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By Lucy Clarke-Billings, BBC News Gianmarco Tamberi of Team Italy celebrating his wife Chiara Bontempi after winning the gold medal in the Men's High Jump Final during day five of the 26th European Athletics Championships at Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy, on 11 June, 2024. Photo: Massimo Valicchia / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP Italian high jumper Gianmarco Tamberi has issued a grovelling apology to his wife after losing his wedding ring during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. The 32-year-old world champion was flag-waving for Italy, as the boat carrying its athletes sailed down the River Seine, when the ring slipped off his finger. "I'm sorry my love, I'm so sorry," he wrote on Instagram in a post dedicated to his wife, Chiara Bontempi Tamberi. The athlete blamed "losing ...

In this 24 July, 2024, image obtained from the Jasper National Park in Canada, smoke rises from a wildfire burning in the park. Photo: Handout / Jasper National Park / AFP Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has thanked New Zealand firefighters for their help battling a wildfire raging through Jasper National Park. Trudeau posted a message on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), thanking the brave first responders and mentioning firefighters from New Zealand, Australia, Mexico and South Africa. And, to reinforce their efforts, over 400 firefighters from our friends in Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, and South Africa are on their way to fight wildfires in Alberta, shoulder-to-shoulder with our Canadian teams.— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) July 25, 2024 Rain and ...

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage during a rally on 13 July, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/AFP Donald Trump's former White House physician disputed on Friday a suggestion by the FBI director that shrapnel, not a bullet, could have caused the injury to the Republican presidential candidate's right ear during an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania on 13 July. The narrative that a bullet ripped through Trump's ear, and that he escaped death by just a quarter of an inch, has become a major element of the former president's White House campaign. Many of his supporters say the fact he survived was divine intervention and Trump mentions his brush with death in his speeches. "I took a bullet for democ...

Smoke rises from a wildfire burning at the Jasper National Park in Canada. Photo: Jasper National Park / AFP A massive wildfire that destroyed about a third of the western Canadian tourist town of Jasper is still out of control but rain and cooler conditions are helping firefighters, authorities said on Friday. Jasper, located in the middle of Alberta's picturesque Jasper National Park, is a major tourist destination. The town and park, which draw more than 2 million tourists a year to this area of the Rocky Mountains, were evacuated on Monday. "Rain and cooler temperatures and the incredibly hard work of firefighters have resulted in fire activity that is significantly subdued," said Alberta premier Danielle Smith. "It is important to note that the fire is still out of control, and it ...