Ten Things of Dead and Dry

Mr Erdogan won re-election last month/Reuters

1. The Turkish government has ended the nationwide state of emergency that was imposed two years ago after a failed coup attempt, state media say. Under the state of emergency, tens of thousands of people were arrested or dismissed from their jobs.
2. Turkish police have arrested a controversial preacher known for giving televised sermons surrounded by young women he refers to as his "kittens". Critics have accused the Islamic preacher of running a cult.
3. US President Donald Trump and Vice-President Mike Pence have threatened Turkey with sanctions if it fails to release jailed Pastor Andrew Brunson. The Turkish foreign ministry called the US demands "unacceptable".
4. A Turkish court has ruled against extraditing Australia's most wanted jihadist, Neil Prakash, to face terrorism charges in his home country, while the UK will not block the death penalty in the case of two men accused of being Islamic State members detained in the US, a leaked letter from the home secretary has said.
5. Death sentences awarded to two Indian police officers found guilty of killing a man in custody have been welcomed by the victim's mother. A special court found the two officers guilty of torturing a man to death in a case of mistaken identity.
6. A stunt by a Swedish activist to stop the deportation of an Afghan refugee has been widely hailed on social media, while drag performers have been showing their support for Lewis Bailey, a 14-year-old who was told his performance in a school show was not permitted because of his age.
7. One of the last living female World War Two pilots, Mary Ellis blazed a trail for female aviators, as one of the first women to fly Spitfires, heavy bombers and jet aircraft. She died on Tuesday at the age of 101 at her home on the Isle of Wight.
8. The current heatwave could become the new normal for UK summers by 2040 because of climate change. Humans have changed the world, we can never go back and must change the way we live, scientists say.
9. Researchers have found evidence of an existing body of liquid water on Mars, while Nestlé has lost its battle to trademark the four-finger shape of a Kit Kat - something it has been trying to do for more than a decade.
10. The European Court of Justice has ruled that altering living things using the relatively new technique of genome editing counts as genetic engineering. But unlike traditional genetic engineering techniques, genome editing does not involve the introduction of DNA from another organism. It is also nearly impossible to detect whether a living thing's DNA has been edited or not - the changes are indistinguishable from naturally occurring mutations.

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