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Training the UK 'surgeons of the future' using robots 03 Aug 2026 - 12:48 pm
This photo taken on July 3, 2026 shows surgeons and nurses using the new Da Vinci 5 robotic-assisted surgical system while performing surgery, at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London. (Photo by Carlos Jasso / AFP)
Firefighting helicopter crew dead after Greece collision 02 Aug 2026 - 08:21 pm
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VIDEO: Helicopters collide while battling wildfire in Greece 02 Aug 2026 - 06:49 pm
A firefighting helicopter drops water over a wildfire in the area of Porto Germeno, some 70 kilometres (45 miles) northwest of Athens in the region of Viotia, on August 2, 2026. (Photo by Angelos TZORTZINIS / AFP)
Drought forces Serbia to cut back power generation 02 Aug 2026 - 04:33 pm
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Hungary PM announces closure of nuclear plant due to heatwave 02 Aug 2026 - 03:22 pm
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Ukraine hits multiple Russian regions, killing 8: officials 02 Aug 2026 - 03:12 pm
Smoke rises above residential buildings following an air attack in Kyiv on August 1, 2026. (Photo by Eugene Kotenko / AFP)
13 killed in small tourist plane crash in Peru 02 Aug 2026 - 02:41 pm
Wreckage of the small plane involved in a fatal accident that claimed the lives of its 13 occupants is pictured in the Vista Alegre district, Nazca, Peru, on August 1, 2026. Photo by Mariajulia VAREMAN / AFP
At least 72 died in Spain's Ceuta migrant rush 02 Aug 2026 - 02:11 pm
Some migrants arrive at the border post with the intention of crossing back into Morocco as members of the Spanish armed forces keep watch over the area in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on August 2, 2026. (Photo by Henry Nicholls / AFP)
Fire toll mounts in Greece as blazes spread 02 Aug 2026 - 11:03 am
Greek firefighters try to extinguish a wildfire in the area of Porto Germeno, some 70 kilometres (45 miles) northwest of Athens in the region of Viotia, on August 2, 2026. Photo by ANGELOS TZORTZINIS / AFP
Explosion near Moscow cafe kills three: police 01 Aug 2026 - 09:34 pm
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EU ministers to hold video meeting over Ceuta on Tuesday: official 01 Aug 2026 - 07:43 pm
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French Interior Minister announces control over largest wildfire in decades 01 Aug 2026 - 07:35 pm
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Quake near Italy's Naples injures 21, damages properties 01 Aug 2026 - 05:00 pm
This photograph shows a house damaged following a 4.7 magnitude earthquake in Pozzuoli, near Naples on August 1, 2026. (Photo by Cesare ABBATE / ANSA / AFP)
Spain's N. Africa enclave returns to normal as migrants depart 01 Aug 2026 - 02:14 pm
A Spanish soldier controls a group of migrants on their way back towards the Moroccan border, following their illegal crossing into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, on August 1, 2026 (Photo by JORGE GUERRERO / AFP)
Quake near Italy's Naples injures 21, damages properties 01 Aug 2026 - 01:15 pm
This photograph shows a car crushed by rubble after a magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck the Campi Flegrei area in Pozzuoli, near Naples on July 31, 2026. (Photo by Felice DE MARTINO / ANSA / AFP) /
Hungary says nuclear shutdown may come this weekend 01 Aug 2026 - 12:57 pm
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At least 67 people died in recent migrant surge in Ceuta: Spanish minister 01 Aug 2026 - 11:28 am
Migrants walk towards the Fnideq region in northern Morocco after leaving Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta near the town of Fnideq, on the Morocco-Spain border, following an attempted to cross at the Bab Sebta border crossing, on the Morocco- (Photo by Abdel Majid BZIOUAT / AFP)
Firefighters in Greece struggle to save coastal resort as winds rage 01 Aug 2026 - 10:40 am
A firefighting helicopter drops water on a wildfire in Haidari, a suburb west of Athens, on July 31, 2026. (Photo by Aris Oikonomou / AFP)

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Takemore Malunga (L) watches as pallbearers carry the coffin of his maternal uncle, a victim of the capsized passenger ferry, at the Kariba Hospital mortuary in Kariba, on August 14, 2026. (Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP) Death toll in Zimbabwe ferry capsizing rises to 68: police
Electoral Commission of Zambia chairperson Mwangala Zaloumis (back row 3rd R) addresses the nation at the 2026 National Election Results Centre in Lusaka on August 14, 2026. Zambia resumed vote counting on August 14 after a nationwide suspension over violence raised tensions nationwide. (Photo by GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP) Zambia resumes vote count after pause over violence

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(FILES) French ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot addresses a press conference and plants a tree at the European Space Agency (ESA) in Cologne, western Germany on January 5, 2026. (Photo by Pau BARRENA / AFP) ISS to host first spacewalk by Frenchwoman
This aerial photo taken on August 6, 2026, shows low water levels in Lake Mead in Nevada. In mid-July, the combined water levels of Lake Powell and Lake Mead, the two largest reservoirs in the United States and both fed by the Colorado River, reached their lowest levels in over 60 years. The Colorado River provides drinking water for more than 40 million people and fuels hydropower across seven states. (Photo by Eva Claire HAMBACH / AFP) Two largest US reservoirs hit record lows amid western drought
Duane Davis arrives for the opening statements of his murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court in the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on August 17, 2026. (Photo by STEVE MARCUS / POOL / AFP) Tupac Shakur accused killer was out for 'revenge', jury hears
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