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Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer says one juror preventing murder trial verdict
Woman faces life in prison if found guilty of murdering her three children who were aged between eight months …

More than 70,000 pints worth of Guinness stolen from English depot
Police believe two lorries driven into facility near Liverpool with estimated value of items taken to be rough…

Shoot-out between Ukrainian spy services in Kyiv ‘disgraceful’, says Zelenskiy
Several injured in incident involving officers from SBU domestic security service and HUR military intelligenc…

Putin says Ukraine peace deal possible as Kyiv hints at renewed diplomatic push
Rare upbeat assessment of peace prospects after four and a half years of fighting

Driverless robotaxis try their luck on London’s narrow streets
The city’s medieval layout is a maze filled with cars, buses, bikers and jaywalking pedestrians. How will auto…

Israeli minister insists mass removal of Gazans is only long-term solution
Polls show pro-Netanyahu bloc of right-wing and religious parties has pulled even with anti-Netanyahu bloc

In a small Iranian town, a US attack turns a wedding into a tragedy
Bomb that hit residential area killed five people and wounded 67 others, Iranian authorities say

About 80 feared dead after migrant boat gets into difficulty off Gran Canaria
Human rights group says 44 survivors rescued from boat with 127 occupants

Gloria Steinem, groundbreaking feminist campaigner, dies aged 92
Famous for the 1963 exposé in which she worked as a Playboy Bunny, her books and journalism took on many varie…

Nepal’s ‘miracle house’ stood firm to survive the country’s devastating floods
The Pyakurel family home remained standing as the area all around it was destroyed by floods

UK Green leader to seek parliament seat vacated by Keir Starmer
Election will post early test for new prime minister Andy Burnham

Nepal searches for hydropower workers trapped in tunnels, must rebuild some 20,000 homes
At least 1,204 people were killed and more than 4,200 remain missing after last week’s devastating floods

JD Vance says he is doing ‘God’s work’ and is okay ‘if that leads to the end times’
US vice-president would feel ‘not shocked if the antichrist was walking among us’

Trump claims renewed strikes on Iran are short-lived and that US controls Strait of Hormuz
US carries out second round of attacks in three days on radar and mine-laying systems, Iran targets US bases w…

The positives of Brexit
The UK’s growth is far stronger than France’s

Pete Hegseth’s military purge comes at a risky moment for Pentagon
Global Briefing: US defence secretary’s campaign against ‘wokeness’ is causing unease among some Republicans

Ukraine urgently needs money and missiles. Can Europe find them?
Europe letter: EU will struggle to repeat its €90bn loan trick to keep Ukraine funded

Jury in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial remains deadlocked, to resume deliberations Thursday
Judge delivered ‘dynamite charge’ in case of Massachusetts mother accused of murdering her three young childre…

Gary Glitter pleads not guilty to repeated sexual abuse of girl in 1970s and 80s
Former pop star accused of committing the offences after allegedly inviting girl to his London home

Maltese tycoon not guilty of involvement in journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder
Verdict decisive, with jurors voting to dismiss charges by an eight-to-one majority

German investigators identify suspects with Russian links in Leipzig drone attack
Germany has blamed Russia for sending explosive-laden drone to Leipzig airport used to send military equipment…

Spain urges EU to act against Israeli far-right ministers
Israel’s plan to expand settlements would do ‘irreversible damage’ to hopes of two-state solution, McEntee say…

USS Abraham Lincoln’s weary crew of 5,000 arrives in Thailand after 286 days at sea
Ship plagued by reports of deteriorating living conditions and poor mental health

Body of Irish mountaineer located in Pakistan’s northern region
Alex Harris (30), an experienced trekker, went missing during descent of 4,000m mountain in Mansehra district

Russia’s ‘hybrid war’ is assassination squads, blowing up trains, arson, says Poland
‘We are no longer in regular peacetime,’ says Polish minister as EU meeting in Wicklow plots response to Mosco…

The wheels are coming off the US world order
Trump believes in a world in which there are no allies, only satellites, and in which power is America’s alone…

US announces thousands of arrests in New York immigration operation
Immigration arrests reached a record high of 49,000 in July, nearing Trump’s goal of 2,000 daily arrests

Russia secretly helping Iran develop supersonic cruise missiles
Leaks reveal programme behind one of the most significant known transfers of military technology from Moscow t…

Hopes of finding Nepal floods survivors fade as death toll passes 1,100
Some 4,000 people are missing a week after a glacier collapse in the Himalayas unleashed flash floods

Charlie Kirk murder suspect Tyler Robinson pleads not guilty as judge sends case to trial
Suspect to be tried for aggravated murder, felony charge that carries death penalty sentence in Utah

US-Iran war flares again as sides exchange air strikes
Iran retaliates against US sites in Jordan, Bahrain and Iraq after US says it targeted Revolutionary Guard fa…

Iceland says no to EU membership talks
The Nordic country is a very special case. It would be foolish to draw hasty conclusions from this referendum …

Netanyahu has new protector inside European Union
Israeli government has waged an intense campaign to dissuade governments from backing EU action over Gaza

North Carolina governor seeks to strengthen Irish links amid US political uncertainty
Josh Stein is confident Democrats will regain a US Senate seat in midterm elections

La bonhomie is back: Macron arrives in Britain bearing gifts
Return of Bayeux Tapestry offers a symbolic backdrop to the warmest UK-French relations in years

‘Grossly offensive to victims’: Flags erected in memory of Billy Wright in Co Tyrone town
The former LVF leader, believed to have been involved in a number of murders, was killed in 1997

Iran vows US will ‘regret its new attacks’ after people killed at wedding
At least two were killed and dozens wounded at a ceremony in the city of Bandar Kuhestak

Burnham sets out his stall as Starmer leaves a parting headache
Labour’s new leader gives his first speech in parliament as prime minister, promising to end Margaret Thatcher…

Escalating Russian attacks intended to ‘scare’ Europe, says EU foreign affairs chief
Kaja Kallas underlined importance of resolve amid Moscow’s hybrid campaign to chip away at support for Ukraine

France bans phones in schools amid warnings of ‘intellectual crisis’
Rise of short videos has reduced people’s ability to read texts or watch long films, says French president