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Sixteen people are missing after the crowded vessel sinks on a reservoir near an Andean resort town. - Ohio sites hacked with IS message Governor John Kasich's site is one of those attacked, posting a threat to President Donald Trump. - Dodging IS snipers on Mosul frontline The BBC's Orla Guerin joins Iraqi fighters so close to IS militants they can "see their faces". - China landslide: More than 90 missing as search continues Thousands of rescuers are digging through rocks in Sichuan, with fading hope of finding survivors. - Great Barrier Reef 'valued at $42bn' The struggling icon is critical to supporting economic activity in Australia, a report finds. - Ed Sheeran closes Glastonbury 2017 The pop star headlined Glastonbury just six years after performing to 500 people at the festival. - Takata: Airbag-maker files for bankruptcy Japanese firm faces billions of dollars of liabilities linked to the biggest ever automotive recall. - Quick-thinking theme park rescuers save falling US teenager Bystanders form a circle to catch the girl as she plummets to the earth from 25ft in the air. - Police officers injured in London protest over man's death Bricks are thrown and fires lit in the street after a protest over a man's death in east London. - Narendra Modi: India PM talks tough on terror ahead of Trump meeting India's PM says his country "proved its power" in its strikes on militant bases in Pakistan. - How Syrian refugees battle against cancer Ammash, 4, has leukaemia and the funds for his treatment are running out. - Qatar demands difficult to meet, says US The US secretary of state urges a "lowering of rhetoric" between Qatar and four other Arab states. - Crown Resorts staff jailed for enticing Chinese gamblers Three Australian Crown Resorts employees broke the law by enticing Chinese high-rollers to casinos. - Italy forced to bail out two more banks for 5.2bn euros Rome will spend at least 5.2bn euros to rescue Banca Popolare di Vicenza and Veneto Banca. - Montreal festival float causes race row Organisers insist the event was diverse but some attendees felt black people were marginalised. - In pictures: Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr festival The Islamic world has begun marking the holiday which ends the Ramadan fast. - Trump gift leaves Australian PM Turnbull bemused Malcolm Turnbull receives a cheeky church gift - a tie emblazoned with the words "Donald Trump". - First Disneyland map sells for £555,000 The map was given to a production assistant and remained out of public view for more than 60 years. - From child drug dealer to gang campaigner "When we talk about gangs, let?s talk about rejection, let's talk about loneliness." - China's lesbian mothers face legal hurdles A growing number of gay Chinese couples are going abroad to have babies, but face legal hurdles back home. - 'Real community spirit' in London's council estates Photographer Joe Newman has explored some of the city's biggest council estates. - 10 things we didn't know last week Brian Cant sat in a cardboard box during his Play School audition - and other news nuggets. - Two brothers, same murder, but one goes free. Why? A decades-old murder and how a Supreme Court decision means freedom for one man, and life in prison for the other - The great intellectual property trade-off If rules are too strict, good ideas take too long to spread, but lax regulation risks no innovation. - How Harry Potter enchanted the world Can you believe it's 20 years since the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone? |
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