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About 49,000 migrants enter Spanish territory of Ceuta, officials say
The estimated number of arrivals is more than half of the population of the city, which is about 83,600.
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Hamas agrees to Trump's plan to disarm in Gaza, official tells BBC, with Israel yet to comment
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Middle East
Senior Infantino adviser quits after Asian federation opposes World Cup investment plan
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World Cup
Southport killer charged with prison attacks and possessing weapon
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Liverpool
Satellite images show impact of heatwaves and drought on UK landscape
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Anthropic's Claude AI escapes test environment and hacks into three organisations
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Business
Sainsbury's agrees to sell Argos for £120m
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Four bodies found during search for 10 missing climbers after Pakistan avalanche
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Ex-funeral director to be sentenced over failure to bury and cremate dozens of people
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AC Milan and Italy great Baresi dies aged 66
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The Premier League clubs fighting a World Cup hangover
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World Cup
Courting controversy and befriending Trump - the story of Fifa boss Infantino
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Will Scottish Premiership return to two-team title tussle?
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Scotland's Woods wins gold again in restaged race
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Entertainment and TV

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What your summer reading list says about you
Just picked your holiday book? Our choices can subconsciously reveal important parts of our personality, studies show.
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Health
Former England football star joins Strictly 2026 line-up
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Zendaya and Tom Holland's decade-long Spider-Man romance in pictures
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Culture
Amy Winehouse's dad ordered to pay £1m by court
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London
Miles of film and a bulb as hot as the sun - projecting The Odyssey
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London
What's the greatest ever TV sport theme?
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Dermot O'Leary
Energetic William Tell Overture goes down a storm at the Proms. Audio, 3 minutes
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Quizzes and games

Weekly quiz: Why was a French teenager fined for licking a straw?
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Weekly sports quiz: Cricket controversy and Cucurella
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BBC celebrity cameos: How good are your talent-spotting skills?
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The collective noun quiz: Do you know your herds from your hordes?
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Bitesize
Test your brain power by solving today's Sudoku puzzle
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Food and recipes

Meal ideas, cooking tips and more, updated daily to keep you inspired

Homemade fast food that's as good as the real thing
Delicious fakeaways from tacos and pizzas, to burgers and fried chicken.
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Food
Nigella's highly-rated chicken shawarma
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Food
The shopping hack that saves you money
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Food
Michelin-starred restaurateur faces jail for using ants as dessert garnish
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Asia
Meet the Celebrity MasterChef stars cooking in week two
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Money

'I pay £580 a month to live in a disused care home': Property guardians show us around
Could you live communally in a disused building in exchange for a heavily discounted rent?
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Business
'Don't wait until you want revenge' - why prenups are on the rise
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Business
The evidence that shows today's 20-somethings really do have it worse
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Beauty Pie founder on how she dropped out of university and built five beauty businesses
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Three things you can do to stop EU border checks at the airport costing you
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Health and wellbeing

Eating when you're not hungry? Experts explain why it happens and what can help
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Food
'I have dyslexia - what teachers saw as flaws is what made me thrive'
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Bristol
Holidaymakers warned about 'explosive diarrhoea' cyclospora parasite infection
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Health
Why attachment theory is everywhere right now and how it can help you
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Health
My 10-day headache was terminal brain cancer
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Wales

Uplifting stories

Nature blossoms in stunning pictures captured by Weather Watchers
Our photographers snapped the lush scenery and beautiful sunsets that marked July in the north east.
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England
Why winning gold in Glasgow is a 'full circle moment' for Ward
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Commonwealth Games
The dad who learned to read in his 20s
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Birmingham & Black Country
Bill Oddie tries unusual camouflage in hopes of spotting a kingfisher. Video, 00:03:02
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Springwatch
How ex-con turned hobby into Europe's 'biggest run club' Audio, 14 minutes
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Sounds

South Asian Heritage Month

Explore stories of history, identity, culture and achievement from South Asia

'Not just a doctor but a trailblazer': Jamini Sen's extraordinary life
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Glasgow & West Scotland
Personal stories of family, migration and identity told through artwork
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Beds, Herts & Bucks
2009: The Maldives holds the world's first underwater cabinet meeting. Audio, 11 minutes
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Sounds
The podcasts bringing South Asian stories and music to life. Audio
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The South Asian stars lighting up British TV
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Insight and analysis

A closer look at the week's stories

From cricket pitches to reservoirs: Scale of drought across England in pictures
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Climate
Plane flies 24 hours non-stop from Australia to France - here's how it went. Audio, 00:04:11
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Unauthorised airport car park grows despite stop notice, BBC investigation finds
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England
The athlete who has never held her Olympic medal
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Commonwealth Games
The history of the English Language: Why do we speak like that? Video, 29 minutes
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The first 10 films in one place: The ultimate Spider-Man collection has landed
From Tobey Maguire and Tom Holland to the animated Spider-Verse, enjoy the enormously successful film franchise on iPlayer this summer.
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Chris Packham explores the four-billion-year-old story of how the elephant got so big
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2018: The late Bill Oddie and co-creators on making comedy classic The Goodies
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Jared Leto: Hollywood's Dark Secret
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Bergerac is a broken man - can he set aside his grief to solve a murder?
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Ex-funeral director to be sentenced over failure to bury and cremate dozens of people
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Hull & East Yorkshire
BP puts North Sea business up for sale
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Elderly victim of 'cruel' carer can't be left alone after being 'traumatised'
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Wales
Questions over 'wild west' style shooting of 50 cattle, as review carried out
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