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Germany

German tourist killed and Briton critically-injured in Australia crash

Police say the crash was drink-related.

Nigeria

Girl and baby blown-up in ‘appalling increase’ of human bombs in Nigeria

The number of children blown-up has quadrupled so far in 2017.

USA

Twitter hashtags are celebrating their tenth birthday

Portugal

Travellers warned of delays as border staff strike in Portugal

The industrial action is happening at the height of the tourist season.

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France

Third of France’s radicalised ‘have mental health problems’

French minister raises fears over the mentally-ill copying terrorist attacks.

Denmark

Headless torso found in Copenhagen 'is missing journalist Kim Wall'

USA

Is this the best solar eclipse photo bomb?

A photographer has captured the International Space Station (ISS) silhouetted against the sun.

Netherlands

Netherlands set to have ‘world’s largest parking garage for bikes’

Utrecht's 12,500-space bike garage is set to be completed next year.

USA

Eight things we learned from the total solar eclipse

Goats, marriage proposals and a boost for Bonnie Tyler.

United Kingdom

Chiming out: London landmark Big Ben falls silent ahead of repairs

India

Down the pan: woman splits with husband over toilet failure

The judge described the lack of sanitation as 'shameful' and 'torturous'

Lebanon

Lebanese soldiers raise Spanish flag in show of solidarity with attack victims

China

Stranger than fiction? Crime novelist ‘confesses to quadruple murder’

Could the key clue have been among the shelves of the country’s bookshops all along?

Spain

Watch: Spanish swimmer on his own for stand of solidarity with Barcelona attack victims

Fernando Álvarez puts solidarity before sport to honour the victims of the terror attacks in Catalonia.

China

Watch: Phone-watching motorcyclist falls into sinkhole

USA

WW2 warship USS Indianapolis found 72 years after its sinking

Its destruction on July 30, 1945, inflicted the US Navy’s largest-ever loss of life.

Spain

Who died in the Barcelona and Cambrils terrorist attacks?

Officials say 35 different nationalities were among the dead and injured from van attacks in Catalonia.

Spain

Trump’s new controversy over Barcelona attack tweet

Spain

Barcelona attack: what we know

A white van, reportedly rented, drove into crowds in the busy tourist area of Las Ramblas in central Barcelona.

World News

Vienna, Helsinki and Hamburg among most liveable cities in world

A trio of European cities made it into the world's top ten.

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