Slovenian Tadej Pogačar has joined the exclusive club of five-time Tour de France winners, while Mathieu van der Poel won Sunday’s final stage through the streets of Paris.
NPR – World The shortened final stage provided incredible drama as Van der Poel held on to win a photo finish on the streets of Paris as Pogacar officially secured his fifth yellow jersey 75km to go The riders are getting into their saddles now and it looks like we’ve got some racing. The peloton is still together but the pace is quickening. Well this is a treat. My colleague Amy Sedghi, who is usually a regular on the Tour blo…
The shortened final stage provided incredible drama as Van der Poel held on to win a photo finish on the streets of Paris as Pogacar officially secured his fifth yellow jersey 75km to go The riders are getting into their saddles now and it looks like we’ve got some racing. The peloton is still together but the pace is quickening. Well this is a treat. My colleague Amy Sedghi, who is usually a regular on the Tour blo…
NPR – World The route for the iconic cycling race's final stage was shortened because security and police were reassigned to assist with wildfires in southwest France.
NYTimes – World At least 27 pupils and a teacher were killed when a school roof collapsed during classes in Peshawar, north-west Pakistan. More than 40 people were injured and rescuers were searching for dozens of pupils still unaccounted for. Pakistan's prime minister urged rescuers to speed up the search for survivors. The death toll was reported differently across sources, with the highest figure at 29, mostly children.
Sky News – World US President Donald Trump announced that "massive" oil, gas and mineral exploration is set to begin in Greenland, calling it "our Greenland" in a Truth Social post. The statement comes four weeks after the US, Denmark and Greenland signed a security agreement to bolster American military presence on the island. Greenland has banned new oil and gas drilling since 2021, and no report confirms that exploration has actually started.
BBC News – World A Ukrainian former military officer, identified as Serhii Kuznietsov or Serhii Kuznetsov, went on trial in Hamburg, Germany, accused of involvement in the September 2022 sabotage of Russia's Nord Stream gas pipelines. His lawyers argued the pipelines were a lawful military target as "an aggressor's infrastructure" and said he is sworn to secrecy. Supporters waving Ukrainian flags rallied outside the court as the trial opened.
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