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July 26 0800 UTC Brief
In Europe
Police in northern Germany say at least one person was killed when a small plane lost altitude and crashed into the roof of a house in Ganderkesee, Lower Saxony. The aircraft had two people on board, firefighters are still searching for the second, and investigators are trying to work out what went wrong.
Elsewhere in Europe, wildfires in France and Spain have forced more than 300,000 people from their homes and holiday stays, with evacuations in France described as one of the largest peacetime civilian operations on record. Fires are still burning around Madrid and in the province of Ávila, where authorities say tens of thousands of hectares have already gone up in smoke.
In the occupied West Bank
Israeli settlers set fire to the Al-Rahma Mosque in Qusra, near Nablus. Israeli forces also arrested dozens of Palestinians. The incident adds to an already volatile situation in the area.
In the UK
In Birmingham, residents say the council and police have been too slow to act as a group calling itself Raise the Colours spreads Union Jack and St George’s Cross flags across lamp posts, roundabouts and other public fixtures. Campaigners now want an injunction, and the group has also been accused of pushing anti-immigration rhetoric, a neat reminder that civic decorum is apparently optional.
The family of former Vodafone manager Adrian Howe is urging the government to create “Adrian’s law” after his death, which they say followed fears that a franchise deal would leave him financially ruined. Their call comes amid a separate long-running legal claim by former franchisees who say the company unjustly enriched itself at their expense.
In tech and scams
Scammers are sending fake Spotify payment emails that lead users to a cloned website designed to steal login, personal and payment details. The message says a payment failed and asks people to update their information to keep access active, which is exactly the sort of ordinary-looking fraud that catches people off guard.
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