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Photos: Wildfires in France drive 250,000 people from their homes
As the flames approached the city of Bordeaux, 55,000 more people had to be evacuated from their homes overnight.
August 4, 2026
Japanese football legend ‘King Kazu’, 59, scores first goal in four years
The world's oldest professional footballer, Kazuyoshi Miura, scores as Fukushima United thrash Iwaki Furukawa 7-0.
August 4, 2026
Romanian jet shoots down drone entering country's airspace for third day in a row
A Romanian fighter jet on Sunday shot down the third drone flying into the country's airspace in as many days, the defence minister said. A government investigation reportedly identified the first of the three drones as a Shahed model used by Russia in its war with Ukraine.
August 4, 2026
Women's Football: Women's Africa Cup of Nations kicks off in Morocco
The 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) kicks off in Morocco on Sunday with qualification for the World Cup and a record two-million-dollar first prize on the line. A record 16-nation line-up -- up from 12 at the previous edition -- will compete with 10-time title-holders and defending champions Nigeria the team to beat.
August 4, 2026
Israel detains over 70 suspects following deadly violence in the West Bank
Israel’s military said it detained over 70 suspects across the occupied West Bank overnight and on Saturday, a day after troops deployed across the territory following violence that left two Isrelisoldiers and four Palestinian villagers dead. Soldiers remained in the village of Tell, in the northern West Bank, where Friday's clashes were centered. Palestinians described searches that included raids of a hospital in the city of Nablus, one of the territory's most violent areas.
August 4, 2026
German police hunt suspect in Berlin Pride attack: 1 dead and 16 injured
German authorities on Sunday issued a wanted notice for a fugitive suspect in the van rammingnear Berlin’s Pride festival that left one person dead and injured at least 16 others.
August 4, 2026
France fire situation 'remains very unfavourable' says interior minister
French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on Sunday the wildfire situation in southwestern France was "very unfavourable"."Another difficult night on the wildfire front," Nunez said on X. A total of 2,500 firefighters, including a Swiss firefighting team, 1,500 military personnel and around 1,200 police have been deployed to battle the blazes in the southwestern department of Gironde, he said.
August 4, 2026
UN expert Albanese says Khan's removal 'lines up neatly with fight to neutralise Netanyahu's warrant’
UN expert Albanese says Khan's removal 'lines up neatly with fight to neutralise Netanyahu's warrant’ Submitted by MEE staff on Sun, 07/26/2026 - 07:20 UN special rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese says the ICC’s vote on Karim Khan 'proves that justice does threaten apartheid Israel' Francesca Albanese speaks during a public event hosted by the Olof Palme International Centre in Belgrade on 17 March 2026 (AFP) Off The UN's special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories on Saturday said the removal of International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Karim Khan cannot be read in isolation from the campaign to overturn the arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "Khan's removal lines up neatly with the fight to neutralise Netanyahu's arrest warrant. Coincidence is a luxury intl law can no longer afford," Francesca Albanese wrote on X. "This proves that justice DOES threaten Apartheid Israel & Co. So if the ICC is paralysed, lawyers and judges worldwide must do more." Albanese's statement was in response to an Israeli media report that said Israel's foreign minister, Gideon Saar, "played an active role" in efforts to remove Khan. The report cited a senior Israeli official as saying that "Saar oversaw a dedicated task force and employed intensive diplomatic efforts aimed at securing Khan’s removal from office". Khan’s decision to seek arrest warrants for Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant in May 2024 over alleged war crimes in Gaza has unleashed a ferocious campaign of threats and sanctions on him and those supporting the court's work on Palestine. Albanese, an Italian human rights lawyer who has held the UN mandate since 2022, was reacting to the vote by ICC member states at a special session in New York to dismiss Khan over misconduct claims. Eighty-two of the court's 125 states parties backed removal in a secret ballot, exceeding the 63 needed. Thirteen voted against and 15 abstained. It is the first time a sitting ICC prosecutor has been removed. 'Pro-apartheid camp' Albanese has previously accused a “pro-apartheid camp” of seeking to overthrow Khan. In March, after Middle East Eye revealed that a panel of three judicial experts appointed by the court's own oversight body had unanimously cleared Khan , Albanese wrote that "the pro-Apartheid camp is already working to remove him ANYWAY: those who stand for justice must ensure this attempt fails". The panel found that the findings of UN investigators "do not establish misconduct or breach of duty under the relevant framework". The Bureau of the Assembly of States Parties, an executive body of 21 diplomats, voted weeks later to set that conclusion aside. MEE revealed this month that the bureau had also changed the voting rules , collapsing a planned two-stage vote into a single motion and lowering the effective threshold for dismissal. What next for the ICC and the Palestine investigation after Karim Khan's removal? Read More » Albanese was sanctioned by the Donald Trump administration in July 2025, days after publishing a report naming more than 60 companies she said were profiting from Israel's occupation. Khan was the first ICC official designated under the same executive order , in February 2025, over the warrants sought for Netanyahu and Gallant. Eleven ICC officials had been sanctioned by the end of last year, including both deputy prosecutors and several judges who ruled against Israel. The warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant remain in force and can only be withdrawn by judges. Israel has been calling for the warrants to be dropped. Commenting before the prosecutor's dismissal had been officially confirmed, Saar called on the court to drop the arrest warrants against Israeli officials, reiterating Israel's debunked claim that it was rushed to distract from sexual misconduct allegations. "These warrants, issued against a country that is not even a member of the ICC, should never have been sought in the first place and should be revoked immediately," he wrote on X . Ever since the warrants were issued by pre-trial judges in November 2024, Israel has mounted a series of legal challenges aimed at invalidating them. Two are still pending, including Israel's argument that the court has no jurisdiction over its nationals at all, since Israel isn’t a state party to the Rome Statute. The office of the prosecutor is now headed by deputy prosecutors Nazhat Shameem Khan and Mame Mandiaye Niang, both sanctioned by the US in August under the same executive order that targeted Albanese and Khan. Following the removal vote, the ICC’s office of the prosecutor released a statement saying that its work would continue without interruption. Elections for a new prosecutor should follow, but a timeline has yet to be announced by the court's governing body. ICC arrest warrants News Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:19 Update Date Override 0
August 4, 2026
US says 'it is time to dismantle' ICC after Venezuela announces withdrawal
US says 'it is time to dismantle' ICC after Venezuela announces withdrawal Submitted by MEE staff on Sun, 07/26/2026 - 09:46 Statement comes after Marco Rubio pledged campaign against the court and member states voted to remove chief prosecutor Karim Khan Exterior of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on 28 March 2026 (John Thys/AFP) Off The US has welcomed a decision by the new Venezuelan government to withdraw the country from the International Criminal Court (ICC). In a post on X , the US State Department hailed the move as marking a "partnership on American-led efforts to dismantle the corrupt and worthless ICC". It pointed to an investigation by the court into former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, who was abducted from the South American country during a US military assault in January 2026, saying it had produced "no result". "The ICC has instead wasted its resources on investigating and charging persons from countries that have competent, independent judicial systems and which never submitted to the jurisdiction of the court," the statement read. "This is blatant overreach, political bias and selective enforcement," it said, adding that the court is "neither credible, independent, nor legitimate". "It is time to dismantle the ICC," it said, calling for all its members to "withdraw from the Rome Statute". The development comes after ICC member states voted on Friday to remove chief prosecutor Karim Khan over misconduct claims. On Friday, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Felix Plasencia announced that the government had informed the UN of its "irrevocable" decision to quit the court, citing the body's "geographical bias" against countries in the global south. The move signals a greater alignment by Venezuela with US policies, a week after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio vowed “a whole-of-government response to systematically disable” the tribunal. The Trump administration has repeatedly sought to undermine the international court, levelling sanctions against prosecutors involved in investigating the actions of US and Israeli militaries. In an executive order signed last year, Trump wrote that the ICC "has engaged in illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel", citing the arrest warrants issued in November for Netanyahu and his then defence minister, Yoav Gallant. ICC arrest warrants News Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:19 Update Date Override 0
August 4, 2026
Russians continue striking Zaporizhzhia with guided aerial bombs: one person killed – photo, video
One person has been killed in a Russian guided aerial bomb strike on civilian infrastructure in Zaporizhzhia on 26 July.
August 4, 2026
Two Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza
Two Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza Two Palestinians have been killed and others wounded in Israeli attacks across Gaza this morning, Wafa news agency is reporting, citing medical sources. According to the sources, one of the people had succumbed to injuries sustained in a previous attack. In Gaza City, Israeli shelling targeted the east, while troops fired smoke grenades in the north, and demolished homes in the city's south.
August 4, 2026
Israeli forces conduct 'major raid' in West Bank's Rafidia, settlers set light to mosques in Tulkarem and Nablus
Israeli forces conduct 'major raid' in West Bank's Rafidia, settlers set light to mosques in Tulkarem and Nablus Israeli forces have launched a "major raid" in Rafidia near Nablus, Al Jazeera is reporting. According to the report, troops were also seen in Huwara assaulting a parademic and a civilian. Wafa news agency reports that Israeli forces detained 16 Palestinians, including a woman and several former prisoners, in raids across Tulkarem and Jenin governorates on Sunday. In Tulkarem, Israeli settlers set fire to parts of a mosque, spraying racist slogans on its walls in the village of Kur. The attack follows a similar one targeting a mosque under construction in the town of Qusra, south of Nablus. The Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs condemned the attacks, highlighting that they form part of a systematic campaign targeting Palestinians and their religious rights. In the central West Bank, Israeli settlers established a new illegal outpost in Deir Istiya town, while in Jenin, Israeli forces demolished a Palestinian home under construction in the village of Jalbun. Meanwhile, Israeli media is reporting that police arrested nine people at a Tel Aviv demonstration opposing settler violence in the West Bank. It came a day after Israeli forces shot dead four Palestinians in the town of Tal, near Nablus.
August 4, 2026
Becoming the story: Injured journalists battle to leave Gaza for treatment
Gaza journalists injured or battling illness during the war are demanding urgent medical evacuation abroad.
August 4, 2026
The Cockroach Effect: Modi vs India’s Gen Z
Protests by India's Cockroach Janta Party suggest the young generation is becoming harder to intimidate and to silence.
August 4, 2026
Commonwealth Games 2026: day three updates – live
Action, news and reaction on opening weekend 10 things to look out for at Glasgow 2026 | Mail Daniel In the final of the men’s 60kg weightlifting, we’re up to 105kg, which is pretty heavy. Lanoue of Canada, the smallest man in the field can’t bang it up, Why do we not have netball in the Olympics? That feels like a colossal oversight to me, a quick, exciting sport played by millions of schoolkids to which loads of us have a frame of reference. It needs to be there, in mine. Continue reading...
August 4, 2026
Russian Navy has formed regiments of unmanned systems — commander-in-chief
"Regiments of unmanned systems already exist [within the Russian Navy]," he said on the program Military Acceptance
August 4, 2026
Russian Navy already has Poseidon carrier — Commander-in-Chief
And, of course, such a carrier is already part of the Navy
August 4, 2026
Ukraine hit targets in occupied Crimea, as well as bridge in Donetsk Oblast
Ukraine's defence forces struck a number of important Russian military and military-economic targets on the night of 25-26 July, including a Chornomornaftohaz oil and gas company facility, a relay station for controlling strike UAVs and a bridge in the occupied part of Donetsk Oblast.
August 4, 2026
‘Super’ El Nino: Africa facing mass migration, US$20 billion in damages
An impending ‘super’ El Nino is likely to inflict a combined US$10 billion to US$20 billion of damage in affected African countries and trigger mass migration from hard-hit areas, the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) top climate expert said. Forecasters are warning that the El Nino weather pattern – which often drives severe droughts, flooding and storms in Africa – could turn into one of the strongest ever seen if current Pacific Ocean warming trends continue. As well as the threat to food...
August 4, 2026
Wildfires keep southwest France on edge: Evacuations top 200,000
FRANCE 24 reporter Luke Shrago has more.
August 4, 2026
What we know so far about the Berlin Pride ramming attack
A police manhunt is underway after a suspect rammed a car into a crowd at a Pride event in the German capital on Saturday night.
August 4, 2026
Northern Metropolis will make Hong Kong more liveable, Paul Chan says
Residents of the Northern Metropolis, Hong Kong’s future mega township near the border with Shenzhen, can expect bigger living spaces and improved access to recreational areas, according to the city’s finance chief. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po also said the government would make the border town a place “suitable for living, working, studying and leisure”, as part of a wider effort to develop Hong Kong as a “liveable city”. In his weekly blog post on Sunday, Chan added that Northern...
August 4, 2026
Spain struggles to contain wildfires: 60,000 evacuated around Madrid
Spain has evacuated tens of thousands of people from villages west of the capital Madrid where wildfires and extremely dry conditions have been worsened by heatwaves and strong winds.
August 4, 2026
Paramount and Warner Bros pause $110bn merger amid legal challenge
Until a judge reaches a final verdict – or until 1 June 2027 – the Hollywood studios will remain completely separate, competing operations.
August 4, 2026