Daily Recap: World — 13 July 2026

Violence, loss and climate danger dominate today’s world news. In Britain, the death of former Conservative minister Ann Widdecombe has taken a sharply more serious turn, with counter-terrorism police assuming control of the investigation after new evidence emerged and a 28-year-old man was arrested and then rearrested under terrorism laws. In Northern Ireland, police have opened a murder investigation after three related people were found dead in a home near Ballymena, though officers say they are not seeking anyone else. In India’s Nagaland state, a suspected IED blast hit an Assam Rifles convoy, killing one serviceman and injuring four others. Europe, meanwhile, is counting the human cost of extreme heat, with more than 10,000 excess deaths linked to a late-June heatwave. And the arts world is mourning Sir Sam Neill, the New Zealand actor, who has died in Sydney at 78.

Top World stories

• UK counter-terrorism police take over Ann Widdecombe death investigation (25 sources)
• Police investigate after three related people are found dead in Ballymena home (18 sources)
• Late-June heatwave leads to more than 10,000 excess deaths across western Europe (13 sources)
• Sam Neill dies aged 78 in Sydney, family announces (11 sources)
• 13 killed after pickup carrying wedding guests crushed in Indonesia highway crash (10 sources)
• Assam Rifles personnel killed and injured in suspected IED blast in Nagaland (10 sources)
• Police arrest 12 over suspected far-right terror threat against Islamic event in Suffolk (10 sources)
• Hundreds of economists and Nobel laureates urge urgent action on AI’s job impact (9 sources)

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