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Latest developments in Europe's heatwave 28 Jun 2026 - 05:40 pm
A woman takes a photo toward St. Paul's from the south side of the River Thames in central London on June 28, 2026, as people come out to take advantage of cooler temperatures following days of extreme heat. The UK broke the record for a June temperature for the third day in a row on June 26, the Met Office weather agency said, as a sweltering heatwave strained schools and hospitals and drove down business. (Photo by CARLOS JASSO / AFP)
Several injured in lightning strike at Swedish amusement park 28 Jun 2026 - 05:25 pm
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Skydiving plane crash kills 11 in France 28 Jun 2026 - 02:43 pm
This photograph shows the wreckage of a Pilatus PC-6 light aircraft after it crashed at Tomblaine, on the outskirts of Nancy, eastern France on June 28, 2026. Photo by Jean-Christophe VERHAEGEN / AFP
Cycling industry bets on smart bikes to boost sales 28 Jun 2026 - 12:58 pm
An employee prepares a booth at the EUROBIKE 2026 fair of the international bicycle industry in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany on June 23, 2026. (Photo by Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP)
France records around 1,000 excess deaths in heatwave: health agency 28 Jun 2026 - 10:09 am
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Ukraine announces hitting Russian industrial facility 27 Jun 2026 - 06:55 pm
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Czech Republic marks new temperature record at 40.6C 27 Jun 2026 - 06:10 pm
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World's largest particle smasher halts for upgrade to boost hunt for dark matter 27 Jun 2026 - 03:31 pm
(Files) The 1232 dipole magnets that bend the path of accelerated protons are pictured in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in a tunnel of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), during maintenance works on February 6, 2020 in Echenevex, France, near Geneva. (Photo by Vlentin Flauraud / AFP)
Farmers fear drought as Italy's longest river runs dry 27 Jun 2026 - 10:15 am
This aerial photograph shows a sandbar on the Po River at Pontelagoscuro, northeastern Italy, on June 25, 2026. (Photo by Stefano Rellandini / AFP)
Hospitals overwhelmed as Europe heatwave shifts east 26 Jun 2026 - 12:26 pm
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More than 10,000 historic artefacts seized at Turkish home 25 Jun 2026 - 03:56 pm
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Cliff collapse in French beach resort kills one 25 Jun 2026 - 03:19 pm
Firefighters search by boat at the base of the cliff from which a section collapsed near Miramar beach, killing one woman and leaving a diver missing, in Biarritz, south-western France, on June 25, 2026. Photo by PHILIPPE LOPEZ / AFP
At-risk UK elderly bid to stay cool as heatwave bears down 25 Jun 2026 - 03:14 pm
Commuters walk in the sun as they cross London Bridge, during a heatwave, in central London on June 24, 2026. (Photo by Toby Shepheard / AFP)
Three-year-old found dead in car during France heatwave 25 Jun 2026 - 02:51 pm
A woman walks under an umbrella to protect herself from the sun during a heatwave in Lyon, southern France, on June 24, 2026. Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP
'Need each other': Macron hosts Meloni after Trump rift 25 Jun 2026 - 02:27 pm
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni addresses the press at the end of their meeting of state leaders of the European Group of Five (E5) and the NATO Secretary General, on June 24, 2026 at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Ludovic Marin / AFP)
Events cancelled, records loom as heatwave reaches Germany 25 Jun 2026 - 01:42 pm
A man and woman walk past the water stream of a sprinkler system at the WTA 500 Bad Homburg Open tennis tournament in Bad Homburg, western Germany on June 25, 2026. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)
Heatwave linked to 212 deaths in Spain Sunday-Wednesday 25 Jun 2026 - 12:01 pm
People off in a water fountain as Spain experiences a heatwave, in Madrid. (Photo by Oscar Del Pozo / AFP)
Driver killed in UK train collision passed red signal: investigators 24 Jun 2026 - 08:12 pm
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Africa

(Files) Muhoozi Kainerugaba (C), son of Yoweri Museveni and Uganda's Chief of Defence Forces, inspects a military parade on May 12, 2026. (Photo by Badru Katumba / AFP) Uganda army chief shuts down leading independent media group
A South African fan cheers for her team during the 2026 World Cup Group A football match in Guadalupe, Mexico, on June 24, 2026. (Photo by Julio Cesar Aguilar / AFP) South Africans celebrate in the streets after World Cup advance
Healthcare workers carry on a stretcher a patient suffering from the Ebola virus disease from an ambulance at the Ebola Treatment Center (ETC) in Bunia, Ituri, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on June 23, 2026. (Photo by Benediction MURHABAZI / AFP) Global Ebola risk 'remains low', WHO chief says
Members of specialized response teams enter the morgue of the Evangelical Medical Center of Nyankunde (CME) with the body of a person who died from Ebola virus disease to allow relatives to pay their last respects after washing, disinfection and safe body-wrapping procedures in Bunia, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 13, 2026. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP) DR Congo Ebola outbreak tops 1,000 cases, kills 254

Americas

The turtles were tied in knotted socks when US officials found them (Photo from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) $1.4m turtle sock smuggling operation earns Chinese man a 2-year prison sentence
People cool off with the water of a fountain in Berlin on June 28, 2026. (Photo by Ralf Hirschberger / AFP) Take brutally hot weather seriously, heatstroke survivor warns
This aerial view shows collapsed buildings in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, Venezuela, on June 27, 2026, following earthquakes that struck the region. Nearly 1,000 people have been killed and more than 50,000 remain missing after two consecutive earthquakes in Venezuela, where growing anger has been reported over the lack of official aid to swiftly rescue survivors. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP) Venezuela quake toll rises to 1,430: national assembly chief
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