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Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Sunday Britain would not tolerate people feeling intimidated "because of their background or the colour of their skin" after a large far-right protest was marked by battles with police.

Melissa Jefferson Wooden produced a stunning performance to win the women's 100 metres world title on Sunday, taking her first major individual gold.

China and the United States kicked off the latest round of trade talks on Sunday in Madrid, where they are set to thrash out their TikTok dispute and President Donald Trump's promised hefty tariffs.

France overturned a 13-point half-time deficit to beat Ireland 18-13 in a thrilling Women's Rugby World Cup quarter-final in Exeter on Sunday.

Oblique Seville won Jamaica's first men's world 100m title in 10 years after outpacing Kishane Thompson and defending champion Noah Lyles for gold in Tokyo on Sunday.

Marc Marquez is on the verge of winning his seventh MotoGP world title after triumphing in Sunday's San Marino Grand Prix and breaking the sport's all-time record for championship points.

Melissa Jefferson Wooden produced a stunning performance to win the women's 100 metres world title on Sunday.

Former boxing world champion Ricky Hatton has died aged 46, just two months after announcing a comeback fight after a 13-year absence from the ring.

Oblique Seville won Jamaica's first world 100m title in 10 years after outpacing Kishane Thompson and Noah Lyles for gold in Tokyo on Sunday.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that a visit to Israel by top US diplomat Marco Rubio underscored the strength of ties between the allies, days after an unprecedented Israeli strike targeting Hamas leaders in Qatar drew broad criticism.

France's Jimmy Gressier pulled off a huge upset by winning the men's 10,000m at the world championships in Tokyo on Sunday.

Marc Marquez is on the verge of winning his seventh MotoGP world title after triumphing in Sunday's San Marino Grand Prix.

Japan's Naoya Inoue gave a masterclass of technical boxing to beat Uzbekistan's Murodjon Akhmadaliev by unaminous decision on Sunday and retain his undisputed super bantamweight world titles.

Alexander Isak is not in Liverpool's squad for their Premier League match at Burnley on Sunday.

China dominated every final of badminton's Hong Kong Open on Sunday, with world number four Li Shifeng comfortably beating India's Lakshya Sen to clinch his second world tour title this year.

Former world boxing champion Ricky Hatton has died aged 46, Britain's Press Association news agency reported Sunday.

Defending champion Noah Lyles, Jamaica's Kishane Thompson and Botswanan Letsile Tebogo headlined the sprinters progressing to the final of the men's 100m at the world championships in Tokyo on Sunday.

Defending champion Sha'Carri Richardson scraped into the 100 metres final at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday, qualifying as one of the two fastest losers.

Former world boxing champion Ricky Hatton has died aged 46, Britain's Press Association news agency reported Sunday.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Sunday said pro-Palestinian protests that have rocked the Vuelta a Espana filled him with "pride" as large demonstrations await the race's final stage in Madrid.

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone sailed through the heats of the women's 400 metres at the world championships in Tokyo on Sunday.

Polish President Karol Nawrocki is due in Berlin for talks on Tuesday, with his past criticism of Germany looming over Warsaw's diplomatic drive to bolster allied support after a Russian drone incursion.

Terence Crawford stunned Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez to claim the undisputed super middleweight world boxing crown on Saturday, becoming the first man to win undisputed titles in three weight divisions.

Top US diplomat Marco Rubio began a visit to Israel on Sunday, after expressing the Trump administration's unwavering support for its ally in the war with Hamas despite a strike in Qatar that drew broad criticism of Israel.

Faced with rising Black Sea temperatures that suffocate his mussels, Bulgarian farmer Nayden Stanev has been forced to change his ways -- shifting his seeding schedule and harvesting at cooler depths.

Nepal's new leader vowed Sunday to follow protesters' demands to "end corruption" as she began work as interim prime minister, after "Gen Z" youth demonstrations ousted her predecessor.

Terence Crawford stunned Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez to claim the undisputed super middleweight world boxing crown on Saturday, becoming the first man to win undisputed titles in three weight divisions.

Terence Crawford stunned Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez to claim the undisputed super middleweight world boxing crown on Saturday, becoming the first man to win undisputed titles in three weight divisions.

Top US diplomat Marco Rubio began a visit to Israel on Sunday, after expressing the Trump administration's unwavering support for its ally in the war with Hamas despite a strike in Qatar that drew broad criticism of Israel.

For the third year running toxic blue-green algae blooms that look like pea soup and smell like rotten eggs have covered much of Lough Neagh, the largest lake in the UK and Ireland.

A crowd streamed out of a major Dakar cinema on a recent Tuesday night after watching Senegal's movie of the summer: a book adaptation with no special effects or Hollywood stars that nonetheless has taken box offices by storm.

Surrounded by incubators, a red tube snaking into her tiny nose, four-day-old Grace-Ella is being fed donated breastmilk at the only facility in Kenya that offers the life-giving service.