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Search continues for people trapped in collapsed mall after Japan earthquake, with at least two confirmed dead
The quake with a magnitude of 6.8 hit Kyushu island in south-west Japan on Tuesday afternoon local time.
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This page is an archive of main headlines from the UK for 29.07.2026.
It displays 70 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
29.07.2026 ⇢ The day of Burnham's social care tax and the Japan quake aftershocks
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The day opened with the Japan earthquake death toll rising to 13, as rescuers raced to find shoppers trapped in a collapsed mall. BBC and Guardian led with the 'race against time' amid over 100 aftershocks.
By mid-morning, domestic focus shifted to Andy Burnham's social care overhaul. The Independent and HuffPost UK reported his pledge to make carers the best paid in society, while The Spectator criticised a proposed 'social care levy'. The Telegraph noted Burnham's failure to commit to a 3% defence spending target.
Afternoon coverage split between the escalating US-Iran rhetoric—Metro reported Trump's threat to 'beat the f***ing s***' out of Iran—and the deepening drought. The Independent declared half of England in drought, and the Evening Standard warned of a heatwave peak. The Guardian covered residents returning to wildfire-ravaged homes near Madrid.
Evening headlines returned to the Hull funeral home scandal, with Mirror detailing the 'house of horrors' where 35 bodies were found.
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BBC
Search continues for people trapped in collapsed mall after Japan earthquake, with at least three confirmed dead
The quake with a magnitude of 6.8 hit Kyushu island in south-west Japan on Tuesday afternoon local time.
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The Guardian
Fighting was paused after nearly two weeks of nightly strikes by the US on Iran, as both sides battled for control of the strait of Hormuz
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At least 13 dead in Japan earthquake as rescuers search for people trapped in mall
The quake with a magnitude of 6.8 hit Kyushu island in south-west Japan on Tuesday afternoon local time.
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Military mobilises thousands of personnel after quake on southern Kyushu island that registered a maximum 7 on the Japanese shindo intensity scale
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Japan earthquake deaths rise to 13 as rescuers race to find people trapped in mall
The quake with a magnitude of 6.8 hit Kyushu island in south-west Japan on Tuesday afternoon local time.
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The incident is said to have happened to two girls, both in their late teens, in an alleyway between Edward Street and Topping Street on July 25, 2026.
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The Guardian
Military mobilises thousands of personnel after quake on southern Kyushu island that registered a maximum 7 on the Japanese shindo intensity scale
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News | Milo Pope
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UK | Barney Davis
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UK | Brooke Davies
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Japan PM says rescue teams in 'race against time' after earthquake kills at least 13
Rescuers are searching for survivors at the site of a collapsed shopping centre and a factory. The quake, with a magnitude of 6.8, hit south-west Japan on Tuesday afternoon.
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Sabine Beppler-Spahl on the atrocity that’s rocked Germany.
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The Guardian
Fifa has announced plans to sell a share of its commercial operations to private investors, a deal that would include the media and sponsorship rights of the World Cup
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Concacaf has joined Uefa in criticising Fifa’s plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors
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Breitbart UK
In the wake of the latest jihadi terror attack over the weekend, multiple high-profile homosexual figures across Europe have warned that tolerating the intolerant ideology of radical Islam threatens Western liberties and the very existence of gay people.
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The Football Association has joined Uefa in condemning Fifa’s plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors
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10:31⇢Race Against Time in Japan
⌨Editors focus on the Japan earthquake aftermath, with BBC reporting a 'race against time' as death toll reaches 13. Domestically, social care funding remains a key theme, with HuffPost UK and The Independent covering Burnham's cross-party appeal, while The Telegraph's earlier tax proposal still in play.
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The new PM’s first 10 days suggest he has no new ideas to rescue Britain from its slump.
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Three mall workers dead after Japanese earthquake, with at least 13 killed across country
Aeon Mall's president tells a news conference a further three people are missing at the site while rescue workers sift through the rubble.
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People are being urged to stay alert, with earthquake aftershocks potentially reaching magnitude 7, officials say
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People are being urged to stay alert, with earthquake aftershocks potentially reaching magnitude 7, officials say
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The actor and musician faces allegations from 10 women in total, who tell a BBC documentary he mistreated them as teenagers.
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UK | Sam Corbishley
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14:31⇢Burnham's Social Care Pledge
⌨Editors focus on Andy Burnham's social care overhaul, with HuffPost UK, The Independent, and The Spectator covering his vow to make carers the best paid in society. The Telegraph reports his failure to commit to a 3% defence spending target. Meanwhile, wildfires and drought dominate, with The Guardian noting 45 climate pledges junked and Evening Standard declaring drought in London.
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The Guardian
Biologists say cargo ships stranded in Gulf may carry highly potent invasive species around the world as trade resumes
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France had also intervened after Trump administration had opposed the reappointment of UN human rights chief
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The French government has revealed that an estimated ninety per cent of so-called wildfires are the result of human activity, undermining the persistent media narrative that climate change is driving the fire ravaging the countryside.
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The Guardian
Residents struggle to take in the devastation five days after El Morro was evacuated as fires burned across countryside west of Spanish capital
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19:22⇢Trump's Vulgar Iran Threat
⌨Editors focus on the escalating US-Iran rhetoric, with Metro reporting Trump's threat to 'beat the f***ing s***' out of Iran. Domestically, the drought crisis deepens: The Independent declares half of England in drought, while The Telegraph reports NHS cancels blood tests due to heatwave. The Guardian covers residents returning to wildfire-ravaged homes near Madrid. The funeral home scandal in Hull continues to draw attention from The Mirror.
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Riyadh’s decision to join US in strikes on Iran-backed militia further complicates widening and ‘unpredictable’ war
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With an estimated two million adults not having their needs met, 1 in 6 adults doing unpaid care, and costs increasingly falling on families, the challenge of fixing social care is as big as they get.
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World | Barney Davis
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