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Red heat alert issued for third of France

PARIS: France issued a red heatwave alert across more than a third of the country for Sunday as a ferocious heatwave dug in. The prolonged heatwave, which began earlier this week, has disrupted the country, forcing the...

A child plays in a fountain during a heatwave in Lyon, south-eastern France. — AFP

German airports warn millions of flights could be cancelled

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Hantavirus risk to public ‘absolutely low’: WHO

Second plane believed to be carrying a sick passenger from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius arrives at the Schiphol airport, near Amsterdam. — AFP

Radiation normal after fires near Chornobyl

An energy worker walks at a damaged power substation in Odesa, Ukraine. — Reuters

UK PM Starmer 'takes responsibility' for Labour election losses

Britain's PM Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria Starmer leave a polling station in London. — Reuters

Rubio meets Italian PM after Trump criticism

Italy's PM Giorgia Meloni welcomes US Secretary of State Marco Rubio during their meeting at Palazzo Chigi in Rome. — Reuters

German Foreign Minister demands Hormuz reopening

Germany’s Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul speaks during a joint press conference with Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, following their official meeting in Rabat, on April 30, 2026.

A 5-month wait and a 50% fail rate: It’s hard to get a British driving license

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Stranded whale 'Timmy' released into sea in dramatic rescue

Aerial photo shows the rescued humpback whale in a special barge along the Danish coastline enroute back to the North Sea after it beached on a sandbank near the city of Luebeck, in late March.

Nato seeks details as US to pull troops from Germany

Combat aircrafts stand in front of a hangar at the American military's Ramstein Air Base, Germany. — Reuters

Ukraine's Zelensky pledges to strengthen air defences

Firefighters arrive to the site of a fuel station which was hit by a Russian drone strike, in Kharkiv, Ukraine. — Reuters

Charles to end Bermuda trip by launching UK space project

Britain's King Charles III delivers remarks during a garden party at the Government House in Hamilton, Bermuda. — AFP

Humpback whale stranded in Germany set free

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Ukraine launches fresh drone attacks on Russian oil port

The site of an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike, in Odesa, Ukraine. — Reuters

Turkish police fire tear gas as thousands rallied nationwide

Protesters take part in a May Day rally, in the Kadikoy district of Istanbul. — AFP

Netherlands requests European help to contain wildfires

A firefighter works to extinguish a wildfire near Budel, on May 1, 2026 a day after it broke out at a military training ground where a military exercise was taking place. — AFP
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