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Pogacar set to equal Tour record as Carapaz wins stageTadej Pogacar is set to win a record-equalling fifth Tour de France after Ecuador’s Richard Carapaz takes a dramatic stage 20 to Alpe d’Huez.3 hrs agoCycling
Watch: Protesters celebrate India’s education minister resignationIndia’s Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has called off its five-week-long protest, hours after Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned.The CJP has called it a win for democracy and thousands of jubilant supporters continue to celebrate at Jantar Mantar, the main protest venue in Delhi.An online satirical campaign with an AI-generated cockroach as its mascot, the CJP is not a real party but has evolved into a powerful platform for young people’s anxieties and dissent.The protest has been the most visible expression of public anger against PM Narendra Modi’s government in recent years and gained momentum…
Getty ImagesArkady Dvorkovich has overseen the chess federation during one of the most turbulent periods in the history of the gameThe world of chess has been thrown into turmoil after the president of the International Chess Federation (Fide), Arkady Dvorkovich, said he was stepping aside because he was included on the European Union’s latest sanctions list.Dvorkovich, 54, a former deputy prime minister of Russia and adviser to the Kremlin, now faces an EU travel ban and asset freeze.The EU said his inclusion was due to “publicly supporting the annexation of Crimea and calling occupied Ukrainian cities ‘new territories’ of the…
PA NewsPolice are investigating payments to Reform UK by a company controlled by the party’s deputy leader, Richard Tice, BBC News has learned.Britain Means Business gave the party two donations of £250,000 in the run-up to the 2024 general election, when Tice was party chairman. Tice has said the money was given to his firm by Fiona Cottrell, a significant donor to Reform UK and mother of a convicted fraudster with close links to Nigel Farage.Tice said: “This is the first I have heard of it – if true why are the Met Police briefing the BBC before contacting interested…
Jet lag threatens to turn even a dream vacation into a slog.And with peak travel season underway, millions of people may have to contend with this disorienting condition, which can cause sleep disturbances, daytime tiredness, headaches and nasty gastrointestinal symptoms.But you can minimize the effects of jet lag — and not just by adjusting your sleep-wake schedule. What and how you eat and drink can make a difference too.Jet lag occurs when your body’s biological clock is out of sync with the time zone you find yourself in. Usually, environmental cues such as sunrises and sunsets help set your internal…
BBCFarmers say they have been threatened by balaclava-clad hare coursers at nightOn a remote Cambridgeshire farm, where his nearest neighbour is half a mile away, Mathew Latta was making lunch when the peace was shattered by the sound of loud exhausts.Latta ran to the window to see a convoy of more than a dozen 4x4s heading towards his farm. His iron gates were cut open with an angle grinder and concrete blocks were shifted out of the way to clear the convoy’s path.The vehicles drove right over his fields at speed, tearing up the crops and skirting the fence by…
Eastern Rosellas! – Meet the seven-year-old behind viral songSeven-year-old Miles Phillips’ hit song has now had 1.5m views and was even played on the radio. 5 hrs agoAustralia
AFP via Getty ImagesEvacuation efforts are underway in south-west FranceFamilies have relived how their tranquil holidays in France turned into a race to escape raging wildfires.Tourists told the BBC of emergency alerts in the middle of the night, desperate drives just metres from six-storey high flames and the sight of people flocking to beaches with their suitcases.Huge forest fires in south-west France and central Spain have displaced more than 220,000 people, with the French military drafted in to help and the Spanish government declaring a national emergency.Winds and continued heat are still helping to fan the flames with some tourists…
‘Upheaval’ – French wildfire evacuations in the middle of the nightWorkers at a care home in south-west France spoke about upheaval of evacuating the vulnerable.11 mins agoEurope
‘Maybe he’s a racist’ – Trump critical of JamesUnited States President Donald Trump said LeBron James might be “a racist” when asked if the basketball star is the “best ever” to play the sport.4 hrs agoBasketball