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  Live Tokyo Olympics: Athletics and baseball finals, GB reach 20 golds

  It’s the penultimate day in Tokyo. Join our team with a host of medals up for grabs

  • Kim RaisnerGerman coach thrown out for punching horse

  • Dissident athletesAt the heart of Belarus’s resistance

  • In picturesReflections of Tokyo

  Tokyo Olympics: Athletics and baseball finals, GB reach 20 golds
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  Employment Menopause at centre of increasing number oUK tribunals

  • ‘No sympathy, no understanding’The social worker fired while perimenopausal

  Menopause at centre of increasing number of UK tribunals

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  Greece Firefighter killed and 20 injured as fires spread out of control

  Homes, farms and businesses destroyed while Turkey also suffers devastating blazes

  • 'Greece has burned'Thousands flee Athens suburb as wildfire spreads – video

  Firefighter killed and 20 injured as fires spread out of control
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    Thailand Protesters clash with riot police over handling of Covid

    Protesters clash with riot police over handling of Covid

  • Ethiopia Conflict set to escalate after Tigray rebels refuse to withdraw

    Conflict set to escalate after Tigray rebels refuse to withdraw

  • Edinburgh festival Fringe returns with mix of in-person and online shows

    Fringe returns with mix of in-person and online shows

• • ‘The rabbit of the sky’ Flocks of Canada geese plague New Zealand countryside

    Flocks of Canada geese plague New Zealand countryside

  • WeChat Youth mode is illegal, says lawsuit, as China steps up attack on Tencent

    Youth mode is illegal, says lawsuit, as China steps up attack on Tencent

  • Gaza Israel targets Hamas sites after balloons ignite fires

    Israel targets Hamas sites after balloons ignite fires

  • UK news Sussex University offers £5,000 prize for vaccinated students

    Sussex University offers £5,000 prize for vaccinated students

  • Cybersecurity Password of three random words better than complex variation, experts say

    Password of three random words better than complex variation, experts say

Coronavirus

• Live Wales first minister warns against ‘free for all’ as rules eased; Russia reports 22,320 cases

  

  • USCovid cases above 100,000 a day for first time since February

  • AustraliaNSW sees worst day yet with 319 new cases and new lockdowns

  • ‘New wave of volatility’Covid stirs up grievances in Latin America

  Wales first minister warns against ‘free for all’ as rules eased; Russia reports 22,320 cases
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    Vaccination Six EU states overtake UK fully jabbed rates as Britain’s rollout slows

    • ExclusiveAnger as Boris Johnson does not isolate after staffer’s positive Covid test

    Six EU states overtake UK fully jabbed rates as Britain’s rollout slows

  • ‘Without her, I wouldn’t be here’ Covid patients reunited with the medics who saved them

    Covid patients reunited with the medics who saved them

  • India Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine approved for emergency use
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