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Spain heatwave

Spain endures hottest day of the year as 16 Italian cities put on red alert

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Afghanistan

Taliban troops approach outskirts of Afghan capital in relentless offensive

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Emergency personnel work near the site where a helicopter carrying tourists crashed at Kurile Lake in the Kronotsky nature reserve on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia (Kamchatka regional government/AP)

Bodies found in search for tourists whose helicopter crashed into Russian lake

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The whole state of New South Wales has been placed on lockdown until 22 August

New South Wales: Australia's most populous state locked down

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An ornament rests in front of a Greenville home destroyed by the Dixie Fire in Plumas County

US Forest Service at capacity as wildfires continue

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President Ashraf Ghani inspecting troops earlier this month (Rahmat Gul/AP)

Afghanistan president sounds defiant note as Taliban forces approach Kabul

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A View of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House seen from Sydney harbour in Australia (Chris Radburn/PA)

Record daily infection toll reported in Australia’s most populous state

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Taliban militants seen driving through Kandahar after taking over the city

'Voice of Sharia': Taliban rename radio station after capturing Afghan city

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Protesters take part in a rally in Hong Kong (Vincent Yu/AP)

Hong Kong protest group facing investigation by police

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Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, lead a rally in Managua (Alfredo Zuniga/AP)

Nicaragua’s police raid offices of opposition newspaper

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Nicki Minaj and husband Kenneth Petty are being sued by his attempted rape victim

Nicki Minaj and husband sued by his attempted rape victim

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Joe Biden, Jill Biden

First lady Jill Biden wears medical boot after foot injury in Hawaii

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Obit Nanci Griffith

Grammy-winning folk singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith dies aged 68

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Andrew Cuomo

New York Assembly to suspend Cuomo impeachment investigation

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Flooding in Kastamonu

Death toll rises as severe flooding hits northern Turkey

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Greece Wildfires

New blaze breaks out on Greek island ravaged by wildfires

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Afghanistan

Taliban take four more provincial capitals in sweep across Afghan south

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Algeria Forest Fires

Algeria orders probe into mob killing linked to wildfires

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