France edge Paraguay 1-0 in bruising World Cup clash; referee Tantashev under fire for no cards · Pollar

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Hormuz burns, Ankara counts

Iran rattles Hormuz as NATO wrangles over Ukraine and courts jolt populists

The past half-day delivered a grimly efficient tour of risk: missiles at sea, missiles over Ukraine, and leaders in Ankara trying to look useful. Courts in Paris and Westminster politics added their own chaos, while heat and storms turned large parts of China and Europe into emergency zones.

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Climate: from mitigation to adaptation

France reported over 2,000 excess deaths during a late-June heatwave, and the UK entered its third heatwave of the year with amber heat-health alerts, indicating continued severe health impacts across the continent.

France edge Paraguay 1-0 in bruising World Cup clash; referee Tantashev under fire for no cards · Pollar