Theresa May to hand out more jobs in first cabinet
Prime Minister Theresa May will continue to form her new government later - as she begins her first full day in Downing Street.
Leading Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson said he was "humbled" having been named new foreign secretary, in a surprise move by Mrs May.
Philip Hammond became chancellor, Amber Rudd is home secretary, and Eurosceptic David Davis is new Brexit secretary.
Mrs May has told European leaders she is committed to the UK leaving the EU.
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Asked about his first priorities as chancellor, Mr Hammond said there would be "no emergency Budget".
Japan's Emperor Akihito not preparing to abdicate, palace insists
Royal household says shock reports are ‘not true’ as country grapples with idea of beloved monarch stepping aside to make way for son
Uncertainty is swirling around the immediate future of Japan’s monarchy, as palace officials dismissed media reports that Akihito will become the first emperor in two centuries to abdicate.
The imperial household agency, the rarefied body that oversees the country’s 2,600-year-old monarchy, was forced to issue strong denials on Thursday that the octogenarian Akihito, who has battled cancer, would relinquish his title to make way for his son, crown prince Naruhito, rather than cut back on his official duties.
“I know there are media reports about this, but it is absolutely not true,” the agency’s vice grand steward, Shinichiro Yamamoto, told reporters. He added that Akihito “has long refrained from discussing systematic issues out of consideration for his majesty’s constitutional position”.
Opinion: Germany must apologize for Namibia genocide
Germany's government has belatedly acknowledged that the century-old killing of Herero and Nama in southwest Africa was genocide. Now the only thing missing is an apology, DW's Claus Stäcker writes.
Genocide is genocide is genocide. When it came to the 1915 Ottoman massacre of Armenians, German parliamentarians had a much easier time with the term. There was a large majority and general unanimity in the condemnation of the Ottoman Empire. Perhaps it was because they were only dealing with Turkey and its national founding myth. Turkish President Erdogan hit back: Germany is the last country that should pass judgment about whether the Ottomans committed genocide. It should first account for the more than 100,000 dead Herero in southwest Africa, he snorted.
Erdogan was right. The fact that there has never been an unequivocal explanation is "a little embarrassing," said Norbert Lammert, the Christian Democrat president of the Bundestag.
No more toy guns for children in Afghanistan
Children tend to imitate adults. And in Afghanistan, a country ravaged by violence, it seems they particularly like to play with toy guns. This led the Afghan government to ban their sale in early June.The Interior Ministry has asked the Afghan police to seize all plastic weapons they find being sold. At the same time, the Ministry has asked that parents stop buying the toys for their children.
The move has pleased children's rights activists, who believe that a "culture of violence" is so deeply engrained in Afghan society that it must be fought beginning in childhood. It remains to be seen if the ban will have any measurable effect, and if it will be accompanied by any further preventive measures, says our Observer Zakia Ahmad, a children's rights activist.
Report: Hungary 'breaking all the rules' with refugees
Human Rights Watch report accuses security forces of beating refugees, a claim rejected by Hungary's government.
Hungarian police and soldiers have severely beaten some refugees and migrants before sending them back across the border to Serbia, according to a new report by the Human Rights Watch.
Published on Wednesday, the report by the US-based rights group was dismissed by the Hungarian government.
Since July 5, refugees and migrants caught within 8km of the 175-kilometre border with Serbia are being returned to the Serbian side of the razor-wire fence on the border.
Armed men kill South Sudan journalist, employer says
John Gatluak was killed Monday, days after he was briefly arrested Friday night.
NAIROBI, KENYA — Armed men shot and killed a South Sudanese radio journalist during clashes in the country's capital, Juba, a media organization said Wednesday, and those who knew him said he was targeted because of his ethnicity.
Jennifer Cobb, a spokeswoman for Internews, confirmed that John Gatluak was killed Monday at the compound of the upscale Terrain Hotel, where he had been taken for his safety after he was briefly arrested Friday night.
Internews is a U.S.-funded organization that assists radio stations in South Sudan.
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