Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo died in a northern Chinese hospital of multiple organ failure on Thursday, Shenyang justice authorities announced in a statement. The 61-year-old was granted medical parole last month after being diagnosed with terminal liver cancer in late May.

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was convicted of corruption and money laundering yesterday. Saudi Arabia has blocked access to a popular Israeli Arab website after it posted articles about alleged Saudi plans to normalize relations with Israel, and cited reports from the Hebrew press that Israeli officials are pleased with King Salman’s designation of his son Muhammad bin Salman as crown prince. People who displayed "extraordinary acts of courage" in the wake of the Manchester bombing have been honoured alongside pop star Ariana Grande.

Donald Trump Jr was informed in an email ahead of a meeting with a Russian lawyer that damaging information about Hillary Clinton to be handed over was part of an effort by the Russian government to help the Trump campaign, the New York Times has reported. Tensions are rising over how much it will cost the UK to leave the EU. Boris Johnson has hit out over the €100 billion some European Union figures want the UK to pay before leaving  Theresa May has announced an inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal that claimed thousands of lives the

A U.K. judge has allowed the parents of a terminally ill Charlie Gard to present fresh evidence in their campaign for their son to be allowed to receive experimental treatment. At a hearing at the High Court in London Monday, the child’s parents, Chris Gard and Connie Yates, were given until Wednesday to present new evidence with a hearing set for Thursday. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko reaffirmed his country’s desire to join NATO during talks with alliance Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday, shortly before EU leaders arrive in Ukraine to celebrate improved political and economic ties.

Iraq’s prime minister Haider al-Abadi celebrated with Iraqi troops in Mosul yesterday after they drove Islamic State militants from some of their last strongholds in a nearly nine-month campaign. Growing concerns as deadly game known as the Blue Whale Game spreads in Britain and lastly, Daniel Craig is set to play James Bond for the 5th time.

German police clashed with protesters before a G-20 summit in Hamburg on Thursday, tarnishing the outset of a meeting Chancellor Angela Merkel hopes will cement her role as a stateswoman as she seeks re-election in September. And terrorism investigators have confirmed that they believe the Manchester Arena suicide bomber, Salman Abedi, did not act alone when preparing his attack on an Ariana Grande concert that killed 22 people.

US President Donald Trump is due to give a major speech in Poland's capital, Warsaw, laying out his vision for America's relations with Europe. Saudi Arabia has been singled out as the primary financier of British citizens becoming radicalized and leaving the country to fight for the jihadist militant group Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria. Foreign nationals who survived the Grenfell Towers inferno could be deported from the UK despite Theresa May’s pledge to not carry out immigration checks on them. Lastly, transport for London has launched a Tube map to make it easier for people with anxiety or claustrophobia to avoid tunnels. The new map highlights the parts of the network which are underground, helping people to navigate around them.

The United States has asked for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council following North Korea's claim that it successfully test-launched its first intercontinental ballistic missile.

A 19-year-old man has been jailed for life for planning a bomb attack that may have targeted an Elton John concert or Oxford Street in central London. Haroon Syed, of west London, admitted preparing acts of terrorism after trying to source weapons including a suicide bomb and machine gun. And 18 people have died after a coach crashed into a truck and burst into flames on a motorway in Bavaria, Germany. Authorities have confirmed “numerous” deaths, with 30 more injured in the horror smash shortly after 7am local time.

Investigators have found that some tenants at Grenfell Tower were subletting, but the UK government says these tenants will not be prosecuted. United States President Donald Trump is being accused of inciting video after he tweeted a video of him “wrestling” with CNN. The UK is pulling out of the European fishing covention, ending a 50 year agreement between the UK and Europe.