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Child migrant photo 'not what it seemed'

The two-year-old and her mother were kept together in a Texas border town, says the father.
US & Canada
Mum and son migrants reunited in US

Beata Mejia Mejia says she is suing the US government after she and her son, 7, were separated for weeks.
US & Canada
Kate Spade's father dies as she is buried

Kate Spade's father, "heartbroken" over her death, dies a day before the designer is laid to rest.
US & Canada

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Coutinho & Neymar secure Brazil win

Philippe Coutinho and Neymar bail Brazil out with stoppage-time strikes against Costa Rica following another uninspiring display at the 2018 World Cup.
Football
Hamilton top as Perez loses wheel

Lewis Hamilton fastest in second practice for the French Grand Prix, as Sergio Perez loses a wheel at high speed.
Formula 1
Germany walking a tightrope - Fabregas

Spain’s World Cup winner Cesc Fabregas on the pressure you face after losing your opening game, and why the big names have not shone in Russia so far - even Cristiano Ronaldo.
Football

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Canada’s bizarre 1-sq-mile phenomenon

‘It has long been an enigma to us locals’
Travel
The film too shocking to be made

Why Hitchcock’s Kaleidoscope never came to be
Culture
The danger of putting on a 'happy face'

How faking your feelings at work can backfire
Capital
The floating Aztec city

The story of the Aztec's huge floating city
Future
Why the Sahara is terror's new front line

The war in the desert
Africa
The wild doodles that become buildings

Moon Hoon says his designs are ‘the complete antithesis to what architecture is about’
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Summer and winter solstice celebrations

From a summer sunrise at Stonehenge to an icy swim in Antarctica
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Binocular booze smuggling at World Cup gets man sacked

Colombian airline Avianca fires a man for smuggling alcohol in binoculars into a World Cup match.
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Hospital drugs left 456 patients dead

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Hammond: Treasury not the 'enemy of Brexit'

Chancellor tells City the UK needs to protect patterns of trade with EU "built up over decades".
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Medicinal cannabis use to be reviewed

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