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The sun is burning in the morning sky, the heat is intense, the humidity suffocating.

The family of an NHS pharmacist who took his own life after suffering paralysing complications from a COVID jab are calling for urgent reform of the government's compensation scheme for vaccine damage.

The unscheduled speech by the Hezbollah leader was revealing as much as it was defiant.

Sir Keir Starmer's top adviser is "getting the right pay for the job" despite reports she earns £3,000 more than the prime minister, former Labour MP Harriet Harman has said.

This election is about the big and the small - as small as anything can be in the USA.

A Republican backed by Donald Trump in his bid to be North Carolina's governor denied reports he called himself a "black nazi" on an online message board.

The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said it struck hundreds of rocket launcher sites across southern Lebanon, while Hezbollah's leader attacked Israel for crossing a "red line".

Sir Keir Starmer has insisted it would "cost the taxpayer a fortune" if he were to watch Arsenal from the stands after it emerged he had accepted thousands of pounds worth of free football tickets.

Post Office campaigner Sir Alan Bates has blamed government "flimflam artists" for dragging out financial redress for victims.

Thunderstorm warnings have been issued for large parts of England and Wales over the next two days - bringing the threat of frequent lightning and large hail.