Morning Chronicle - News around the clock from London, Great Britain and the world

Top-ranked Scheffler powers to PGA St. Jude Championship victory

Trump says US scaling back military drills with South Korea

Jacquet scores on Liverpool debut in friendly win over Como

Zambia's Hichilema takes early lead in reelection bid

Hawaii's Big Island begins recovery efforts as Hurricane Lala downgrades, moves west

Sabalenka squeezes out a win on sixth match point in Cincinnati

Spidey swings high for third weekend in N. American box office

Duplantis dominant, Hunt hits four and Asher-Smith makes history

Eagle and late birdie lift Jeeno to LPGA Portland Classic win

Spanish soldier dies in Aragon wildfire

Duplantis masterclass for fourth Euro pole vault title

PSG beaten by Lens in French Champions' Trophy

Records for Asher-Smith, Hunt as Britain win 4x100m mixed relay

Rybakina, Andreeva race into Cincinnati third round

Barcelona reach deal with Man City to sign Rodri

Barcelona have reached a deal with Manchester City to sign Spanish World Cup winner Rodri, a source from the Catalan club told AFP Sunday.

Amy Hunt bags fourth Euro gold as Britain win 4x100m mixed relay

Amy Hunt bagged a record fourth gold at the European championships on Sunday as part of the winning British quartet in the 4x100m mixed relay.

Misery for Maresca as Man City make dismal start to life after Guardiola

Enzo Maresca urged Manchester City to learn from their chastening Community Shield defeat against Arsenal after the Italian made a dismal start to the daunting task of replacing Pep Guardiola.

Spanish soldier dies in Aragon wildfire: regional leader

A Spanish soldier died on Sunday while helping efforts to extinguish a major wildfire in Aragon, the northeastern region's leader said, with local media reporting his truck had overturned.

Strikes kill 19 in Russia and Ukraine

Strikes killed 19 people in Russia and Ukraine, authorities said Sunday, as waves of drones and missiles pummelled civilian infrastructure on both sides.

Belgium's Pocognoli appointed new Scotland manager

Former Monaco coach Sebastien Pocognoli was named as the new manager of the Scotland national team on Sunday, replacing Steve Clarke who stood down following the World Cup.

Lula and Bolsonaro court women voters as Brazil election campaign kicks off

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his right-wing rival Flavio Bolsonaro kicked off their election campaigns Sunday with a bid to woo women voters who could prove decisive in a tight race for the presidency.

Marchand storms to second gold of European championships

French swimming star Leon Marchand powered to his second gold of the European championships in Paris on Sunday, easing to victory in the 400m freestyle, an event he rarely races.

Belgium races to tame huge wildfire creeping towards Germany

Water-bombing aircraft and farmers' tractors joined forces Sunday to help firefighters tame Belgium's largest modern-day wildfire, which has scorched vast swathes of a hard-to-reach nature reserve near the German border.

Kushner meets with Hamas in push to revive Gaza plan

US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and envoy Jared Kushner met Hamas's new leader in Egypt on Sunday, sources with knowledge of the talks told AFP, in a push to revive a Gaza peace plan rejected by Israel.

In The News

Two dead, hundreds evacuated from fires on island near Athens