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An overnight Ukrainian drone attack on an oil depot near the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi ignited a raging fire, as the two countries traded strikes at the end of one of the deadliest weeks in Ukraine in recent months.More than 120 firefighters worked to put out the blaze, said the regional governor, Veniamin Kondratyev, as emergency officials reported a fuel tank with a capacity of 2,000 cubic metres (70,000 cubic feet) had burned before it was extinguished.Drone wreckage hit an “oil tank, which caused a fire”, Kondratyev said on the Telegram messaging app. Sochi, which hosted the 2014…

Barcelona-born, England-trained Alberto Sciamma has forged his own path in features over the last three decades, attracted to oddball themes and genre mashups that often wound up more intriguing in description than execution. But after not quite landing the eccentric conceits of “Killer Tongue,” “Black Plague,” “Jericho Mansions,” “Bite” and “I Love My Mum,” he’s hit an unexpected home run in “Cielo,” a U.K. production shot on location in Bolivia. The Spanish-language magical realist exercise about a young girl’s bizarre cross-country journey is like a kinder, gentler version of Jodorowsky’s fantastical narratives. While not lacking flaws, it offers considerable ambition,…

KYIV, UKRAINE — It’s a quiet room. The people who bothered to show up are distracted: fidgeting, whispering or gazing at their phones. A hoarse voice drones for nearly half an hour, reading from a disciplinary case examining the behavior of a judge. This is Ukraine’s highest judicial oversight body, the High Council of Justice. Just 15 of the 21 seats reserved for judges are filled. The empty chairs speak volumes about a system in crisis. The council, established in its current form in 2016 to reform a judiciary plagued by corruption and inefficiency, is now faltering. Decisions are rushed…

447 British oil and gas company Shell Plc has reported a 23% fall in net profit for the first half of 2025, blaming the decline on weaker energy prices and global economic uncertainty. The multinational firm said its net profit dropped to $8.4 billion, compared to $10.9 billion recorded in the same period in 2024. Shell’s financial report, released ahead of market opening at the London Stock Exchange, also showed that its group revenue declined by nearly 9%, from last year’s figures, settling at $136.6 billion for the six-month period. According to the oil giant, the sharp fall in profits…

Support 2getherCiara O’Goan and Una Leonard have experienced postnatal depression and anxiety first hand.A community group from Omagh has “saved lives” for hundreds of women, its members have said. Support 2gether offers support and education to mothers who are living with antenatal and postnatal depression and anxiety.A finalist in the BBC’s Make a Difference Awards 2025, the group was co-founded by Una Leonard along with her sister in response to experiencing postnatal depression 17 years ago. Run by four women, the organisation provides counselling, peer support and one-to-one services.What is Make a Difference?Make a Difference is a BBC initiative seeking…

Nigeria winger Ademola Lookman says he has handed in a transfer request at Atalanta after accusing the club of “breaking promises” to him.The 27-year-old, a reported target for Serie A rivals Inter Milan, said he had reached an agreement with the club’s board that he could leave if a “fair” offer arrived this summer.However, the England-born winger says Atalanta have reneged on that promise after “receiving an offer in alignment to what I believe had been discussed”.”I feel I have no choice but to speak out for what I believe is right and I feel that enough is enough,” Lookman…

A woman in New Zealand has been arrested after a two-year-old girl was found in her luggage while she was travelling on a bus. Police said officers were called to a bus stop in Kaiwaka, a small town in the north of the country, on Sunday after a passenger asked for access to the luggage compartment. “The driver became concerned when he noticed the bag moving. When the driver opened the suitcase, they discovered the two-year-old girl,” New Zealand Police said a statement.The woman, 27, has been arrested and charged with ill-treatment/neglect of a child. “The little girl was reported…

The niece of a Kenyan woman who was murdered more than a decade ago, allegedly by British soldiers, has said her family now believe the defence secretary “just made a promise for his political gain” when he met them in April.John Healey told the family of Agnes Wanjiru of his “determination to see a resolution” in the case of her murder, pledging the UK’s full support for the investigation.But now, almost four months later, Wanjiru’s family say they have been left disappointed, having seen no further progress in their fight for justice.Wanjiru, then 21, disappeared in March 2012, after last…

Addis Abeba — The Tigray Interim Administration has accused the Simret Party, a new political party led by former President Getachew Reda, of carrying out an armed attack on a Tigray security unit in Mlazat, Southeastern Tigray, bordering the Afar region, which resulted in the death of a member of the Tigray Security Forces. The Simret Party has denied the allegation as “baseless” and, in turn, accused the interim administration’s peace and security office of “corruption and regional destabilization.” According to a statement released by the administration’s Peace and Security Bureau, the attack took place on 30 July and claimed…

Beyond original Switch games and upgrades gobbling up precious storage, the Switch 2 also sees the addition of GameCube titles to the retro library available to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscribers. Like the classic games available for earlier consoles such as the NES, SNES, or Game Boy, these are all packaged in one launcher, with every game in the respective collection installed at once.That’s fine for the SNES collection—with around 80 titles crammed into a barely-noticeable 267 MB bundle, who cares if there’s a bunch you’ll never play? Yet with just four titles presently available (F-Zero, The Legend…