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Brazil's Lula launches reelection bid as concerns rise over foreign interference
Aug 2, 2026 - World 
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has confirmed his candidacy for what is likely his last reelection bid
A suicide bomber strikes an anti-militant rally in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 14
Aug 2, 2026 - World 
Officials say a suicide bomber targeted protesters at an anti-militant rally in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 14 people, including police officers, and wounding more than two dozen others
EU citizens in UK get letters telling them post-Brexit residency rights were given ‘in error’
Aug 2, 2026 - World 
After years of building lives in UK, potentially thousands of EU citizens could be told they have no right to remainThe UK Home Office has started stripping some EU citizens of their post-Brexit residency rights, in a move that has raised concerns about Britain’s compliance with its withdrawal agreement with Europe.The UK internal affairs authority has told at least 100 people that they were given residency rights “in error”, disrupting their lives just as they come to the end of their five-year “pre-settled status” and prepare to upgrade to the permanent “settled status”. Continue reading...
Italy says it’s temporarily suspending EU Schengen arrangement with Spain after 60,000 migrants reach Ceuta – as it happened
Aug 2, 2026 - World 
The measure will impact people travelling by plane or boat between the two countriesSpanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez is now in Ceuta, accompanied by interior minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska.He first visited the Tarajal border crossing, and is now talking to officials from local authorities, border and police services. Continue reading...
South Korea Records Highest-Ever Temperature At 42.5 Degrees Celsius
Aug 2, 2026 - World 
The southeastern city of Yangsan saw the temperature reach 42.5C at 1:26 pm (0426 GMT), the Korea Meteorological Administration said on its website.