European heatwave leaves Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece in sweltering 40C heat

A British pensioner has been arrested in Spain after allegedly attempting to smuggle more than 60kg of cannabis resin on to a ferry.

Far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has risked inflaming religious tensions by reportedly praying at the Al Aqsa mosque site in Jerusalem.

The retreat from Afghanistan during the Taliban takeover in 2021 began as a farce, then it was a scandal and now it’s a shoddy cover-up.