News Headlines - 27 July 2019

▽10 years, more than 27,000 deaths later, Nigeira's Boko Haram insurgency continues - RFI

Boko Haram started out as an Islamist group railing against corrupt officials in northeast Nigeria, but its decade-long insurgency has now devastated the region.
The campaign of violence has cost at least 27,000 lives, displaced some two million people and spawned an affiliate of the Islamic State group. But what is Boko Haram.

▽Brazil airport heist: Armed robbers steal $30 million of gold and precious metals - CNN

A group of armed men stole a haul of gold and other precious metals worth at least $30 million from a Brazilian airport Thursday, according to Brazilian state news agency Agencia Brasil.
Eight men targeted a cargo terminal at Sao Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport, driving two trucks that resembled those driven by Brazilian federal police, the agency said. At the terminal, four men exited the truck wearing face coverings, Reuters reported, saying that at least one carried a rifle.

▽Fox News poll: Biden leads Trump by 10 points in 2020 matchup | TheHill

Former Vice President Joe Biden leads President Trump by 10 points in a hypothetical 2020 presidential election, according to a new poll from Fox News.
The survey, which was released on Thursday evening, found that Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) beat Trump in hypothetical 2020 matchups. Sanders carries a 6-point advantage against the president in their head-to-head matchup.
In the matchup between Biden and Trump, 49 percent of voters said they favored the former vice president. Thirty-nine percent said they'd vote for Trump.

▽Budapest 'selfie museum' a hit with Instagram generation

A new so-called 'selfie museum' in Budapest that lets visitors pose by pink palm trees and frolic in multicoloured sprinkle baths has proved a hit with social-media savvy locals and tourists alike.
With almost 30,000 visitors since it opened last December, the "Selfie Museum", billed as the first of its kind in Europe, is already one of the Hungarian capital's most popular attractions.

▽The UK has its hottest ever July day with temperatures hitting 38.1C | New Scientist

The UK has seen its hottest July day ever as the temperature reached 38.1C in Cambridge. The new record outstripped the previous high for the month of 36.7C, set at Heathrow in July 2015.
It makes Thursday the second hottest UK day on record, also beating the 37.1C recorded in August 1990, Met Office figures show. And it is possible that the all-time UK high of 38.5C (101.3F) recorded in Faversham, Kent, in August 2003 could be passed, the Met Office has said.