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President Macron blamed the attack on Hezbollah. The Iran-backed armed group denied “any connection” to the incident. BBC News

Another Kanye West concert has been cancelled amid a furore over his past antisemitic comments. Swiss media had previously reported that the controversial rapper was due to perform at St. Jakob-Park, the home of football club FC Basel, in June. But on Saturday, the club announced that they had backed …

A man is arrested following a collision in which police say a car mounted a kerb and struck pedestrians. BBC News

The country’s biggest musician Teddy Afro laments a lack of unity in the country on his new track. BBC News

War correspondent, jazz bandleader and impresario, KC Sen shaped Kolkata’s music scene. BBC News

President Macron said France had “loved, dreamed and grown up” with the stalwart of French cinema. BBC News

The Queen of Pop makes a guest appearance during the Espresso singer’s headline set. BBC News

Eyewitnesses captured the moment a burning fuel tanker drove through the centre of Hasakah, Syria, leaving a trail of fire behind it. The fuel truck reportedly caught fire at a gas station. The tanker driver then attempted to drive the burning vehicle towards a fire station to contain the blaze, …

In response, two younger politicians, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó, 47, and Transport Minister János Lázár, 51, often appeared at Orbán’s rallies. But rather than reinvigorating the party, their dynamism just made its leader seem old and tired. BBC News

The term – kokushobi – translates to “cruelly hot”, “brutally hot” or “severely hot”, and comes after Japan’s hottest summer on record. BBC News

Bodycam footage shows the moment a New York police officer patrolling on horseback chases a suspected purse-snatcher around city streets. The NYPD officer repeatedly shouted for the woman to stop running, but she refused to do so. Eventually, the woman was stopped by a pedestrian and detained by the officer. …

England fans are facing having to pay train fares of more than £100 to watch one of their World Cup group matches in the USA. Anyone going to a game at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey from New York City’s Penn Station will have to pay $150 (£111) for …

The UK government blocked the rapper from entering the country over his history of making pro-Nazi and racist statements. BBC News

Marie-Thérèse had moved to the US after reuniting with her long-lost love, an American man who died in January. BBC News

Australia’s most decorated living veteran has been released on bail after being charged with war crimes linked to the Afghanistan war more than ‌a decade ago. Last week, police arrested Ben Roberts-Smith, 47, over the alleged murder of five unarmed Afghan civilians between 2009 and 2012. The former Special Air …

Pope Leo XIV is on his third day in Cameroon before he heads to Angola on Saturday. BBC News

Irish national Daniel Kinahan has been arrested in the UAE over his alleged links to an “international organised crime network”. He was detained after the Irish courts issued an arrest warrant. Irish police confirmed a man in his 40s was taken into custody in Dubai after an extradition was agreed …

Secondly, there is the issue over Hezbollah’s weapons, which has long divided this country. Disarmament is a demand of the US, Israel and many Lebanese, who accuse the group of defending the interests of its patron, Iran, and dragging the country into unnecessary wars. BBC News

A wolf that escaped form a South Korean zoo, becoming an internet sensation in the process, has been found. The two-year-old male wolf, named Neukgu, burrowed out of his enclosure at the O-World Zoo in Daejeon on 8 April, prompting a search. Animal rights groups feared that the animal would …

A helicopter has crashed in Indonesia, killing all eight people on board.  The aircraft was flying between palm oil plantations when it crashed in Borneo, an island shared between Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei. The Airbus H130, owned by PT Matthew Air Nusantara, lost contact on Thursday, five minutes after it …