Per šaudynes Liepos 4-osios kepsnių vakarėlyje netoli Niujorko Koni Ailando paplūdimio buvo sužeisti aštuoni žmonės, įskaitant keturis vaikus, pranešė pareigūnai.

Parlamentarai atmintinų dienų sąrašą papildė trimis naujomis pažymėti vertomis progomis.

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen is appealing against a verdict which found her guilty of misusing EU funds.

After dismantling all before them at this World Cup, France had to find a new way to win against a Paraguay side whose use of the dark arts angered many of those watching.

Employers are being urged to use their "common sense" to allow staff to work flexibly where they can.

An announcement is expected imminently on Sky buying ITV's TV and streaming channels.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Sunday aired his frustrations with the continued attention that the botched renovation of the reflecting pool has received and doubled down on the Trump administration’s claim that vandals are to blame for its condition. Speaking to Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Burgum said, “We’ve got all the photographs we can see” to prove that vandals cut portions of the pool bottom. The administration’s insistence that people have cut up the rubber bottom of the reflecting pool was the latest step on the troubled path to renovating the reflecting pool ahead of America’s 250th birthday, which was yesterday. At least seven people have been arrested for allegedly damaging the pool, the administration has said. The reflecting pool was at the center of President Donald Trump’s efforts to beautify Washington D.C., a multi-million dollar renovation project to seal leaks and alter the color of its base, but the renovations became mired in controversy after algae began growing soon after the pool reopened. Shortly thereafter, segments of the “American flag blue” liner began to appear floating in the water. But, without outside interference, Burgum said, the sealant “would never just, like, peel off or fall off.” One man charged with damaging the pool is David Hearn, 67, a former U.S. Olympian who faces 10 years in prison if convicted on felony destruction of property charges. Hearn has denied those charges and said he did not remove or damage any part of the pool. Asked whether Hearn should face such a stark penalty, Burgum said the “courts will decide” but emphasized the need to defend federal property. “If people are defaming our monuments, they should face the consequences of that,” Burgum said. One possible reason for the damage that the Interior Secretary did not entertain: The president’s motorcade ride over the unfinished pool that he took before it reopened. Burgum said that the vehicles in the motorcade were lighter than the fully armored outfit the president usually travels in, adding that the rubber pool bottom had not yet been installed. “There was no damage that night whatsoever,” he said. Burgum also touted the Interior Department’s work restoring monuments and fountains across the nation’s capitol and lamented the “myopic focus” on the issues with the reflecting pool. “I can’t understand why people want to keep talking about the beautiful, beautiful reflecting pool,” he said.

Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin urged Americans to keep in perspective the nation’s problems. Speaking on NBC’s “Meet the Press” in an interview that aired Sunday, Goodwin said that no matter how troubled Americans see their country as being now, history can provide examples of times when it was as troubled or worse. “History can give us perspective, it can give us solace. I really think it can give us hope,” Goodwin said. She added: “Just imagine what it was like to live through the Civil War; more than 600,000 people were dead. Or live through the Great Depression; one out of four people out of work, the banking system collapsed. Or to live through the early days of World War II when it was unclear that Hitler might conquer the rest of the world. And the important thing to know is that in each one of those times, the people who lived then, they didn’t know the end of their story. They were like us. They were anxious. They were fearful.” Goodwin, best known for her presidential biographies, appeared on a special episode of the long-running NBC news show focused on the nation’s 250th birthday, as did documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and Secretary of the Smithsonian Lonnie Bunch. Like Goodwin, Burns — known for, among other things, his documentaries on the American Revolution, the Civil War and the Vietnam War — saw the need for looking at history. “History is our best teacher, and it can be a helpful guide for everybody, no matter your disposition, political orientation, age, whatever it is. History can be an incredibly important way to digest the present and then figure out what your response is and — and to imagine a future together,” Burns said. Burns said history proves that whatever divisions we are experiencing now, we’ve seen worse, including during the Revolutionary War itself. “We are really divided,” he said, “but we were way more divided then, way more divided during the Civil War, way more divided during the Vietnam period. And so I see that division as sort of a mile wide but an inch thick.” Like Goodwin, Bunch also spoke of hope. “I think that’s one of the most powerful things about hope,” he told host Kristen Welker, “is that no matter the challenge, America has an opportunity to sort of come together, find hope, find common ground. At least that’s what I believe.” Goodwin said whatever the issues, it is important for Americans to feel are part of something bigger than themselves. “When I think about these movements for social justice,” she told Welker, “it always starts with individuals feeling that they can make a difference. That’s what the inauguration of John Kennedy was. That’s what the Civil Rights Movement was all about. I remember being at that March on Washington in August of 1963, when I was 20 years old — showing that I’m 83 years old today — and there was a sense in that feeling of being there that you were something larger than yourself.”

Cape Verde's football team is getting a hero's welcome on its return home after a historic World Cup run.

Extreme weather disrupted the US’s 250th anniversary celebrations, forcing evacuations, cancellations and delays.

The big questions hanging over the alliance will not be discussed in Ankara

France’s richest man and billionaire owner of luxury group LVMH will appeal against ruling

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s son and successor was not among the family members and thousands of mourners who turned out Sunday for a second day of ceremonies to honour Iran’s late supreme leader. Mojtaba Khamenei has remained out of the public eye since he was wounded in the strike that killed his father. 

Wildfires sweeping southern France are threatening a stage of the Tour de France, with officials set to decide later Sunday whether Monday's race can proceed. The blaze, which has already scorched 1,500 hectares near the Pyrenees, is part of a wider wave of fires across southern Europe fuelled by extreme heat, forcing evacuations and raising fears of a long, intense wildfire season.

It is part a $5.7 billion EU macro-financial assistance package within the framework of Europe’s strategy to stabilise Egypt's economy.

Three of Ali Khamenei’s sons joined the mass prayers, but not his successor, Mojtaba, who has not been seen in public since he assumed the role.