Travel
Donald Trump's administration has set new rules for visa applicants from six mainly Muslim nations and all refugees, that require a "close" family or business tie to the United States.
UK and abroad
The US stock market has notched its biggest gains in two months, bouncing back from losses a day earlier.
World
An R2-D2 droid used in several Star Wars films has been sold for more than £2 million at a Los Angeles auction .
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Pope Francis' financial adviser is being charged in Australia with multiple counts of historical sexual assault, in a stunning move certain to rock the highest levels of the Holy See.
Football
The Serious Fraud Office is analysing the FIFA report into the controversial bidding races for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
World
The US Homeland Security Department is demanding that airlines around the world step up security measures for international flights bound for the United States or face the possibility of a total electronics ban for planes.
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Italy has threatened to close its ports to aid groups rescuing migrants off Libya's coast as it struggles to cope with the highest rate of rescues this year, officials said.
World
A man has crashed his vehicle into the new Ten Commandments monument in Arkansas, nearly three years after he was arrested over the destruction of Oklahoma's monument at its state Capitol, authorities said.
World
Polish authorities have stopped a train travelling from Warsaw to Berlin and evacuated its passengers after receiving a bomb threat, according to reports.
Other sports
Sebastian Vettel is under investigation by Formula One's governing body after he deliberately collided with title rival Lewis Hamilton in Sunday's Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
World
Thousands of Indians have gathered in several cities to protest against recent violent attacks across the country targeting minority Muslims.
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Eight hundred skeletons of captive-bred lions can be legally exported from South Africa this year, the government said.
World
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has assured troops that he will protect them from any legal action if they accidentally kill civilians while battling militants who have besieged a southern city.
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A Swedish appeals court has increased the sentences for three men convicted over a gang rape which was streamed live on a closed Facebook group.
World
North Korea has vowed to execute South Korea's former president and her spy director, accusing them of planning to assassinate its supreme leadership.
World
A cluster bomb attack on an Islamic State-held village in eastern Syria has killed at least 15 people, including women and children, activists said.
World
A subway train derailment in New York City that injured nearly three dozen people and sparked major delays is being blamed on human error, not a track defect.
Tennis
The International Tennis Federation has risked the wrath of the leading players by announcing plans to hold a combined event featuring the Davis and Fed Cup finals in Geneva from 2018-20.
Scotland
A ship equipped with an underwater robot has set sail from Edinburgh on a two-month exploration of the North Sea.
World
Talks aimed at reunifying the Mediterranean island of Cyprus have resumed, with crucial discussions over future security arrangements set to top the agenda.
World
French President Emmanuel Macron's government is launching an effort to redesign labour rules, one of the most important and divisive promises of his presidency.
UK and abroad
Greece is on target to tap bond markets for money again by the end of this year and exit its bailout programme next summer, representatives from the country's European creditors said.
World
Hen harriers are on the brink of extinction in England after the number of breeding pairs fell to four last year, according to new figures.
World
French chef Alain Senderens, who rejected his Michelin stars and was acclaimed as a visionary, rebel and a force in the development of nouvelle cuisine, has died aged 77.
World
Wildlife researchers in Cambodia have found a clutch of eggs from one of the world's most endangered crocodiles, raising hopes of its continuing survival in the wild.
World
The home of The Big Bang Theory star Johnny Galecki has been destroyed by a wildfire in California.
Football
Former FA chairman Geoff Thompson told FIFA ethics investigators that a plan for England to play a friendly in Thailand in order to secure a vote in the bidding race for the 2018 World Cup was "a form of bribery".
Football
Qatari officials have welcomed FIFA's decision to publish an internal report into the controversial race for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, claiming it is a "vindication" of their bid.
World
A Venezuelan minister has denounced the international community for not condemning the actions of a helicopter pilot the government accuses of using gunfire and grenades to attack the Supreme Court and Interior Ministry.
World
Bill Cosby's "town hall" tour is unlikely to happen before his retrial on sex assault charges in Pennsylvania, one of his lawyers has said.
World
Campaigners have claimed the UK's air pollution problem could be worse than thought as a "citizen science" project showed dirty air across the country.
UK and abroad
Technology shares led a broad slide in US stocks Tuesday after a day of mostly choppy trading.
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Los Angeles officials have cleared the way for Star Wars creator George Lucas to build a 1.5 billion dollar (£1.1 billion) Museum of Narrative Art.
World
Three Chicago police officers have been indicted on felony charges that they conspired to cover up the actions of a white police officer who shot and killed black teenager Laquan McDonald.
World
An elderly Greek man has been arrested for allegedly setting up an improvised firing range on his balcony in a densely populated area of Athens and using guns he owned illegally for target practice.
World
Senate Republican leaders have shelved a vote on their prized healthcare bill until at least next month, forced to retreat by a rebellion that left them lacking enough votes to even begin debate.
Football
The England 2018 World Cup bid team was found to have "accommodated or at least attempted to satisfy the improper request" of FIFA executive committee members, including former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner, by the Garcia report.
World
The United Nations said it has concluded the disarmament process for individual arms as part of a peace deal between Colombia's leftist rebels and the government.
Technology
Facebook has reached another milestone, announcing that it now has more than two billion users.
World
A western German city has decided to evacuate an 11-storey apartment block because of concerns over exterior insulation similar to that of Grenfell Tower.
World
A military post in Alabama which was on lockdown amid reports of a possible active shooter has been given the all-clear.
World
A New York City subway train has derailed near a station in Harlem, frightening passengers and resulting in a power outage as trains were evacuated along the subway line.
World
The UN secretary-general has urged Cyprus' rival leaders as well as Turkey, Greece and Britain to rise to the occasion at a peace summit and seize the chance for a breakthrough deal reunifying the ethnically divided island.
Technology
A new and highly virulent outbreak of malicious data-scrambling software appears to be causing mass disruption across Europe, hitting Ukraine especially hard.
World
Fifty-one migrants are presumed dead in the Sahara Desert in Niger after smugglers abandoned them during their journey north to Libya, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said.
World
Serbia's future prime minister has proposed a staunchly pro-Russia official as the defence minister, damping hopes in the West that her nomination signalled a shift away from Moscow's influence.
World
A Dutch art sleuth who claims he is following two possible leads in the largest art heist in US history is hoping a 10 million US dollar (£7.8 million) reward will help track down the collection stolen from a Boston museum in 1990.
World
An air strike targeting an Islamic State-run jail in eastern Syria has killed at least 42 prisoners, activists said.
World
A senior Ukrainian military intelligence officer has been killed in a car bombing in Kiev that police are treating as a terrorist attack.
Football
FIFA has taken the dramatic step of publishing a controversial internal report into the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding process after it was leaked to a German newspaper this week.
World
The Dutch government is partially liable for the deaths of some 300 Muslim men murdered by Bosnian Serb forces in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, an appeals court has ruled.
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Firefighters have brought under control a wildfire that threatened Donana National Park, a celebrated conservation wetland and home to the endangered Iberian lynx, Spain's interior minister said.
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A 14-year-old boy is taking Japan by storm with a record-breaking start to his professional career in the country's version of chess.
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Germany's leaders have paid tribute to former chancellor Helmut Kohl, who spearheaded the country's reunification during 16 years at the helm, in a requiem Mass at Berlin's Roman Catholic cathedral.
World
Albania's left-wing Socialist Party has secured a second mandate in a general election, winning a majority of seats in parliament, nearly complete results showed on Tuesday.
World
A second landslide has struck the village in south-west China where rescue workers have been looking for nearly 100 people buried over the weekend by a massive wave of rocks and debris.
World
The US's largest wildfire has forced more than 1,500 people from their homes and cabins in a southern Utah mountain area which is home to a ski town and popular fishing lake.
Tennis
John McEnroe has refused to apologise for his comments about Serena Williams - and believes men should play against women to settle the argument.
World
Independence Day fireworks traditions in a small Connecticut town are rocketing towards a clash as wildlife experts try to protect another iconic symbol of the United States.
World
A scientific voyage has uncovered the impact of plastic pollution on some of the UK's most treasured seas, beaches and wildlife.
World
The Pentagon said it has detected "active preparations" by Syria for a chemical weapons attack, giving weight to a White House threat that the Syrian government would "pay a heavy price" if it carried out such an atrocity.
UK and abroad
US President Donald Trump has used the resignations of three CNN journalists involved in a retracted Russia-related story to resume his attack on the network's credibility.
World
A massive international survey has revealed scant confidence outside the United States in Donald Trump's ability to do anything right on world affairs.
World
Airport security staff were forced into a pincer movement when a 20lb live lobster was spotted in a passenger's luggage.
World
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she does not really do Twitter, but sometimes visits the site to check out what US President Donald Trump has to say.
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A Spanish judge has ordered the remains of artist Salvador Dali to be exhumed following a paternity suit by a woman.
World
A hand-drawn map that shows Walt Disney's original ideas for Disneyland has sold at auction for 708,000 US dollars (£556,000).
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Digging for Rome's new subway has unearthed the charred ruins of an early 3rd-century building and the 1,800-year-old skeleton of a crouching dog that apparently perished in the same blaze that collapsed the structure.
World
Emirates Team New Zealand held their nerve to see off the challenge of Oracle Team USA and seal their first win in the America's Cup since 2003.
World
A former nurse convicted of killing eight elderly people in her care in Canada has been sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole for 25 years.
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Syrian Kurdish forces say they have seized a new district from Islamic State (IS) in its self-declared capital Raqqa.
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A Swedish man kidnapped by Islamic militants in northern Mali nearly six years ago has been released from captivity, the Swedish government confirmed.
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The US Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to go forward with a limited version of its ban on travel from six mostly Muslim countries.
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Forty-four people have been detained during a march for LGBT rights that the governor of Istanbul had banned, Turkey's official news agency said.
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The mother of Philando Castile, a black motorist killed by a Minnesota police officer last year, has reached a settlement worth nearly three million US dollars (£2.4 million) over his death.
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Spanish authorities are hopeful that dropping temperatures and favourable winds will help firefighters battling to extinguish a major forest fire on the fringes of one of Europe's most celebrated conservation wetlands.
World
A group of Jewish leaders has cancelled a gala event with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to protest against his government's decision to scrap plans for a mixed-gender prayer area at Jerusalem's Western Wall.
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Islamic State (IS) fighters launched a string of counter-attacks in a western Mosul neighbourhood that had recently been declared free of the militant group, setting of clashes that continued overnight, Iraqi officials said.
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A rhino breeder in South Africa is planning an online auction of rhino horn, capitalising on a court ruling that opened the way to domestic trade despite an international ban imposed to curb widespread poaching.
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The Greek government has urged striking garbage collectors to return to work after a 10-day protest has left huge piles of trash around Athens.
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Jailed Chinese Nobel Peace laureate and dissident Liu Xiaobo has been released on medical parole after being diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer, his lawyer said.
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Pakistan's prime minister cut short a trip abroad to rush to the side of victims of a massive fuel tanker fire as authorities raised the death toll from the blaze to 157.
World
Preliminary results show that Albania's left-wing Socialist party is heading for a new governing mandate in crucial elections in the country's bid to launch membership negotiations with the European Union.
World
Rescue crews have been ordered to leave the site of a deadly landslide in south-western China over concerns of a second landslide, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
World
Improving weather conditions have limited the growth of a wildfire in Utah that prompted the evacuation of 1,500 people from hundreds of homes and cabins, officials said.
UK and abroad
Air bag maker Takata has filed for bankruptcy protection in Japan and the US, overwhelmed by lawsuits and recall costs over defective air bag inflators linked to the deaths of at least 16 people.
Technology
US government websites have been hacked with a message supporting the Islamic State terrorist group.
UK
Unwanted mattresses are creating an environmental menace across the UK, with millions ending up in landfill or simply being dumped, it is claimed.
UK
Urgent action is needed to tackle both greenhouse gases and air pollution from road transport - but it could leave a multibillion-pound hole in annual tax receipts, a report warns.
Scotland
Labour is to bring forward a Bill aimed at banning fracking in Scotland.
World
Scuba divers have continued searching for bodies in a reservoir near the Colombian city of Medellin where a tourist boat packed with more than 150 passengers capsized, leaving at least seven people dead and 13 missing.
Golf
Jordan Spieth survived a play-off showdown with Daniel Berger to record a wire-to-wire victory at the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut.
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A major rescue operation is under way in Colombia after a tourist boat with about 150 people on board sank near Medellin.
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A teenager fell about 25 feet from a stopped gondola ride at a New York amusement park, tumbling into a crowd gathered below to catch her before she hit the ground.
UK
A quacking car horn designed to alert people to danger while reducing the cacophony of noise on city streets has been developed by sound experts.
Football
Kerem Demirbay and Timo Werner both scored their first senior international goals as Germany beat 10-man Cameroon 3-1 to book their place in the Confederations Cup semi-finals.
World
The US secretary of state has said some demands on Qatar by its Middle East neighbours "will be very difficult to meet".
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Turkish police have stopped LGBT activists from gathering in large numbers for a Pride event in Istanbul.
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Four Indian tourists and three local residents died when a cable car crashed down from a height of 30 metres in a tourist town in the Indian part of Kashmir.
Tennis
Roger Federer brushed aside the challenge of rising star Alexander Zverev to clinch his ninth Gerry Weber Open title in Halle.
World
Activists are collecting money to repair a penis-shaped rock formation in southern Norway after the popular tourist attraction was found badly damaged.
Other sports
Lizzie Deignan overhauled long-time leader Elinor Barker in the final stages to claim her fourth National Road Race title on the Isle of Man on Sunday.
World
Turkey's president on Sunday rejected a demand by major Arab states to remove Turkish troops from Qatar, saying their sweeping list of ultimatums has threatened the small Gulf country's sovereignty.
World
At least 1,000 people have been evacuated as a forest fire in southern Spain threatened a national park famous for its biodiversity and endangered species.
World
Albanians have started to cast ballots in a general election that follows a landmark agreement between the two biggest parties to further efforts for the country to eventually join the European Union.
World
The death toll from an oil tanker fire in Pakistan has risen to 153, with dozens more in a critical condition, and the fatalities are expected to increase.
World
Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were among the guests as treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin married Scottish actress Louise Linton.
World
Artifacts connected to some of America's most notorious gangsters have sold for more than 100,000 dollars (£78,000) at auction.
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Young protesters have broken down a metal fence guarding an air base in Caracas before being repelled by security forces firing tear gas in another day of anti-government protests in Venezuela's capital.
World
Chinese crews have recovered nine bodies and are still searching for 109 others about 30 hours after a massive landslide buried a picturesque mountain village in the south-western province of Sichuan.
World
The Syrian government on Saturday released hundreds of detainees including some who backed the insurgency against President Bashar Assad on the eve of a major Muslim holiday.
World
Egypt's president on Saturday ratified a disputed 2016 agreement under which his country would transfer control of two strategic Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, following through on his assertion earlier this week that the matter was closed.
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A father found out his son was still alive after a body misidentified by officials was buried.
Golf
Richard Bland and Sergio Garcia were tied at the top of the leaderboard ahead of the final round of the BMW International Open after posting rounds of 67 on Saturday.
World
Turkish authorities say they will not allow the Istanbul Pride march to take place on Sunday - the third year in a row the celebration has been banned.
Animals
Two giant pandas have received a celebrity welcome in Berlin from the mayor and Chinese ambassador after they weathered a long flight from China.
UK and abroad
People with accounts in two troubled Italian banks will have their savings guaranteed despite insolvency proceedings, the prime minister has said.
World
Qatar has said it is "very comfortable" and can survive the economic and diplomatic steps its neighbours have taken to pressure it "forever".
World
A Dutch journalist has told of his "very hard" experience after he and a colleague were freed unharmed following almost a week held captive by leftist rebels in Colombia .
World
A Swiss journalist has died from injuries she suffered in a mine blast in Mosul earlier this week while reporting on the fight against the Islamic State group.
World
The governor of California has blocked parole for Charles Manson follower and convicted killer Bruce Davis.
World
A 125lb gentle giant named Martha has been crowned the winner of the 29th annual World's Ugliest Dog Contest.
World
More than 120 people have been buried by a landslide that caused huge rocks and a mass of earth to crash into their homes in a mountain village in south-western China early on Saturday, officials said.
World
Ivanka Trump must give evidence in a dispute with an Italian shoemaker over one of her company's designs, a judge has said.
World
The death toll from twin blasts in Parachinar has climbed to 67, bringing the overall death toll from three separate attacks in Pakistan to 85.
World
The CIA's director held a secret negotiation with Syria's intelligence chief this year as part of efforts to free a US journalist taken hostage in the Arab country five years ago, according to reports.
World
A suicide bomber blew himself up near the Grand Mosque in Mecca as police disrupted a plot to target the holiest site in Islam just as the fasting month of Ramadan ends, Saudi security forces said.
World
More than half the chalk streams and a quarter of rivers in England are at risk of drying out as too much water is being pumped out of them, wildlife experts have warned.
UK and abroad
US stock indexes nudged higher on Friday after energy companies clawed back some of their sharp losses from earlier in the week.
World
Five people, including two teenagers and a 12-year-old, have died after being electrocuted at a water park pool in north-west Turkey, media reports said.
UK and abroad
Ireland has returned Allied Irish Banks (AIB) to the stock market in a landmark moment that underscores the lender's recovery since it was saved from collapse during the financial crisis.
World
At least 40 people have been killed and nearly 100 wounded in four separate bomb and gun attacks in three major Pakistani cities, officials said.
