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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/81f4/live/17e0f5a0-81a2-11f1-b976-0b9c15b0ccfc.jpg”] Nahathai Satjalert, who sang for Thai indie band Thotsakan, was among four band members killed in the fire One moment, Athipat Wichan was tinkering with song ideas off stage while watching his band perform to a packed crowd at a bar in Bangkok. The next, a ferocious fire had engulfed the stage…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/f3cf/live/1fbfeca0-801b-11f1-9317-f3c8d3f68726.jpg”] Getty Images Recent heatwaves have brought Europe to a turning point with air-conditioners Steven Scholtysek, 36, is no stranger to Europe’s heatwaves. The German engineer has lived through sweltering summers since his childhood. But this year the heat has been especially unbearable. Western Europe has experiencedits hottest June on record, and cities…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/3a36/live/a22ce670-817e-11f1-a087-3f9df20b4f8a.jpg”] Getty Images Trump Media & Technology Group, which owns Truth Social, is launching a paid service to give Wall Street firms high-speed access to its most influential posts. From 1 August, instant updates will be delivered from “the highest-ranking” accounts, it said. US President Donald Trump currently has the most followers on…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/9eae/live/41baa380-81cf-11f1-b976-0b9c15b0ccfc.jpg”] BBC Fake accounts pretending to be Sasha-Jay gained 81,000 followers on TikTok and 22,000 on Instagram A 19-year-old woman whose images were used to create fake Tinder, TikTok and Instagram profiles leading men to believe she was their girlfriend is to be paid compensation. Sasha-Jay Davies from Aberdare had her identity stolen…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/8760/live/117c8740-8195-11f1-b976-0b9c15b0ccfc.jpg”] Watch: Iranian bridge damaged following latest wave of strikes The US launched a wave of strikes against Iran for the sixth night in a row, its military said, as the two sides battled over control of the Strait of Hormuz. US Central Command (Centcom) said the attacks were intended to “further degrade…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/31cd/live/14857bf0-815d-11f1-bee8-53ce494e1abc.jpg”] New York issues air quality alert days before World Cup final Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, New York New Jersey Stadium has so far staged seven matches at the 2026 World Cup ByNada Tawfik North America correspondent Published 16 July 2026 Officials in New York and New Jersey have issued an air…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/21a2/live/384fe450-8151-11f1-badc-afcab3cff8b6.png”] Kim Kardashian / Instagram Mary Jo Campbell, the mother of the Kardashian-Jenner momager Kris Jenner, has died aged 91. Jenner, 70, announced the news on Thursday on social media: “Today, we said goodbye to my beautiful Mommy MJ.” No cause of death was immediately provided. Campbell, known as MJ, appeared on the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/1fd0/live/9714bd30-8133-11f1-b525-63787292c170.jpg”] Some England players disappointed by tactics as Tuchel questions team’s DNA Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Defeat means England’s men will not have reached a World Cup final for at least 64 years By Sami Mokbel Senior football correspondent in Atlanta Published 16 July 2026 England’s defensive retreat in their agonising World…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/4840/live/ba1cb390-8161-11f1-bee8-53ce494e1abc.jpg”] White House: Staffer accused of placing bets on Trump speeches put on unpaid leave A White House teleprompter operator is being investigated over allegedly using inside information to place bets and make nearly $100,000 on US President Donald Trump’s speeches. Gabriel Perez, who had worked at the White House since 2016, is…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/dbf0/live/03387990-32bb-11ee-a4cb-9d70b8eb88d6.jpg”] Getty Images/mikroman6 Planners back in 2007 put a 32 million passenger per year cap on Dublin Airport The Irish president has signed off on a new law to remove a limit to the number of people who can fly from Dublin Airport each year. Known as the Dublin Airport (Passenger Capacity) Act…