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World news in 7 minutes. Monday 17th August 2026.

Today: Europe wildfires. France social media ban block. Ukraine-Russia attacks. Hungary Danube sinking. Polish bus crash. Mexico seaweed. US floods. Trump Hormuz. DRC Ebola origins. Morocco Ceuta border. Indonesia earthquake. Lebanon Israeli strike. Yemen Houthi attacks. Australia gun buyback. Library late return.

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World news in 7 minutes.  Friday 14th August 2026.

Today: Colombia earthquake. Mexico governor charged. US flight change. Canada flight cancelled. New York legal fees. Europe solar eclipse. Ukraine Russian port attack. Poland assissination thwarted. Netherlands explosion. Sisters found. Sudan war. Mali pardon. Zambia election. Taiwan cyberattack. Japan shrine ban. Putin visit 'unacceptable'. Nauru to Naoero.

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World news in 7 minutes. Wednesday 12th August 2026.

Today: China typhoon. Colombia earthquake. Syria Assad sentence. Oman oil spill. US Trump swap. Egypt ship. South Africa mine collapse. Hungary new president. Russia-Ukraine strikes. And Switzerland neutrality.

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World news in 7 minutes.  Monday 10th August 2026.

Today: Mexico resit. Costa Rica protests. US Attorney General, birthright. Canada fires. Israel no Gaza peace. Saudi, Pakistan, Turkiye pact. Japan Nintendo up. Spain Ceuta bodies. DRC ferry test. Denmark oral defence. Serbia Zelensky. Iceland, Spain solar eclipse.

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World news in 7 minutes. Friday 7th August 2026.

Today: Colombia president. Chile floods. Brazil car. Canada 'nasty'. Iran Oman plan. Israel-Lebanon explosion. Australia Iranian footballers. India Google centre. Indonesia fires and salt. Uganda footballer killed. Spain Ceuta children. Ukraine Russia attack. Germany drone. BMW spiderman. Hungary lights off. Poland Baltic swim.

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