Afghanistan war: Sheberghan falls to Taliban, militants say
The Taliban say they have taken control of the city of Sheberghan in the northern Afghan province of Jawzjan.
An Afghan defence ministry spokesman told the BBC government forces were still in the city and would clear out the Taliban "soon".
This is the second regional capital to fall to the militants, after Zaranj in the south-western province of Nimroz fell on Friday.
It is a major blow to security forces, with battles raging across the country.
Greek firefighter killed and 20 injured as fires spread out of control
A volunteer firefighter has been killed in a blaze threatening the Greek capital’s most important national park, and at least 20 people have been injured in fires during the country’s worst heatwave in 30 years, with temperatures of up to 45C (113F).
Thousands of residents and holidaymakers have fled from the flames by land and sea, while in Turkey fires of a ferocity not seen in decades tore through swaths of the country’s southern coast, killing eight people over the past 10 days.
Wildfires that could not be controlled consumed homes, farms and businesses in Greece on Saturday, while small ferries evacuated 1,153 people from a seaside village and beaches on the island of Evia.
UK tells its nationals to leave Afghanistan immediately
The British foreign ministry warned of a high risk of terror attacks and "a worsening security situation" as the Taliban continued their offensive across Afghanistan.
The British government has told all UK nationals to leave Afghanistan immediately as fighting intensifies between Taliban militants and Afghan security forces.
The announcement came just hours after the Taliban ambushed and killed the director of Afghanistan's government media center in Kabul on Friday.
Britain’s Foreign Office warned that "terrorists are very likely to try to carry out attacks" amid a drawdown of international troops stationed there.
Deadly fighting between rivals in SSudan VP Machar's party
Deadly fighting erupted Saturday between rival factions of South Sudanese Vice President Riek Machar's SPLA-IO after his foes in the party said they had ousted him as leader, the latest twist in the nation's troubled decade of independence.
At least 30 people were killed in the clashes in White Nile State that borders Sudan, Machar's military spokesman said in a statement, claims that could not be immediately confirmed.
Tensions boiled over this week in the Sudan People's Liberation Army-In Opposition after Machar's rivals declared they had deposed him as party chairman and commander-in-chief -- a move his allies dismissed as a "failed coup".
Japan confirms first case of lambda variant infection
The lambda variant of the novel coronavirus, first identified in Peru, has been found in Japan for the first time, health ministry officials said Friday.
The variant was detected in a woman in her 30s at Haneda Airport who arrived from Peru on July 20, according to the ministry.
She tested positive for the coronavirus in a quarantine check at the airport, with no symptoms.
The virus was confirmed to be of the lambda variant in an analysis by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases.
'Trainspotting' turned a spotlight on Scotland's heroin problem. 25 years on, it's Europe's drug death capital
Updated 0700 GMT (1500 HKT) August 7, 2021
It's one of the most famous monologues in cinematic history: "Choose life," says Ewan McGregor in the 1996 film adaptation of "Trainspotting," Irvine Welsh's gritty novel about a group of drug addict friends living in Edinburgh.
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