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Myanmar extends emergency rule

Min Aung Hliang who led last year’s coup will serve an additional six months

The military government in Myanmar has announced that the leader of last year's coup, Min Aung Hliang, will head the country for a further six months. State media said the National Defence and Security Council extended the state of emergency to facilitate multi-party elections next year.

Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has described as a great loss the killing of the owner of one of the country's largest grain exporters. Oleksiy Vadatursky and his wife, Raisa, died when a Russian missile hit their home in the southern city of Mykolaiv.

And ecstatic reaction across England to the historic victory of their women's football team in the European championship. The Lionesses, as the team are called, beat Germany two-one thanks to an extra time goal from Chloe Kelly.

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  • Mon 1 Aug 202205:06GMT