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Trump Says US Will Cut Back Joint Military Drills With South Korea

Donald Trump says the US will substantially reduce joint military drills with South Korea, citing his relationship with Kim Jong Un, as North Korea threatens a strong response to the scheduled exercise.

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Missing Cat Reunited With Family a Decade After Vanishing

A cat named Charlie has returned to her Caerphilly county family a decade after vanishing, identified by microchip after a local resident fed her for weeks.

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Charlie, a white cat with a tortoise shell coloured face

Two Killed, Hundreds Evacuated by Sea as Twin Fires Rage on Salamina

Two people died and hundreds were evacuated by sea after twin wildfires broke out almost simultaneously on the Greek island of Salamina on 16 August 2026, as firefighters battled to stop the blazes from merging.

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Firefighters work on a wildfire which prompted evacuations on the island of Salamina

Search Continues for Scottish Man Missing Near Rome's Pantheon

Colin Scott, 56, from Elgin, has been missing near Rome's Pantheon since 14 August 2025. His fiancée says he may be disoriented due to medication and heat, and lacks his phone or wallet.

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A Facebook picture of Colin Scott looking straight at the camera. He has short, white hair and is smiling

Calls Grow for Public Inquiry Into Media Coverage Before Jason Arday's Death

More than 30,000 people, including Diane Abbott and Jameela Jamil, have signed a letter demanding a public inquiry into media coverage before ex-Cambridge professor Jason Arday's death.

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Jason Arday wears a black shirt and smiles at the camera as he appears as a guest on the panel of BBC show Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

Mam o Gaernarfon: Teimlo'n euog wrth fethu fforddio gweithgareddau i'r plant dros yr haf

Mae Llinos Thomas, mam o Gaernarfon i dair merch sy'n dal dwy swydd, yn disgrifio'r euogrwydd o fethu fforddio gweithgareddau haf, wrth i arolwg ddangos bod 89% o rieni Cymru dan bwysau ariannol dros yr haf.

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A joyous family experience in a lush Portugal park, featuring playful activities between young girls and adults.

Dozens Evacuated as Fire Engulfs Industrial Unit Near Oldham

Forty-five homes were evacuated in Greenfield, near Oldham, after a large fire broke out at an industrial unit on Wellington Road, with a nearby Tesco also cleared as a precaution.

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Black, orange and grey smoke rises in a huge plume from a large grey industrial building which sits behind a wooden fence at the end of a residential street. The houses are made of larger beige stone bricks and sit over two storeys. They are all of similar design like so many private housing estates. Lots of cars are parked in front of the houses. The cab of a fire engine is in the foreground. In front of it, a flat bed fire vehicle has a ladder mounted on it. It is extended towards the flames with, presumably, firefighters directing water towards the flames from the cherry picker basket at the end of the ladder. Two firefighters in hi-vis and helmets stand in the distance, backs to shot.

Wakefield Dog Attack Death: Lee Ellis Charged with Manslaughter Ahead of Court Date

West Yorkshire Police have charged Lee Ellis, 55, with manslaughter after a man died from a dog bite in Wakefield; he is due at Leeds Crown Court on 16 September 2026, as police continue to seek witnesses.

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Police tape across a path with woodland on either side

Prif swyddog tân yn canmol cymorth y fyddin wrth ymladd tanau gwyllt yn ne Cymru

Mae Fin Monahan, prif swyddog Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub De Cymru, wedi canmol y fyddin a chriwiau o saith gwasanaeth tân arall am eu cymorth wrth ymladd tanau gwyllt yn ne Cymru, wrth i 14 tân barhau i losgi.

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Aelodau o'r fyddin sy'n helpu i ddiffodd tanau

Derry Bonfire Burning of O'Neill Images Probed as Sectarian Hate Crime

Sinn Féin, Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins and other political leaders have condemned bonfires in Derry on which images of First Minister Michelle O'Neill were burned, as police treat the incident as a sectarian hate crime.

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A large unlit bonfire covered in British and Northern Ireland flags beside a road. There are people milling around and cream-coloured blocks of flats in the background.

Gurkha Troops Join Firefighters Battling South Wales Wildfires

About 200 soldiers, mainly from the Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment, are helping fire crews battle roughly 14 wildfires across south Wales, as officials warn the crisis may not be over.

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Soldiers from 10 Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment receive a briefing from a firefighter as a hleicopter with water flies overhead

Qatar Rejects Iranian Claim of Holding Captured Fighter Pilots

the inalienable rights of these prisoners, contrary to all international laws and regulations."</blockquote><h2>How has Qatar responded?</h2><p>Qatar's government spokesperson Majed Mohammed Al Ansari said Doha had attempted to contact the pilots "after they violated Qatari airspace" but received...

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Image of a Russian Su-27, a whit and blue coloured fighter jet, airborne against a clear blue sky.