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Germany can halt visa programmes for at-risk Afghans, court rules

Mob burns Nigerian woman to death for alleged blasphemy

WEF report urges investment in Southern Africa’s critical minerals

This website turns my scribbles into artful drawings
Have you ever been asked to draw something that you’re trying to describe to someone but when you do your picture turns out to look nothing like what you wanted to show them. Don’t worry, I sympathize. In fact, it happened to me all the time until I found this cool website called autodraw.com. This website analyzes your rough, uninspired drawings and makes suggestions for images based off of them. It takes a lot of the guesswork out of trying to sketch out something you’re unfamiliar with. Plus, it’s just plain fun to use — you can even color the drawings and when you’re finished save and download them as .png files. What to do: Go to http://autodraw.com. Start drawing what you want to draw to the best of your ability. The website’s suggestions will appear along the top of the draw space. Choose the image that best matches what you want to draw and make any edits to the suggested drawing. When you’ve finished click on the three horizontal stripes top left and select Download. Dominic Bayley / Foundry It’s as easy as all that. Just so you know, the PCWorld team are hard at work writing newsletters to send out to our subscribers every week. If you like tips like this one be sure to visit our subscribe page and sign up.

How sheer luck made this tiny Caribbean island millions from its web address
Anguilla has the internet domain .ai and is earning a fortune selling the address to tech firms.

Putin says he reached 'understandings' with Trump over end of Ukraine war
The Russian president also defended his decision to invade Ukraine, once again blaming the war on the West.

EU chief von der Leyen's plane hit by suspected Russian GPS jamming
The European Commission said the plane's navigation was disrupted in Bulgaria on Sunday.

Why Starmer wants No 10 rejig after a year in power
The PM's revamp aims to build clearer structures and bolster economic expertise ahead of the Budget.

Nigeria secessionist activist jailed for terrorism in Finland

England hand ODI debut to fast bowler Baker
England hand a debut to 22-year-old fast bowler Sonny Baker for their opening one-day international against South Africa at Headingley on Tuesday.

Europe name most settled Ryder Cup team in history
Luke Donald names six experienced players as his wildcard picks for Europe's Ryder Cup team to face the United States in New York later this month.

Villa sign Lindelof & near Elliott and Sancho loans
Aston Villa sign former Manchester United defender Victor Lindelof and are close to loans for Harvey Elliott and Jadon Sancho.

Spurs agree season-long loan for PSG's Kolo Muani
Tottenham Hotspur agree a season-long loan deal for Paris St-Germain striker Randal Kolo Muani.

Two-time Ali challenger Bugner dies aged 75
Former British heavyweight boxer Joe Bugner - who faced Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier - has died at the age of 75.

'Weight loss jabs gave me my life back'
Sammi Hill says using Mounjaro was not "just about weight" for her and worries about a price hike.

Gene tests begin in women's athletics - but how will it work?
An explanation of the new gene testing rule enforced by World Athletics for women's events.

Is a UK heatwave in the weather forecast for September?
Simon King guides us through the weather we're expecting as we start meteorological autumn

House price growth slows as calls for property tax reform mount
House prices are growing at around their slowest rate since last summer as calls to reform property tax grow.