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SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Sunday that it recalled its ambassador to Argentina after President Javier Milei insulted Brazilian officials while in their country.

The decision comes a day after Milei was in Sao Paulo participating in an event where Brazilian Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, a son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, was confirmed as the presidential candidate of his father’s party.

During his speech at Saturday’s event, Milei accused Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of being a “thief” and a “delinquent,” among other things. Milei also accused Supreme Federal Court Minister Alexandre de Moraes of being “trash” after he denied the Argentine president a visit to Jair Bolsonaro, who is under house arrest serving a 27-year sentence over a coup attempt.

The president of the Supreme Federal Court, Minister Edson Fachin, said Milei’s comments were a “disrespectful reference to a magistrate of the highest court in the country, made on Brazilian soil.”

A spokesperson for Brazil’s foreign affairs ministry said Ambassador Julio Bitelli was recalled for consultations following Milei’s statements.

Lula has not publicly addressed Milei’s remarks, but in an opinion piece published Sunday by The Washington Post in which he called U.S. tariffs against Brazil “a strategic mistake,” he asserted that “Brazil’s destiny is determined only by Brazilians without external interference, without subservience.”

Those comments come a day after Brazil’s Foreign Ministry denied visas to two U.S. State Department officials who sought to travel to the South American nation next week. The ministry did not offer an explanation.

Lula is seeking reelection and will run against Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, whose family has many ties with the Trump administration.

The suspect has been named by police as 21-year-old Abdul Ballout, a German citizen of Lebanese background.

He was known to police and has committed a number of crimes, officials said. He had previously been sentenced to one year and 10 months in prison, but the sentence was commuted to parole.

Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said the suspect had been radicalised.

German media outlets are reporting he is a supporter of Islamic State group (IS), and tried in the past – unsuccessfully – to join the organisation.

He attempted to travel to Mauritania via Turkey in May 2025 but failed, later travelling to Lebanon via Turkey with intention of heading to Syria and joining IS, according to the public prosecutor’s office.

While in Lebanon, he is alleged to have made contact with individuals he believed were IS members, and was later arrested in Lebanon in July 2025, where he spent three months in prison.

After his release, he returned to Berlin in November 2025, where he was arrested at the airport and held in pre-trial detention until May 2026 and had been ordered to take part in a de-radicalisation programme.

He is believed to be connected to the rented vehicle found abandoned in the park.

The police statement added that several people are reported to have been injured with stabbing weapons in the attack.

Warning: this article contains spoilers for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey.

Ten years at Troy. Ten more lost at sea. When Odysseus finally reaches Ithaca – in Homer’s poem and again, played by Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan’s new film – he doesn’t walk through the door and say who he is. He lies. He invents a stranger’s life story. He tests his wife Penelope (played by Anne Hathaway), his father, even his old nurse before he lets any of them see him as himself. For a man who has spent 20 years trying to get home, he is remarkably reluctant to arrive.

That reluctance is usually read as suspense, or cunning, or simple survival instinct. But there’s a more unsettling possibility: that Odysseus cannot tell his own story because, on some level, he cannot yet bear to know it.

The comparison Nolan suggests between Odysseus and a returning veteran isn’t new. The psychiatrist Jonathan Shay built an entire body of work on it, arguing in Odysseus in America (2002) that Homer’s hero shows the same shattered trust, numbness and hypervigilance he observed in Vietnam veterans.

Countless essays since have asked some version of “did Odysseus have post-traumatic stress disorder?” It’s a fair question, but by now familiar enough to risk becoming reflex rather than insight. The more interesting question isn’t whether Odysseus suffered – Homer leaves little doubt that he returns a profoundly changed man. It’s why the poem refuses to let him simply say so.

Modern trauma theory gives us a vocabulary that can illuminate something the Odyssey explores with remarkable precision. Since the 1990s, scholars following American literary critic Cathy Caruth have argued that trauma isn’t defined by the event itself, but by the impossibility of experiencing it fully at the time, which means it can’t be narrated directly afterwards either.

Instead, trauma returns sideways, through repetition, disguise and fragmented forms of remembering, rather than as a clean account. Sigmund Freud had earlier described a related phenomenon: traumatic experience returning through repetition rather than straightforward recollection.

Read against that idea, the second half of the Odyssey looks less like a homecoming story with psychological colour added, and more like a structural performance of avoidance.

Odysseus doesn’t walk into his own hall and announce himself; he arrives disguised as a beggar. When his old nurse recognises a scar from a boyhood hunting accident, his first instinct is to threaten her into silence. When Penelope finally asks him for his story, he answers with another invented biography – a lie told so convincingly that she weeps at it. Even once the suitors are dead and husband and wife are alone, he still doesn’t tell her everything before announcing he must leave again.

The poem is oddly precise about who is and isn’t allowed to recognise Odysseus. Every human recognition in the Odyssey requires proof – a scar, a test, a story checked against memory.

Odysseus’s faithful hunting dog Argos alone recognises his master without a test. The old dog, dying on a dung heap, simply lifts his head and knows him – it’s a loyalty that predates Troy and requires no proof of explanation.

Through his tests and deceptions, Odysseus appears to be a man unable to fold what happened at Troy into a version of himself he can hand to the people who love him. He builds alternative selves rather than inhabiting the one who did those things.

Guilt, not just fear

Rather than asking whether Odysseus had PTSD, a more productive lens may be moral injury. This is not a diagnosis but a concept describing the damage of having caused, permitted, or failed to prevent something that violates someone’s own values.

Where PTSD centres on fear, moral injury centres on guilt. Odysseus loses every companion who sailed with him, narrating their deaths again and again, as though the retelling were unfinished business. His famous cleverness curdles into rumination: endless second-guessing of choices that got his men killed.

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Nolan’s newly released film pushes toward a similar image. Athena, revealed late in the story, appears to be less a goddess than a manifestation of Odysseus’s memory of a priestess killed at Troy – guilt wearing a familiar face, not fear.

Seen this way, Odysseus isn’t primarily hiding from Ithaca. He’s hiding from having to say, out loud, what he did and failed to do at Troy.

This isn’t only a literary curiosity. Programmes like Bryan Doerries’ Theater of War have staged Greek tragedy for veterans for years, on the premise that these stories offer a sanctioned way to approach what people otherwise can’t say directly. The truth about violence and loss rarely arrives head-on. It has to be smuggled in.

Homer never resolves this. The poem ends with Odysseus preparing to leave home again, story still untold. The Odyssey has lasted 3,000 years less for its monsters than for something it understood early: wars end, but the story that would let a survivor be fully known again is often the one thing he cannot yet bring himself to tell.

The Birmingham to Dublin flight was given priority landing clearance following a reported medical emergency onboard

An emergency was declared aboard a Ryanair service shortly after its departure from Birmingham Airport, forcing the crew to request priority landing clearance.

Flight FR661, bound for Dublin, had taken off at 8.37am on Sunday (July 26) when a medical incident is understood to have occurred onboard. The pilots subsequently transmitted the 7700 squawk code, the standard signal used to alert air traffic control to a general emergency, before diverting for an expedited arrival, reports Birmingham Live.

According to AirLive trackers, the aircraft was approximately 8,000 feet above the Irish Sea when the distress code was broadcast.

The plane touched down safely on Runway 28L at Dublin Airport roughly 40 minutes after leaving Birmingham, with emergency ground crews stationed on the tarmac ready to meet the aircraft upon landing.

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The Birmingham-Dublin flight was given priority landing clearance after a medical emergency on board

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A Ryanair flight travelling from Birmingham to Dublin declared an emergency shortly after take-off following a medical incident onboard.

Flight FR661 departed Birmingham Airport at 08:37am on Sunday (July 26) before the crew notified air traffic control of the situation.

The aircraft transmitted the 7700 emergency squawk code, which signals a general emergency, and was granted priority landing clearance. Trackers from AirLive indicate that the plane was approximately 8,000 feet above the Irish Sea when the emergency code was transmitted, reports Birmingham Live.

The aircraft subsequently landed safely on Runway 28L at Dublin Airport, roughly 40 minutes after leaving Birmingham. Emergency ground crews were positioned and ready to meet the plane upon its arrival.

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Cops have also launched an information portal so those with footage or photographs of disorder can pass it on.

Police chiefs have promised those involved in the disorder, witnessed between far-right protestors and anti-racist activists in Glasgow Green, to “expect a knock on their door” as they launch an information portal.

Ugly scenes broke out between opposing groups after a protest was organised by the Unite the Clans group at 11am on Saturday. A counter-demo was arranged outside the Green in front of the High Court by Stand Up To Racism (SUTR) and Women Against The Far Right.

Around 1700 people were in attendance at the park and 100 in Glasgow City Centre, with 15 people having been so far arrested with incidents of disorder. The force have said that in various locations disparate groups engaged in acts of violence, disorder, intimidation and hate motivated offences.

The arrests were regarding a range of offences including assault, possession of offensive weapons, breach of the peace, obstruction and resisting arrest. Several weapons were also recovered.

This comes after a number of containments were put in place, including in Oswald Street, as officers responded to the situation to minimise disruption to the public.

Extensive enquiries are underway into the disorder and officers will be reviewing CCTV, mobile phone and dashcam footage, and capturing statements to identify those responsible.

Chief Superintendent Emma Croft has hit out at those attendees and promised those involved in the disorder to expect a police presence at their homes.

She said: “The level of disorder, violence and intimidation we saw in Glasgow on Saturday was nothing short of disgraceful.

“People have the right to express their views lawfully and to protest peacefully, however the behaviour we saw from those involved in the disorder was not legitimate protest but rather acts of aggression to cause fear in our communities.

“A significant investigation is already underway and my message is clear – if you were involved in these deplorable acts, you should expect our officers to be knocking on your door.

“We understand how concerning witnessing the disorder must have been and we would urge any members of the public with information, including mobile phone and dashcam footage, to please pass this on to us.

“We will continue to have a visible policing presence in the city centre and surrounding areas. Anyone with any concerns can approach our officers out on patrol who will be happy to assist.”

A Major Incident Public Portal (MIPP) has now been set up to encourage members of the public to submit information directly to officers. Those with footage or photos of criminality related to the disorder in Glasgow on Saturday are encouraged to upload it using the online form here: https://mipp.police.uk/operation/SCOT26S14-PO1

Information can also be passed to Police Scotland via 101 quoting Operation Cornstarch. Alternatively, Crimestoppers can be contacted on 0800 555 111, where anonymity can be maintained.

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana’s government on Sunday appointed a group of international experts to investigate the recent sinking of a state ferry that killed dozens of passengers in the country’s worst maritime disaster on record.

The 87-year-old MV Barima capsized in Atlantic waters on June 18 after it departed the capital, Georgetown, en route to Port Kaituma, an Indigenous community near Venezuela.

Authorities have said they believe 179 passengers were aboard, but divers so far have found only 73 bodies, with another 76 people rescued. International teams are still trying to recover the vessel so experts can inspect it.

President Irfaan Ali said in a state address Sunday that the investigative team has been given widespread powers and is expected to operate independently.

Belize’s former attorney general, Phillip Godfrey Smith, was appointed chairman of the five-person team tasked with the investigation, including whether professional negligence is to blame. Other members include an attorney, a naval architect and maritime experts from Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.

Local authorities have so far arrested three people, including the rescued captain, who was accused of testing positive for marijuana, along with another crew member.

Ali said the team will be asked to scrutinize the “passenger management including embarkation, manifest preparation, the possible overcrowding of the vessel, the storage of cargo, the availability and use of life saving equipment and adherence to passenger safety requirements.”

Dozens of people rescued after clinging to debris for hours have claimed that the ferry was overloaded with passengers and cargo including vehicles and large pallets. They also asserted that the MV Barima was taking in water but that crews had dismissed this as “normal.”

Ali said his administration wants the commission to determine whether there were “any acts of negligence, misconduct, dereliction of duty and other failures by any individual, entity or institution contributed to or caused the disaster, including neglect of its condition, maintenance history, sea tides, functioning navigation and communication equipment and other operational factors.”

Ali said authorities hope the commission will recommend institutional and operational reforms as well as any other measures necessary to strengthen maritime safety, “improve emergency preparedness and response and reduce the likelihood of similar tragedies occurring in the future.”

A public consultation is running until August 2026 on proposals to introduce 20mph speed limits on several roads in Cambridge, sparking debate over road safety and enforcement

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Cambridgeshire Live readers remain divided over proposals for more 20mph speed limits in Cambridge, with firmly held opinions on road safety, enforcement, and the available evidence. Some are calling for a consistent city-wide policy, while others argue the restrictions will do little to change driver behaviour or reduce accident rates without more robust measures.

According to Cambridgeshire County Council, more than 100 people have been seriously injured across these routes since 2017. A public consultation is running from July 1 to August 5, 2026. The proposed 20mph speed limits include: Chesterton Lane, Chesterton Road (Mitcham’s Corner to Magdalene Bridge), Corona Road, Milton Road (Mitcham’s Corner junction only), and Northampton Street.

A number of additional roads are also included. The council said the routes put forward for reduced speed limits are those which attracted the greatest public support, as well as several known crash hotspots.

Regarding Cottenham, one reader was forthright. Tartan53 says: “Not all villages want 20 mph, in Cottenham a vote taken more people were against a 20mph limit over ruled by county council imposed and it has not made any difference, traffic still ignoring it, speed bumps are required… Total waste of money.”

Freddly adds: “This person hasn’t observed how traffic works in Cambridge. If 20% of drivers comply at busy times (and increasingly, since the food delivery ‘boom’, that means all day), then that holds up the 80% who would like to go faster. The ‘dangerous overtaking’ thing is a figment; there is too much opposing traffic. We need to follow other cities where the default is 20 on restricted roads (that is, streets with street-lights).”

Lovelycardriver writes: “Alex Beckett’s claim of ‘over 100 injuries since 2017’ doesn’t match any published council data. When asked to show where that figure comes from, he doesn’t engage. It feels less like evidence‑based policy and more like another push to restrict motorists and reshape Cambridge without transparent facts. People deserve clear data, not headline numbers that can’t be verified.”

Johnsm feels: “The door to door average speed through the city is generally below 20MPH. (Take any realistic journey in Google Maps to and from within Cambridge, even at night time, even on 30mph roads). That average speed is generally dominated by traffic lights. A 20mph speed limit isn’t going to affect the timeliness of the majority of journeys more than a minute or two. It’ll just stop drivers from needlessly accelerating to 30 only to brake 5 seconds later. It’ll save the driver on fuel/brake pads, and the general taxpayer in road wear and tear.”

Brexit498 comments: “Cherry Hinton Rd was made a 20 MPH limit 15 years ago, it made no difference to the accident rate. As others have said, where is the evidence/statistics for the injury claim broken down by time, day, season, speed, alcohol/drug use, etc? As with Adams Rd, the figures don’t support the policy decision.”

Aljan says: “The anti-motorist faction strikes again. Perhaps the councillor could publish his statistics with a breakdown of how it happened, who was at fault, etc. Someone slipping on an icy pavement and breaks a limb, serious injury but no vehicle involved for example. His lack of statistics would indicate he is on shaky ground with his claims.”

Carbonneutralfeminist writes: “What is desperately needed is many more speed cameras on 20mph zones. Drivers regularly drive between 30 and 50mph in them, breaking the highway code like they haven’t read it. You can’t complain about imaginary cyclists going through reds when you do that!”

Over on our Facebook page, Clive P asks: “Why only 20mph? Wouldn’t 15 mph be better, or maybe even 4 mph? You could then have a man with a flag walk in front of each vehicle.”

Gareth S P comments: “Just further pushing the onus onto motorists to think for and compensate for the lack of common sense and awareness of other road users.”

Colin D thinks: “Make it simple. Once you’re off the A14, the motorway or any other route into Cambridge, it’s 20mph. Such zones are cleaner, safer, quieter and reduce congestion. None of this rubbish with variable limits, just make the whole zone 20mph once you’re off the main roads and into Cambridge.”

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Brooklyn Beckham has taken a well-earned break from his hot-sauce business to fly into southern France.

Brooklyn and his wife, Nicola Peltz, were seen walking through Nice Airport by other holidaymakers.

It’s thought that the pair may be visiting Brooklyn’s godfather, Elton John, who owns a villa in Nice.

According to The Sun, Brooklyn, 27, was trying to keep a low profile while Nicola, 31, looked a little more confident.

“He looked a bit nervous’ an onlooker told The Sun. ‘He kept looking around, but she appeared more laid-back and chilled.

‘Lots of people recognised them and were nudging each other as they came through the arrivals terminal with their luggage.’

Reportedly, the pair didn’t have to wait long in the security queue, though.

They were apparently taken right to the front and quickly went on their way.

French firefighters and officials are currently battling dangerous wildfires that are burning across the south west of the country.

The BBC reports that 42,000 hectares have been burnt in that part of the country, forcing more than 220,000 people to evacuate.

A further 56,000 hectares have been burned across France since the start of the year.

One particular area of concern is the city of Bordeaux, where tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from the surrounding region.

It’s believed that strong winds are pushing the flames towards the city, and an official has claimed that firefighters are ‘far from having the fire under control’.

Captain Nicolas Braz, one of the leaders of the firefighters, has said that the flames are ‘erratic and unmanageable’.

Meanwhile, France’s Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said the situation in the region remained ‘very unfavourable’.

The UK government is currently warning of wildfires ‘affecting parts of Gironde and Landes in the south-west of France.’

They note that authorities have evacuated campsites, tourist accommodation, and warm access to affected areas may be restricted.

They warn that those planning to travel to the affected areas should follow the advice of local authorities, monitor local media, and check with their accommodation or travel provider before travelling.

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