Extreme weather and disaster dominated the global picture, as heatwave-driven wildfires tore through Italy, France and Spain, forcing thousands to evacuate and killing three firefighters while crews battled dozens of blazes in searing, wind-whipped conditions. In Venezuela, the s...
Extreme weather and disaster dominated the global picture, as heatwave-driven wildfires tore through Italy, France and Spain, forcing thousands to evacuate and killing three firefighters while crews battled dozens of blazes in searing, wind-whipped conditions. In Venezuela, the scale of recovery from June’s twin earthquakes came into sharper focus, with the World Bank estimating nearly $20 billion in direct damage—about 18% of GDP—underscoring the immense strain on homes, hospitals and infrastructure after thousands of deaths and injuries. Elsewhere, questions of accountability cut across very different stories: former BBC journalist Vincent Kearney won damages after a tribunal found MI5 and Northern Ireland police unlawfully accessed his phone data, while in California, lawyers for singer D4vd pressed investigators over limited DNA testing in a teenage girl’s killing. In culture, Sony leaned into horror spectacle with a fresh trailer for Zach Cregger’s new Resident Evil adaptation.
Top Science stories
- Heatwave-fuelled wildfires force evacuations in Italy, France and Spain, killing three firefighters (8 sources)
- Sony releases new trailer for Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil film (6 sources)
- D4vd’s lawyers press police over limited DNA testing in Celeste Rivas Hernandez case (5 sources)
- World Bank estimates Venezuela earthquakes caused about US$19.6 billion in damage (4 sources)
- First alleged ransom note in Nancy Guthrie case is read aloud on podcast (4 sources)
- GLP-1 weight loss and diabetes drugs linked to higher risk of hair loss, study finds (3 sources)
- June heatwave cuts 24 million work hours, costing UK economy about £1.15 billion (3 sources)
- Rachael Haynes backs Ashleigh Gardner amid ongoing personal matter (3 sources)
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