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This year’s World Cup could see hazardous heat and humidity for players and fans at around a quarter of games, academics warned. World Weather Attribution (WWA) says its analysis shows climate change has spiked the temperature risks for players and fans, compared to the last US-hosted World Cup in 1994. …

China welcomed US President Donald Trump with cheering children and a troop parade on Thursday, before a nearly two-hour long meeting with Xi-Jinping. BBC News

Over 100 people have been killed in a violent storm in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state. Falling trees, collapsing structures and lightning killed at least 104 people, injured more than 50 and damaged homes in northern India, officials said. Fatalities were recorded in around 12 districts, with the worst …

Rescuers are searching for survivors in the rubble of a residential building hit overnight in Kyiv. BBC News

Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said he secretly visited the United Arab Emirates earlier this year during the US-Israeli war with Iran – but the UAE has denied the trip took place. Source link

The family of a UK couple jailed for 10 years in Iran have said they are increasingly worried after not hearing from them for over a week. Lindsay and Craig Foreman, who were detained during a motorbike trip in January 2025 and later sentenced over spying allegations, are being held …

👉Listen to This Is Why on your podcast app👈   The UK is providing jets, drones and our only operational Type 45 destroyer – HMS Dragon – as part of a multinational mission to secure the Strait of Hormuz. Thousands of tankers and cargo ships remain stranded after the strait was …

Gunfire broke out in the Philippine senate where a senator is holed up trying to avoid arrest over claims of crimes against humanity. Source link

“I will be asking President Xi, a Leader of extraordinary distinction, to ‘open up’ China so that these brilliant people can work their magic, and help bring the People’s Republic to an even higher level,” Trump said in a post on social media ahead of his landing. BBC News

Over 1,700 passengers and crew members have been ordered not to leave their cruise ship while French health officials carry out tests after a likely stomach flu outbreak onboard.  Source link

“Both the State and Murdaugh’s defense skillfully presented their cases to the jury as the trial court deftly presided over this complicated and high-profile matter,” the justices wrote. “However, their efforts were in vain because Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill placed her fingers on the scales of justice, …

The woman who was on a virus-hit ship shows “no signs of illness”, the government of Pitcairn Islands, a British Overseas Territory, says. BBC News

Two children are among those reported dead after seven cars were struck in separate attacks south of Beirut. BBC News

Trump has landed in Beijing for the first visit by a US leader since his own in 2017. BBC News

The ship set sail from Belfast on Friday and is currently at a port in Bordeaux. BBC News

Displaced teenagers Farah and Tala wanted to ‘turn destruction into something useful’. BBC News

The voluntary recall follows an incident on 20 April where an empty Waymo car entered a flooded road in San Antonio, Texas. BBC News

A Scottish man who worked as a military instructor in Ukraine has been jailed for more than eight years after he admitted spying for Russia. Source link

The government hopes reforms will help young people enter the market, while critics say it will stifle supply. BBC News

This week’s reception promises to be just as grand, including a stop inside Zhongnanhai, the rarefied compound where China’s top leadership lives and works. The agenda too will be just as thorny, with Iran being a new source of tension, alongside trade, technology and Taiwan. BBC News