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BBC News - World

Trump reinstates Iran port blockade and vows 20% charge on cargo passing through Hormuz - The US military later said it had started the third consecutive night of strikes on Iran. 6 mins ago - World

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'Hero, legend, sweetheart': Tributes to Jurassic Park actor Sam Neill, who has died aged 78 -- Friends, politicians and fellow film stars remember Neill following his "sudden and unexpected" death. -- Just now

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Briton tells of surviving Spain wildfire in car as wife and friends died trying to run to safety -- Malcolm Timbrell's wife and their friends are thought to have died when a devastating wildfire tore through their village in Spain. -- Europe

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Hungary parliament votes to remove president from office -- Tamás Sulyok was widely seen as a loyalist of former prime minister Viktor Orbán, who lost power in April after 16 years.

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At least 28 killed, 25 critically injured after fire engulfs Bangkok bar -- Firefighters arrived at the scene in the Chatuchak district to find patrons running through flames to escape.

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UK-Switzerland deal to scrap roaming charges and allow Britons to use e-gates -- The UK signs a new services deal with Switzerland it says will increase exports by £5.2bn annually "in the long run".

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German court convicts Iraqi couple of enslaving Yazidi girls -- The pair, named only as Twana H.S. and Asia R. A., left Germany for Iraq in 2015 and became members of the Islamic State group.

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Sudan's paramilitary RSF chief sentenced to death over war crimes -- Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo was convicted in absentia along with 15 RSF commanders and allies.

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Ted Lasso actor Fernandez makes professional debut -- Ted Lasso actor Cristo Fernandez makes his professional football debut for American second-tier side El Paso Locomotive.

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Men disguised as police kill Ecuadorean drug lord's brother -- The victim, David Macías, was the brother of drug lord 'El Fito', who is awaiting trial in the US.

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A versatile actor whose roles went far beyond Jurassic Park - Sam Neill dies aged 78 -- The actor built up a long string of screen credits over a five-decade career.

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The SpaceX IPO made history. One month on has it lost momentum? -- A month on from the firm's stock market debut, the reality of how SpaceX currently makes money has seemed to come into clearer focus.

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New era for Gibraltar with removal of 118-year-old border controls with Spain -- It is hoped that free movement between the UK territory and Spain will provide an economic boost.

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How Indian scientists are mapping the brain's last frontier -- India's new brainstem atlas offers scientists an unprecedented map of one of the brain's least known regions.

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The Chinese graduate accused of being Mexico's 'fentanyl king' -- Cartel members and ex-colleagues describe how Zhang Zhidong allegedly linked Chinese chemicals to Mexican drug labs.

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Watch: Horses evacuated as fire approaches riding centre near Paris -- The Fontainebleau forest blaze, described by officials as of 'exceptional scale', continues to rage for the second day.

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People flee Bangkok bar as huge flames shoot out from doorway -- At least 28 people have died and 25 are critically injured after a fire tore through a bar in a popular Bangkok district.

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Watch: At the scene where Bangkok's deadly bar fire unfolded -- The BBC's South East Asia correspondent visits the site where at least 27 people were killed during a bar fire in Thailand.

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'This landscape is completely charred': Inside the village at epicentre of Spain's wildfires -- The BBC's Nick Beake sees homes razed to the ground and "a sea of black" in Bédar.

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Indian activist on hunger strike at 'cockroach' protest loses 8.2kg -- The environmental activist has been sitting on a hunger strike for 16 days and is getting visibly weaker.

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Ex-Canada MP arrested after police seize 439 guns and antique cannon from his home -- The 78-year-old is charged with a dozen offences. Police also said they found C$300,000 at his home.

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Lindsey Graham's sister chosen as replacement after senator's death -- The South Carolina governor chose the senator's little sister to serve out the rest of his term after Graham's death on Saturday.

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Man killed by immigration agent during operation in Maine, official says -- It comes less than a week after a man on his way to work in Houston was shot and killed by an immigration agent.

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Wildfire raging south of Paris could have been set deliberately, says minister -- The interior minister has said the fire near Paris could have been set deliberately and two people have been arrested.

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Man wanted in connection with murder arrested in Jordan -- The body of Jamey Carney was discovered at a property in Killarney, County Kerry, last week.

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Trump watches IndyCar pit stop outside White House -- The event was a preview of the actual race that President Trump commissioned by signing an executive order in January.

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US judge voids Donald Trump's $1.8bn settlement with IRS that gave him immunity from tax audits -- The judge said the suit was brought for 'improper purposes' and referred a Trump attorney for possible disciplinary action.

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