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It is often said that water is a blessing in South Sudan but the people who live in this impoverished nation have been given good reason to reconsider an unquestionable truth. Two years of unprecedented flooding has changed the way the country looks, with thousands of kilometres of rich agricultural land now lying under water.

Christian Eriksen is said to be in a “good mood” as doctors continue to carry out tests after he collapsed during a Euro 2020 game. The Danish footballer is recovering in hospital after he collapsed about 40 minutes into the game with Finland in Copenhagen on Saturday. Agent and friend of the player, Martin Schoots,

Benjamin Netanyahu, the ever-present figure in Israeli politics for three decades is down and out. “Bibi”, to give him his near-universal nickname, has been written off so many times, but now, the man they call “the magician” has run out of tricks and run out of road. After four elections in just two years, 24

Israel’s parliament has voted in favour of a new government, ending Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12-year consecutive tenure as premier. The vote was 60-59. Earlier, Mr Netanyahu had vowed to lead his Likud Party back to power and “topple this dangerous government and return to lead the country in our way”. He made clear he had no

Christian Eriksen is in a stable condition after suffering what doctors said was a cardiac arrest during Denmark’s opening Euro 2020 match on Saturday. The Danish footballer is awake in hospital, and has “sent his greetings to his teammates” while he remains under examination following his collapse in Copenhagen. Denmark team doctor Morten Boesen told

Denmark football captain Simon Kjaer has been hailed as a hero for his quick response to teammate Christian Eriksen’s collapse during their Euro 2020 opener against Finland. Eriksen is stable in hospital following the incident in Copenhagen on Saturday evening, which saw the former Tottenham star suddenly fall to the ground with no other players

Sir David Attenborough will warn G7 leaders the decisions they make this decade are “the most important in human history” as he urges them to take action on climate change. The 95-year-old environmentalist will address the heads of the world’s leading democracies at their summit in Carbis Bay on Sunday. During their final day of

Pope Francis has rejected the resignation of German Cardinal Reinhard Marx over the Catholic Church’s sex abuse crisis. Cardinal Marx wrote a letter to the Pope last week offering to resign as the archbishop of Munich and Freising over the Church’s mishandling of abuse cases. He is not under investigation himself, either for abuse or

India has recorded the world’s highest number of coronavirus-related deaths in a single day. It announced a further 6,148 fatalities on Thursday – after the state of Bihar discovered 3,929 unreported deaths. Bihar, one of India’s poorest states, revised its death toll after being directed to by Patna High Court. Live COVID updates from the

There is an old, corrugated hanger in the centre of Maseru, the diminutive capital of the kingdom of Lesotho and through the doors we could hear the words of prayer. Inside, amongst the wings and tails of several brightly coloured aeroplanes, there were medics and mechanics getting themselves ready for the day ahead. Lesotho’s Flying

Europe is gearing up to enjoy one of its most eagerly awaited football tournaments in years, as it attempts to shrug off the impact of the pandemic on organised sports. But the countries where the delayed Euro 2020 matches will be played vary significantly in terms of how badly hit they currently are by the

A number of major websites have gone down around the world, including the UK government web pages. Those logging into to gov.uk have been faced with a message saying “503 Service Unavailable”. Other sites affected include news outlets The Guardian, Financial Times, Independent, New York Times, Evening Standard, Bloomberg and Le Monde as well as

The last surviving Soviet soldier involved in liberating the Auschwitz concentration camp has died aged 98 in a Munich hospital. David Dushman was a young Red Army serviceman when he flattened the site’s electric fence with his tank on 27 January 1945. More than a million people, mostly Jews sent there from all over Europe,

Banjo musician Anthony Ward takes a long draught of Guinness and looks like he is savouring every drop. The Dubliner can’t go back to gigging yet, but he can at least enjoy a proper pint. “I’ve had one jab myself now so far”, he tells us. “My next one isn’t until the end of July,

Google has vowed to make changes to its global advertising business following a settlement with the French competition watchdog, which found it had abused its market dominance. The tech company, which makes most of its revenues through adverts on its search engine and YouTube video platform, was fined €220m (£189m) under the deal. But it

World Ocean Day is celebrated every 8 June as a reminder of how integral our seas are to life on Earth. A United Nations initiative, Oceans Day was first declared in 1992 following the UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, also known as the Earth Summit, which led to important climate

Police say a toddler’s body that washed up on the Norwegian coast on New Year’s Day is that of a boy who died along with his family as they attempted to cross the Channel. The child has been identified as Artin Irannezhad, who was 15 months old when he drowned with his parents and two

India is easing lockdown in several states after COVID case levels dropped to their lowest in two months. Shops, restaurants and other businesses are allowed to reopen with limited hours in New Delhi and Mumbai, with some restrictions also lifted in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. The Delhi metro, which serves the city

Jeff Bezos – one of the world’s richest men and the chief executive of Amazon – has said he will travel into space next month. The US business tycoon has invited his brother along for the journey, with the winner of an auction set up by his aerospace company Blue Origin. In a video posted

Australia’s most decorated living war veteran is suing three newspapers for libel over claims about his time fighting in Afghanistan. Ben Roberts-Smith, 42, has begun legal proceedings against The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and The Canberra Times over articles they published in 2018. The defamation trial against Nine Entertainment, who owned all three papers