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IIsraeli foreign minister Yair Lapid

New Israeli foreign minister lands in UAE on first state visit

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China Party Centenary

China’s leader Xi Jinping hands out medals amid party celebrations

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AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine

Australia offers AstraZeneca jab to all adults to speed up rollout

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The sun shines near the Space Needle, Monday, June 28, 2021, in Seattle

Northwest US faces hottest day of intense heatwave

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Brits will need a negative PCR test or proof that they have been fully vaccinated to visit the Balearic Islands.

Spain demands negative PCR tests for Brits going to Balearic Islands

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An injured victim of an alleged airstrike on a village arrives in an ambulance at the Ayder Referral Hospital in Mekele, in the Tigray region (AP)

Ethiopia accepts call for immediate ceasefire in Tigray

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French President Emmanuel Macron, is welcomed by conservative northern France region president Xavier Bertrand, left, upon his arrival to visit the site of the future factory of Japan-based battery maker Envision AESC group (Ludovic Marin/AP)

Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen lick wounds after France’s regional elections

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Chicago police at the scene where at least six people were shot in the 2000 block of East 71st Street in the South Shore neighbourhood (Tyler LaRiviere/AP)

Violence continues in Chicago with more fatal shootings

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A view of the British destroyer HMS Defender as it sails near Crimea in the Black Sea (AP)

Ukraine and Nato launch warship drills in Black Sea

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Hong Kong (Anthony Devlin/PA)

Hong Kong to ban all passenger flights from UK

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A sandstorm in Kuwait (Archive/PA)

Man arrested in Kuwait for complaining about the weather

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Employees of the Federal State Centre for Special Risk Rescue Operations of Russia Emergency Situations, disinfect a platform of Savyolovsky railway station in Moscow, Russia (Alexander Zemilanichenko/AP)

Restaurants tighten rules as Moscow faces surge of new infections

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Pope Francis talks with US secretary ofsState Antony Blinken, (Vatican Media/PA)

Pope in ‘cordial’ meeting with Antony Blinken amid US bishops’ row over abortion

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Sweden’s prime minister Stefan Lofven (Stina Stjernkvist/AP)

Sweden’s PM quits but urges parliament to avoid early election

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A protester holds an Estelada pro-independence flag during a protest against the visit of Spain’s King Felipe VI to Barcelona, Spain (Joan Mateu/AP)

Spain’s king jeered on visit to Barcelona by Catalonia independence supporters

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People cycle past Chinese paramilitary police standing in formation near seating and a platform with a Communist Party’s logo setup on Tiananmen Square in Beijing (Andy Wong/PA)

Communist Party marks centenary with China ‘at forefront of world politics’

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This combination of file photos provided by the North Korean government, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at Workers’ Party meetings in Pyongyang, North Korea, on February 8 2021, left, and June 15 2021 (AP)

Kim Jong Un’s weight loss addressed in North Korean media reports

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A thermometer (Stephen Pond/PA)

Record temperature for Canada set during heatwave

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