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Fri, 17 July 2026 at 5:29 pm UTC Police have released an image of a man who died after being attacked in a shop in East Finchley as a suspect is questioned by police on suspicion of murder. 53-year-old Paul Heyfron died in hospital 12 days after an assault on him inside a shop on Brook Walk in the north London neighbourhood. Detectives arrested a 30-year-old man on suspicion of murder at an address in Lewisham, southeast London, on Friday.

With sheer cliffs towering hundreds of metres above the waters of the Rio Grande, vast desert landscapes, and rugged mountain ranges, Big Bend National Park in southern Texas is considered one of the most remote parks in the United States. But this park on the Mexican border has also become a battleground, with strong public opposition to a border infrastructure construction project looming over the area for months, and the waiver of a series of laws to expedite its implementation.

Gen Z, the flats-only generation, has finally succumbed to the heel – albeit a tiny one. Long vocally anti-heel, the cohort who were born between 1997 and 2012 have famously shunned millennials’ obsession with Jimmy Choos in favour of pancake-flat shoes, from the Adidas Samba “It-trainer” to the split-toe Margiela Tabi and so-called “French girl ballet flats”.

Tom Pidcock leapt up the overall standings in the Tour de France, briefly climbing as high as second place, after a fulminating stage to Belfort ended in a debut Tour win for Swiss professional Mauro Schmid. Pidcock was one of the key instigators of a mass breakaway that formed on the rolling roads of the Jura and Doubs, on the long approach to the 9km climb of the Ballon d’Alsace, overlooking Belfort.

The US homeland security secretary, Markwayne Mullin, doubled down on Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated election claims on Friday amid his agency’s efforts to support the president’s agenda. Trump used a memo compiled by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as the basis of many of his unsubstantiated claims on Thursday during his televised primetime address to the nation. “This isn’t about rehashing the 2020 election.

Fri, 17 July 2026 at 5:05 pm UTC Mel C and partner Chris Dingwall are expected to exchange vows in a “secret wedding” this weekend, according to multiple reports. The singer, 52, has not announced any engagement or plans to marry the Australian model, actor and screenwriter, who is believed to be in his late 40s, but the Daily Mail reported the couple are ready to say “I do”.

Five feet and three inches sat between Lucas Herbert and the making of history. Another distance was far, far more relevant; that between the Australian golfer’s ears. Thousands have tried to produce a 61 in the long, celebrated history of men’s major championships. There is a reason no one has succeeded. Including, at 12 minutes past two on Friday afternoon, Herbert. No wonder his instant reaction was to slump with hands over his knees.

Russian strikes on Ukraine in the past day have killed seven people and injured more than 67. In a post on X, Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a number of regions had been hit, including Odesa, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Kherson, Donetsk, and Dnipro. Zelenskyy said Russia had sent more than 130 attack drones and eight missiles into Ukraine overnight and into Friday morning.

The culmination of the 2026 World Cup has arrived. Here's what you need to know about Sunday's final between Argentina and Spain. 3 p.m. ET | Sunday | Where: East Rutherford, New Jersey | TV: Fox At the end of 90 minutes: Spain (+130), Argentina (+240), Tie (+200) To win World Cup in regulation, ET or penalties: Spain (-165), Argentina (+120) Spain: The 2024 European champions have mastered the best way to go undefeated in a soccer tournament: Don't allow your opponents to score a goal.

The Rolling Stones have pulled level with The Beatles for number one records after landing their 15th chart-topping album, according to the Official Charts Company. The 14-track record – titled Foreign Tongues – follows on from their 2023 release Hackney Diamonds, and has been widely praised by critics as a late-career peak.