Supporters of a coup in Niger have attacked the headquarters of the ousted president’s party, setting it on fire and stoning and burning cars outside. The small group of arsonists had broken away from a larger show of support for the coup leaders outside parliament, where Russian flags were on show. Read more on this…

Getty Images By Chloe Kim BBC News, New York US President Joe Biden has announced measures to try to tackle the effects of extreme heat as 46 million Americans suffer under heat advisories. Major cities like Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC, declared heat emergencies on Thursday. The actors union Sag-Aftra was forced to pause picket…

Reuters By Paul Kirby BBC News Ukraine’s military says it has had success on one of the front lines in southeast Ukraine, as Western officials talk of a major thrust taking place. The armed forces general staff said they were “solidifying positions” they had reached in the Staromaiorske area east of the city of Zaporizhzhia.…

Reuters Lawyers for former US President Donald Trump have met federal prosecutors today, fuelling speculation he is about to be charged over efforts to overturn the 2020 US election result. Mr Trump’s attorneys John Lauro and Todd Blanche met officials at the office of special prosecutor Jack Smith in Washington DC, US media report. It…

AFP James Clayton and Ben Derico in San Francisco & Anna Foster in Turkey BBC News Google’s earthquake warning system failed to get to many Turkish residents before February’s deadly tremor, a BBC Newsnight investigation has found. Google says its alert system can give users up to a minute’s notice on their phones before an…

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Getty Images By Sam Cabral BBC News Basketball star Kevin Durant has said the NBA commissioner could smell cannabis on him as he lobbied to end the league’s ban on the drug. “He smelled it when I walked in, so I didn’t really have to say much, you know what I’m saying?” Durant said in…

Getty Images By Ilgin Karlidag In Sweden A spate of Quran burnings in Sweden has badly affected the country’s image abroad and led to a deterioration of the security situation at home, security service Sapo has warned. Many Muslim-majority countries have expressed outrage. Last week protesters set fire to Sweden’s embassy in Iraq after learning…

EPA By Matt McGrath & Mark Poynting BBC News Climate & Science Amid blistering heatwaves, July is “virtually certain” to be the world’s warmest month on record, say scientists. So hot has the month been to date that researchers are confident the 2019 record will be broken, even with several days to go. Some experts…

Reuters By Mehrzad Kohanrouz BBC World Service As the lights dimmed at a cultural festival in the Iranian capital, Tehran, earlier this month, women in the audience were defiantly dancing, singing and clapping along to the music at the landmark Milad Tower. They were also waving their hijabs (headscarves) in the air and that, according…