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FIFA president Gianni Infantino has abandoned controversial plans to sell stakes in the World Cup after global backlash, but UEFA said it had lost confidence in his leadership, calling the proposal a shabby backroom opaque deal. With a FIFA presidential election due early next year, the question is whether Infantino can survive, as UEFA's 55 member nations had threatened to boycott future World Cups and other confederations also rejected the proposal.

At least 67 people have died in the border crisis between Morocco and the Spanish territory of Ceuta, where most of the 60,000 migrants who breached the border over two days have now returned to the Moroccan side. Spain has increased security and plans to install a containment barrier, while the Spanish prime minister criticised some EU countries for attacking Spain during the crisis and thanked Morocco for its help. In Ukraine, at least nine people were killed and 30 injured in Russian strikes on Kyiv, with Russia claiming the strikes targeted military facilities but several blocks of flats were hit; President Zelensky renewed calls for missile interceptors.

In UK news, Labour's Bev Craig was elected the new Mayor of Greater Manchester in a by-election triggered by Andy Burnham's resignation, winning with 66% of the vote after second preferences. An 18-year-old man was arrested after an explosion in Ipswich town centre, and EastEnders star Shane Richie faces a drink driving charge after being arrested in Essex. A month of free summer bus travel for under-16s in England began, and a rare new species of seaweed was discovered off the coast of Cornwall.