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Health officials in New York are “very, very concerned” about a recent outbreak of polio, the latest in a string of infectious diseases to rattle the state. Polio was eradicated in the United States in 1979 thanks to high vaccination rates. But now the disease has been detected in wastewater samples in multiple counties, one man has been irreversibly paralysed, and a state of emergency has been declared.

Queen Elizabeth II was mourned across the world during her state funeral on Monday – a testament to the scale of global reverence and respect for her. During her reign, the late monarch visited more than 100 countries across six continents, with her death prompting commemorations from all corners of the globe. Hundreds of foreign dignitaries travelled to London for the funeral, with more than 20 high-profile overseas royal family members joining politicians and Commonwealth representatives. In F

The Germany army has spent too long drilling wells and stemming floods, Olaf Scholz said on Friday, as he promised to turn his military into "the best equipped" on the continent. Speaking at an army conference, the German chancellor admitted that his country had lived in an illusion that it was surrounded only by friends, with harmful consequences for its armed forces. Mr Scholz, 64, said: "For a long time, our country avoided a true prioritisation of the tasks of its army." He said that, w

Sweden’s outgoing prime minister urged her rivals not to work with the far-Right as she resigned on Thursday after shock election results triggered efforts to keep the Sweden Democrats out of power. Magdalena Andersson told the leader of the Moderate party not to offer the Sweden Democrats a chance to govern in a coalition, adding: “You have a special responsibility to ensure that such things are not legitimised.” The Sweden Democrats caused a political earthquake by becoming the second larg

Germany’s top military chief has been criticised for a “stunningly poor analysis” of the Ukraine war, after he claimed that Russia was capable of opening a second front against Nato. General Eberhard Zorn cited the threat of a second Russian front as the reason for Germany’s reluctance to send more weapons to Kyiv. “[Vladimir] Putin is capable of” opening a second front, Germany’s most senior military commander told Focus magazine, saying that Kaliningrad, the Baltic Sea, and the Finnish border

The world will miss nearly all of the UN development goals by 2030 without inventions as radical as the creation of HIV antiretrovirals, one of the world’s biggest philanthropic organisations has warned. In a report published on Tuesday, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said that all the 17 development goals set by world leaders in 2015 would be missed unless cutting-edge solutions emerged. It said that without new innovation, some goals, such as gender equality, would not be hit until 2108

Germany will continue to support Ukraine, Olaf Scholz told Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday even as the Chancellor’s defence minister warned Berlin had “hit the limit” in weapons it could send to Kyiv from army reserves. Mr Scholz spoke to the Ukrainian president a day after reports he had rejected a request for state-of-the-art Leopard 2 tanks from Denys Shmyhal during the prime minister of Ukraine’s visit to Berlin at the weekend. The call was held as the Bild newspaper reported Berlin would

“I’m in love again / And tomorrow I’ll be sad,” blubs Yungblud on his latest single, Tissues. As a soundbite, it offers a fair summation of the 25-year-old Yorkshire pop-punk singer-songwriter’s entire oeuvre. Set to a shamelessly borrowed Cure riff (from 1985’s Close to Me) and a slappy 1980s beat that would make A-Ha blush, Tissues is delivered with the snarly angst of someone who positively revels in his own and other people’s misery...

Olaf Scholz called for a common European air defence system in a major speech on the EU’s future on Monday, saying the bloc needed to close ranks against Russia. Mr Scholz, the German chancellor, said such a system would be “a security win for the whole of Europe” as he proposed reforms on military cooperation. “Russia will define itself in opposition to the European Union for the foreseeable future. [Vladimir] Putin will exploit any disagreement between us, any weakness,” he said in an hour-l

At a public meeting in the east German town of Magdeburg late last week, Olaf Scholz answered questions from an audience of 100 locals sealed inside a heavily guarded Prussian fortress, while angry protesters outside provided a constant background thrum of whistles and chants. It was an apt metaphor for his embattled chancellorship. Faced with a confluence of negative headlines that have hammered his popularity, Mr Scholz, who came to power on a slim majority last year, has taken to the road t

On her excellent second album, Crushing, Julia Jacklin poured over a series of failed relationships with critical self-examination. Three years later with Pre Pleasure, Jacklin is taking a gentler approach. “Am I gonna lose myself again? / I quite like the person that I am”, she sings on standout song I Was Neon, considering whether a new relationship is worth it. Her previous work has explored female desire and guilt as women view themselves sexually through patriarchal lenses. Here, those lenses are joyfully smashed…

Was the software developer, now subject of a Netflix documentary, a gifted technologist or a snake-oil salesman – or both?

Mr Abbas subsequently retracted his remark and said he had not intended to “deny the singularity of the Holocaust,” which he acknowledged as “the most heinous crime in modern human history”. The German chancellery on Wednesday summoned the head of the Palestinian diplomatic mission in Berlin to protest Mr Abbas’ comments, a German government spokesman said. “It is clear for us, the government and the chancellor, that the persecution and systematic murder of six million European Jews is an unpa

China is clamping down on abortions which are not “medically necessary” in a bid to tackle its plunging birth rate, authorities have announced. The National Health Authority has published new guidelines to prevent unwanted pregnancies and “reduce abortions that are not medically necessary”, amid mounting concerns about an untenable ageing population. New births in China, home to 1.4 billion, are set to fall to record lows this year, dropping below 10 million for the first time.

With NHS dentists in scarce supply, patients seeking urgent and affordable care are travelling abroad for treatment, but at what cost?

As the Taliban encroached on Kabul, Raakin – a British interpreter of five years – waited in filth by the airport gates with his wife and six-week old daughter. “I was nervous. The British Forces would come to the door and call names – they were focusing on people with British passports and my name wasn’t called,” Raakin said.

Families of the victims of the 1972 Munich Olympics terror attack are boycotting the 50th anniversary remembrance service due to what they say is inadequate compensation from the German government for mistakes made during the hostage crisis. Berlin had hoped to use the September 5 ceremony to draw a line under one of the darkest episodes in its bilateral relations with Israel since the end of the Second World War. Fifty years ago on that day, eight heavily armed Palestinian militants belonging

Germany carried their impressive group stage form into the knockout stages with a 2-0 win over Austria to reach the Euro 2022 semi-finals. Germany went into the game having not conceded throughout the group stage - along with England - but unlike the host nation they sustained their record through an impressive quarter-final performance in Brentford. Lina Magull capitalised on a well-crafted move from Germany to arrive on the ball unmarked and find the back of the net as the eight-time Europea

Tonight, we move up north to where Sweden meet Belgium as they battle it out for one of the remaining precious semi-final spots. Despite being dubbed favourites to win, Sweden have not taken home a European title since 1984. Peter Gerhardsson’s side are the highest-ranking team at the championship and hope to continue their run of 15 games unbeaten, with their last defeat at the Tokyo Olympic final last year by Canada on penalties. Ives Serneels’ Belgium side have succeeded their target of reach

Good evening and welcome to tonight's Euros semi-final coverage... The action moves over to Milton Keynes tonight as two more of Europe’s best go head-to-head for a place at Wembley on Sunday. No strangers to a final, Germany, are looking to put their 2017 quarter-finals shock exit to bed in tonight's game as they head towards their ninth title. They booked their ticket into the semi-final with a close 2-0 win over Austria. Goals came from Lina Magull’s well-crafted run into the box which left h

England's Sevens programme suffered one of its bleakest days on Saturday as both the men's and women's side crashed out of medal contention on the second day of competition at the Commonwealth Games.

Adam Peaty does not lose.

Adam Peaty roared back at those writing him off after cruising through his 50 metres breaststroke semi-final – but was later accused of being disrespectful towards Commonwealth Games competitors.

Adam Peaty ended a roller-coaster three days at the Commonwealth Games with the last gold medal he craved – and an apology.

An emotional Katarina Johnson-Thompson put her career back on track on Wednesday night with a Commonwealth heptathlon victory that she dedicated to her grandmother, who passed away last week.

Matty Lee revealed that he and partner Noah Williams were suffering with cramp as they won gold in the men's 10-metre synchronised platform event on Friday.

As Russian bombs crashed down on a small village outside Kyiv on March 1, Svitlana and her family sheltered in a cellar normally used to store vegetables and jam. “The neighbours didn’t reach the shelter in time. The mother and son died, the fragment of shell cut off his head,” the 24-year-old said. “Our home was destroyed by two missiles, leaving just the staircase. My mother calls the road ‘The street of horrors’. Eight houses in a row were burned down.”

A German army officer has gone on trial accused of feeding Russia’s spy service with German military and industrial secrets out of “sympathy” for the country. Ralph G, a lieutenant colonel in the German reserves, gave his Russian contacts sensitive information on the operational abilities of the army in full knowledge that they were spies, Germany’s federal prosecution service said on the first day of the trial in Dusseldorf. “We believe the accused was in contact with Russian intelligence ser

Olaf Scholz told Germans they would “never walk alone” on Thursday as several of his spy chiefs warned that the cost of living crisis could lead to riots on the streets. Speaking at his summer press conference, the chancellor assured the public that “we will be there for them” during a winter in which energy shortages and raging inflation caused by the war in Ukraine are expected to hit home. “I have purposefully chosen the phrase ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ to show our stance,” said Mr Scholz,

Last summer, England’s brightest female cricketers were catapulted to the front of the nation’s cricketing consciousness, blared through our TV screens and cheered on by thousands of spectators. Whilst debates rage on about the wider consequences of the Hundred, the impact on the women's game is undeniable. One of the players at the centre of this whirlwind was Sophia Dunkley. Before the start of the competition, Dunkley was already enjoying a breakthrough summer. She had cemented her place in t