Philippines: Three dead and eight injured in shooting at Banga high school

A 16-year-old gunman has shot two students dead and injured eight others at a Philippine high school, before killing himself.

The two deceased victims were 14-year-old pupils at a school in Banga in the southern province of Mindanao, the local mayor told the BBC.

‘Clear retribution’: dismay as key Alzheimer’s study cancelled amid Trump attacks on science

Roderick Blair was surprised when scientific researchers appeared on his doorstep in the Homewood neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Here, on a recent summer day, police cars, an ambulance and a TV reporter crowded into a driveway on the edge of the neighborhood. A helicopter swung overhead. Saplings peeked over rooflines from gutters, windows were broken, screens tattered, doors boarded up and rippling sidewalks crumbled. Bedraggled chain link fences held back the season’s tall grass.

Disabled people in UK need right to travel abroad, say MPs, after ‘ridiculous’ restrictions

Disabled people must have a guaranteed right to travel abroad, MPs and peers have said, as further cases emerged of individuals barred from taking holidays as a result of “ridiculous” rules imposed by local NHS care boards and local councils.

US wheat farmers navigate uncertainty amid drought and geopolitical chaos

Wheat prices are at their highest level in three years, which means farmer Merrill Nielsen should be getting more for his crops out of his 2,500-acre (1,010-hectare) Kansas farm.

Yet even as future prices for bread-type wheat are up 39%, Nielsen is unsure whether increased prices will raise his bottom line. The price of diesel fuel, which he needs to run his tractor, has hit record highs. Then there’s the erratic weather that made him lose his entire wheat crop in the spring, and drought has overtaken the southern Great Plains.

Drivers ignoring roadwork closures to skip queues ‘wilfully putting lives at risk’

Drivers ignoring roadwork closures to skip queues are putting lives at risk, National Highways has warned, after recording hundreds of incidents this year where cars were deliberately driven through cones or barriers.

Palmer and Alexander-Arnold recalled after England World Cup snub

Cole Palmer and Trent Alexander-Arnold recalled by Thomas Tuchel for Nations League but still no place for Phil Foden.

Chelsea’s Cole Palmer has been recalled to the England squad after being controversially omitted from the World Cup.

Surrey council staff refused anonymity for Sara Sharif inquest

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Louisiana firefighters find feline native to sub-Saharan Africa while responding to house fire

Louisiana firefighters responding to a small house blaze found a wildcat native to sub-Saharan Africa illegally enclosed in the back yard, and an animal welfare agency is now seeking to place the creature in an appropriate environment, according to officials.

Swimmer dies after being bitten by shark off popular Perth beach

A man has died after being bitten by a shark off Sorrento Beach in Perth’s north.

Emergency services were called to the popular beach at about 10.30am on Friday after reports of a shark-related incident.

Abhishek Sharma hits record T20 ton as India beat Afghanistan by 127 runs

India opener Abhishek Sharma hits nine fours and 11 sixes in total of 221-7 as India seal 3-0 T20 series sweep.

Opener Abhishek Sharma hit a record T20 century off 30 balls to set up a crushing 127-run win for India in the third match against Afghanistan and sweep the series 3-0.