New government figures put the Ebola death toll above 4,000 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with 8,300 confirmed cases across seven provinces. [Source 1]
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Denmark, Sweden and Finland recorded the highest rates in Eurostat’s 2024 comparison of organised breast cancer screening programmes.
Cassius Newton and Aran Martinson died after setting out on a hike in the UAE in extreme heat, a coroner found.
Swiss prosecutors have discontinued proceedings over the death of Liam Byrne, a Scottish wingsuit flyer who crashed during a jump in June 2025.
The UN chief has expressed concern about the flight incident and condemned acts that endanger passengers or civil aviation.
The Israeli airline has cancelled its planned Friday flights from Dubai, citing a landing-approval problem. Another carrier says it has some, but not all, of the clearances it needs.
The ECB has raised its key rates, Nieuws.nl reports, but Dutch savers will only benefit if their banks choose to pay more interest.
The Orionids are active, but clear skies will matter for UK viewers looking on Friday. The shower peaks later this month.
Dutch justice minister David van Weel has maintained that an EU payment to Sierra Leone was withheld over drug crime, despite an EU commissioner’s technical explanation.