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1. 10 climbers including mountaineer Nirmal Purja killed in Pakistan avalanche

   8 sources

   Purja, a renowned Nepalese climber known for summiting all 14 eight-thousanders, was among those swept away during an expedition on Broad Peak in the Pakistani-administered region.

   • CBS World 10 climbers, including famed mountaineer, dead in Pakistan avalanche
   • PBS NewsHour All 10 climbers swept away in avalanche in Pakistan are confirmed dead
   • CBC World Nirmal Purja, 'inspirational' Nepali climber, among 10 killed in avalanche during Pakistan expedition
   • BBC World Mountaineer Nirmal Purja killed in Pakistan avalanche, his company says
   • The Hindu International Veteran Nepalese mountaineer Purja dies in avalanche on Broad Peak in PoK
   • DW Famed climber Nirmal Purja among 10 killed in avalanche
   • Guardian World Top mountaineer Nirmal Purja confirmed dead after 11 hit by avalanche in Pakistan
   • ABC Australia Famed mountaineer Nirmal Purja confirmed dead in Pakistan avalanche

2. Spain installs barriers in Ceuta after frontier rush that killed 67

   7 sources

   The deaths occurred during a mass migration influx at Spain's North African enclave, prompting the government to take security measures and drawing international attention to the crisis.

   • France 24 Spain installs floating barrier in Ceuta after migration influx
   • Guardian World EU to hold urgent meeting of interior ministers on Tuesday over Ceuta crisis
   • PBS NewsHour Spain installs sea barrier on Ceuta's border with Morocco after frontier rush that killed 67
   • CBS World Spain to put containment fence around Ceuta after migrants rush border
   • The Hindu International Spain to put containment fence on Ceuta's border with Morocco after frontier rush that killed 67
   • Al Jazeera Spain says migrants leaving Ceuta after mass influx in which 67 died
   • CNBC International Spain installs floating barrier in North African enclave following border rush by tens of thousands

3. Russian strikes on Kyiv kill at least 9 as Ukraine sinks ship

   6 sources

   Russia launched ballistic missiles and drone attacks on Ukraine's capital while Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russian container ship in a simultaneous counterstrike.

   • Al Jazeera At least 9 people killed in Russian missile attacks on Kyiv
   • UPI World Russian strikes on Kyiv kill 9; Ukraine sinks Russian container ship
   • BBC World Nine killed in strikes on Kyiv, as Ukraine sinks Russian container ship
   • CBC World Russia batters Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, killing at least 10
   • ABC International Russia hits Ukrainian capital with ballistic missiles and drones, killing at least 9
   • CBS World Russian strikes on Kyiv kill 9, injure at least 27, officials say

4. Tens of thousands crossed into Spanish Ceuta in major migration influx

   5 sources

   The surge marks a significant escalation in migrant crossings from Morocco into Spain's North African territory, with comparisons to previous crises.

   • The Hindu International Spain’s Ceuta migration influx: What we know
   • France 24 Ceuta 2026 dwarfs 2021 migration crisis
   • RTÉ World Spain says migrant crossings into Ceuta stopped overnight
   • ABC International 'I just want a chance': Moroccans sought better future in collective crossing to Spain territory
   • NPR World Tens of thousands of migrants crossed into Spanish territory from Morocco this week

5. Death toll in Ceuta border crisis reaches 67 as thousands return

   5 sources

   Tens of thousands of migrants crossed from Morocco into Spanish territory before returning, with dozens dying during the crossing attempt.

   • France 24 Ceuta: 60,000 cross the border, 57 died
   • The Hindu International Spain-Morocco border crisis: Death toll in Ceuta reaches 67
   • ABC International Death toll in Spain-Morocco border crisis in Ceuta reaches 67 as tens of thousands cross back
   • NPR World Death toll in Spain border crisis reaches 67 as tens of thousands cross back in to Morocco
   • PBS NewsHour Tens of thousands of migrants enter Spanish territory, then return to Morocco

6. Trump threatens more strikes on Iran as tensions escalate

   4 sources

   The threats follow Iran's recent ballistic missile attack on Israel, which triggered initial U.S. strikes and warnings from Iran about potential retaliation.

   • PBS NewsHour Trump threatens more strikes on Iran. Tensions from Hormuz to Kuwait and Gaza lead to more warnings
   • CBS World Iran accuses U.S. of escalating tensions as Washington plans more strikes
   • Al Jazeera Iran warns against ‘flames of war’ amid US strike threats on energy sites
   • UPI World Reports: New wave of U.S. strikes could target Iran's energy resources

7. Canada women win relay silver; men disqualified at Commonwealth Games

   3 sources

   The disqualification came during the men's 4x100m relay final at the Games, while Canada's female relay team secured a medal in the same event.

   • CBC Top Stories Canadian women capture silver medal in 4x100m relay final; Canada's men DQ'd at Commonwealth Games
   • Sky News World Boxer lands country's first Commonwealth Games medal without winning a fight
   • Guardian World Boxer secures Tuvalu’s first Commonwealth Games medal without winning a bout

8. Police release Nancy Guthrie ransom notes six months after vanishing

   3 sources

   The case has remained unsolved since Guthrie disappeared, and authorities are now making the ransom notes public to generate new leads in the investigation.

   • UPI World Nancy Guthrie ransom notes released, family pleads for information
   • CBC World Authorities release Nancy Guthrie ransom note in search for new leads | Hanomansing Tonight
   • SBS News Police renew appeal, release ransom notes six months after Nancy Guthrie vanished

• Guardian World EU offered Spain support ‘from first moment’ of Ceuta crisis, says von der Leyen, after Sánchez hits out – Europe live
• France 24 Kyiv: 9 dead and 22 hurt in missile attack
• PBS NewsHour How Iranians are living through months of war and government crackdowns
• The Hindu International Who is Nirmal Purja, renowned Nepalese climber killed in Pakistan avalanche?
• The Hindu International One inmate killed, six wounded in Sri Lanka prison riot, says police
• Guardian World Dozens injured as earthquake hits near Naples in seismic swarm
• France 24 African Union mission in Somalia in question after US funding to end
• PBS NewsHour What's in the proposed deal to disarm Hamas and withdraw Israeli forces from Gaza

Politics

1. Spain attacks EU response to migrant surge in Ceuta; Italy suspends Schengen pact

   5 sources
   • BBC World Spain attacks 'selfish' response of some EU countries to Ceuta migrant crossings
   • France 24 Ceuta: Spain slams "selfish" EU partners
   • The Hindu International Italy suspends EU Schengen free-travel pact with Spain over Ceuta crisis
   • DW Ceuta: Spain demands EU meeting, blasts 'selfish' response
   • SBS News At least 57 migrants die crossing into Spanish enclave, as thousands voluntarily return

2. Trump disputes DOJ decision to drop Reflecting Pool vandalism charges

   3 sources

   The Justice Department abandoned the prosecution after acknowledging that repairs to the damaged monument were mishandled and the alleged vandalism charges were unfounded.

   • UPI World Trump says he disapproves of DOJ dropping reflecting pool charges
   • Al Jazeera Trump denounces Justice Department decision to drop Reflecting Pool charges
   • BBC World Trump administration drops Reflecting Pool vandalism charge and admits 'botched' repairs

3. Most Australian teens remain online despite under-16 social media ban

   2 sources

   Australia enacted a landmark law prohibiting social media use by children under 16, but compliance three months later remains limited.

   • Al Jazeera Most Australian teens still online three months after under-16 ban
   • Sky News World Most Australian teens still on social media despite landmark ban

4. Peru's ex-president Ollanta Humala released after corruption conviction overturned

   2 sources

   Humala's 15-year jail sentence for money laundering and illegal campaign financing was quashed by a court.

   • The Hindu International Peru ex-President Ollanta Humala walks free after conviction quashed
   • BBC World Peru's ex-president leaves jail after 15-year jail term for corruption overturned

5. Criminal case dropped against Olympian for damaged D.C. Reflecting Pool

   2 sources

   The Justice Department withdrew charges after prosecutors acknowledged installation errors contributed to damage to the iconic monument.

   • UPI World Prosecutors admit 'botched installation' damaged D.C. reflecting pool
   • PBS NewsHour Justice Department drops criminal case against Olympian over damaged Reflecting Pool

• NBC News Troy Jackson launches his first general election ad in Maine Senate race, criticizing Susan Collins
• France 24 Fast access to Trump's ‘Truth Social’ posts goes on sale for $100,000 per month
• Guardian World Italy says it’s temporarily suspending EU Schengen arrangement with Spain after 60,000 migrants reach Ceuta – as it happened
• France 24 Trump presses Israel to accept deal with Hamas
• Guardian World EU relations, climate crisis and Gaza: why Ed Miliband is fired up by Foreign Office challenges
• Guardian World Turn failing water firms into not-for-profit cooperatives, MPs and mayors tell PM
• Phys.org A new genetic tool helps researchers uncover the logic of gene regulation
• NASA NASA’s Newest Wind Tunnel Opens at NASA Langley

Business & markets

• Guardian World Adani to pay no company tax despite $1bn revenue from Queensland coalmine
• PBS NewsHour Unaccompanied migrant children at risk of losing legal representation
• CNBC International S&P 500 closes higher Friday as Amazon surges; Dow posts fourth straight winning month: Live updates
• Yahoo Finance Vertiv CEO makes critical comment as stock crashes
• Yahoo Finance This Top Nuclear Energy Dividend Stock Could Turn $1,000 Into a Lifetime Income Stream
• Yahoo Finance Why EPAM Systems Stock Rocketed Higher This Week
• Yahoo Finance GE Aerospace, AI Play Lead Five Stocks Near Buy Points
• Yahoo Finance The Bank of England Is Moving Away From Coal

Science

• Phys.org New immune-blocking strategy improves interspecies organ generation
• DW More women die in heatwaves, but biology 'isn't main cause'
• Phys.org AI opens new era in cognitive studies of wild primates
• Phys.org Electron cooling tames highly charged ions in Penning trap for first time
• Phys.org Researchers investigate case of soft-tick borne relapsing fever in Austin area
• Science Daily Ant brains reveal how evolution turned hunger into parenting
• Phys.org Ancient diamond preserves evidence of water-bearing mineral deep in Earth's mantle
• Phys.org Deadly blooms offer a genetic blueprint for making hard-to-synthesize medicinal compounds

Technology

• France 24 The Dartmouth Workshop: The $7,500 investment that gave birth to AI (2/2)
• Phys.org Smarter fish farms could cut electricity use and CO₂ while keeping fish safe
• The Hindu International Gor calls on Bangladesh to join Pax Silica initiative
• ABC Australia 'How can you foresee the future?': The quantum gamble in the age of AI
• CNBC International Fintech broker Clear Street offers investors pre-IPO access to $188 billion AI giant Databricks
• CNBC International How Leopold Aschenbrenner built a $45 billion AI hedge fund — and lost most of it in days
• The Hindu International Modi, Burnham discuss trade, technology, Hormuz over phone
• Phys.org Quantum computer completes verified task beyond practical reach of classical simulations

Health

• CBC Top Stories New HIV infections in Canada are rising. Advocates say years of progress are at risk
• Science Daily Eating one avocado a day may lower heart disease risk
• Guardian World ‘MPs have had their stomachs pumped’: concerns over ‘alcohol-soaked’ culture in Westminster
• Phys.org Fish pathogens once limited to Asia and US emerge in Brazilian farms
• Phys.org From research to policy: Study turns EU wildfire assessments into a tool for better governance
• Science Daily Blood cancer’s genetic warning signs may appear years early
• NBC News Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi reveals hysterectomy after cervical cancer diagnosis
• ABC Australia 'What's happened to me?': Bearing witness as my nan faced dementia

Weather & climate

1. Europe confronts extreme heat and drought amid climate crisis

   3 sources

   The region is experiencing severe weather volatility, with temperatures reaching record highs and prolonged dry conditions straining infrastructure and ecosystems across the continent.

   • Phys.org A rollercoaster of weather extremes: Drought and heat waves are creating UK's climate whiplash
   • CNBC International Building for 131°F: Europe races to protect its infrastructure from a ‘quiet catastrophe’
   • ABC Australia Climate scientist caught up in Europe's 'dystopian' summer

2. European wildfires force evacuations as Gironde blaze contained

   3 sources

   France's major Gironde wildfire is now under control after days of fighting, but new blazes elsewhere in Europe continue to displace thousands of residents.

   • France 24 France: Major Gironde wildfire contained
   • ABC International Europe’s wildfire crisis shifts as some 200,000 French return but new blazes force thousands to flee
   • ABC Australia Wildfires force mass evacuations in Europe as Australia sends help

• France 24 France's fires are 'today under control', says PM Lecornu
• PBS NewsHour Western states face more water cutbacks as Colorado River shrinks
• PBS NewsHour Heat wave expected to bring record-breaking temps, heighten wildfire risk to parts of Western U.S.
• Phys.org Pacific cloud brightening could weaken El Nino, but models reveal risks for Europe and Asia
• CBC Top Stories Wind, lightning in forecast as cold front adds new challenge in B.C. wildfire fight
• CBC World What French communities have learned after a week of battling wildfires that threaten their way of life
• Phys.org Four ways wildfires generate tornadoes, lightning and other extreme weather, sometimes miles from the flames
• RTÉ World Firefighters tackle wildfires in several areas in Greece

Culture & arts

• BBC Culture Acclaimed Welsh artist Kevin Sinnott dies aged 78
• ABC Australia 'We are not a monoculture and never have been,' Penny Wong tells Garma Festival
• ABC Australia Garma Festival media panel hears Indigenous debate has soured since Voice
• UPI World Gracie Abrams' 'Daughter from Hell' tops U.S. album chart
• BBC Science Scientist's lifelong obsession with mystery of elusive 'pink zebra' seaweed
• BBC Culture British girl band FLO 'want it all' - and they're confident they will get it
• Al Jazeera Moroccan rapper Mehdi El Youbi temporarily released from prison
• Guardian World Singapore bans Massive Attack for showing Palestinian flag, breaching ban on foreign emblems

World Cup

1. FIFA abandons World Cup investment plan after major backlash

   7 sources

   The decision follows fierce opposition from UEFA and other football bodies over Infantino's proposal to sell stakes in the World Cup to private equity investors.

   • PBS NewsHour Infantino abandoned his World Cup equity plan after seismic FIFA backlash. Here's what to know
   • France 24 European football body declares no confidence in FIFA's Infantino after World Cup sell-off plan
   • Al Jazeera Infantino’s FIFA crisis: What is reaction to World Cup investment U-turn?
   • CBS World UEFA says it has lost confidence in FIFA leadership after investment plan
   • UPI World FIFA drops plan to sell stakes in the World Cup after backlash
   • SBS News FIFA abandons World Cup privatisation plan after fierce backlash
   • NBC News FIFA president nixes idea to sell stakes in World Cup to private equity investors

2. FIFA scraps controversial World Cup investment plan after backlash

   3 sources

   The decision follows widespread criticism from UEFA and other stakeholders over concerns about transparency and the commercialization of the tournament.

   • CBS World FIFA scraps its World Cup investment plan after backlash
   • DW UEFA 'rebuilding trust' after FIFA scraps World Cup sell-out plans
   • Sky News World Infantino scraps controversial FIFA sell-off plan saying it 'created divisions'

• CNBC International FIFA tests the limits of private equity in sports with World Cup subsidiary sale
• CNBC International UEFA says it has lost confidence in Infantino as FIFA faces calls for transparency
• BBC Sport Football Four reasons why Fifa's World Cup plan never stacked up
• Al Jazeera Infantino’s FIFA World Cup crisis: Who could replace president?

Football

1. Pressure mounts on Infantino as calls grow for full review

   2 sources

   The FIFA president faces mounting pressure and scrutiny following dramatic developments that have shaken world football in recent days.

   • BBC World Call for 'full review' as pressure grows on Infantino
   • BBC Sport Football The five dramatic days that shook Infantino and world football
   • BBC World Infantino on the brink? Who might replace him if he goes?

• BBC Sport Football Gold family agrees to sell West Ham stake to Staveley
• BBC Sport Football Chelsea confirm Welbeck signing from Brighton
• BBC Sport Football Maresca loses first match as Inter beat Man City on penalties
• BBC Sport Football Is building a new stadium a way around spending rules?
• BBC Sport Football Foden aims to repay Man City faith in fresh start
• BBC Sport Football McAidoo 'the kind of winger I love' - Maresca
• BBC Sport Football Mudryk Chelsea return will take time - Alonso
• BBC Sport Football Intensity, smiles & Lewandowski - inside Liverpool training under Iraola

Tennis

• BBC Sport Tennis Norrie beaten by Shapovalov in Los Cabos semi-final

Basketball

• NBC News WNBA star Brittney Griner files for divorce from wife Cherelle Griner

Other Sports

• BBC Sport Cricket Leaders Brave extend winning run against Spirit
• BBC Sport Cricket Allen sends Rockets top with win over Super Giants
• BBC Sport Cricket Yorks beat Durham to maintain One-Day Cup momentum
• BBC Sport Cricket Brave see off Spirit to extend lead at top of the table
• France 24 France Cricket implodes: letters hidden in a drawer and a board at war
• BBC Sport Cricket Root guides Fire to victory over Phoenix
• BBC Sport Cricket Perry leads Phoenix to first victory of the season
• BBC Sport Cricket Root in 'very different place' over Test captaincy