PBS News · Aug 1, 2026 2:03 PM
All 10 climbers swept away in avalanche in Pakistan are confirmed dead
The 10-member expedition was swept away by an avalanche Thursday on Pakistan's Broad Peak.
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PBS News · Aug 1, 2026 1:51 PM
Heat wave expected to bring record-breaking temps, heighten wildfire risk to parts of Western U.S.
A ridge of high pressure is holding heat close to the ground — what's known as a heat dome — from Arizona to Montana, though the good news is that it will be relatively short-lived, National Weather Service meteorologists said.
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BBC News · Aug 1, 2026 1:23 PM
William and Kate bring children to Commonwealth Games
Spectators at Glasgow's OVO Hydro were treated to exhilarating performances during New Zealand's 61-54 win over England.
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BBC News · Aug 1, 2026 1:07 PM
Call for 'full review' as pressure grows on Infantino
The leadership of Fifa is publicly questioned by football's governing bodies in Europe, North and Central America and the Caribbean.
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PBS News · Aug 1, 2026 12:15 PM
Trump's threat to push ahead on settlement fund injects new uncertainty into attorney general talks
Trump asserted in a Truth Social post that he would keep acting Attorney General Todd Blanche in his current role and press ahead on the "Anti-Weaponization Fund" if Sens. John Cornyn and Thom Tillis refuse to back Blanche.
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PBS News · Aug 1, 2026 11:54 AM
Infantino abandoned his World Cup equity plan after seismic FIFA backlash. Here's what to know
"Having listened carefully to all the views, it has become clear that the project has created divisions of a nature that, regardless of the level of support, are no longer in the interest of the objective set out in the first…
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BBC News · Aug 1, 2026 11:46 AM
Spain attacks 'selfish' response of some EU countries to Ceuta migrant crossings
Italy has temporarily suspended the Schengen arrangement with Spain as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called scenes in Ceuta "shocking".
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BBC News · Aug 1, 2026 11:25 AM
Mountaineer Nirmal Purja killed in Pakistan avalanche, his company says
The renowned mountaineer was known for scaling the world's 14 highest peaks in just over six months in 2019.
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PBS News · Aug 1, 2026 11:19 AM
Spain to put containment fence on Ceuta's border with Morocco after frontier rush that killed 67
The death toll climbed to 67, including some who drowned and others who were killed in a stampede to cross a breakwater barrier, the Spanish government said Saturday.
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BBC News · Aug 1, 2026 9:35 AM
Nine killed in strikes on Kyiv, as Ukraine sinks Russian container ship
The attack comes as Moscow escalates deadly ballistic missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital.
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BBC News · Aug 1, 2026 8:42 AM
The five dramatic days that shook Infantino and world football
BBC Sport's Simon Stone reflects on the unravelling of Gianni Infantino's plans to sell off stakes in Fifa competitions.
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NPR News · Aug 1, 2026 8:00 AM
Opinion: Remembering Margo Howard
Margo Howard had a lot of life experience and used it to offer advice for years as "Dear Prudence" for Slate. She died this week at the age of 86.
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NPR News · Aug 1, 2026 7:14 AM
How these slum dwellers went from one-room shacks to beautiful new apartments
It's a bold new experiment and it's already won a prize. Residents in a jam-packed slum, many of them living in one-room tin shacks, help design their apartments in a brand new building.
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NPR News · Aug 1, 2026 7:00 AM
FDA weighs a new kind of flu shot based on technology RFK Jr. has questioned
The FDA is poised to render a decision on Moderna's mRNA-based flu shot, which could be the first of its kind to market. The decision is expected to reverberate throughout the biotech industry.
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NPR News · Aug 1, 2026 6:00 AM
Lebanese who fled the Israeli invasion visit to see what's left
Residents of the ancient town of Nabatiyeh in southern Lebanon have endured wars in the past, but the latest conflict with Israel is testing the limits of their endurance.
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NPR News · Aug 1, 2026 6:00 AM
More than 25,000 children lose previous legal protections, as federal contract ends
Thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children are set to lose legal representation. The federal contract that pays for legal access expired Friday.
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NPR News · Aug 1, 2026 5:36 AM
Death toll in Spain border crisis reaches 67 as tens of thousands cross back in to Morocco
The death toll in Spain's Ceuta border crisis with Morocco has climbed to 67. They included some who drowned and some who were killed in a stampede to cross a breakwater barrier.
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BBC News · Aug 1, 2026 5:13 AM
Sir John Curtice: The 'Burnham bounce' is real but it's not massive
The governing party's poll ratings have improved but they're only just ahead of Reform.
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