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TRT World says firefighters are struggling to contain exploding California wildfires under blazing temperatures as another heatwave blankets the west.

Aljazeera says Australia has announced its first Covid death of 2021 as authorities in New South Wales struggle to contain an outbreak of the Delta variant.

Arab News says Lebanon’s power cuts have stopped the country’s vaccination campaign and also led to warnings about food poisoning.

France24 says British billionaire Richard Branson was due on Sunday to climb into his Virgin Galactic passenger rocket plane and fly into space.

BBC News says it is possible to catch two Covid variants at the same time, experts are warning after seeing it kill a 90-year-old woman.

Sky News says England are “here to win” in the Euro 2020 final and “want to go and bring the trophy home”, says manager Gareth Southgate.

Sky News says this summer’s Tokyo Olympics will go ahead without spectators after a surge in coronavirus cases, organisers have announced.

TRT World says President Joe Biden has said the US military mission in Afghanistan will conclude on August 31, saying “speed is safety”.

Aljazeera says a 28-member hit squad made up of Americans and Colombians assassinated President Jovenel Moise, Haitian police said.

Arab News says COVID-19 infections in the Kingdom have reached a total of almost half a million since the first case was reported about 494 days ago.