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Israeli PM Netanyahu says an agreement to curb Iran’s nuclear programme in exchange for relaxing sanctions is a “bad mistake”. Six major powers have reached a “historic” agreement with Iran on the country’s nuclear programme after years of negotiations. The EU’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini made the announcement at a news conference in Vienna where foreign ministers had been meeting to ratify a deal that was thrashed out early on Tuesday. Ms Mogherini said the deal provided an opportunity to open a new chapter in international relations. As part of the deal, billions of dollars worth of sanctions are…

Nasa’s New Horizons spacecraft has made the first visit to Pluto, speeding past at 14km per second. Earlier, the space agency released the most detailed picture yet as it hurtled towards the dwarf planet on Tuesday. The probe was set to grab more images and other data as it passed just 12,500km from the little world at 11:50 GMT (12:50 BST). The spacecraft is currently out of contact with Earth as it continues its observations. We have completed the initial reconnaissance of the Solar System Alan Stern, New Horizons chief scientist But scientists already have colour data from the approach…

Even without the benefit of context, the image of a naked 9-year-old girl running for her life is as searing and indelible today as it was 43 years ago. That image jolted people around the world. Some say it hastened the end of the Vietnam War. “I always remember that horrible day that we ran from life to death,” says Kim Phuc, the girl in that iconic photo. Now 52, she lives just outside Toronto, a wife, mother and survivor inextricably linked to a photograph that dominated front pages in 1972, seven months before the signing of Paris Peace Accords…

Micronesia’s coach admits it was “boys against men” after his team suffered their third hiding in a row at the Pacific Games. A football team have been beaten 46-0 in one of the most lopsided games ever seen in international football. Micronesia’s drubbing by Vanuatu followed a 38-0 loss to Fiji and a 30-0 score line against Tahiti at the Pacific Games in Papua New Guinea. It meant the Federated States of Micronesia conceded a total of 114 goals in their three group matches. Their Australian coach Stan Foster admitted it was “boys against men” and called for help from…

A minute’s silence has been observed across the UK in memory of the 52 people killed by suicide bombers in London on 7 July 2005. Survivors of the attacks and relatives of the victims were among those to mark the 10-year anniversary at a ceremony at St Paul’s Cathedral in London. Some stations held silences at 08:50 BST – a decade on from the first bombs. Earlier, David Cameron was among those who laid wreaths in Hyde Park – where another service will be held later. The bombings of three Tube trains and a bus – carried out by four…

Greece’s outspoken finance minister has resigned, hours after voters backed his call to reject creditors’ demands for more austerity in a referendum. Yanis Varoufakis said it was felt his departure would be helpful in finding a solution to the country’s debt crisis. Eurozone finance ministers, with whom he repeatedly clashed, had wanted him removed, Mr Varoufakis explained. Meanwhile, global financial markets have fallenover fears that Greece is heading for an exit from the euro. The European Central Bank (ECB) is to discuss whether to raise its emergency cash support for Greek banks, which are running out of funds and on…

Scientists have warned that marine life will be irreversibly changed unless CO2 emissions are drastically cut. Writing in Science, experts say the oceans are heating, losing oxygen and becoming more acidic because of CO2. They warn that the 2C maximum temperature rise for climate change agreed by governments will not prevent dramatic impacts on ocean systems. And they say the range of options is dwindling as the cost of those options is skyrocketing. Twenty-two world-leading marine scientists have collaborated in the synthesis report in a special section of Science journal. They say the oceans are at parlous risk from the…