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Euronews says THE ACCESSION of Sweden and Finland to NATO is “the fastest” in the alliance’s history and will take months, rather than years, to complete.

Aljazeera says MACAU has locked down one of the city’s most famous hotels, the Grand Lisboa, after more than a dozen COVID-19 cases were found there on Tuesday.

France24 says THE BIGGEST HAJJ pilgrimage since COVID began starts, with hundreds of thousands of mostly maskless worshippers expected to circle Islam’s holiest site in Saudi Arabia’s Mecca.

TRT World says THE GUNMAN who attacked an Independence Day parade, killing 7, legally bought two high-powered rifles and three other weapons despite known threats of suicide and violence.

BBC Sport says Premier League and international footballer has been arrested in north London on suspicion of rape. The 29-year-old, who has not been named, was taken into custody on Monday morning where he remains.

BBC News says BORIS JOHNSON was made aware of a formal complaint about Chris Pincher’s “inappropriate behaviour” while Mr Pincher was a Foreign Office minister from 2019-20, BBC News can reveal.

France24 says ITALY DECLARED a state of emergency in five northern regions and announced emergency funds on Monday over a worsening drought that has plagued the Po Valley in recent weeks.

Euronews says A ROMANIAN AND AN AUSTRIAN have been killed in shark attacks within three days off the Red Sea coast of Egypt. It is still unclear whether the attacks were caused by the same shark.

Arab News says AL JAZEERA journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was likely killed by unintentional gunfire from Israeli positions, but independent investigators could not reach a definitive conclusion.

Aljazeera says Sri Lanka has less than a day’s worth of fuel left, the energy minister says, with public transport grinding to a halt as the country’s economic crisis deepens.