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July 2022

A burned-out bus outside the prison in Kuje (Chinedu Asadu/AP)

Extremists claim responsibility for Nigerian prison attack

The so-called Islamic State (IS) group has claimed responsibility for an attack on a prison in Nigeria’s capital in which nearly 900 inmates were freed, including 60 of its members.

Two victims’ mothers embrace outside the court (Antonio Calanni/AP)

Dozens on trial for 2018 fatal bridge collapse in Italy

Fifty-nine people have gone on trial for the 2018 collapse of Genoa’s Morandi Bridge, accused of manslaughter and other charges in the deaths of 43 people.

Pilgrims circle around the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Mecca (Amr Nabil/AP)

One million begin hajj in largest Islamic pilgrimage since pandemic

One million pilgrims from around the world gathered in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia on Thursday to perform the initial rites of the hajj, marking the largest Islamic pilgrimage since the coronavirus pandemic curtailed the annual event.

Russian forces made no claimed or assessed territorial gains in Ukraine on Wednesday, according to reports (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP)

Russia taking ‘operational pause’ in Ukraine, say analysts

Russia may be temporarily easing its offensive in Ukraine as the country’s military attempts to reassemble its forces for a renewed assault, analysts have said.

People running through the streets ahead of bulls (Alvaro Barrientos/AP)

First bull run held in Pamplona as festival returns following pandemic

The first bull run in three years at the San Fermin festival in the Spanish city of Pamplona has taken place.

Inflation has pushed 71 million people into poverty since Ukraine war – report

A staggering 71 million more people around the world are experiencing poverty as a result of soaring food and energy prices that climbed in the weeks following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a UN report.

A boat patrols the Hunter River near Hinton, Australia (State Emergency Service via AP)

Flood threat moves north as water levels start to recede in Sydney

Floodwaters are receding in Sydney and its surrounding area as heavy rain threatened to inundate towns north of Australia’s largest city.

The Democratic governors of Colorado and North Carolina (Roy Cooper, shown) on Wednesday issued executive orders to protect abortion providers and patients from extradition to home states that have banned the practice (Gary D Robertson/AP)

Colorado and North Carolina protect abortion from out-of-state prosecution

The Democratic governors of Colorado and North Carolina on Wednesday issued executive orders to protect abortion providers and patients from extradition to home states that have banned the practice.

New report details missed chances to stop Uvalde school shooting

A police officer armed with a rifle watched the gunman in the Uvalde school massacre walk toward the campus but did not fire while waiting for permission from a supervisor to shoot, according to a sweeping critique on the tactical response to the May massacre.

Eric Holder during closing arguments (Frederic J Brown/Pool Photo via AP)

Jury finds man guilty of murder of rapper Nipsey Hussle

Jurors have found a 32-year-old man guilty of first-degree murder over the 2019 shooting of rapper Nipsey Hussle.

Drones spot two more bodies from Italy avalanche, taking death toll to nine

Authorities said conditions at a glacier in the Italian Alps were too unstable for searchers and dogs to work where a chunk of ice broke loose at the weekend, killing several hikers.

Robert E Crimo III appears before Lake County Judge Theodore Potkonjak in his initial court appearance via video-link (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP)

Parade mass shooting suspect ‘contemplated second attack’

The man charged with killing seven people at an Independence Day parade confessed to unleashing a hail of bullets from a rooftop in Chicago and then fled to Madison, Wisconsin, where he contemplated an attack there, authorities said.

Film scholar Jacqueline Stewart (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Jacqueline Stewart to lead Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

Film scholar Jacqueline Stewart has been named the next director and president of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles.

Recaptured inmates taken back to the Kuje maximum prison (Chinedu Asadu/AP)

Almost 900 inmates escape as jihadis attack prison in Nigeria’s capital

Nearly 900 inmates escaped in a prison break in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, officials said.

Dozens of mourners gather for a vigil near Central Avenue and St Johns Avenue in Highland Park (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times/AP)

Parade shooting suspect expected to appear in court

The man charged with killing seven people when he unleashed a hail of bullets on an Independence Day parade from a rooftop is expected in court as authorities face questions about how he was allowed to buy several guns, despite threatening violence.

Sergei, 11, waits his turn to receive donated food during an aid humanitarian distribution in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv (Emilio Morenatti/AP)

UN: 2.3 billion people severely or moderately hungry in 2021

World hunger rose in 2021, with around 2.3 billion people facing moderate or severe difficulty obtaining enough to eat – and that was before the Ukraine war, which has sparked increases in the cost of grain, fertiliser and energy, according to a new UN report released.

Hikers walk past the Marmolada mountain and the Punta Rocca glacier near Canazei, in the Italian Alps in northern Italy (Luca Bruno/AP)

Prosecutor: Fatal Italy avalanche likely unpredictable event

Authorities said conditions in the Italian Alps are too unstable for search teams and dogs to work on the mountain where five people remained missing after a fatal weekend avalanche.

A man, identified by police as longtime fugitive Rocco Morabito, looks down after being arrested at a hotel in Montevideo, Uruguay (Italian Police/AP)

Italy’s second most-wanted mobster is extradited from Brazil

A convicted mobster who was one of Italy’s most-wanted fugitives has arrived in Rome after being extradited by Brazil following 28 years on the run.

A Ukrainian serviceman looks at the rubble of a school that was destroyed some days ago during a missile strike in outskirts of Kharkiv (Andrii Marienko/AP)

Twelve killed in Ukraine as Russia pounds rebel-claimed province

Russian shelling has killed at least eight civilians in Ukraine over the past 24 hours and wounded 25 more, Ukrainian officials said.

Boys wade through a flooded area on the outskirts of Quetta, Pakistan (Arshad Butt/AP)

Officials: Heavy rain leaves 17 dead over three days in Pakistan

Three days of monsoon rain have left at least 17 people dead and damaged dozens of homes across south-west Pakistan, officials said.

Broken walls are seen at the Kuje maximum prison in Abuja after a rebel attack (Chinedu Asadu/AP)

Six hundred inmates escape after jihadis attack jail in Nigeria’s capital

At least 600 inmates have escaped in a jailbreak in Nigeria’s capital city, officials said.

Revellers celebrate while waiting for the launch of the ‘chupinazo’ rocket (Alvaro Barrientos/AP)

In pictures: Pamplona’s famous bull-run festival back after two-year hiatus

Thousands of revellers erupted in celebration as the traditional ‘chupinazo’ firework was ignited to start the San Fermín bull-run festival in the Spanish city of Pamplona, ending a two-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A Ukrainian serviceman looks at the rubble of a school that was destroyed some days ago during a missile strike in outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine (Andrii Marienko/AP)

Seven killed in Ukraine as Russia pounds rebel-claimed province

Russian shelling has killed at least seven people in Ukraine over the past 24 hours and wounded 25 more, Ukrainian officials said.

Thousands of Muslim pilgrims circumambulate around the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, in the Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca (Amr Nabil/AP)

Saudi Arabia expecting one million in largest hajj since pandemic

One million Muslim pilgrims are converging on Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca for the largest hajj since the coronavirus pandemic severely curtailed access to one of Islam’s five pillars.

People light flares and throw eggs and stones at the foreign ministry building during a protest in Skopje, North Macedonia, late on Tuesday July 5 2022 (Boris Grdanoski/AP)

North Macedonia: 47 police officers hurt in protests

Police in North Macedonia said 47 officers were hurt, two of them seriously, after a group of mostly young people threw stones, metal bars, eggs and Molotov cocktails at the parliament building in the capital.

A government push to remove the string of houseboats from Cairo’s Nile banks has dwindled their numbers from several dozen to just a handful (AP)

Cairo’s historic Nile River houseboats removed in government push

An Egyptian government push to remove the string of houseboats that dot Cairo’s Nile River banks has seen their numbers dwindle from several dozen to just a handful.

A coffin is prepared to be taken to a symbolic funeral in Scenery Park, East London (AP)

Funeral held for 21 teenagers who died in South Africa tavern incident

More than a thousand grieving family and community members are attending the funeral in South Africa’s East London for 21 teenagers who died in a mysterious tragedy at a nightclub nearly two weeks ago.

A Ukrainian serviceman looks at the rubble of a school that was destroyed some days ago during a missile strike in outskirts of Kharkiv (AP)

Civilians killed as Russia pounds eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk

A Ukrainian official has said Russian shelling has killed five civilians over the past 24 hours and wounded 21 more in the eastern Donetsk province, where Russia has stepped up its offensive in recent days.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (AP)

EU chief says bloc must prepare for complete cut-off of Russian gas

European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen has said the European Union needs to make emergency plans to prepare for a complete cut-off of Russian gas in the wake of the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine.

Mohammad Barkindo (Houston Chronicle via AP)

Opec secretary-general Mohammad Barkindo has died, officials say

The secretary-general of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) has died, Nigerian authorities said.

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