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Armed officers scrambled to Vicarage Road Via: Watford stabbing: Three in hospital after attack near Premier League football club

Old rivals meet in Belo Horizonte for place in finalEmail John with your thoughts or tweet him @JohnBrewin_ 2.58am BST 70 min: Brazil waste a corner when Coutinho hits the ball too obtuse an angle for his attackers to read. His final ball has not been great on a night Read more

Samiulahaq Akbari, 32, is accused of swinging a 10ins kitchen knife in three separate attacks on ‘total strangers’ in south London, including a Tesco Express (pictured) in Thornton Heath. Via: Afghan asylum seeker 'was fuelled by desire to kill English people'

The killing of a 50-year alpha bull elephant in Namibia has caused an uproar, with conservation groups accusing the government of authorising the hunt for the animal without proper cause. Via: Killing of Voortrekker the desert elephant sparks uproar in Namibia

Piers Morgan branded the American team ‘cocky’ and called on England players to celebrate by feigning eating a Big Mac and fries if they managed to score next. Via: Storm in a tea cup! Piers Morgan calls 'cocky' US team's celebrations a 'declaration of war'

A report has concluded the future of the £2billion project – designed to tackle congestion and boost the economy in the South West – is ‘at the mercy’ of the government’s spending review. Via: Stonehenge tunnel could be scrapped if funding is not sorted by end of the year

‘Another pensioner who’s losing their free TV licence just heard about Zoe Ball’s £370,000 salary’ Via: PAUL THOMAS on… BBC's huge wages

Ways and means committee’s lawsuit is latest salvo in clash between Democrats and presidentA House committee sued the Trump administration in federal court Tuesday for access to Donald Trump’s tax returns, setting up a legal showdown over the records.The House ways and means committee said it needed the documents for Read more

Best views were in the Atacama desert, where a total eclipse has not occurred since 1592Hundreds of thousands of tourists scattered across the north Chilean desert on Tuesday to experience a rare and irresistible combination for astronomy buffs: a total eclipse of the sun viewed from beneath the world’s clearest Read more

Tate Modern, LondonThe Greek artist’s work has been revealing the magic of electromagnetism for decades – and his wonder doesn’t diminishIt’s hard not to use the word “magic” about the art of Takis. A nail floats motionless in space. A cylinder and a ball dance jerkily with each other. Angelic Read more