Notable Events Around the World on - 2025-08-17

Keir Starmer hopes to exploit curious relationship with Trump in Ukraine talks

PM has positioned himself as someone who can get along with US president while stressing Europe’s red linesAsked behind the scenes at June’s G7 summit if he could explain why Donald Trump seems to...

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Sudan army torturing people to death, claims rights group

Emergency Lawyers group alleges the army is operating "execution chambers" in the capital.

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Bury the Hatchet review – choppy musical account of Lizzie Borden’s shocking story

Pleasance Dome, EdinburghCombining folk song, true crime, macabre comedy and more makes it hard to keep up with the already complicated 1892 caseHow do you stage the life and trial of Lizzie Borden...

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German police are investigating a €0.15 water butt theft – and I fear they’re on the right side of history

I’ve often laughed at those who are voluntarily extremely frugal. But in a world of dwindling resources, aren’t the real weirdos the ones throwing yacht parties and sending Katy Perry into space? H...

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Blocking US medical visas for Gaza kids “will be devastating”

Tareq Hailat talks about the US decision to halt visas for Palestinians from Gaza, including children in need of medical

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Bolivia heads to the polls as 20 years of leftist rule expected to end

Right-wing candidates are the frontrunners in elections marked by economic crisis and division in the socialist ranks.

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Riot police clash with protesters in Serbia

Anti-government protests in Serbia turned violent as riot police clashed with demonstrators in several cities, including

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Hollywood stuntman set on fire for Pink Floyd cover dies aged 88

Ronnie Rondell Jr's decades-long career saw him appear in films and TV including Baywatch, Spartacus and The Matrix Reloaded.

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Israelis hold nationwide protest to end Gaza war, ‘bring back the hostages’

Families of captives launch protest as pressure grows to halt the Gaza onslaught and release captives from Gaza.

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Huge rally in New York demands end to Gaza starvation

Thousands rallied in New York for a ‘Mass March for Humanity’ demanding an end to Israel’s imposed starvation of Gaza an

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Pebblebee Is Getting Serious About Personal Safety Tracking

The Bluetooth tracker maker is adding free and paid SOS features to its products, including emergency contact alerts, silent alarms, and real-time location sharing.

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Flash flooding kills hundreds in northern Pakistan

More than 300 people have died in Pakistan after days of relentless monsoon rains triggered floods and landslides.

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Eze starts for Palace at Chelsea despite Spurs interest

Eberechi Eze was named in Crystal Palace's starting line-up to face Chelsea on the opening weekend of the Premier League, live on Sky Sports, despite ongoing interest from Tottenham.

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European leaders including Starmer to join Zelenskyy in Washington for meeting with Trump

Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz and others will aim to push back against ceding of Ukraine territory in ‘peace plan’Ukraine war live – latest updatesEuropean leaders including Britain’s Keir Starme...

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Why antibiotics are like fossil fuels

They helped create the modern world but are dangerously overused. How can we harness them sustainably?In 1954, just a few years after the widespread introduction of antibiotics, doctors were alread...

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'Happy' Hodgkinson in stunning winning return ahead of Worlds

Keely Hodgkinson made a stunning, winning return to action at the Diamond League in Poland in her first race since the 2024 Paris Olympics.

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More than 200 missing in flood-hit district in Pakistan, official says

Hundreds are reported missing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province as a result of devastating floods.

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‘Pray for rain’: wildfires in Canada are now burning where they never used to

Canada’s response to the extreme weather threat is being upended as the traditional epicentre of the blazes shifts as the climate warmsRoad closures, evacuations, travel chaos and stern warnings fr...

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The Best Pixel 9 Cases, Tested and Reviewed (2025)

Whether you saved some cash with the Pixel 9a or went big with the Pixel 9 Pro XL, we’ve got a selection of cases—MagSafe included—to kit out your new Android phone.

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Jena Friedman: Motherf*cker review – political zingers and all-too-raw grief

Monkey Barrel at The Hive, EdinburghThe standup follows a first half of in-your-face jokes about American democracy with a palpably painful account of the loss of her motherStandup shows about losi...

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The Alaska summit was a spectacular distraction

Trump needed a break from the infighting in MAGA so he decided an inconsequential meeting with Putin would do the trick.

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'Sockgate', face-offs and Gibson goals - Irish Premiership takeaways

BBC Sport NI looks at some of the main talking points from the second round of fixtures in the new Irish Premiership season.

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Ayoade Bamgboye: Swings and Roundabouts review – commanding comic’s thrilling debut

Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghDrawing on her experiences moving from Nigeria to the UK, this livewire standup delivers a multifaceted first fringe showThe fringe is nothing if not a place where unk...

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British Horseracing to hold historic one-day strike in tax protest

The British Horseracing Authority has announced that no race meetings will take place in Britain on September 10 as the sport protests the Government's proposed tax rise on horserace betting.

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Zack Polanski pulling away in race to be party leader, senior Greens believe

Exclusive: Growing sense that ‘eco-populist’ could win after mounting what one opponent called a ‘hostile takeover’Zack Polanski, the insurgent candidate for Green party leader whose “eco-populism”...

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What to Know About Bolivia’s Presidential Election

Samuel Doria Medina, a center-right businessman, is leading the polls ahead of Bolivia’s presidential election.

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Ukrainians Fleeing Russia’s Attacks Say the Alaska Summit Was an Insult

Ukrainian civilians, evacuated from villages in eastern Donetsk under attack by advancing Russians, arrive by bus at a hub for humanitarian assistance in the city of Pavlohrad in Ukraine’s Dnipro r...

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Waterstones opens 10 new stores a year as younger adults embrace reading

Bookshop chain says people are keen to escape their screens and says rise in sales is partly down to BookTokTimes may be tough on the high street but the bookseller Waterstones is enjoying strong s...

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‘Your work changed the course of my entire life’: novelist Douglas Stuart meets painter Jenny Saville

He was a struggling 16-year-old when he first saw her paintings. Now, the Booker prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain sits down with the record-breaking artist to talk early success, bad reviews, a...

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Cinemagoers tutted – but in Materialists, I finally saw a true reflection of today’s dating market | Elle Hunt

The brutal reality is that if you don’t come from money, the best way to boost your finances is through a relationshipOn Sunday I took myself, with a slight hangover, to see a preview screening of...

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'88 Saints: NFL brotherhood and football's physical toll

Nearly 40 years after their time in the NFL, the players from the 1988 New Orleans Saints grapple with the physical toll of football while honoring a bond forged through the toughest game.

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Premier League updates: Chelsea begin season vs. Palace

Join us as world champions Chelsea face off against reigning FA Cup champions Crystal Palace as the first weekend of the new Premier League season kicks into gear.

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Antigovernment protesters clash with police in several Serbian cities

Violent clashes erupt across Serbian cities between protesters and police amid ongoing unrest and calls for reform.

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Week in Pictures: From Trump-Putin meeting to flash floods in Pakistan

A global roundup of some of last week’s events.

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Politics chat: Alaska summit, Zelenskyy at White House, National Guard in D.C.

President Trump says he wants a peace agreement to end the war in Ukraine following his Alaska summit, and will hold talks with Ukraine's president in the White House on Monday.

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Global XV to watch out for at 2025 World Cup

England's star-studded squad are favourites to lift a home Women's Rugby World Cup in September, but outside of the Red Roses and the rest of the home nations, here is a global XV to keep an eye on.

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British racing to hold one-day strike in betting tax protest

The British Horseracing Authority cancels all races on 10 September in protest against the Government's proposed tax rise on horserace betting.

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‘I can no longer listen to the punk bands I loved as a teenager’: Rob Newman’s honest playlist

The comic struggles to listen to the punk bands of his youth, while his son sings along to the Blue Nile. But which Smiths song caused his girlfriend to dump him?The first single I bought (White M...

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Erin downgraded to Category 3 hurricane, NHC says

Erin is the fifth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to November 30.

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All Blacks cruise to Rugby Championship win over Argentina

Winger Sevu Reece scored two first half tries and hooker Samisoni Taukei'aho added two in the second to propel New Zealand to a 41-24 win over Argentina in their opening match of the Rugby Champion...

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All Blacks cruise to Rugby Championship win over Argentina

Winger Sevu Reece scored two first half tries and hooker Samisoni Taukei'aho added two in the second to propel New Zealand to a 41-24 win over Argentina in their opening match of the Rugby Champion...

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All Blacks beat Pumas to return to top of world rankings

New Zealand hold off a second-half fightback to beat Argentina 41-24 in their Rugby Championship opener and return to the top of the world rankings.

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Phillips joins Wales greats at a fourth World Cup

Wales hooker Carys Phillips will join an elite group when she plays at a fourth Rugby World Cup this month.

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Trying to keep cool in an increasingly hot world – picture essay

The Cooling Solution is a photographic and scientific project that aims to show how people are adapting to high temperatures and increasing humidity across different countries, cultures and socioec...

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I thought I didn’t care about Renaissance art. Then life happened to me – and I saw its power | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

There’s a reason these works have influenced great contemporary artists such as Jenny Saville. It just took me a while to truly see itThere is a painting that I think about often. The Madonna del P...

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Palestinians flee IDF attacks on Gaza City as Israelis protest occupation plan

Israeli bombardment has created a "catastrophic" situation in the city's Zeitoun neighbourhood, the city's Hamas-run authority says.

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‘Animal Farm was my parents’ teamwork’: Orwell’s son on 80 years of the satirical classic

Richard Blair on the role his mother played in developing the 1945 political fable – and how it nearly didn’t get publishedAs the second world war reached its height, the winter of 1943-4 was one o...

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A UK headline wealth tax? It may be simpler to put up existing taxes

Amid party divisions and issues with data, pulling existing tax levers could be a more politically palatable optionPressure to go further on wealth taxes – by creating new modes of clawing at hoard...

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How can England possibly be running out of water?

While famously rainswept, climate crisis, population growth and profligacy mean the once unthinkable could be possibleDuring the drought of 2022, London came perilously close to running out of wate...

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Transfer rumors, news: Man United to bring De Gea back?

Manchester United could bring goalkeeper David de Gea back to the club. Transfer Talk has the latest news, gossip and rumors.

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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,270

Here are the key events on day 1,270 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

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‘50 years of anger and pain’: Miami Sounband’s Des Lee when Irish terrorists colluded with MI5 to massacre Ireland’s biggest band

The band were as big as it got, topping the Irish singles chart seven times. Then they were stopped at a bogus checkpoint in County Down – and three were shot dead. Fifty years on, survivor Des Lee...

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Mary, Queen of Scots review – bold ballet brings the royal courts bang up to date

Festival theatre, EdinburghMary births a balloon and Elizabeth I towers on stilts in Sophie Laplane and James Bonas’s production about the queens’ distant relationshipThe second half of this show i...

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JPMorgan steps up planning for new Canary Wharf tower

Redeveloping plot acquired in 2008 under serious consideration owing to expense of renovating current office

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‘You will have AI friends’: Character.ai bets on companionship chatbots

Company argues persona-based chatbots will aid real-life interactions but critics say they create dependency

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Burford Capital seeks to buy equity stakes in US law firms

New corporate structures could get around long-standing restrictions against non-lawyer ownership of firms

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Serbia ruling party offices set on fire in protests

Russia throws support behind the beleaguered president, saying it won't "remain unresponsive" to unrest.

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Protesters target Serbian ruling party offices in fifth night of demonstrations

Offices belonging to President Aleksander Vučić's political party were vandalised during the fifth consecutive night of unrest.

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Dominant Chimaev wrestles Du Plessis' title away

In a one-sided wrestling display, Khamzat Chimaev had his way with Dricus Du Plessis and became the new middleweight champion Saturday at UFC 319.

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Dart impresses again, but QB plans unchanged

Giants rookie Jaxson Dart continues to impress in preseason but coach Brian Daboll reiterated that Russell Wilson is still New York's starting quarterback.

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