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    Met Office, Met Éireann and KNMI reveal 21 storm names for 2026/27 season

    Weather services in the UK, Ireland, and the Netherlands have selected 21 names from over 40,000 public submissions and institutional history to mark the start of autumn.

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Two tankers burn off Sulina

Trump squeezes Kyiv as Europe haggles over money and Black Sea shipping burns

Ukrainian officials said the White House ordered a 160 km/h speed cap on Starshield terminals used by fast drones, as Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine would resume strikes on Russian refineries after a three-day pause. In the Black Sea, two tankers burned near Romania and at least seven sailors were missing, while rescuers in Peshawar counted at least 34 dead after a school roof collapsed.

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