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Top Fifa official Wenger says scrapping World Cup plan ‘absolutely necessary’Fifa’s chief of global football development Arsene Wenger says the decision to scrap the plan to have private investment in Fifa competitions was “absolutely necessary”.8 hrs agoFootball
Getty ImagesHundreds of migrants were pictured lined up on a beach in Ceuta to collect aid The European Union has praised Spain’s “swift response” to the migrant crisis in Ceuta, following a meeting of the bloc’s interior ministers on Tuesday.Around 72,000 migrants crossed into the Spanish territory in North Africa between 30 and 31 July, Spain’s Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said. He added that an estimated 70,000 have since been returned to Morocco.At least 75 people died on the Spanish side of the border, while 11 deaths were reported in Morocco.Tuesday’s meeting was called after several EU members expressed concern…
Getty ImagesOil prices fell to a three-week low on Tuesday as senior US officials raised hopes of a deal with Iran to reopen the key Strait of Hormuz waterway.US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent both announced talks had progressed to allow shipments to potentially resume as soon as this week.The cost of a barrel of Brent crude, the global benchmark for oil prices, fell by almost 5% to under $80 (£60) on the news of supply disruptions potentially being eased.But the failure of previous negotiations in recent months to de-escalate the conflict between the US…
ReutersIran and Oman are believed to be close to an agreement on the Strait of HormuzQatar says mediators are continuing their efforts to find a diplomatic resolution to avoid an escalation between the US and Iran, but that no direct talks are planned.Foreign ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari told reporters that the focus of Qatari, Pakistani and Omani officials was on “a short-term resolution that would help us reignite the talks” between Washington and Tehran.There have been conflicting signals from both sides, with the Iranian foreign ministry denying US President Donald Trump’s assertion that talks were under way.Iran has said its…
Watch: Funeral for 112 people takes place in Gaza CityLarge crowds turned out in Gaza City for a mass funeral for 112 people, mostly women and children, who were killed in an Israeli strike on a residential block in late 2023, early in the Gaza war.The bodies – belonging to members of two extended families – have only recently been recovered from under the rubble in a two-week-long operation.Dramatic footage showed the remains lined up in rows, each victim covered with a Palestinian flag and some with a photo of the dead, before relatives carried them away.The funeral is said…
Moment pilot caught with 70,000 ecstasy pills at Indonesian airportA Malaysian pilot was arrested at Jakarta airport after being found with around four stone (26kg) of drugs hidden in his luggage. 4 hrs agoAsia
Watch: Lava spews into the air as volcano erupts in GuatemalaThe eruption of the Fuego volcano in Guatemala has triggered the evacuation of at least two villages on its slopes.Fuego, one of the most active volcanoes in the Western Hemisphere, started spewing lava and ash on Monday.Pyroclastic currents – rivers of gas, volcanic ash and rock fragments – continued to flow down Fuego’s south-eastern slope early on Tuesday, the government agency which monitors its activity said.Disaster management agency Conred issued a nationwide orange alert, the second highest, and warned locals to be prepared as the eruptions could create further pyroclastic…
AFP via Getty ImagesThe rocket component that will strike the Moon is the upper section of a SpaceX Falcon 9 The Moon has endured countless blows over millions of years. Asteroids and meteors have given the satellite its signature pockmarked surface and network of craters. More recently, it has also experienced impacts from the plucky little probes and landers that Earthbound space agencies have sent hurtling its way. Now on Wednesday, scientists expect the Moon will experience yet another collision, this time from a drifting SpaceX rocket that has been travelling at around 2.43 kilometres per second, or about 5,400mph.The…
Getty ImagesOne soldier and three civilians were killed by a member of the armed forces (file photo of Russian soldier)Four people have been killed by a soldier in Russian-annexed Crimea in an apparently random gun rampage.The Moscow-installed regional governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said the gunman opened fire on his fellow soldiers, killing one and wounding another.He then went on to kill three civilians in the village of Khmelnytske – two men, aged 71 and 59, and a 64-year-old woman. Three other people were also injured.The attacker has been detained and the motive behind the shooting was being investigated, Razvozhayev said.It was…
Bloomberg / Getty ImagesProfits at BP have surged to the highest since 2022 after the war in the Middle East pushed up oil prices.The oil giant reported a profit of $5.73bn (£4.26bn) between April and June. That was more than double the $2.35bn made a year earlier and the highest quarterly profit since 2022 when the Russia-Ukraine war began.The price of crude oil has jumped since the outbreak of the Iran war earlier this year due to major disruption to global supplies of oil and gas through the Strait of Hormuz.Environmental and poverty campaigners blasted BP for “profiteering” off skyrocketing…