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- 'She slipped out of my hand' - children missing after ferry sinks off northern Cyprus
[7 hours old]: Ayten and Hayri Bicer's two young children are among 20 missing in an incident that killed eight people.

. Is ADHD And Autism Care Heading For "Chaos"?
[79 hours old]: And, did CIA chief travel to Moscow to warn Putin against attacking Nato?

. Football in Greenland: The toughest championship in the world?
[8625 hours old]: BBC Sport travels to Nuuk for the Greenlandic Football Championship.

. Gatwick Airport faced water outage after main burst
[76 hours old]: SES Water says it has repaired a burst main which was affecting supply to the airport.

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and in other news ...

- Mel Stride and Priti Patel replaced in major Tory reshuffle
[2 hours old]: Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is shaking up her top team ahead of the party's conference in October.

- Nepal rescuers blast hillside in search of hydropower workers as families wait anxiously
[4 hours old]: Rescuers have resorted to explosives as they struggle to reach trapped workers, as the flooding death toll reaches 939.

- Messi retires from international football with 'nothing left to give'
[7 hours old]: Argentina great Lionel Messi announces his retirement from international football, saying it was a decision that "hurt" but he understands "the time has come".

* Hundreds remember Heaton Park synagogue attack victims at memorial event
[1 hours old]: The chief rabbi and Angela Rayner are among speakers at the event, nearly a year on from the attack.

- AI could cause global economic downturn, Bank of England chief warns
[5 hours old]: The governor of the Bank of England warned of AI's “volatility” caused by energy shocks from the US-Iran war.

- Victoria Beckham's company makes its first profit after 18 years
[4 hours old]: Beckham's fashion and beauty business makes a £7.3m operating profit after years of losses.

- Notting Hill Carnival revels in 60th anniversary celebrations
[6 hours old]: Notting Hill Carnival, Europe's biggest street party, has celebrated its 60th year.

- Trump pushes Apple to change 'Lake Ontario' to 'Lake America' on its maps
[7 hours old]: The request comes after Google made the switch for US-based users over the weekend. MapQuest, another US map provider, said it will not change the name.

- Kushner states regret over World Cup sell-off plan
[3 hours old]: Venture capitalist Joshua Kushner says he would not have got involved in Fifa president Gianni Infantino's scrapped plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup if he had known how the football world reacted.

* More cells being built within prisons to help tackle overcrowding
[0 hours old]: The government says £110m has been fast-tracked from existing budgets to speed up the building of new cells.

- US singer D4vd's celebrity lawyers withdraw from murder case
[4 hours old]: The singer, 21, will be now represented by a public defender in the murder trial of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. He has pleaded not guilty.

- Festival honouring Dolly Parton set for Nashville and London
[3 hours old]: Dolly Parton's estate says DollyFest will take the place of a traditional public memorial for the artist, just as she wanted.

- The trial of Lindsay Clancy has gripped the US for weeks - here's what the jury must consider
[10 hours old]: Jurors have five options before them as they decide the fate of the former nurse charged with killing her three children.

- The big moves to watch out for before football's transfer window closes
[4 hours old]: BBC Sport's football experts pick out the standout transfers that could go through before Tuesday's 23:00 BST English deadline.

- John Galliano exhibition at New York Met cancelled after backlash
[6 hours old]: The exhibition faced criticism over the British fashion designer's conviction for making antisemitic remarks in 2011.

- Twenty-seven people rescued from rollercoaster
[1 hours old]: Crews spend more than three hours bringing people down from the ride in Lowestoft.

* Man dies near Notting Hill Carnival after entering canal
[0 hours old]: The man was taken to hospital by ambulance and was pronounced dead a short time later, police have said.

- South African airline defends low-altitude aerial stunt over packed stadium
[12 hours old]: Airlink says the manoeuvre with two planes in close formation involved careful and precise planning.

- Two dead and more than a dozen missing after 'terrifying' flash flood hits Grand Canyon
[1 hours old]: "It was a beautiful day - and then people were screaming," one hiker tells the BBC, as 14 people are missing.

- Three more held in crime crackdown following A66 crash that killed seven
[6 hours old]: Cleveland Police say the arrests are part of a wider investigation following the fatal A66 crash.

- UK raises case of British activist detained by settlers in West Bank with Israel
[12 hours old]: Finn Joughin, a 22-year-old student activist, was arrested in the Palestinian village of Umm Al-Kheir.

* Man City open talks with Chelsea over Fernandez move
[1 hours old]: Manchester City open talks with Chelsea in their bid to sign Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez.

- Messi retires from Argentina duty with 'nothing left to give'
[7 hours old]: Argentina great Lionel Messi announces his retirement from international football, saying it was a decision that "hurt" but he understands "the time has come".

- How Messi's decade of dominance almost never happened
[4 hours old]: Lionel Messi's decade of dominance with Argentina that almost never happened will go down as one of football's greatest ever stories.

* How did match-winner Saka do? Ratings for Aston Villa v Arsenal
[1 hours old]: How Aston Villa and Arsenal's players rated following the Gunners' 1-0 win.

* Pakistan drop seven players and release head coach
[0 hours old]: Pakistan respond to their series defeat by England by taking the extraordinary step of dropping seven players, calling up five uncapped players and releasing their head coach.

- GB's Dart ends 19-month wait for Grand Slam win at 'home away from home'
[2 hours old]: British qualifier Harriet Dart ends a 19-month wait for a Grand Slam singles win by fighting back to beat Peyton Stearns in the US Open first round.

- AI could cause global economic downturn, Andrew Bailey warns G20
[5 hours old]: The governor of the Bank of England warned of AI's “volatility” caused by energy shocks from the US-Iran war.

* Amazon rigged billions in ad pricing, lawsuit from states and US watchdog alleges
[0 hours old]: Amazon responded to the lawsuit, arguing the US Federal Trade Commission "misunderstands" their ad market.

- Business groups urge Swinney to scrap 'ineffective' food price cap plan
[10 hours old]: More than 20 organisations have written a joint letter to John Swinney urging him to scrap his plan for a legal cap on some food and drink prices.

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and in other older news ...

. The mystery of why so many black Britons still can't swim
[21 hours old]: For decades, swimming ability has been lower in the black community. Our writer asks why.

. This actor was told he had Alzheimer's, now he's performing a one-man show
[20 hours old]: Peter Marinker is taking on one of Samuel Beckett's most famous plays alone on a London stage.

. The millennials swapping doom-scrolling for gardening
[16 hours old]: Young people say gardening offers joy, serenity and a sense of community.

. What will Sonia Gandhi's memoir reveal about India's most powerful dynasty?
[22 hours old]: Sonia Gandhi’s memoir may finally answer questions about power, loss and the Gandhi family’s political legacy.

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. Canada tests the limits of Trump’s power
[125 hours old]: And, America says goodbye to musical icon Dolly Parton.

. 'My parents won't lend me £10k but helped my brother': When families play financial favourites
[23 hours old]: So-called financial favouritism can cause jealousy and resentment long into adulthood. Here is how experts say you can avoid it

. How the US-Canada trade war is being felt on both sides of the border
[22 hours old]: The US-Canada trade war is being felt on both sides of the border.

. Trump hails 'historic' deal to control 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil
[42 hours old]: Venezuelan interim president says the unusual agreement will help revive her country's economy.

. Wife of man who died after turbulence sues airline
[76 hours old]: Lawyers for Linda Kitchen say her husband was "fatally injured" after the flight dropped 6,000 ft.

. Fed has 'work to do' if price rises don't ease for Americans, Warsh says
[79 hours old]: Kevin Warsh remarks suggest interest rates could be increased if policymakers think inflation is running too high.

. I was spending £700 a month: How I beat my late-night shopping addiction
[95 hours old]: Younger generations are thought to be more susceptible to impulse spending. The BBC looks at ways to get it under control.

. Selena Gomez pushes back against 'frivolous' fraud claims
[88 hours old]: Selena Gomez's lawyer says the fraud case is "absurd" - but it is far from unusual for celebrity family business relationships to go wrong.

. Military veterans told they owe thousands of pounds over clerical error
[95 hours old]: Hundreds of former UK service personnel have had their pensions cut after being overpaid.

. 'Not far enough' - US parents and teens on Meta's new limits for young users
[84 hours old]: As part of an bn settlement in a child-safety lawsuit, Meta announced new restrictions on its apps. We asked families what they thought.

. Trump administration illegally retaliated against Anthropic, judge rules
[90 hours old]: The AI startup has been at loggerheads with the Pentagon over the use of AI by the US military.

. 'Cowboy builders' targeted in new government clampdown
[83 hours old]: A database of trusted tradespeople and a system to protect customers' money is being launched by the government next month.

. Sports Direct founder attacks Burnham's 'populist' High Street plans
[86 hours old]: In a letter, the entrepreneur accuses the prime minister of "jumping on 'everyday fixes' or bandwagons" with his latest cost of living and retail policies.

. Matt Lucas and Hugh Bonneville among actors calling for law on AI voice cloning
[89 hours old]: The performers are asking the government to give every person in the UK a legal right to own their voice.

. Colman's Mustard put up for sale ahead of merger
[83 hours old]: The sale comes before a proposed merger between parent company Unilever and McCormick.

. I used to live in a quiet area - now a data centre overlooks my garden
[89 hours old]: With the number of UK data centres set to rise, some communities are concerned about their impact.

. Overcooked? Why robotic pizza makers are failing
[95 hours old]: A string of failures has sapped confidence that robots will take over production at pizza restaurants.

. How Dolly Parton's business savvy helped her succeed far beyond the charts
[119 hours old]: While country music and films brought her fame, her entrepreneurial zeal brought her fortune.

. Firms scramble for battery power in Spain and Portugal
[143 hours old]: After last year's massive power failure Spanish and Portuguese firms are buying battery back ups.

. 'What you see is what you pay' - why some US restaurants are banning tips
[167 hours old]: Tips are central to US dining culture but some eateries think that they are unfair.

. Drought leaves 'barely any apples' to make cider
[161 hours old]: Some orchards are harvesting just a 10th of their usual crop, and facing an uncertain future.

. How landscape gardening is being electrified
[263 hours old]: The switch to quieter electric equipment is not going as fast as some would like.

. School uniform swap shop 'saves money and tackles second hand clothes stigma'
[29 hours old]: A free initiative which started with one school four years ago now has more than 200 involved.

. Fundraiser launched to secure crafting shop future
[52 hours old]: "We don't want to give up, we want to keep making this work," say the owners.

. Barber offers free back-to-school haircuts
[58 hours old]: Guildford barber Sid Gumbrell says he wants to give back and help parents with the cost of living.

. Why the UK is dithering over what to do about e-scooters
[958 hours old]: Why is it taking so long for the government to regulate them, and what are the consequences of delay?

. Why Gen Z are planning for life without a state pension
[1487 hours old]: Many younger people do not believe the state pension will exist when they are older

. The furious dispute over what caused Air India flight 171 to crash
[1967 hours old]: The final conclusions of the investigation have yet to be published, although more could become apparent in the coming days.

. How the High Street became a window on our political instability
[2039 hours old]: High Streets have declined in recent years. What does this tell us about the UK?

. The £5 coffee that tells a story of global economic turmoil
[2295 hours old]: Coffees at some city centre outlets now cost £5. It's a story of tariffs, the climate, Gen Z cultural tastes, and savvy coffee farmers playing the market, writes Faisal Islam

. What do you spend too much on?
[89 hours old]: Central London shoppers reveal what they love to splash out on - and share their tips for not overspending.

. The Interview
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. Much-loved ice cream shop to close after 106 years
[107 hours old]: The family-run shop has been a fixture in Brislington, Bristol since the 1920s.

. The Global Story
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