth Games.
• Three in hospital after fire and crush at festival in London
  02 August 2026
  Ghana Party in the Park organisers called the day "difficult" and "deeply upsetting".
• Uganda unveils statue of Israel PM's brother who died in Entebbe rescue mission
  02 August 2026
  Yonatan Netanyahu was the only Israeli soldier to die as he led a mission to free more than 100 hostages.

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• Brazil's Lula, 80, says he is 'in great shape' as he launches fourth term bid
  02 August 2026
  Brazil's Workers' Party on Sunday formally endorsed President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for what is expected to be his final reelection bid, setting up an October election increasingly shaped by concerns over foreign influence and an unusually internationalized campaign.
• Wiebes wins second consecutive Tour de France Femmes stage
  02 August 2026
  Lorena Wiebes underlined her dominance at the Tour de France Femmes on Sunday, powering to a second straight sprint victory in Geneva to tighten her grip on the race leader's yellow jersey.
• At least 14 dead as Ukraine and Russia exchange strikes
  02 August 2026
  Ukrainian attacks killed at least nine people across Russia on Sunday, while Russian strikes left at least five dead in Ukraine, officials said. Both sides intensified long-range attacks despite stalled efforts to negotiate an end to the war.
• Fire spread deeper into Athens region
  02 August 2026
  Two firefighting helicopters have collided while battling a wildfire west of Athens in Greece. The Greek fire service says each helicopter was carrying a two-person crew, and a search-and-rescue operation is now underway. Greece is battling wildfires on multiple fronts, with the Prime Minister warning of “extremely difficult” days ahead. Dozens of homes have been damaged or destroyed, and three firefighters have died this week. Catherine Viette has more.
• US, Israel to hold off on Iran strikes
  02 August 2026
  US President Donald Trump has pulled back from plans for major new strikes on Iran, in his latest climbdown after weeks of threatening to hit Tehran hard. The president said late Saturday that the US would hold off, provided a deal can be reached quickly. It follows a phone call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who reportedly urged de-escalation, amid fears that Iran could retaliate against the Kingdom and other Gulf states. In announcing that he was calling off the strikes, Trump said Israel had “joined him in this commitment”. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has yet to comment. Matthew-Mary Caruchet, from France 24 international affair desk, shares further insights.
• France steps up fire prevention
  02 August 2026
  As France grapples with its worst wildfire season in decades, officials are looking for ways to stop fires before they even start. Catherine Viette has more.
• Gironde megafire contained: Nearly 3,000 firefighters remain deployed
  02 August 2026
  Meanwhile, France’s vast wildfire near Bordeaux remains contained. Most of the 200,000 people who were told to evacuate have now returned home, although parts of the fire are still burning. The blaze has scorched an area four times the size of Paris. James Andre has the latest.
• Spain's Ceuta navigates aftermath of border surge as most migrants return home
  02 August 2026
  Ceuta was returning to normal over the weekend after an unprecedented migrant surge that saw up to 60,000 people enter the tiny Spanish exclave from Morocco in just two days. But with at least 72 migrants dead and most arrivals having already returned to Morocco, residents were still grappling with the humanitarian, political and social fallout.
• The week in pictures: European wildfires, a woolly mammoth and a migrant influx at Spain's Ceuta
  02 August 2026
  Fires burned across much of Europe, an earthquake in Japan killed dozens, record-low water levels in Bulgaria exposed the remains of a woolly mammoth, and tens of thousands sought to cross into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta before eventually returning home: FRANCE 24 looks back at some of the week's most striking images. 
• Capital One bank cites money-laundering probe to justify closing Trump Organization accounts
  02 August 2026
  Capital One Financial on Friday defended its decision to close more than 300 Trump-affiliated bank accounts back in 2021, stating that it did so after a money-laundering review. The ‌disclosure marks the first time a bank has formally tied money-laundering concerns to US President Donald Trump's family business.

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02 August 2026

• Bev Craig elected mayor of Greater Manchester, succeeding Burnham
  01 August 2026
  Craig, currently the leader of Manchester City Council, was elected in a second round of counting after winning 47.15% of the votes in the first round, just shy of the 50% needed to win outright.
• Four migrants found dead in attempted Channel crossings
  30 July 2026
  So far this year, 14 people have died trying to cross the Channel, compared to at least 29 in 2025.
• 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.

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02 August 2026

• Helicopters and firefighters fight fast-moving wildfire near Athens
  02 August 2026
  Firefighters and helicopters battled a fast-moving wildfire west of Athens as strong winds fueled the blaze and forced emergency operations across the area.
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  02 August 2026
  Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this August 2nd, 2026 - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
• Rhine River hits record low as drought grips Germany
  02 August 2026
  Record low water levels on Germany's Rhine River left boats stranded in Cologne, as prolonged heat and drought pushed the country's busiest waterway to its lowest level on record.
• Rupert Lowe offers alliance with Nigel Farage to unite Britain's hard right
  02 August 2026
  The Restore Britain leader outlined five points that he said the pair would have to agree on to be able to find a "common way forward" and defeat the left wing.
• Rumours ignite social media over alleged Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez wedding
  02 August 2026
  If Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez had married this weekend, as so many tabloids claimed, it would have been the best-kept media secret in history.
• Italian Navy boards tanker from Russian shadow fleet
  02 August 2026
  The Italian navy has boarded a Russian tanker in international waters off Pantelleria, an island located between Sicily and Tunisia. The operation was carried out as part of an arms and oil trafficking monitoring mission with the support of a Greek vessel and a Polish maritime patrol aircraft.
• Pentagon UFO files: what role Germany plays
  02 August 2026
  For years, The New York Times has followed the release of US UFO files. The newly accessible documents go beyond sightings, tracing back to World War II and repeatedly mentioning Germany.
• Spanish teen behind massacre threats and leader of 764 network arrested
  02 August 2026
  Joint Spanish police forces have arrested in Gipuzkoa, near the northern border with France, a 17-year-old seen as Spain's main figure of network 764, accused of coercing and exploiting minors.
• Spanish government received intelligence warnings of Ceuta migrant surge according to a report
  02 August 2026
  Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has described the mass crossing of migrants as a "violation of Spain's territorial integrity". Internal sources of the spanish media 'The Objective' confirms that intel reports existed before the crisis. The Spanish government denied it.
• At least five dead and 41 missing after an Indonesian ferry caught fire at sea
  02 August 2026
  A total of 225 people on the ferry were rescued, while some passengers jumped into the sea to escape the fire, according to Basarnas, Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency.

Observer

• How Aspen Art Fair Is Turning the Mountain Escape Into a Collector Destination
  01 August 2026
  The town’s concentrated wealth and expanding cultural ecosystem offer dealers a lucrative summer alternative to the conventional fair circuit.
• These Are the Must-See Art Exhibitions in Athens Right Now
  31 July 2026
  The proliferation of museums, foundations, private collections and galleries has turned the Greek capital into an annual destination for contemporary art.
• Tran Luong Considers Vietnam’s Reality Through an Imagined Underwater World
  31 July 2026
  As an artist rather than a politician or a dissident, he does not want to employ the languages of pop art, propaganda or violence as his own modes of expression: "I opt for metaphor and conceptual approaches."
• Hermès’ Scarcity Model Shields Europe’s Richest Family From the Luxury Slump
  31 July 2026
  As rivals struggle with weaker luxury demand, Hermès’ tightly controlled production and family ownership continue to protect its growth.
• From Athens to the Islands, Art Collectors Are Building an Ecosystem of Their Own
  31 July 2026
  "If they'd told me my office and collection would be housed in the very place where we used to vacation, I wouldn't have believed them," collector Irene Y. Panagopoulos tells Observer.
• How Literature’s Greats Saw the Côte d’Azur
  31 July 2026
  These books not only captured but also helped shape the mythos of the French Riviera.
• At Finca La Bobadilla, a Chance to Get Lost in the Andalusian Countryside
  31 July 2026
  Rolling olive groves, zero paved roads, and 850 acres of untouched countryside turn this remote Spanish hotel into the ultimate escape.
• At MICAS, Reggie Burrows Hodges’s Vision of Malta
  31 July 2026
  The artist stayed in Malta for a year, preparing for what would become his first exhibition in Europe.
• Arthur Mensch’s Mistral Is Europe’s Best Bet for Sovereign A.I.
  30 July 2026
  Arthur Mensch is scaling Mistral beyond models into infrastructure, compute and cloud services designed to reduce Europe’s reliance on U.S. providers.
• Phillips Debuts Its Fall Auction Season with an Early F.P. Journe Résonance
  30 July 2026
  Over the past decade, early F.P. Journe watches have moved from a relatively narrow collecting category to the top end of the market.

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02 August 2026

• In Barcelona, Russian and Ukrainian exiles cross paths at the baths: 'We don't talk about the war, not even at the banya'
  02 August 2026
  For the past year, traditional steam baths from Eastern Europe and Russia have been springing up across the Catalan capital. Popular with both Russians and Ukrainians – who arrived by the thousands on the Costa Brava at the start of the war in 2022 – the establishments have become an unexpected place for the two communities to coexist.
• Russia recruits young women from Latin America to assemble drones in Tatarstan
  02 August 2026
  Russia's Alabuga Start program offers training and jobs to Latin American women under the pretense of employment in the hospitality or logistics sectors, only to ultimately hire them to assemble drones used against Ukraine.
• Fire toll mounts in Greece as blazes spread
  02 August 2026
  The European country is facing multiple fronts and a growing damage toll with wildfires believed to have devastated swathes of forest and agricultural land.
• French Catholic Church prepares for Pope Leo's historic visit in September
  02 August 2026
  Pope Leo XIV will travel to Paris, Lourdes and Metz from September 25 to 28, marking the first formal papal visit to France in nearly 20 years.
• Spain installs sea barrier on Ceuta's border with Morocco after frontier rush that killed at least 72
  02 August 2026
  Spain installed the 500-meter-long barrier on Saturday in response to the tens of thousands of migrants who had suddenly rushed en masse to the country's North African territory earlier this week.
• Bev Craig elected mayor of Greater Manchester, succeeding Burnham
  01 August 2026
  Craig, currently the leader of Manchester City Council, was elected in a second round of counting after winning 47.15% of the votes in the first round, just shy of the 50% needed to win outright.
• UEFA, CONCACAF target Infantino after FIFA shelves World Cup private investment plan
  01 August 2026
  European football's governing body welcomed the withdrawal of the proposal to allow private investment in the World Cup. But the UEFA said that the FIFA president had lost their and other football family members' 'confidence' with his 'shabby, back room, opaque deal.'
• Iceland seizes Paul Watson Foundation's anti-whaling ship and detains its crew
  01 August 2026
  The Icelandic Coast Guard said the crew of whaling ship Hvalur 9 requested assistance on Thursday evening because they believed their safety was under threat from the protest vessel Bandero. Watson was not aboard.
• 'It was the chance of our lives': After short exile in Ceuta, tens of thousands of young people return to Morocco
  01 August 2026
  Spurred by messages on social media, around 50,000 people illegally crossed into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta since Thursday, July 30, in an unprecedented influx. But most have already been forced to make the journey back.
• Russian strikes on Kyiv kill at least 10, wound more than a dozen
  01 August 2026
  On Saturday, August 1, Russian ballistic missiles attacked Kyiv. Moscow has ramped up its long-range strikes on towns and cities across Ukraine.