Morning Chronicle - News from London and the UK, around the clock in six languages

London -

IN THE NEWS

England prop Marler 'buried head in sand' over rugby concussions

England prop Marler 'buried head in sand' over rugby concussions

England prop Joe Marler has "buried his head in the sand" over the dangers of dementia from playing rugby, admitting that on one occasion he had forgotten he had children.

Read more
Putin in Iran for Syria summit overshadowed by Ukraine war

Putin in Iran for Syria summit overshadowed by Ukraine war

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Tehran for talks Tuesday on the Syrian war at a three-way summit overshadowed by fallout from his country's war on Ukraine.

Read more
Jafar Panahi: jailed Iranian director who won hearts in Europe

Jafar Panahi: jailed Iranian director who won hearts in Europe

Acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi, jailed as part of a crackdown on the country's filmmakers, for years defied a ban on his work to carry on making deeply human tales of Iran's social and cultural struggles that won a loyal following abroad.

Read more
UK breaches 40C for first time as heatwave batters Europe

UK breaches 40C for first time as heatwave batters Europe

A fierce heatwave left western Europe sweltering on Tuesday, fuelling ferocious wildfires and stretching emergency services, as it swept north and pushed temperatures in Britain over 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) for the first time.

Read more
Martial scores again as United beat Palace 3-1 in Melbourne

Martial scores again as United beat Palace 3-1 in Melbourne

Anthony Martial scored his third goal in three games as a slick Manchester United beat Crystal Palace 3-1 in Melbourne to ensure new coach Erik ten Hag's unbeaten streak remained intact Tuesday.

Read more
South Africa bat as England ring changes in Stokes's last ODI

South Africa bat as England ring changes in Stokes's last ODI

South Africa captain Keshav Maharaj won the toss and elected to bat in England star Ben Stokes's last one-day international on Tuesday.

Read more
Eni, Total, Occidental sign $4 bn Algeria oil contract

Eni, Total, Occidental sign $4 bn Algeria oil contract

Italy's Eni, US major Occidental, France's Total and the Algerian group Sonatrach signed a $4 billion oil and gas production-sharing contract Tuesday for the Berkine field in the country's southeast.

Read more
'Not a switch': UAE pushes for fair energy transition

'Not a switch': UAE pushes for fair energy transition

The world's transition to clean energy sources must be "just" and financed by the hydrocarbon trade, the climate change minister of oil-rich United Arab Emirates told AFP.

Read more
Thousands of Sudan's Hausa protest after deadly clashes over land

Thousands of Sudan's Hausa protest after deadly clashes over land

Thousands of Sudan's Hausa people protested in multiple cities Tuesday, demanding justice for dozens of comrades killed in a deadly land dispute with a rival ethnic group in the country's south.

Read more
Ukraine lawmakers vote to sack prosecutor general, security chief

Ukraine lawmakers vote to sack prosecutor general, security chief

Ukrainian lawmakers on Tuesday endorsed the president's decision to sack the country's top prosecutor and security chief, rubber stamping Ukraine's largest political shake-up since Russia invaded.

Read more