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.
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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
VOA says the US, the EU, Britain and Canada joined forces Monday to impose sanctions on several senior officials in Belarus
BBC News says Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib has become the first active NFL player to come out as gay.
Aljazeera says Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily will be forced to shut “in a matter of days” after authorities used the national security law imposed by China
TRT World says eight children in a van from a youth home for children were killed in a fiery multi-vehicle crash on a wet interstate
Aljazeera says Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has condemned the new Iranian president as a “hangman”, describing Ebrahim Raisi’s election win as a final “wake up” call for world powers
Arab News says Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has called for the exit of foreign mercenaries from Libya without delay
France24 says Tokyo Olympics organisers and Japanese officials meet Monday to decide whether fans will be allowed at the Games
BBC News says the government must start planning for the autumn booster jab rollout now, doctors and NHS trusts have said
Euronews says Hungary is being investigated over a new law that bans the sharing of content that portrays homosexuality or sex reassignment with people under the age of 18
VOA says newly unveiled efforts to combat a growing domestic terrorism threat in the US have to find a way to overcome a major obstacle
TRT World says Iran has begun voting in a presidential election tipped in the favour of a hard-line protege of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Aljazeera says health officials in Indonesia are blaming the emergence of the Delta variant for a massive surge in COVID-19 cases
France24 says Israeli jets launched airstrikes on Gaza overnight Thursday to Friday after militants in the Palestinian territory again set off incendiary balloons into southern Israel, the army and AFP journalists said