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Forty people have drowned in heatwave-related deaths in France since 18 June officials have said, as temperatures hit record levels in several major cities and the heatwave reached a peak in several European countries. Measures have been put in place across western Europe in order to help people manage the heat. The BBC’s Pierre-Antoine Denis […]

Dr Cherti says footballers’ choices can be shaped by “professional, emotional and political considerations”, including family expectations or international opportunities they might not otherwise have had. For example, Ibrahim Mbaye had played for France at all youth levels, but made the surprise announcement last year, aged 17, that he would play for Senegal, his mother’s […]

The UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) is set to evacuate more than 11,000 sailors who have been stranded in the Gulf because of the US-Israel war against Iran. IMO secretary-general Arsenio Dominguez said the “large-scale operation” would be carried out in cooperation with Iran, Oman, the US, other coastal states in the region and the […]

The ceasefire has largely held since Sunday, marking the longest lull in weeks of escalating hostilities that spilled over from the US-Israeli war with Iran. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday night that Israeli troops had full freedom of action against any Hezbollah threat and would remain in Lebanon “as long as is […]

Using head to head as the first tiebreaker is nothing new. Uefa favours it in all its competitions. The theory behind it is how it separates teams on the result of the match between them, filtering out potentially big scorelines from other matches which can skew goal difference. Although half the size in terms of […]

Savannah Guthrie spoke on NBC’s Today show on 23 June about a note sent to the media in February regarding her missing mother, Nancy Guthrie, which claimed she had died. The longtime television presenter again begged people with information to come forward: “Somebody knows something,” she said. “We are in agony.” The note was one […]

The US Supreme Court has ruled that a former Louisiana inmate cannot sue prison officials who forcibly shaved his dreadlocks in violation of his Rastafarian faith, a move he argued violated his religious rights. In a 6-3 ruling, the top court said the prisoner, Damon Landor, was not entitled to monetary damages under a federal […]

Many of the tankers that have transited the strait in recent days have been linked with Iran following the lifting of the US naval blockade as part of the deal. At least 30 tankers have departed from the Gulf laden with Iranian oil and petrochemicals since the deal was agreed, according to Jemima Shelley, a […]

By Sarah Rainsford, in Rome Even for sun-loving Italy, current temperatures are extreme for June. The list of cities issued with a red alert warning is long and set to grow on Wednesday, with the most sweltering spots in the centre and north of the country. As the temperature climbed this week, the government reintroduced […]

A further €13.5m (£12m) from the Shared Island fund will provide for 1,000 additional places for early years educators to upskill and with 40% of these new places dedicated for participants from Northern Ireland. A training and capacity-building programme with tailored resources to support the needs of all young children as well as those with […]