In pictures: Europe swelters under near-record temperatures

Heat wave alerts were issued in several countries as temperatures rose to 40C this weekend.

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Amazon region: Brazil records big increase in fires

Images from space show there were nearly 7,000 in July - a rise of 28% on the same period last year.

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Nasa SpaceX crew return: Astronauts set for ocean splashdown

Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken's SpaceX capsule will make the first crewed US water landing in 45 years.

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Greenback returns: How dollar stores came back to Cuba

The Cuban government is allowing its citizens to use the currency of its ideological enemy.

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Kashmir's open-air classes offer stunning solution to lockdown

Open-air schools provide a welcome respite from Covid-19 restrictions in Indian-administered Kashmir.

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Are US cities seeing a surge in violent crime as Trump claims?

President Trump sends federal agents to some US cities to tackle crime, but is there really a spike?

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An underwater webcam in the port of Miami has become a lockdown sensation.

An underwater webcam in the port of Miami has become a lockdown sensation thanks to its tailless star 'Oval'.

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