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Glasgow (AFP) – A museum in Glasgow performs a handover ceremony to return seven items that were stolen from India during the Colonial era to the country. Dignitaries from the High Commission of India join members of Glasgow Life, the charity that manages the Scottish city’s museum collections, at the transfer of ownership ceremony, following more than 18 months of talks.

Helsinki (AFP) – Finland’s prime minister Sanna Marin says she has taken a drug test and reiterates she has never taken narcotics, after a video of the 36-year-old partying sparked criticism. The leaked video, which shows Sanna Marin dancing and partying with a group of friends and celebrities, has been shared widely on social media.

Kharkiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Firefighters work among the rubble of a household chemicals factory, destroyed by Russian missile strikes in the southern outskirts of Kharkiv. A three-storey building of the National Technical University in the centre of the city was also partially destroyed in a separate strike.

Begís (Spain) (AFP) – Spain’s Military Emergencies Unit tackles a forest fire near the pilgrimage destination of Cueva Santa Sanctuary in the Bejís area. So far this year, Spain has suffered nearly 400 wildfires following punishing heatwaves and long dry spells that have devastated more than 283,000 hectares of land, more than three times the total area destroyed in 2021.

Everglades National Park (United States) (AFP) – When not working at his job staging cultural events in Miami, Enrique Galan, regularly disappears into the Everglades to hunt down Burmese pythons, an invasive species that has been damaging Florida’s wetland ecosystem for decades.

Alcublas (Spain) (AFP) – Spanish firefighters struggle to control the fires in Alcublas, located in the east of Spain and near Bejís, where several fires have ravaged more than 10,000 hectares and led to the evacuation of 1,500 people. The blazes have been curbed by the emergency services, helped by the arrival of rain.