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Burkina Faso suspends Radio Omega over ‘junta’ Facebook postBurkina Faso’s media regulator suspended Radio Omega for three months after it used the term “junta” in a Facebook post deemed disrespectful to the military governmentRepresentational image. Reuters
A murder investigation has been launched after the death of a teenager who was stabbed in a car park.
A murder investigation has been launched after the death of a teenager who was stabbed in a car park.
‘Daily episode’ of death: 18 killed by Israeli fire in Gaza as US envoy visits aid site, meets hostage familiesHospitals in Gaza reported the killing of more than a dozen people, eight of them food seekers, by Israeli fire on Saturday as Palestinians endured severe risks searching for food amid airdrops and restrictions on overland aid delivery.Israeli troops deploy with their tanks near the border fence with the Gaza Strip on August 1, 2025. Image- AFP
Half-million young Catholics await Pope Leo XIV at Holy Year youth festivalHundreds of thousands of young Catholics are pouring into a vast field on Rome’s outskirts for the highlight of the Vatican’s 2025 Holy Year
Combat to continue ‘without rest’ if hostages remain in Gaza, warns IDF chiefIsrael’s army chief has warned of unrelenting combat in Gaza unless a deal is reached to free hostages still held by Hamas. The statement comes amid stalled truce talks and growing domestic pressure as disturbing hostage videos surfacePalestinians gather as they carry aid supplies that entered Gaza through Israel, amid a hunger crisis, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, July 20, 2025. File Image/Reuters
For the second day in a row, one of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes, Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, erupted.
The explosion launched a column of smoke and volcanic material shot up to 11 miles in the sky early Saturday morning. Debris from the volcano blanketed villages, but no casualties have been reported. The explosion was one of the country’s largest since the 2010 eruption of Mount Merapi, the country’s most volatile volcano.
On Friday, in an eruption that occurred just hours before the one Saturday morning, smoke and ash went as high as 6.2 miles, as the volcano lit up the sky with glowing lava and bolts of lightning.
ICELANDIC VOLCANO ERUPTS, FORCING TOURISTS TO EVACUATE FAMOUS GEOTHERMAL SPA
Indonesia’s Geology Agency recorded an avalanche of searing gas clouds mixed with rocks and lava traveling up to 3 miles down the slopes of the mountain. Drone observations showed deep magma movement, triggering tremors that registered on seismic monitors.
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Another arrest has been made in connection with two aircraft being damaged at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.
After France and Spain, Italy said Friday (August 1) it would begin air drops over Gaza, which UN-backed experts say is slipping into famine. The first drops could come on August 9, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said. “I have given the green light to a mission involving Army and Air Force assets for the transport and airdrop of basic necessities to civilians in Gaza, who have been severely affected by the ongoing conflict,” he added in a statement. FRANCE 24’s Seema Gupta tells us more.
South Africa is among the countries facing President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on exports, that are due to come into force on August 7, rather than August 1st as previously announced. President Cyril Ramaphosa said he will use the week-long delay to try to negotiate hard to avoid the penalty and save jobs.
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