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After being suspended by Fifa and under huge public pressure, Luis Rubiales has resigned as president of the Spanish Football Federation. He didn't want Spanish football to be "negatively impacted by the disproportionate campaign" against him, he said in explanation. Footballer Jenni Hermoso, whom Rubiales had kissed on the lips during the award ceremony, has since filed a complaint.

The drama Zielona granica (The Green Border) by Polish director Agnieszka Holland about refugees on the border between Belarus and Poland has won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice International Film Festival - much to the displeasure of the government in Poland. Commenting on the online platform X, Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro compared the film with anti-Polish Nazi propaganda. Now the director wants to sue him for defamation.

The G20 summit in New Delhi has ended with a hard-won compromise. The leaders emphasised that the territorial integrity of states must be respected, but without explicitly condemning Russia's war against Ukraine. With the accession of the African Union (AU), the Global South gained more clout. Commentators discuss whether the global balance of power is changing fundamentally.

In Morocco at least 2,100 people have died in a major earthquake with its epicentre in the Atlas Mountains and its aftershocks. The search among the rubble continues. Only certain countries have been allowed to help with the rescue efforts so far - in accordance with a "careful assessment of the needs" in affected areas, according to the Ministry of the Interior in Rabat.