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- Appeal to fight food poverty during summer holidays
[14 hours old]: FareShare Sussex & Surrey says there is more demand as children miss out on school meals.

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and in other news ...

- Gazans 'wasting away' as mass starvation spreads, humanitarian groups warn
[4 hours old]: A joint statement says aid workers are "now joining the same food lines, risking being shot just to feed their families".

- Top UN court says countries can sue each other over climate change
[1 hours old]: The decision from the world's highest court has been welcomed by developing nations at most risk from climate change.

- Macrons file defamation suit against US influencer Candace Owens
[2 hours old]: The French president and his wife say they have repeatedly asked for a retraction from the popular conspiracy theorist.

* Mother and two children killed in Northern Ireland shooting, BBC understands
[1 hours old]: Police say all three died from gunshot wounds and a man is seriously injured in hospital.

- British surgeon who had his legs removed accused of fraud
[5 hours old]: Neil Hopper, 49, is also accused of encouraging the commission of grievous bodily harm.

- Ozzy's fans flocked to Birmingham for his final gig. Now they are back to mourn him
[2 hours old]: Makeshift shrines in the star's home city have pint glasses and whisky bottles among the flowers and candles.

* Police deny driving counter-protesters to asylum hotel demonstration
[0 hours old]: Essex Police says it is not "collaborating" with people supporting asylum seekers in Epping.

- 'I feel like I'm at home' - Marcus Rashford joins Barcelona
[2 hours old]: Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford joins Barcelona on an initial 12-month loan deal.

- M&S ad banned over 'unhealthily thin' model
[4 hours old]: The advertising watchdog said the model's pose and pointy shoes made her appear too slim.

- Backlash grows after Zelensky strips anti-corruption bodies of independence
[2 hours old]: Protests gather pace in Ukrainian cities as some of Kyiv's closest allies sound alarm bells.

- Faisal Islam: Trump's tough tariff tactics are getting results
[6 hours old]: Following the deal with Japan, it could now be said that the aggressive approach to trade by Trump is yielding results.

- Has Marvel got its mojo back? Critics give verdicts on Fantastic Four
[8 hours old]: For reviewers, it's the best MCU film in a decade, even if it's not quite as good as Superman.

- Church leaders return with 'broken hearts' after rare visit to Gaza
[9 hours old]: The Latin and Greek Orthodox patriarchs of Jerusalem describing starving people not "batting an eyelid" at the sound of bombing.

- City traders jailed for interest rate-rigging have convictions quashed
[4 hours old]: Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo said for a decade they were victims of a series of miscarriages of justice relating to the manipulation of Libor and Euribor interest rates.

- Tech glitch leaves some disabled people unable to pay for care
[4 hours old]: Some carers have not been paid for more than a week due to an issue with a funding system used by UK councils.

- Gaps in our knowledge of ancient Rome could be filled by AI
[4 hours old]: A new system fills in missing words from ancient inscriptions carved on monuments and everyday objects.


- Forest Green Rovers' all vegan kit splits opinions
[6 hours old]: The pattern is inspired by a barking tree frog and is made from recycled materials and plant dyes.

- New MasterChef series starring sacked hosts to be aired, BBC confirms
[6 hours old]: The amateurs series was filmed last year featuring sacked hosts Gregg Wallace and John Torode.

- Air India crash victim's son says he received wrong remains
[2 hours old]: India's foreign ministry said all remains were treated with dignity.

- Erik Menendez taken to hospital with 'serious' condition, lawyer tells US media
[7 hours old]: It comes weeks before he and his brother are expected at a parole hearing, after decades in US prison.

* Protests Put President Zelensky Under Pressure
[0 hours old]: Zelensky signs a law limiting independence of anti-corruption bodies

* Donald Trump’s mid-year review
[0 hours old]: Six months into his second term, how is the US president doing?

* Late Stokes wicket and Pant's injury gives England edge
[0 hours old]: England benefit from an injury to India’s Rishabh Pant on a hard-fought opening day of the fourth Test at Old Trafford.

* Liverpool sign striker Ekitike for initial £69m
[0 hours old]: Liverpool complete the signing of Eintracht Frankfurt striker Hugo Ekitike for an initial £69m, subject to international clearance.

- 'I feel like I'm at home' - Rashford joins Barcelona
[2 hours old]: Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford joins Barcelona on an initial 12-month loan deal.

* Dawson makes England a better side - Vaughan
[0 hours old]: England are a better side with veteran spinner Liam Dawson included, says former captain Michael Vaughan.

- Should Agyemang & Kelly start Euros final?
[7 hours old]: Michelle Agyemang and Chloe Kelly have shone from the bench for England in Euro 2025 - this is the case for and against them starting Sunday's final.

* England take four wickets & Pant injured on hard-fought first day
[1 hours old]: India's Rishabh Pant is forced to retire with a foot injury on 37 runs as England take four wickets to leave the tie balanced on 264-4 on day one of their fourth test at Old Trafford.

- City traders have rate-rigging convictions quashed
[4 hours old]: Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo who served time in jail have fought for 10 years to clear their names.

- Why were the traders' convictions quashed?
[4 hours old]: Convictions for rate-rigging by Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo have been quashed, so what happens now?

- Heathrow boss 'frustrated' at being asleep during fire
[9 hours old]: Thomas Woldbye said it wasn't normally the way he acted as a power outage disrupted 1,300 flights.

- The big winner from Coca-Cola's Trump-inspired sugar push
[5 hours old]: The sugar industry has long been protected and now Trump has given it another shot in the arm by pressing Coca Cola.

- What the US-Japan deal means for Asia and the world
[7 hours old]: An agreement gives firms certainty after months of chaos from Donald Trump's tariff policy.

- Trump says US has struck trade deal with Japan
[10 hours old]: US importers of Japanese cars will pay a tariff of 15% as part of a wider trade agreement.

- Tax row will put young people off farming, M&S boss says
[14 hours old]: A senior executive warns the UK government's planned changes will put young people off farming.

- Jersey inflation rises to 2.6%, figures show
[5 hours old]: The Retail Prices Index for June says leisure goods and services made the largest contribution.

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. Deepfake deception: Indian woman's identity stolen for erotic AI content
[17 hours old]: Babydoll Archi became an Instagram sensation. And then police arrested its creator.

. Big cat owners hide their animals from Pakistan crackdown
[22 hours old]: Punjab rangers launch raids after one pet lion escaped and attacked a woman and two children.

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. Mary Earps shares her love for football
[1310 hours old]: The professional goalkeeper offers an insight into her journey to the pinnacle of her sport

. Mike Lynch estate and business partner owe HP Enterprise £700m, court rules
[26 hours old]: Judge rules that the estate of the late tech tycoon, who died when his boat sank last year, must pay out.

. Microsoft servers hacked by Chinese groups, says tech giant
[16 hours old]: The US tech giant is recommending some users install security updates after the data breach.

. Food bills on course to rise by £275 a year as prices jump
[30 hours old]: Households are trading down or making simpler meals to save money on groceries, research shows.

. Higher UK borrowing adds to pressure on Reeves
[28 hours old]: A big increase in debt interest payments meant government borrowing was higher than expected last month.

. Philippines goods to face 19% tariff, Trump says
[21 hours old]: The new rate is higher than what Trump had threatened when he first unveiled sweeping global tariffs in April.

. Coca-Cola will roll out cane sugar Coke in US after Trump push
[28 hours old]: The move was previewed by President Donald Trump last week in a social media post - "It's just better!".

. 'On my budget I could only rent a parking space'
[31 hours old]: The monthly cost of renting rose just as fast as mortgage increases over the last three years, figures show.

. More than 100 victims of Al Fayed abuse claim compensation
[26 hours old]: Eligibility for compensation has also been extended to employees of one of Fayed's private airline companies.

. Sizewell C nuclear power plant costs rise to £38bn
[32 hours old]: Households will pay £1 a month towards the construction of the UK's second new nuclear power plant.

. Brewdog to close 10 pubs across UK, some 'within days'
[29 hours old]: Brewdog said the "difficult decision" had been taken as a result of "ongoing industry challenges".

. OpenAI and UK sign deal to use AI in public services
[31 hours old]: The US tech firm behind ChatGPT say it will work with the UK government to 'deliver prosperity for all'.

. The voices in the cockpit fuelling controversy over Air India crash
[41 hours old]: Air India 171's crash report offered no closure - just more speculation and one haunting, unexplained detail.

. Oil refinery to shut after no buyer found
[48 hours old]: The government says "no credible offers" have been made to buy the Lincolnshire refinery.

. Taylor Swift and Drake music giant files to sell shares in US
[42 hours old]: It comes as two major US share indexes closed at new record highs on Monday.

. Water bill rises needed after years of low investment, says report
[51 hours old]: A major review of the water industry also suggests compulsory smart meters and scrapping the regulator Ofwat.

. Future pensioners to be worse off, government warns
[55 hours old]: Future pensioners are set to be worse off than today's with four-in-10 not saving enough for retirement, says the DWP.

. Ryanair mulls bigger bonus for spotting oversized bags
[51 hours old]: The airline says it is "determined to eliminate the scourge of oversized bags" on its planes.

. Simon Jack: Will the water industry proposals make any difference?
[59 hours old]: The Cunliffe report has proposed reforms that are deep and wide, but they will take time to take effect.

. Trucking's uneasy relationship with new tech
[44 hours old]: Matching trucks with cargo has become digitised, adding efficiency, but driving down earnings.

. Why China is betting on theme parks like Legoland to boost spending
[68 hours old]: Beijing is turning to Western brands including Peppa Pig and Harry Potter to increase tourism.

. Spud-tacular: How India became a french fry superpower
[140 hours old]: India's position as a leading exporter of french fries has spurred innovation on potato farms.

. Heat pump makers are ready for a rush: Will customers come?
[212 hours old]: Heat pump makers are ready to raise output, but demand is still sluggish.

. The deepening water shortage row between the US and Mexico
[236 hours old]: The US is accusing its southern neighbour of breaking a long-held water sharing agreement.

. 'I can't drink the water' - life next to a US data centre
[311 hours old]: Residents in rural Georgia say the data centre next door has disrupted their water supply.

. Why little Lithuania has big plans for space tech
[380 hours old]: Lithuania has a promising space tech sector, but it wants more government support.

. Tariffs are shifting global supply chains
[404 hours old]: Trump's 90-day pause on his sweeping tariffs plan is about to expire. But already some firms are radically changing how they work.

. What have tariffs really done to the US economy?
[468 hours old]: As President Trump weighs tariff plans, he will have one eye on the US economy.

. Why the world's superyachts are getting bigger and bigger
[500 hours old]: Billionaires and multimillionaires around the globe are trading up for more space and luxury.

. The bridge changing lives and boosting business
[548 hours old]: The Öresund bridge, which connects Denmark and Sweden, is celebrating 25 years since its opening.

. Boeing's 787 Dreamliner was deemed the 'safest' of planes. The whistleblowers were always less sure
[572 hours old]: Long before the Air India tragedy, the cause of which is still to be determined, people who had worked on the 787 had raised concerns about the production standards

. The global environmental award hit by accusations of greenwashing
[572 hours old]: US business Dr Bronner's has criticised the B Corp scheme for allowing in too many multinationals.

. Why your old mobile phone may be polluting Thailand
[660 hours old]: The Asian nation is importing thousands of tonnes of electronic waste per year, despite a ban.

. Labour might be down, but it's not necessarily out - voters reflect on a year in power
[435 hours old]: What’s gone wrong for Labour? 2024 voters delve into it, writes Laura Kuenssberg.

. China's electric cars are becoming slicker and cheaper - but is there a deeper cost?
[1052 hours old]: The future for EVs will inevitably involve China. But where does that leave the UK and Europe markets – and what of the questions around national security?

. The secretive US factory that lays bare the contradiction in Trump's America First plan
[1581 hours old]: An exclusive look inside the closely guarded factory the president wants to become a foundation stone for a US golden age.

. Xi's real test is not Trump's trade war
[2029 hours old]: The real battleground of the current trade war might be China's domestic economy

. The curious case of why a billionaire wants to buy Royal Mail
[2420 hours old]: From the end of April, the 500-year-old Royal Mail will be controlled by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky who co-owns a football club - but why does he want it?

. 'We bought our first home with another couple'
[124 hours old]: Two couples struggling to afford London prices bought a flat together. Add two babies and how is it going?

. Witness History
[178 hours old]: On 6 July 2015, the Greek people decisively rejected the terms of a financial bailout

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. Crews battle overnight fire in Kilmarnock town centre
[196 hours old]: Crews battle overnight fire which spread across Kilmarnock shops

. How the rising cost of shoes could hit Trump
[219 hours old]: In this Americast episode, Anthony Zurcher, BBC's North America correspondent, discusses how Trump may start to feel pressure from his own supporters if prices continue to rise at home.