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Flooding also affected Croatia, Bosnia and Slovenia. People are being advised to limit travel in northern Italy after devastating floods have killed at least 14 people and forced thousands to evacuate their homes. Heavy rainfall in recent days has caused 21 rivers to burst their banks in Emilia-Romagna province, in some places submerging entire towns....

The Ukrainian leader was in Saudi Arabia ahead of an expected trip to the G7 in Japan Volodymyr Zelensky accused some Arab leaders of “turning a blind eye” to Russia’s invasion ahead of his expected appearance at the G7 summit in Japan. The Ukrainian president is believed to be arriving in Hiroshima on Sunday in...

The Spanish government hopes to encourage men to do more at home by developing a free app that will record how much time each household or family member spends on domestic chores. Announcing the measure in Geneva earlier this week, Spain’s Secretary of State for Equality, Angela Rodríguez, said the aim was to shine a...

Jade Jagger has been fined around £1,250 after being convicted of resisting arrest and wounding over an incident in Ibiza on Wednesday following a plea bargain deal. Her boyfriend Anthony Hinkson has been handed a four-month prison sentence for assault – but is not expected to do any jail time because sentences of less than two...

For free real-time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox, sign up for our breaking news emails Sign up for our free breaking news emails Russian President Vladimir Putin has a secret network of underground tunnels that run beneath his Black Sea palace retreat, leaked plans show. Mr Putin ordered the construction of a...

Colombia plane crash:  Four children found alive in Amazon. SEleven days after a small plane crashed in Colombia’s Amazon rainforest, the country held its breath over confusing reports that four children had survived the ordeal. The siblings – 13-year-old Leslie Jacobomber Mukutui, nine-year-old Soleini Jacobomber Mukutui, four-year-old Tien Noriel Ronok Mukutui and 11-month-old Christine Neriman...

7.7-magnitude South Pacific quake prompts tsunami warnings A magnitude 7.7 earthquake has struck the South Pacific east of Australia, prompting brief tsunami warnings for Vanuatu, Fiji, New Zealand, New Caledonia and Kiribati. The earthquake struck near the Loyalty Islands at a depth of about 38 km (24 miles), according to the United States Geological Survey...

LAHORE: Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Thursday responded to a call-up notice of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in the National Crime Agency £190m scandal, ARY News reported. Khan along with his wife Bushra Bibi were asked to appear before NAB Rawalpindi today for a probe into the National...

Ukrainian forces pushed back Russian occupiers north and south of Bakhmut in the 64th week of the war, successfully pressing a counterattack they had begun on May 9. As Russian troops fell back on the flanks of the city, Wagner Group mercenaries continued to push through the eastern city itself, claiming much of the last...