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Man Utd boss Skinner leaves role before WSL season

Man Utd boss Skinner leaves role before WSL season

Manchester United manager Marc Skinner steps down from his position before the start of the Women's Super League season.…

'Your legacy will live forever': Nepal mourns climber Nirmal Purja

'Your legacy will live forever': Nepal mourns climber Nirmal Purja

Tributes are pouring out across Nepal after an avalanche killed some of the country's best mountaineers.…

'Nothing is strange' - how clubs prepare for the transfer window

'Nothing is strange' - how clubs prepare for the transfer window

Premier League clubs have already spent more than £1bn in the transfer window, but are expected to only get busier.…

Hitting the right note: apolitical animals or European heroes for new euro designs?

Hitting the right note: apolitical animals or European heroes for new euro designs?

The EU is using a currency redesign as an opportunity to be less neutral and try some finely balanced identity-buildingIs Europe best represented by t…

Turkiye and Iraq sign one-year oil pipeline deal amid global shift

Turkiye and Iraq sign one-year oil pipeline deal amid global shift

The renewed agreement ensures crude flow of 750,000 barrels a day through the Iraq-Turkiye pipeline, officials confirm.…

Beneath Tunisia’s silence, public anger simmers

Beneath Tunisia’s silence, public anger simmers

Behind Tunisia’s enforced calm, anger is growing over repression, economic decline and collapsing public services.…

DoJ appears to ignore New Mexico deadline for key Epstein ranch files

DoJ appears to ignore New Mexico deadline for key Epstein ranch files

State attorney general set 31 July deadline for documents relating to abuse of girls at Epstein-owned Zorro ranchThe US Department of Justice (DoJ) ap…

Sri Lanka sentences two officials to death for not stopping Easter bombings

Sri Lanka sentences two officials to death for not stopping Easter bombings

Sri Lanka sentences two officials to death for not stopping 2019 Easter bombings.…

Death toll in Spain border crisis reaches 67 as tens of thousands cross back in to Morocco

Death toll in Spain border crisis reaches 67 as tens of thousands cross back in to Morocco

The death toll in Spain's Ceuta border crisis with Morocco has climbed to 67. They included some who drowned and some who were killed in a stampede to…

England beaten by New Zealand in netball semi-final

England beaten by New Zealand in netball semi-final

England's netballers miss out on a place in the Commonwealth Games gold-medal match after a 61-54 semi-final defeat by a powerful New Zealand side.…

Uefa has 'lost confidence' in Fifa leadership as investment plan scrapped

Uefa has 'lost confidence' in Fifa leadership as investment plan scrapped

Uefa says it has lost confidence in Gianni Infantino's Fifa leadership as the fallout from the scrapped controversial investment plan intensifies.…

ECB official warns climate crisis poses growing threat to ‘core financial stability’

ECB official warns climate crisis poses growing threat to ‘core financial stability’

Exclusive: As wildfires rage, Frank Elderson says more work needed to assess risk from collapse of ecosystem servicesA senior policymaker at the Europ…

How police in US are using the power of podcasts to crack unsolved murders

How police in US are using the power of podcasts to crack unsolved murders

More police departments are trying to invigorate unsolved murder or missing cases through the power of podcasts.…

British girl band FLO 'want it all' - and they're confident they will get it

British girl band FLO 'want it all' - and they're confident they will get it

The rising stars say making their second album, Therapy at the Club, was a "crash course" in music.…

I was working to survive and I wasn't paid

I was working to survive and I wasn't paid

Sonia Garcia Monuz is among ex-catering firm employees who claim they are owed unpaid wages.…

CPS to target assets of jailed funeral director

CPS to target assets of jailed funeral director

As Robert Bush starts a 20-year prison sentence, prosecutors want to claw back the money he stole.…

Adani to pay no company tax despite $1bn revenue from Queensland coalmine

Adani to pay no company tax despite $1bn revenue from Queensland coalmine

Indian conglomerate offsets earnings from Carmichael mine to report $340.6m loss, after promising billions in taxes and royaltiesGet our breaking news…

Algerian bus plunges into ravine killing at least 27

Algerian bus plunges into ravine killing at least 27

Dozens also injured in accident outside the country's capital Algiers.…

Does FIFA need private investment?

Does FIFA need private investment?

The world football body is facing growing backlash after its proposal to sell a stake in its top events.…

At least 25 people killed, dozens injured in Algeria bus crash

At least 25 people killed, dozens injured in Algeria bus crash

At least 25 people have been killed and dozens others injured in a bus crash in Algeria.…

Western allies warn North Korean IT workers funding nuclear arsenal

Western allies warn North Korean IT workers funding nuclear arsenal

Pyongyang accused of using hard currency earned by AI-assisted workers to power armaments programme.…

HIV prevention drug could reduce cases globally but USAID cuts prevent access, say experts

HIV prevention drug could reduce cases globally but USAID cuts prevent access, say experts

Injectable PrEP drug holds promise but investment in HIV prevention has declined dramatically worldwideSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter ema…

Watch: Moroccan police clash with migrants near border with Spain's Ceuta

Watch: Moroccan police clash with migrants near border with Spain's Ceuta

Spain's North African territory of Ceuta from Morocco, though more than 25,000 have returned voluntarily, officials said.…

Tunisian wildfires expose failing infrastructure, community vulnerabilities

Tunisian wildfires expose failing infrastructure, community vulnerabilities

For families in Tunisia's north, the wildfires have meant lost homes, livestock and harvests.…

New Google Earth AI tool could fuel misinformation, experts say

New Google Earth AI tool could fuel misinformation, experts say

Experts tell BBC Verify Google's new feature which lets people generate fake satellite images could be misused.…

Andy Burnham to set out devolution plan amid criticism it won’t benefit regions equally – UK politics live

Andy Burnham to set out devolution plan amid criticism it won’t benefit regions equally – UK politics live

Plan set to transform funding so English regions no longer rely on Whitehall handouts for projectsAs we mentioned in the opening post, Ben Houchen, th…

BP puts North Sea oil and gas business up for sale

BP puts North Sea oil and gas business up for sale

Move, which would end decades of production in area, comes as new CEO tries to simplify firm and cut debtBusiness live – latest updatesBP has put its …

Gina Rinehart threatens ABC with legal action over Race Around the World program

Gina Rinehart threatens ABC with legal action over Race Around the World program

Hancock Prospecting says chair Kim Williams among those ‘on notice’ for failing to remove program that joked about turning Rinehart’s insides into a s…

Sainsbury's to sell Argos for £120m

Sainsbury's to sell Argos for £120m

Under the terms of the deal, Argos will still operate in Sainsbury's shops, sell Habitat products, and offer Nectar points.…

AC Milan and Italy great Baresi dies aged 66

AC Milan and Italy great Baresi dies aged 66

AC Milan and Italy great Franco Baresi has died at the age of 66, the Italian club announces.…