US strikes on eastern Syria near the border with Iraq killed at least five Iran-backed militia fighters, a war monitor reported.
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Italy became a mask-free, “low-risk” zone for coronavirus, marking a milestone for the first European country to be hit by Covid.
BBC News says health secretary Sajid Javid will update MPs later on when the remaining Covid measures will lift in England.
VOA says Derek Chauvin, the former police officer convicted in the murder of George Floyd, will be sentenced Friday in Minneapolis.
TRT World says a court has suspended Rudy Giuliani’s law license in the state of New York for claiming that Donald Trump lost last year’s presidential election because of fraud.
The Independent says there’s a creepy, grisly irony in all the “Diana at 60” coverage at the moment. Diana would actually be able to celebrate her landmark birthday in person
Aljazeera says Cowessess First Nation announced the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves on the grounds of the former Marieval Indian Residential School
France24 says EU leaders failed to agree on a proposal by France and Germany to hold a summit soon with Vladimir Putin after Poland and Baltic countries said it would send the wrong message
BBC News says the government’s expansion of the UK’s green travel list does not go far enough, industry leaders have warned.
Britney Spears conservatorship: ‘I want my life back’ – star speaks in open court for first time as she asks judge to end ruling
TRT World says with US and NATO forces facing a September 11 deadline to leave Afghanistan, many urge the Biden administration to evacuate thousands of Afghans
Aljazeera says antivirus software pioneer John McAfee was found dead in his prison cell near Barcelona, hours after Spain’s High Court ruled he could be extradited to the US
Arab News says Israel’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the decision to destroy the family home of a detained Palestinian accused of a deadly shooting.
France24 says Germany put on a show of colour in defiance of UEFA’s refusal to light Munich’s Euro 2020 stadium in rainbow hues, as a political row over Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ law escalated.
BBC News says the UK’s rules on foreign travel are set to be reviewed later, after industry bosses united in a desperate plea for the green list to be widened.
BBC says Raheem Sterling’s second goal of Euro 2020 saw England beat the Czech Republic to win Group D and set up a last-16 tie
Sky News says India has reported a new “Delta plus” coronavirus variant of concern. Sixteen cases of the variant, were found in the state of Maharashtra
Euronews says Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg led the charge against Hungary’s anti-LGBT law as European affairs ministers meet
Arab News says Saudi Arabia on Tuesday recorded the highest single-day total of new COVID-19 cases since Aug. 13, 2020.
Aljazeera says EU regulators have launched a fresh antitrust investigation of Google, this time over whether they are stifling competition in digital advertising technology.
TRT World says four Saudis who were involved in the brutal 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi received paramilitary training in the US in 2017
Sky News says Italy’s prime minister wants the Euro 2020 final to be moved from Wembley Stadium because of Britain’s rising infections.
France24 says South Africa will host the continent’s first Covid-19 vaccine production facility, as President Cyril Ramaphosa said Monday Africa now understood that doses would “never come” from elsewhere in time
Arab News says renowned human rights defender Amal Clooney has secured the prosecution of a Daesh member who abused, enslaved and assisted in the rape of captured Yazidi women.
Aljazeera says Iran’s President-elect Ebrahim Raisi has for the first time addressed his links with the mass execution of political prisoners in 1988