Trump scraps threat of 20% fee on Hormuz cargo as US resumes blockade of Iran ports - Trump drops a 24-hour-old vow to charge cargo ships for using the Strait as the US continues its battle to break Iran's hold on the waterway. 3 hrs ago - World

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Strait of Hormuz 'faultline' exposes weakness of the US-Iran deal -- Control of the waterway has become a key point of contention between the US and Iran, as a ceasefire deal falters.

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Trump pays writer E Jean Carroll $5m in damages over sexual abuse and defamation -- The president had sought to delay the payment as he tried to persuade the Supreme Court to overturn the judgement.

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Tyrannosaurus rex most expensive dinosaur ever sold -- The dinosaur skeleton, which roamed the planet 67 million years ago, was sold by Sotheby's in New York.

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Israeli strike on police post in north Gaza kills seven, officials say -- A senior officer in the Hamas-run police force was among those killed in the strike, which Israel's military says targeted "terrorists".

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Diamond giant De Beers halts work at flagship South African mine as demand plummets -- Production will stop for two years at the mine which employs more than 4,000 people.

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'If we die, we die together': Wife of man nearly sucked out of Ryanair plane speaks of ordeal -- Svetlana Grković told Serbian media that her husband is "seriously injured and in shock".

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Bangkok fire investigation finds locked doors and flammable decor as deaths climb to 30 -- Survivors and first responders reported locked doors and a lack of signage marking emergency exits.

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Singapore court orders Bloomberg to pay $356,000 to ministers in defamation case -- The ministers claimed the piece, which cited their luxury bungalow deals, had tarnished their reputation.

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How US commerce secretary's Epstein links were uncovered by British whistleblower -- Simon Andriesz made the discovery about Howard Lutnick in publicly released Epstein files.

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Australian police reveal unseen photos 25 years after British backpacker murder -- Police hope the images could jog memories that will help them find the body of Peter Falconio.

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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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From Wimbledon towels to Scotch: What India-UK trade deal could mean for shoppers -- The free trade agreement between the world's fifth and sixth largest economies has come into effect - can it deliver?

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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.

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How India's Lord's win echoes the legacy of its pioneering women cricketers -- India won the first women's Test at Lord's, 142 years after its first men's Test.

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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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Watch: The clash between US and Iran for control of the Strait of Hormuz -- The BBC's Barbara Plett Usher examines the latest tensions over the key international shipping channel.

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Wife describes moment husband nearly sucked out of Ryanair plane -- A man was nearly sucked head-first out of a cabin window mid-air on a Ryanair plane.

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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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US Congress takes next step to make daylight saving time permanent -- The House of Representatives passed a Trump-backed bill that would end decades of Americans having to reset their clocks twice a year.

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'Miracle on the Hudson' pilot Captain Sully reveals Alzheimer's diagnosis -- The 75-year-old says he was recently diagnosed and the disease is at an early stage.

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What to know about 'explosive diarrhoea' parasite outbreak in US -- The source of the cyclosporiasis outbreak, which has spread across at least 34 states, is unclear.

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ICE told to halt most vehicle stops after pair of fatal shootings -- It marks a major policy shift for the immigration enforcement agency, which has faced criticism in the past year over allegations of excessive use of force.

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Millions in Canada swelter as heatwave continues to move east -- High temperatures are expected to continue for Canada, as well as for parts of the US Midwest and Northeast, into Wednesday.

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Supreme Court justice describes wearing bulletproof vest and 'swatting' hoax at home -- Two justices appeared before Congress to ask for $228m (£170.3m) in security funding as threats continue to rise - both in person and online.

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What we know about fatal ICE shooting in Maine -- An ICE officer shot and killed a man in Maine - BBC Verify has been examining video footage of the incident.

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