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Former German defence minister wins narrow backing of MEPs to succeed Jean-Claude Juncker in the EU’s top job Ursula von der Leyen has been confirmed as the European commission’s first female president and the first German in the top EU job for over 50 years. In a secret ballot, MEPs voted narrowly to support her as a replacement for Jean-Claude Juncker when he steps down on 31 October.

EU Parliament narrowly approves Ursula von der Leyen as new head of European Commission.

Police and the PM's spokesperson praise officers' courage and professionalism during the attack.

The Killing Eve actresses are both up for best actress in a drama series at this year's Emmy TV awards.

Police and the PM's spokesperson praise officers' courage and professionalism during the attack.

If global trends continue for another fortnight, it will beat previous two-year-old record Record temperatures across much of the world over the past two weeks could make July the hottest month ever measured on Earth, according to climate scientists. The past fortnight has seen freak heat in the Canadian Arctic, crippling droughts in Chennai and Harare and forest fires that forced thousands of holidaymakers to

Thousands march against Ricardo Rosselló after chats revealed sexist language and anti-gay remarks about singer Ricky Martin Thousands of protesters have marched in Puerto Rico’s capital city for a third day to call for the resignation of Governor Ricardo Rosselló after sexist private chat messages were leaked. The leak of at least 889 pages of the private chats has sunk Rosselló into the deepest crisis of his career, nearly two years after Hurricane María exposed Puerto Rico’s collapsing long-neglected infrastructure and leaving several thousand dead on Rosselló’s watch. Last week, two of his top former officials were arrested by the FBI on corruption charges.

The BBC has obtained footage of the night which shows unarmed police and members of the public as they tried to confront the armed men.

Three men who killed eight people in 2017 were lawfully shot dead by police, an inquest concludes.

Writer Ahdaf Soueif says it should take "a clear ethical position" on BP sponsorship and other issues.

President also accused Democrats of giving them a ‘free pass’ as House will vote tonight to condemn Trump’s initial remarks

Djokovic credited the power of imagining after his Wimbledon win. Sports psychologists explain how it works.

Three men who killed eight people in 2017 were lawfully shot dead by police, an inquest concludes.

The airline also says it could close bases and axe summer flights next year.

The government says it will consult on raising the age limit for playing the National Lottery from 16 to 18.

More than a million people RSVP to an event calling for people to break into the Nevada base.

The number of drug-related deaths in the country soared last year, and is now three times that of the UK as a whole.

A health warning is issued as nine people collapse after using a vaping liquid containing the drug.

Rescuers are searching through the debris of the four-storey building in India's financial capital.

Exclusive access to Great Ormond Street as surgeons worked to separate two girls who shared a skull.

The number of drug-related deaths in the country soared last year, and is now three times that of the UK as a whole.

Move to renationalise buildings follows protests over rising property prices in the city The state of Berlin has bought back 670 apartments on the historic Karl-Marx-Allee from a private owner after decades of property privatisation in the German capital. A 1950s prestige project for socialist East Germany, the grand boulevard that stretches from the city centre to Friedrichshain in the east has been the frontline of a months-long fight over gentrification and rising property prices.

The country's drug death rate is now nearly three times that of the UK as a whole, and higher than any other EU country.

British worker are getting the biggest pay rises in a decade, as jobless rate remains at 44-year low. But the market may be cooling....

Official figures also show a record number in employment as the labour market remains "strong".

The 1,000ft skyscraper is rejected by Sadiq Khan who says it would have "limited public benefit".

West Ham are set to sign to Eintracht Frankfurt striker Sebastian Haller after a deal was agreed between the clubs.

The version now available on the streaming site no longer depicts a young girl taking her life.

Ex-attorney general says government will fall if it ‘persists in trying to carry out no-deal Brexit’

Guinness World Records says the Harlech street has beaten the previous record holder in New Zealand.

The airline also says it could close bases and axe summer flights next year.

A "Fat Controller" figure should lead operations, says the man tasked with improving the railways.

Budget airline says it plans to close some bases and will carry fewer passengers Ryanair has warned delays to deliveries of Boeing’s 737 Max aircraft will reduce passenger numbers next year and it plans to downsize or close bases at some airports as a result. Europe’s biggest budget carrier has ordered 135 of the 737 Max models, which remain grounded after two crashes in

Evelyn Beatriz Hernández was jailed for murder after she was ruled to have induced abortion A 21-year-old woman who gave birth to a baby in a toilet in El Salvador has returned to court for a second trial for murder in a case that has drawn international attention because of the country’s highly restrictive abortion laws. Evelyn Beatriz Hernández, who says she was raped and had no idea she was pregnant, had already served 33 months of her

Cricket chiefs should consider allowing teams to share the World Cup if a final is tied again, says New Zealand coach Gary Stead.

The Bank of England has unveiled the new Alan Turing £50 note, but does it make sense to even have it?

Millions displaced in India, Nepal and Bangladesh, with Assam and Bihar among the worst-hit regions More than 100 people have been killed and millions more affected by devastating floods and landslides across India, Nepal and Bangladesh. In the Indian state of Assam, among the worst hit areas, agencies were working on a war footing to deal with the situation, the chief minister, Sarbananda Sonowal, said.

Ajax captain Matthijs de Ligt is set to fly to Turin on Tuesday before completing a move to Italian champions Juventus.

The airline also says it could close bases and axe summer flights next year.

Guinness World Records says the Harlech street has beaten the previous record holder in New Zealand.

Evelyn Beatríz Hernández Cruz was originally given 30 years after being accused of aborting her baby.

The moon may appear red on the day of the 50th anniversary of the historic space flight.

Chelsea's Olivier Giroud says his friend and former Arsenal team-mate Laurent Koscielny is "very hurt" by his transfer conflict with the Gunners.

Ridership is high and there’s plenty of work for drivers, but success has come at a cost to this Ontario town

Employees will stay home for two weeks as part of mass trial to take pressure off crowded public transport system Hundreds of thousands of employees in Tokyo will work from home for two weeks as part of a trial of measures designed to reduce congestion during next year’s Olympics. With more than 8 million people commuting into Tokyo every day, the influx of visitors for the Games in 2020 is expected to pile more pressure on the Japanese capital’s infamously crowded train system.

The moon may appear red on the day of the 50th anniversary of the historic space flight.

Human Rights Watch calls on Croatia to end illegal practice of forcing people back over Bosnian border After months of official denials, Croatia’s president has admitted that the country’s police are involved in the violent pushbacks of migrants and asylum seekers apprehended inside the country. The best chance for thousands of refugees stuck in Bosnia is to cross its border with Croatia to make it to the European Union. For the past year there has been

Abuse by those in power is so widespread that there is a word for it – ‘gabjil’ New legislation has come into effect in South Korea that could see employers jailed if they unfairly dismiss employees harassed at work. Employees in South Korea have traditionally been expected to turn a blind eye to abusive behaviour by those in power – a phenomenon so commonplace that there is a word for it, “gabjil”. A recent government survey found that two-thirds of workers had experienced harassment on the job, while 80% had witnessed it.

Daily Stormer publisher incited his readers to contact Tanya Gersh, who received threatening emails, texts and voicemails The publisher of a neo-Nazi website, who organized a “troll storm” to target a Jewish woman and her family with months of abusive messages, should have to pay more than $14m in damages and remove all posts that encouraged his readers to contact her, a US judge has recommended. The US magistrate judge called the harassment campaign, launched by the Daily Stormer publisher Andrew Anglin a month before Donald Trump’s inauguration, “egregious and reprehensible”. Anglin

Court knocks back United Patriots Front leader’s attempt to overturn his racial vilification conviction for a mock beheading video Far-right extremist Blair Cottrell has been knocked back in his bid to contest his racial vilification conviction in Victoria’s supreme court. The United Patriots Front leader, along with two of his supporters, were convicted of inciting hatred, contempt and ridicule of Muslims after making a video beheading a dummy in protest of a Bendigo mosque.

São Paulo police find estimated 50kg of drug after tipoff from supermarket customer When São Paulo police found an estimated 50kg of cocaine paste hidden in boxes of soap powder that unwitting customers had bought in a neighbourhood supermarket, they were the first to crack a joke. “Cleaning the streets of criminals,” they

More than four million displaced in India, Nepal and Bangladesh, with Assam and Bihar among the worst-hit regions Floods have forced more than four million people from their homes across India, Nepal and Bangladesh and killed more than 100 people as torrential rains in the initial days of monsoons wreaked havoc. The poor Indian states of Assam and Bihar have been among the worst hit. Some 4.3 million people have been displaced from their homes in Assam in the last 10 days due to rising waters across the mostly rural northeastern region, according to a government release on Monday.

The Extinction Rebellion group is holding climate protests across the UK.

Fronted by 13 Reasons Why actor Dylan Minnette, US band Wallows are balancing music with movies.

The two females are part of a captive breeding programme that could one day see cats released into the wild.

May saw the world's first unmanned commercial shipping operation.

New tools to fight online scams are launched after a legal action by TV personality Martin Lewis.

Someone independent of government should lead operations, says the man tasked with improving the railways.

Photographer Jorgen Angel was present at Led Zeppelin's first concert, in 1968.

The Bank of England has unveiled the new Alan Turing £50 note, but does it make sense to even have it?

Service personnel kept quiet about bullying and other abuses for career reasons The armed forces suffer from unacceptable levels of sexual offences, discrimination and bullying because of a pack mentality among the mostly white, middle-aged men who make up the senior ranks, a government report has found. The Ministry of Defence has announced measures to persuade victims of such behaviours to come forward after the report concluded that many have stayed silent for fear of being seen as a troublemaker.

Sonny Liston was found dead at his Las Vegas home in 1971. A coroner concluded he died of natural causes - but some say the truth is darker.

When Rose Brown was aged 12, she was hit by a drink driver and left unable to walk or talk. She's now been able to choose how she sounds.

The 1,000ft tower is rejected by Sadiq Khan as it "had limited public benefit".

The US president has been accused of racism over his attack on a group of Democratic lawmakers.

Accusers ask judge not to release him before trial and prosecutors say ‘many individuals’ have come forward who say they are victims Two

England's World Cup-winning cricket team meet British Prime Minister Theresa May at 10 Downing Street.

Neural analysis finds the brains of both sexes respond the same way to pornography The belief that men are more likely to get turned on by sexual images than women may be something of a fantasy, according to a study suggesting brains respond to such images the same way regardless of biological sex. The idea that, when it comes to sex, men are more “visual creatures” than women has often been used to explain why men appear to be so much keener on pornography.

Craniopagus twins Safa and Marwa Ullah born with skulls and blood vessels fused together Rare conjoined twins have been separated at a world-leading children’s hospital in London, surgeons have announced. Two-year-old sisters Safa and Marwa Ullah, from Charsadda in Pakistan, underwent three major operations to separate their heads at Great Ormond Street hospital (GOSH).

The BBC has been given rare access inside Iran as tensions rise between the country, the United States and its allies.

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt face questions from Sun newspaper readers as race enters last week.

It comes as party staff demand an apology from Jeremy Corbyn on Labour's response to Panorama programme.

Prominent researcher Fariba Adelkhah was arrested in June, reports say France has demanded immediate consular access to a senior French-Iranian academic who has been arrested in Iran. Fariba Adelkhah, a prominent researcher in anthropology and social sciences based at the Paris political institute Sciences Po, is believed to have been arrested in June.

Eliminating hunger by 2030 is an immense challenge, say heads of UN agencies More than 820 million people worldwide are still going hungry, according to a UN report that says reaching the target of zero hunger by 2030 is “an immense challenge”. The number of people with not enough to eat has risen for the third year in a row as the population increases, after a decade when real progress was made. The underlying trend is stabilisation, when global agencies had hoped it would fall.

Karl Shiels appeared in RTE's Fair City and had roles in Batman Begins and Peaky Blinders.

The great composer on driving Dali, soundtracking Stranger Things and his new show in Manchester.

Former president faces allegations he presided over vast corruption network South Africa’s former president

Killer of Iuliana Tudos pleads guilty to murdering Catherine Burke at her home in Haringey A man who murdered a 22-year-old woman in a London park has pleaded guilty to a second, sexually motivated murder. Kasim Lewis, 32, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 29 years in May 2018 for the murder of Iuliana Tudos on Christmas Eve 2017.

Critics question judgment of Georg Maaßen for spreading ‘lies and extremist agitation’ When he was in charge of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, Hans-Georg Maaßen warned of how easy it was for people to be led astray by “disinformation” and “clumsy fake reports” on the internet. But since his dismissal from office last September, the former spy chief’s behaviour on social media has raised questions over his own ability to distinguish conspiracy theories from truthful reporting, and sparked a debate about the neutrality of the powerful intelligence agency during a period in which a resurgent far right

Britain's Geraint Thomas moves up to second place after the 10th stage of the Tour de France, won by Wout van Aert of Belgium.

Group brings boats with slogan ‘Act Now’ to London, Cardiff, Leeds, Bristol and Glasgow

England come through a tough test against world number two side Jamaica and move a step closer to the Netball World Cup semi-finals.

Britain's Geraint Thomas moves up to third place after the 10th stage of the Tour de France, won by Wout van Aert of Belgium.

Fariba Adelkhah, who wrote Being Modern in Iran, was arrested in June, reports say France has demanded immediate consular access to a senior French-Iranian academic who has been arrested in Iran. Fariba Adelkhah, a prominent researcher in anthropology and social sciences based at the Paris political institute Sciences Po, is believed to have been arrested in June.

Research shows it is not just a disease of the mind, but also of the body's metabolism.

The government says it wants to extend eligibility to the lowest paid employees.

The pack behind the new 'live action' version of The Lion King have met the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at the films European premiere.

Climate change campaigners use colourful boats to stop traffic and urge the government to "act now".

Louai Ali told jurors the zombie knife used to kill Sidali Mohamed was bought for £50 via Instagram.

Decision fuels speculation that manufacturer and airlines will rebrand troubled plane A Boeing 737 Max due to be delivered to Ryanair has had the model’s name changed on the livery, further fuelling speculation that the manufacturer and airlines will seek to rebrand the troubled plane. Photos have emerged of a repainted 737 Max in Ryanair colours outside Boeing’s manufacturing hub, with the name 737 Max replaced by 737-8200 on the nose.

Pop star Pink accused of 'disrespect' over a picture of her children running in a Holocaust memorial.

Gerald Matovu, a friend of the serial killer Stephen Port, has himself been convicted of murder with a fatal overdose of the drug GHB.

England's cricket world cup-winning squad hails from across the country and around the globe.

Climate change campaigners use colourful boats to stop traffic and urge the government to "act now".

The US president is accused of racism for tweets directed towards four Democratic representatives.

Steve Bruce resigns as boss of Sheffield Wednesday amid reports he is due to be appointed as the manager of Newcastle United.

Former president is appearing before committee investigating allegations that he presided over vast corruption network South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma has told a judicial inquiry into corruption allegations that he is the victim of a plot by foreign intelligence agencies to seek his downfall. Speaking on the first day of five days of testimony, Zuma denied he had presided over an immense system of corruption and patronage that drained billions from the country’s exchequer.

Group brings boats with slogan ‘Act Now!’ to London, Cardiff, Leeds, Bristol and Glasgow The environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion has carried out protests in five UK cities, marking the start of what it describes as a “summer uprising”. Monday’s demonstrations – targeting London, Cardiff, Leeds, Bristol and Glasgow – caused disruption to traffic in parts of the cities. The group is calling for greater government action on the climate crisis.

Louai Ali told jurors the zombie knife used to kill Sidali Mohamed was bought for £50 via Instagram.

Northern Ireland suffer a second straight defeat at the Netball World Cup as Malawi clinch a 47-43 win in Liverpool.

A few months ago the World Cup wasn't even on the radar of England's new bowling star Jofra Archer - but did he just predict the most nail-biting match in history?

Officials say patient taken to treatment centre and bus passengers have been traced The Ebola virus has reached the Congolese city of Goma, home to 2 million people and a transport hub for swath of central Africa, for the first time since an epidemic began in the country nearly a year ago. The Congolese health ministry said a man who had arrived in the regional centre on Sunday had been quickly transported to an Ebola treatment centre.

The US president is accused of racism for tweets directed towards four Democratic representatives.

The government says it wants to extend eligibility to the lowest paid employees.

The US president is accused of racism as he allegedly targets four Democratic representatives.

Your morning briefing for 15 July 2019.

Most of the fatalities occurred as torrential rains hit Nepal, causing flooding and landslides.

The foreign secretary will attempt to ease escalating tensions in the Gulf as he meets EU counterparts.

Traffic is expected to peak on Friday as holidaymakers share the roads with commuter traffic.

The 19-year-old was detained after the victim, 22, died from stab wounds on a street in Greenwich.

It is the first time Ebola has been diagnosed in Goma, a city of more than a million people.

The foreign secretary will attempt to ease escalating tensions in the Gulf as he meets EU counterparts.

Liam Fox wants to train new trade negotiators. Opponents say it is a last-minute scramble.

Established far-right groups use social media to direct abuse at female politicians across Europe.

The public knew little about this enigmatic man, but now we are gaining a glimpse of the real Neil Armstrong.

People have to "wake up to the greatness" of Novak Djokovic after he won his 16th Grand Slam, says Boris Becker.

The government says it wants to extend eligibility to the lowest paid employees.