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41 dead after fire in packed Cairo church during morning service

The country’s health minister blamed the smoke and a stampede as people attempted to flee the blaze for causing the deaths.

Royal Mail unveils Augmented Reality Transformers stamps

Temperatures to rise to 32C ahead of thunderstorms across the UK

Labour to call for energy price cap freeze this autumn

Man, 25, dies in ‘targeted’ shooting in east London

Cyclist with MND completes 265-mile charity bike ride through Cairngorms

Woman, 31, arrested after dog badly hurts four-year-old boy

Women in refuges ‘at risk of having addresses revealed’

Channel crossings exceed 20,000 for the year

Sir Salman Rushdie off ventilator and talking following stabbing in US

Universities confident students will make grade, says Ucas

CPS halts prosecution of six protesters for attending Sarah Everard vigil

Channel crossings exceed 20,000 for the year

Channel crossings exceed 20,000 for the year

More than £20,000 raised for family of man killed in Skye shooting

Patel expresses ‘tremendous pride’ in Afghanistan evacuation effort

Labour to call for energy price cap freeze this autumn

What the papers say – August 14

Eight Israelis injured in shooting attack in Jerusalem’s Old City

Disabled student launches campaign to make blue badges more inclusive

Call to Tory leadership contenders to protect vulnerable as bills soar

Afghan activist who fled country says ‘from anywhere we can support women’

Dozens dead after fire rips through church in Cairo

Teenage boy dies after going into the sea at Skegness

Tributes to Indian billionaire and investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

Labour to call for energy price cap freeze this autumn

Thunderstorms to hit north of UK while south continues to sizzle

What is expected from the 2022 exam results?

Russia fires rockets after Ukrainian forces vow to retake Kherson

In Pictures: Widest load on British roads?

Scuffles at Kenya election count centre after presidential poll

Period products law to come into force in Scotland

Sunak: Rushdie attack a ‘wake-up call’ to the West over Iran threat

Truss accuses SNP of ‘political games’ over independence poll

Temperatures to rise to 35C amid drought, wildfires with thunderstorms to come

Body of man aged in 20s recovered from lake in Doncaster

Salman Rushdie stabbing – man enters not guilty plea

Boris Johnson only PM I’ve worked with who has disgraced the office – Sturgeon

Bowel cancer checks at record high ‘thanks to Dame Deborah James’

Remote Icelandic community fights to save pufflings with puffin patrols

Sir Salman Rushdie on a ventilator and could lose an eye after New York attack

Shipping companies prepare for worst as Rhine levels near critical low

Sir Salman Rushdie on a ventilator and could lose an eye after New York attack

JK Rowling working with police after receiving threat following Rushdie tweet

Climber, 82, to bag final peak in 282 Munro challenge

Train drivers to strike on Saturday in deadlocked dispute

High salinity found in European river after mass fish die-off

Nine-year-old boy missing from Bournemouth beach found

Police hunt for nine-year-old boy missing from Bournemouth beach

Sir Salman Rushdie on a ventilator and could lose an eye after New York attack

Drought persists in south of UK while thunderstorms hit the north

Man charged over incident that left two dead and girl seriously injured

Ukrainian health minister says Russian forces blocking access to medicines

Italy’s Lake Garda shrinks to near-historic low amid drought