A volcanic eruption in southwestern Iceland has once again forced the evacuation of local residents and the internationally known Blue Lagoon geothermal spa, the national broadcaster RUV reported.

US president says first deliveries of Patriot missile systems via Germany are ‘already being shipped’

Polish foreign minister Radosław Sikorski has just said that overnight Russian drone attacks on Ukraine “deliberately” targeted a Polish company’s factory in Vinnytsia with strikes “from three sides.”

The company is owned by the Barlinek Group, a major manufacturer of layered wood floors, Sikorski said. Vinnytsia is about 400-500 km away from the Polish border.

Putin’s criminal war is approaching our borders.

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June figure marks setback for central bank as it considers interest rate cuts

The NYC-based comedian died on Monday -- just one day before his 64th birthday.

Israeli-backed logistics group the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation claims people trampled in Khan Younis while health officials say they were suffocated

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has accused Hamas of fomenting panic and spreading misinformation that led to the violence which resulted in the 20 deaths near an aid distribution site in Khan Younis, Reuters reports.

The GHF said in a statement:

We have credible reason to believe that elements within the crowd - armed and affiliated with Hamas - deliberately fomented the unrest."

When the U.S. use negotiations as a tool to deceive Iran and cover up a sudden military attack by the Zionist regime (Israel), talks cannot be conducted as before. Preconditions must be set and no new negotiations can take place until they are fully met,

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The truck belonged to a private contractor conducting Beach Survey work.

Suspects fled Georgetown Alo location in Ford Edge with covered license plates.

MAHA and wellness advocate Marla Maples talked to Fox News Digital about her concerns on weather engineering as it relates to public health as the EPA shares new resources about contrails.

A Facebook account named Pappa Rodger posted details about the Idaho murders and disappeared when Bryan Kohberger was arrested, raising questions the lifted gag order may answer.

A secret meeting between King Charles and Prince Harry's team has reportedly sparked tension with Prince William as the monarch seeks reconciliation with his son.

Rental prices climbed over 20% as international travelers flooded Spanish coasts.

The single biggest worry about the Nets’ all-important rookie class was its 3-point shooting. Tuesday night did nothing to allay those fears.

UK watchdog says ‘simple check’ could have prevented breach by lender

The EEOC will allow some complaints by transgender workers to proceed, a change from earlier guidance that indefinitely halted cases filed on behalf of transgender workers.

The 2011 Open winner practised on Tuesday with the Masters champion and Tom McKibbin, and is keen for all three to make their mark

The 7am tee-time practice trio on Tuesday at Royal Portrush: Darren Clarke, Rory McIlroy, Tom McKibbin. The galleries grew and grew. The venue for the Open this week was the site of a starstruck McIlroy meeting Clarke on his 10th birthday in 1999. Clarke’s foundation played a key role in the early development of McIlroy. McKibbin, as a 13-year-old playing at McIlroy’s home club in Holywood, was invited by him to play in the Irish Open’s pro-am in 2016. The connections are as uplifting as they are strong.

Clarke’s description of seeing McIlroy win the Masters in April, completing his set of majors, is therefore understandable. “I watched every shot,” Clarke says. “I couldn’t take my eyes off it. Rory winning there was almost like watching my two boys, Tyrone and Conor, win. I was that emotional.

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Today’s rumours are drying off

Liverpool are interested in signing Newcastle’s Alexander Isak for a whopping £120m, but it’s always good to have a backup because the world of transfers is never a straightforward place. Plan B comes in the form of Ollie Watkins and a call has been made from Anfield to Aston Villa to check on the England forward’s availability and price tag. Plans C, D and E are also known; Napoli’s Victor Osimhen, Brentford’s Yoane Wissa and Real Madrid’s Rodrygo are of some degree of interest to Arne Slot.

Amid all the shenanigans relating to Morgan Gibbs-White and Tottenham, Nottingham Forest are in the market for a replacement. Aston Villa’s Jacob Ramsey is a candidate to replace him and his current employer would consider selling him to help satisfy those pesky profitability and sustainability rules because any fee would be pure moolah in the account as he is an academy graduate.

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• Applicants beset by software problems and lost time on 18 June

• Some resits on 30 June but others told to wait 12 months

Technical problems with Fifa’s online football agent exam have prevented candidates from completing the test, with many told they will have to wait 12 months for their next opportunity.

New regulations on agents introduced at the start of this year mean candidates must complete 20 multiple‑choice questions online rather than attend a test in person, usually at their national federation’s headquarters. It is understood the change was made by Fifa to provide consistency over the cost, with candidates now paying $100 (or the equivalent in pounds or Euros) to sit the annual exam, which took place for the first time on 18 June.

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Plus: most champions-in-waiting beaten en route to Champions League glory and the hottest English match on record

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“Arsenal have signed a new keeper, Kepa,” noted John Marsden last week. “Are there any other examples of players with a name so similar to their position?”

While we can’t find a player named Left Back, there is a former Anderlecht defender by the name of Mark De Man (which, admittedly, is an on-pitch instruction not a role). The Belgium international earned five caps for his country and retired in 2012 with a spell at third-division KSK Hasselt, having rejected the chance to make the move to Kilmarnock. “I have two children and my wife has a good job. I did not want to move to Scotland on my own,” said De Man.

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Years of austerity have destroyed the web of services that tackled this complex problem. Compared to our European neighbours, we are failing

It takes the passing of time to fully grasp the scale of the previous government’s vandalism. Think where we would be now had the Tories not dismantled the social programmes they inherited from New Labour, with so many showing rapid progress. Those watching the statistics had a jolt last week when figures from the Office for National Statistics for 2022 seemed to show the second annual rise in teenage pregnancies in England and Wales, after a decade of falling rates.

This may turn out to be the result of pandemic distortions in the previous year, when numbers dropped due to teens not meeting. The next figures may return to the previous trajectory, but that’s still a sluggish rate of falling teenage conceptions and it throws into stark perspective how far Britain lags behind similar countries. The UK now has the 22nd-lowest teenage pregnancy rate out of the 27 EU countries and us. Many of these countries’ rates are falling faster, while ours lags, largely due to our exceptionally high level of inequality. Had New Labour’s remarkable programmes around social exclusion been doing their work through these wasted Tory years, we may no longer be such a social laggard of the western world.

Polly Toynbee is a Guardian columnist

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A Dear Abby reader asks for advice about her husband spending lots of time with her brother while she is pregnant with their child.

Naiping Hou vanished in early May.

Sure it was a gimmick. But it was a winning gimmick.

It’s bad (real bad) but it’s NOT over

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Police fear Bradley John Murdoch, known as the “Outback Killer”, has taken to his grave the secret of how he disposed of the body of British backpacker Peter Falconio who was murdered in arid central Australia 24 years ago.