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Highlights of the opening day of the Women’s Open from Royal Lytham & St Annes.

Joani Reid, the MP for East Kilbride and Strathaven, will also be let back into Labour, a party spokesperson confirmed.

The UK's highest court gives Palestine Action's co-founder permission to appeal the government's proscription of the group under anti-terrorism legislation.

Dame Sarah Mullally has renewed her commitment to the fund on a visit to Cape Coast Castle in Ghana.

Firefighters expect to be at the scene on the Suffolk coast for another 48 hours at least.

FIFA has faced backlash from global soccer governing bodies over the proposal to allow private investment.

Leopold Aschenbrenner's hedge fund has sold all of its public stock holdings, according to people familiar with the matter.

The U.S. launched a "heavy wave" of strikes against Iran in retaliation for its missile attacks on American forces in the region.

Apple reports its third-quarter earnings on Thursday, July 30, after the closing bell. The conference call with analysts is scheduled for 5 p.m. ET.

Investors were digesting megacap tech earnings and the Federal Reserve's decision to hold rates steady.

The future of AI may be dictated not by who builds the smartest model, but who builds the models everyone runs on. Right now, that's China.

Earnings on deck this afternoon for Apple and Amazon will likely decide if the stock market can end what’s so far been a rough week on solid footing.

Nigeria, a coastal country in western Africa, was landlocked in the Sahara, among other errors. The department said it had been “hastily altered.”

The disease has killed more than 1,500 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo in just over two months, causing deaths faster than officials have ever recorded.

As the war between the United States and Iran widened, Saudi Arabia joined with over a dozen other countries, including Egypt and Turkey, to form a new defense coalition to stop attacks on shipping in the Red Sea.

Facing attacks by Yemen’s Houthi militia, Saudi Arabia has invited dozens of countries to assist it in protecting shipping in the Red Sea, diplomats say.

Residents in Bordeaux in southwestern France are doing everything in their power to stop a wildfire that’s been burning for more than a week. The flames are too spread out for professional firefighters to be everywhere, so for now, civilian volunteers are the only thing standing between the fire and a major French city.

The group of former health and national security officials warned that Americans will be more vulnerable to infectious disease threats.

Donald Trump is holding his ground and making one thing clear to Republicans — he cares more about his ‘sweetheart’ deal than keeping the Senate functional. John Bowden and Eric Garcia report on a rare standoff

The head of Ceuta's regional government called for the army to be deployed

Trump struggled to speak off-script and his transportation secretary jumped in to praise him. It was an uncomfortable dynamic that speaks to what’s happening behind the scenes, writes Holly Baxter

A source within ICE described airline passengers as ‘easy targets’ who can help the agency meet a target of 2,000 arrests a day

Iran targeted US bases in Jordan and claims to have struck three tankers in Strait of Hormuz

Many districts are establishing clearer expectations about when technology should be used, for what purpose and at what ages

It wasn't immediately clear how they ended up in the river, which was higher than usual because of heavy rainfall in the region

Kratom, which is sold over the counter, is used for its ‘stimulant, analgesic, and opioid-like effects,’ police say

Jordanian military says it intercepted five missiles targeting the kingdom after US military says it hit dozens of Revolutionary Guard targets on ThursdayUS launches fresh strikes on Iran after days-long pause, amid fears the war is wideningA liquefied natural gas tanker controlled by QatarEnergy exited the strait of Hormuz overnight – the first such vessel ⁠visible on ship-tracking data to ⁠leave the waterway ​since 11 July, data from analytics firms showed on Thursday.The Al Areesh tanker, which loaded a cargo at Qatar’s Ras Laffan terminal around 4-6 July, sailed ⁠out of the strait overnight on 29 July, according to Kpler and LSEG data. Continue reading...

Makers of unreleased $45m film Fortitude sue after hard drive stolen from streamer’s Los Angeles officeNetflix is being sued for $105m over the theft of a hard drive including an unreleased Nicolas Cage war movie.The streamer’s Los Angeles office was the target of a robbery involving a number of hard drives, one of which contained a copy of second world war spy thriller Fortitude. Continue reading...

Measure fails 49-50 as US launches new retaliatory attacks in Iran and lawmakers question the prolonged conflictUS politics live – latest updatesThe US Senate on Thursday rejected a largely symbolic effort to limit Donald Trump’s authority to wage war in Iran, amid rising regional tensions after the US conducted a “heavy wave” of retaliatory airstrikes.The war powers resolution failed in a 49-50 vote, marking the second time in two weeks the chamber has taken up legislation aimed at forcing Trump to end hostilities. Continue reading...

Republicans senators Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Rand Paul voted in favor of the motion to prevent Trump from continuing hostilities against IranSign up for the US Breaking News emailThe US economy expanded at a sluggish 1.5% pace from April through June as rising imports weighed on growth. But consumer spending rose. And the Federal Reserve’s favored measure of inflation grew more slowly last month despite remaining above the central bank’s 2% target.The commerce department reported today that growth in US gross domestic product (GDP) – the nation’s output of goods and services – decelerated from 2.1% in the first three months of 2026 and came in below economists’ expectations. Continue reading...

CRS officers funded by UK tried to stop boarding of boat, on day four asylum seekers died trying to cross ChannelFrench riot police funded by UK taxpayers used teargas on asylum seekers in a bid to stop them from boarding a boat in which three women were later found dead, a charity has claimed.Footage and photographs seen by the Guardian show CS gas canisters being fired towards groups of people on Plage du Braek near Dunkirk at 4am on Thursday. At 6am, three women were found dead in a boat near the same beach. Continue reading...

Figures show hot, dry, windy conditions in EU are 43% more severe than the average over last 20 yearsFire weather in the EU has broken records for severity for this time of year, data shows, as firefighters race to extinguish blazes across the Mediterranean.Inflamed by carbon pollution, the hot, dry and windy weather across the EU from the start of the year until the end of July has been 43% more severe than the average for the same period over the last two decades, data from the European Forest Fire Information Service (Effis) shows. Continue reading...

Kathryn Ruemmler was blasted by family of late Virginia Giuffre after House committee transcripts were releasedSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email A former White House counsel and former general counsel of Goldman Sachs, who has faced scrutiny over her past ties to Jeffrey Epstein, told a House committee this month that some of the allegations made by one his most prominent accusers “lacked inherent credibility”, according to newly released transcripts.Kathryn Ruemmler’s name appeared thousands of times in records related to Epstein, the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender, that were released earlier this year by the US Department of Justice under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Continue reading...

The disease has killed more than 1,500 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo in just over two months, causing deaths faster than officials have ever recorded.

With a democratic socialist, Francesca Hong, leading in polls, former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes said he was ending his campaign in the closely divided state.

A new round of tariff carve-outs has raised familiar questions about who should receive the lucrative exceptions, and why.

Prosecutors argued that Colin Gray bore responsibility for the 2024 shooting because he had given his son a gun and failed to act as the teen’s mental health deteriorated.

The case is an early test of a court that has never been used before, where much of the evidence is presented in secret and defendants cannot challenge how it was collected.

Mandela Barnes considering dropping out of Wisconsin governor race  PoliticoFormer Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes Exits Race for Wisconsin Governor  The New York TimesMandela Barnes suspends Wisconsin gubernatorial campaign  MS NOWMandela Barnes drops out of the Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor  AP NewsMandela Barnes drops out of Wisconsin governor’s race  CNN

DJI Osmo Pocket 4P Lab Test: Rolling Shutter, Dynamic Range and Exposure Latitude  CineDA second lens makes DJI’s Osmo Pocket 4P my new favorite video camera  The VergeDJI Osmo Pocket 4P Review: The Best Gimbal Camera Money Can't Buy  EngadgetDJI Osmo Pocket 4P Review: Can Lightning Strike Twice?  PetaPixelDrone Maker DJI Rolls Out Osmo Pocket 4P Camera Outside of China  Bloomberg.com

UEFA members vote to boycott FIFA if Infantino’s World Cup plans pursued  Al JazeeraUEFA to boycott all FIFA competitions to protest World Cup private equity plan  ESPNConcacaf says it rejects FIFA’s proposal to sell World Cup stakes  The New York TimesStatement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 national associations  UEFA.comEuropean soccer leaders to boycott the World Cup in an unprecedented step  NPR

‘Wonder Man’ Not Returning for Season 2 at Disney+ (EXCLUSIVE)  VarietyWonder Man Canceled At Disney+, Despite Earlier Season 2 Renewal  TVLine‘Wonder Man’ Canceled After 1 Season At Disney+  Deadline‘Wonder Man’ Is No Longer Returning for Season 2  Gizmodo‘Wonder Man’ Un-Renewed at Disney+, No Season 2 Coming  The Hollywood Reporter

Jared Leto Claims A "Bellwether" For MeToo In Hollywood: BBC Producer  Deadline10 Women Accuse Jared Leto of Sexual Misconduct in BBC Report  The New York TimesJared Leto denies sexual assault allegations described in BBC documentary  AP NewsJared Leto Documentary Director on Exposing Sexual Misconduct Allegations  VarietyExclusive | Jared Leto demanded no 'eye contact' in bizarre on-set behavior before new sexual assault allegations  Page Six

There's still no vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain of the virus as the country struggles for control in infected areas.

Pervasive climate of fear condemned amid human rights violations and crackdowns on opposition.

Trump administration has frequently sought to pressure companies over coverage critical of the president and his allies.

More than 1,500 migrants have reached Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta by sea over the past week.

A turtle who survived for over a month under the rubble of a collapsed building following Venezuela’s earthquake rescued

Viral cricket scandal sees 'Clicky Ponting' suspended from UK team