Italy putting nearly all major cities on highest heat alert
In its latest heatwave bulletin published on Saturday, the Italian health ministry says that by Monday, some 25 of the country's 27 major cities will be on red alert.
It says it expects only two - Reggio Calabria in the southern tip of Italy's "boot" and Messina, facing it across on the island of Sicily - to be on the second-highest "amber" alert.
The ministry urges residents in the affected areas to avoid exposure to heat and direct sunlight during the hottest hours
Current Ebola outbreak worst ever in DR Congo, WHO says
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the biggest in the country's history, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.
As of 30 July, there were 3,605 confirmed cases including 1,587 deaths - a fatality rate of 44%.
The current outbreak is caused by the Bundibugyo strain of the virus. It was declared on 15 May 2026 and surpasses the previous biggest outbreak between 2018 and 2020
Mountaineer Nirmal Purja killed in Pakistan avalanche, his company says
Renowned British-Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja is among 10 people killed in an avalanche on Broad Peak in Pakistan, his company has said.
Sharing the news on social media, Elite Expeditions said it confirmed with "profound sadness and immense heartbreak" that Purja, 43, had died in Thursday's avalanche.
Purja, who was born in Nepal and later served in the British army, was known for scaling the world's 14 highest peaks in just over six months in 2019.
Pakistani
Spain attacks 'selfish' response of some EU countries to Ceuta migrant crossings
Spain has condemned the "selfish, polarising and unlawful" reaction of some EU countries to the influx of about 60,000 migrants from Morocco to Ceuta.
Officials say almost all those who reached the enclave on 30 July have returned, while Spain's Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said on Saturday that the death toll had risen to at least 67.
It comes after Italy temporarily suspended the EU's border-free Schengen arrangement with Spain, as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called the scenes
Uefa has 'lost confidence' in Infantino's Fifa leadership
Uefa says it has lost confidence in Gianni Infantino's Fifa leadership as the fallout from the scrapped controversial investment plan intensifies.
On Saturday, Infantino said Fifa would no longer proceed with the proposal to sell stakes in the governing body's competitions to private investors.
Uefa - which governs European football - had earlier voted to boycott World Cups if the plans went ahead, and other governing bodies also voiced their opposition.
On Saturday, Uefa said it welcomed the decision to withdraw the plan, describing it as "a victory
Fifa scraps controversial World Cup investment plan
Infantino became Fifa president in 2016 when he beat AFC president Sheikh Salman by 115 votes to 88.
Fifa's next president will be confirmed at the organisation's 77th Congress in Morocco next March. Candidates have until 18 November to put their names forward.
Prior to this week, it had been anticipated Infantino would be re-elected unopposed. Associations around the world, including some in Europe, had already confirmed their intention to vote for him.
It remains to be
Israeli West Bank settler tells BBC attacks on Palestinians are justified as revenge
Israelis in the West Bank are still subject to Israel's civilian law and enjoy widespread freedom of movement, while Palestinians are subject to Israel's military occupation and military courts, and are tightly restricted by road closures and checkpoints – a system described by some prominent human rights groups as "apartheid".
Israel has rejected that label as "absurd and distorted".
Asked about the Palestinian residents of the West Bank, Shimon laid out three options: live quietly under Israeli rule and ownership of the land; voluntarily emigrate
Russian strikes on Kyiv kill at least nine, Ukraine officials say
At least nine people were killed in Russian ballistic missile strikes on Ukraine, local officials said early on Saturday.
At least another 23 were injured in the attack on the capital Kyiv, according to Ukraine's State Emergency Service.
Moscow has escalated deadly ballistic missile attacks on Ukraine's capital recently, prompting President Volodymyr Zelensky to say interceptors are urgently needed.
The strikes came two days after a suspected Russian cruise missile landed in Poland during a widespread attack on Ukraine that killed at least eight people, including six members
Watch: Why Fifa dropped plans to sell stakes in the World Cup
BBC's Shaimaa Khalil explains why Fifa president Gianni Infantino has backed down on his controversial investment proposal for the football governing body's major competitions.
Infantino said it had become clear the project had "created divisions" that are "no longer in the interest" of its original objective.
Read more on this story here .
Trump administration drops Reflecting Pool vandalism charge and admits 'botched' repairs
The BBC has contacted the contractor for comment.
Hearn's lawyers said in a statement to BBC News, that the case "should have never been brought".
"Its dismissal today does not erase the abuse of government power in arresting and charging a patriotic American who did nothing wrong. The government's approach was ready, fire, aim."
The Reflecting Pool underwent a multi-million dollar resealing and painting project this spring.
The monument had long been beset by structural failures and leaks, and Trump championed