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The world’s longest and most expensive railway tunnel opens on Wednesday in Switzerland.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says that Israel's military campaign in Gaza has turned the territory into the world's "greatest open-air graveyard". Borrell's comment comes as he arrives in Brussels for a meeting of EU foreign ministers. SOUNDBITE
Spain fans gathered to watch the Women's World Cup final in Madrid rejoice as Olga Carmona opens the score in the 29th minute. IMAGES
Images from a multi-train crash site that killed more than 288 people and injured more than 850 injured near Balasore, in India's eastern state of Odisha, the country's deadliest rail accident in more than 20 years. Carriages had flipped over entirely in the crash late on Friday and as dawn broke on Saturday, rescue workers were able to see the full extent of the carnage. IMAGES
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inaugurates the world's longest suspension bridge over the Dardanelles which stretches straight into north-western Turkey. The bridge cuts travel time between Asia and Europe to around six minutes. IMAGES
The ruling Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea (PDGE) opens a congress where its leader, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo seems set to be nominated to run for a sixth term. In power for 42 years, the leader appears to be preferred since party elite think his son Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, nicknamed "Teodorin", is not yet ready for the role. IMAGES