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Spain marks five years since terror attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils

Sixteen people were killed and dozens more injured during two days of terror in 2017.

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Guards at India-Pakistan border perform ceremony on independence anniversary

Pakistani and Indian border guards take part in a daily ceremony at the Wagah border post as Pakistan celebrates the 75th anniversary of its independence.

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Shiite pilgrims gather for mourning month in Basra

Shiite Muslims take part in a mourning ritual in Iraq's southern city of Basra.

Focus

Oran 2022 Mediterranean Games: the best moments

In partnership with Oran 2022

Focus looks back at the best moments from this year's Mediterranean Games in Oran.

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China

China's Xi defends Hong Kong rule on 25th anniversary of handover

China's leader defended his vision for the territory at events marking the 1997 handover from Britain, which accuses Beijing of trampling on human rights.

Focus

After 47 years, the Mediterranean Games return to Algeria

In partnership with Oran 2022

The multisport event, which began on 25th June, brings together more than 3000 athletes from 26 countries of the Mediterranean region.

Tech News

The European Inventor Award honours innovators in every field

In partnership with European Inventor Award 2022

The European Patent Office (EPO) celebrates the best and most innovative breakthroughs in its annual European Inventor Award.

Culture news

Tony Awards: Key takeaways from the 2022 ceremony

The 75th annual Tony Awards took place at Radio City Music Hall in New York for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic. The Lehman Trilogy, Company and A Strange Loop picked up the show's most prestigious awards

Ukraine

These Ukrainian soldiers refuse to let war stop their wedding

In a touching act of love, these soldiers tied the knot on a battleground amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Nature

Oil, new, borrowed, blue: Man marries the sea in protest against spill

After 11,000 barrels of crude oil were spilled into Peru’s South Pacific Ocean, an activist has 'married the sea' in a moving ecological protest.

China

IOC chief Thomas Bach calls for peace as 2022 Winter Olympics close

Traditional closing ceremony fireworks marked the end of the most locked-down Games ever, as the IOC president used his address to call for vaccine equity.

Germany

Pomp and punk as Germany's Angela Merkel gets military tribute

A song by East German-born punk singer Nina Hagen was among those requested by the outgoing Chancellor as she was treated to a traditional send-off.

Culture news

Giant Jewish menorah lights up the start of Hanukkah in Berlin

Hundreds of people in Berlin celebrated the start of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah on Sunday by lighting a giant menorah in front of the Brandenburg Gate.

Portugal

'Portuguese Schindler' honoured in ceremony at National Pantheon

Portugal has paid tribute to Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a diplomat who helped save thousands of people from Nazi persecution during World War II.

World News

Armenia and Azerbaijan mark anniversary of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

More than 6,500 people were killed in the six-week conflict for control of the region.

France

'He was family': Macron pays national tribute to Jean-Paul Belmondo

A national farewell was given to Bébel on Thursday with the Hotel des Invalides in Paris turned into an open-air cinema for the occasion.

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Tokyo bids farewell to Paralympics with fireworks display

Tokyo bids a spectacular farewell to the Paralympics with a firework display over the city, as organisers hail the pandemic-delayed Games as the "most important edition" ever

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Spain remembers victims of two violent terrorist attacks in 2017

Four years ago today, a van plowed through pedestrians along Barcelona's Las Ramblas, leaving many dead and more injured.

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UK Prime Minister struggles with umbrella at police memorial

UK Prime Minister struggled with an umbrella in inclement weather during a dedication ceremony on Wednesday for a new police memorial in the English county of Staffordshire

Japan

Olympic flame lighting ceremony marks countdown to 2020 Tokyo Games

Paralympian Aki Taguchi and former tennis player Shuzo Matsuoka handed the Olympic flame over to Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike.