Settlement Row, Kenya Crash and a Family's Loss

Israel opened tenders for a highly sensitive construction project east of Jerusalem that critics say would split the occupied West Bank in two, drawing fresh international condemnation. The news broke alongside grim word from Kenya, where a helicopter crash killed seven people, among them Ecuador's intelligence chief Michele Sensi-Contugi, his wife Stephany Hollihan, and several Americans. Britain absorbed its own run of loss. Police opened a murder investigation in Hounslow after a woman died and nine others were hurt in a house fire, while further south a London couple and their teenage daughter drowned off Shoreham beach in West Sussex. In Germany, an 81-year-old man confessed to the 1994 murder of Texas tourist Amy Lopez in Koblenz, closing a 32-year-old cold case. Against that backdrop came steadier news. Canada's PM Carney reported real progress in trade talks with Washington ahead of a new weekend tariff deadline, and researchers said a new cancer vaccine extended remission in a clinical trial, though how long the benefit lasts is still unclear. On the pitch, Ollie Robinson and Josh Tongue took five wickets each as England bowled Pakistan out for 171 on day one at Headingley, a perfect start to Joe Root's second stint as captain, while Harry Kane said the urge to leave Germany for a Premier League return "isn't there as much anymore."