Your daily round-up of today's news...
- The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin was vandalized by climate activists.
- Egypt's newly restored Ottoman mosque at Cairo was inaugurated.
- The city of Venice managed to avoid being part of UNESCO's World Heritage List in Danger, sparing the Italian government from an "embarrassing verdict" on the city's fragile condition.
- European Commission president Ursula Von der Leyen promises a detailed plan for a visit to the Italian island of Lampedusa, which has seen thousands of migrants arrive, saying the migrant crisis is a European challenge.
- Rescue teams are still recovering bodies in the flood-stricken Libyan city of Derna.
- Thailand's Kim Thitisan Goodburn wins Mister International 2023.
- BBC's Doctor Who TV series casts Miriam Margoyles as the voice of the alien creature named Meep.
- HBO cancels Winning Time after two seasons.
- Actor Billy Miller dies at the age of 43.
- The BBC, Channel 4, and a production firm are investigating allegations that Russell Brand sexually assaulted four women. The comedian and actor has been accused of rape and sexual assaults between 2006 and 2013, which he denies.
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