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AFGHANISTAN: Kabul was plunged into mourning on Sunday after its deadliest attack for 15 years killed 80 people and left hundreds maimed, reigniting concern that the Islamic State group was seeking to expand its foothold in Afghanistan.
TURKEY: Many thousands of Turks massed on Sunday for the first cross-party rally to condemn the coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, amid a purge of suspected state enemies.
GERMANY: The 18-year-old gunman who killed nine people in a shooting spree in Munich had been planning his crime for a year, officials said on Sunday.
IRAQ: A suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 15 people in a Shiite area of northern Baghdad on Sunday, security and medical officials said.
PHILIPPINES: President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a landmark freedom of information order to allow the public full access to government records for the first time, his spokesman said on Sunday.
Brexit is risk to global growth: G20
Britain's vote to leave the European Union heightens risks for the world economy, finance chiefs from the G20 group of leading countries said on Sunday. The outcome of June's referendum "adds to the uncertainty in the global economy", they said in a communique after a meeting of central bankers and government officials in the Chinese city of Chengdu. But they insisted that G20 countries were "well positioned to proactively address the potential economic and financial consequences" of the vote, adding: "In the future, we hope to see the UK as a close partner of the EU." The G20 cited several other factors complicating the global economic environment, among them "geopolitical conflicts, terrorism and refugee flows". But participants said Brexit was at the forefront of concerns at the meeting in Chengdu, the last before the G20 summit in September. Philip Hammond, Britain's finance minister, told reporters the subject had come up "a great deal". "The reality is there will be a measure of uncertainty continuing right up to the conclusion of our negotiations with the EU," he said. Before the meeting, the International Monetary Fund downgraded its forecasts for global growth this year and next, to 3.1 per cent and 3.4 per cent respectively. "'Brexit' marks the materialisation of an important downside risk to global growth," IMF staff said.
Dover delays 'could continue for days'
Motorists face more misery on the roads to Dover as queues continue amid disruption expected to last until Monday. Some people were forced to spend the night in their cars after getting stuck in jams leading to the port. UK Border Force officials have been drafted in to work with French border police after the Government admitted motorists had suffered ''extraordinary disruption''. On Sunday morning Kent Police said people could expect delays of 10 hours on the A20, with around 12 miles of queuing traffic back to junction 11 of the M20. Queues have eased slightly, authorities at the port said, but are likely to continue as more people set out to try and make the crossing to France. Kent Police said the disruption is down to a ''vast volume of holiday traffic'' coupled with delays caused by heightened security at the border in the wake of terror attacks. Increased checks were put in place by French authorities at the port in light of recent terror attacks, but questions have been raised about staffing levels to deal with the huge number of people. After complaints that just one French officer was available to check in coaches on Friday night into Saturday, port authorities said six booths - four for cars, one for coaches and one for freight traffic - were manned overnight into Sunday. (PA)
Chris Froome wins third Tour de France
Chris Froome won his third Tour de France as German Andre Greipel claimed Sunday's 21st and final stage on the Champs Elysees in Paris. Froome, who was also champion in 2013 and last year, finished ahead of Frenchman Romain Bardet in second and Nairo Quintana of Colombia in third. For Greipel, who pipped world champion Peter Sagan on the line with Alexander Kristoff third, it was a second successive victory on the final stage and 11th stage win in total. Froome crossed the line, as he has done before, arm-in-arm with his Sky team-mates stretched out across the road, clad in a special kit in which their usual blue stripe was replaced by a yellow one. Such was the ease of this, Froome'smost dominant victory yet, that he could even afford to trundle home, losing time to his nearest challengers,safe in the knowledge he had started the day with more than four minutes to play with. In a typically frantic sprint finish, Greipel timed his charge to perfection. He took Kristoff's wheel and darted out at the right time to save his Tour. Having won four stages last year, he had yet to taste victory this time until Sunday as Mark Cavendish, who quit the race to focus on the Olympics earlier this week, dominated the sprints, winning four stages. Sagan, typically finished fastest but he left his push a fraction too late and failed to add to his three stage wins this year - his best return at the Tour. Yet he still won the sprinters' green points jersey.
United Kingdom in Brief
ARREST: Two people have been arrested after a five-year-old boy died following an incident at a water park. Leicestershire Police were called to Bosworth Water Park at around 3.50pm on Saturday after a young boy was taken to University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire - where he later died. A man and woman were detained and are currently being questioned by police about the incident. (PA)LABOUR: Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has lashed out at opponents of Jeremy Corbyn, accusing them of trying to ''destroy'' the Labour Party in order to get rid of their leader. Mr McDonnell said there was a ''small group'' within the party responsible for the current turmoil which has seen it beset by allegations of bullying, intimidation and abuse. (PA)
STIMULUS: Britain could unleash a government stimulus package this autumn to counter the negative effects of its vote to leave the European Union, the Chancellor said on Sunday. "We have the option of a fiscal response, and we will do that on our normal timetable around the autumn statement," Philip Hammond told reporters on the sidelines of the G20 meeting.
CRASH: Two British schoolchildren remain in hospital after being badly injured when a coach full of pupils crashed in France near the Swiss border. The two students, one described as in a life-threatening condition and the other in a serious condition, were airlifted to hospital from the crash site on the A39 motorway at Lons-le-Saunier. (PA)
SPOILT: The Duke of Cambridge has revealed his son Prince George was "far too spoilt" and received "too many presents" on his third birthday as he and the Duchess visited Sir Ben Ainslie's America's Cup headquarters in Portsmouth. (PA)
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FORMULA 1: Defending champion Lewis Hamilton produced a trademark triumph of pace and panache to win Sunday'sHungarian Grand Prix ahead of his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg and replace him as leader of this year’s world title race.
CRICKET: England captain Alastair Cook left Pakistan needing to rewrite the record books if they were to win the second Test at Old Trafford, after opting against enforcing the follow-on on Sunday's third day. At stumps were 98 for one in their second innings.
TENNIS: Spain's Feliciano Lopez claimed his first clay-court title on Sunday with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Dutchman Robin Haase in the final in Gstaad.
ATP: France's Gael Monfils advanced to the ATP and WTA Washington Open final in sweltering conditions on Saturday. The 29-year-old Frenchman ripped 19-year-old German Alexander Zverev 6-4, 6-0.
WTA: Germany's Laura Siegemund clinched her first WTA title in Bastad after defeating Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic 7-5, 6-1 in Sunday's final.
CYCLING: Australian Chloe Hosking won the women's Tour de France on the Champs Elysees in Paris on Sunday in a sprint finish.
GOLF: England cruised into the final singles matches along with the US and Taiwan at the LPGA's International Crown team event.
TOUR: European Tour chief executive Keith Pelley plans to introduce six-hole tournaments complete with blaring music in a bid to shake up golf's staid image.
FOOTBALL: Pep Guardiola rejects any suggestion he would not shake hands with arch-rival Jose Mourinho when Manchester City playManchester United in Bejing.
FRIENDLY: Leicester City secured a penalty shoot-out victory over Celtic after a 1-1 draw in an International Champions Cup friendly.
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