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Jul 3, 2026 - World

A Turkish court has ordered comedian Deniz Goktas jailed pending trial for allegedly insulting religious values and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Jul 3, 2026 - World

Three men have been acquitted of murder in the killing of Belfast journalist Lyra McKee

Jul 3, 2026 - World

Thousands of volunteers are joined by overseas teams in the hope of finding more survivors in the rubble, reports Tom Phillips in Caraballeda.Photography and video by Manu QuinteroWhen twin earthquakes tore through Venezuela’s northern coast last week, Israel Rivas was at home hundreds of miles away in the industrial city of San Félix. As the scale of the catastrophe became clear, the 24-year-old knew he had to react. A mechanic and budding photographer, Rivas gathered the money he had been saving to buy a new camera lens and jumped on a bus to make the 12-hour journey to La Guaira, the coastal state that has suffered the most damage.“I couldn’t eat well. I couldn’t sleep well, knowing that my brothers and sisters from this country are dying, so I … came here and I’m doing the best I can,” he said on Wednesday, exactly a week after the disaster, as he stood outside Residencia La Gabarra, a 12-storey block of beachside apartments that had collapsed into a jumble of reinforced concrete and bricks with at least three children inside. Continue reading...

Jul 3, 2026 - World

Venice's new mayor is proposing a dynamic pricing system for the city's day-tripper access fee

Jul 3, 2026 - World

Mourners have gathered in Damascus a day after an explosive device killed 10 people in a cafe