Your morning Briefing: Eight boys saved but no hugs yet

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Nuttawut Takumsong, 14, one of the boys stuck inside a cave in Thailand.

Saved but no hugs

Rescuers have freed more than half of the boys trapped inside the flooded Tham Luang cave complex in northern Thailand in an extraordinary evacuation effort that will likely be completed ­tonight. The first of four young footballers rescued yesterday was lifted by stretcher out of the cave about 4.45pm (7.45pm AEST), less than six hours after divers walked into the cave for the second dramatic day of a rescue operation that is being followed around the world. The last one of the night emerged just before 7pm (10pm) and they youths are being strictly quarantined for medical tests.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 13, 2016 Newly appointed Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson waves as he leaves 10 Downing Street in central Londonafter new British Prime Minister Theresa May took office. British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has resigned, Downing Street said in a statement on July 9, 2018, hours after Brexit minister David Davis stepped down. / AFP PHOTO / OLI SCARFF

Boris’ Brexit bombshell

A Brexit rebellion is threatening to bring down the British Conservative government, with PM Theresa May fighting for her political life. One of Britain’s most colourful politicians, Boris Johnson, has resigned as foreign secretary amidst an extraordinary attack on the Brexit plans of Theresa May. Greg Sheridan writes that Brexit has taken a messy turn that leaves the UK mired in political disarray and at the EU’s mercy.

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Graham Richardson and Mark Latham on Paul Murray Live. Picture: Supplied

Richo vs Latham

Former Labor powerbroker Graham Richardson and former Labor leader Mark Latham have traded insults in an fiery exchange on live television. As panellists on the Paul Murray Live program on Sky News, Richardson said Latham’s former Labor supporters would be “rolling in their graves” and called him a “king rat” and a “shyster”.

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Rod Clement Margin Call cartoon for 10-07-2018. Version: Business Cartoon (1280x720 - Aspect ratio preserved, Canvas added)COPYRIGHT: The Australian's artists each have different copyright agreements in place regarding re-use of their work in other publications.Please seek advice from the artists themselves or the Managing Editor of The Australian regarding re-use.

Lew’s pad Thai

Billionaire Solomon Lew is not happy, Margin Call reveals. He wants his villa in Thailand. And he wants it now. That much is clear from an “only in billionaire land” legal claim that Lew has lodged in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in the Virgin Islands and which has made its way into Margin Call’s hands.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 09: Serena Williams of the United States in action during her Ladies' Singles fourth round match against Evgeniya Rodina of Russia at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 9, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)

Old guard in charge

Not one top-10 seed has made the women’s quarterfinals at Wimbledon. Serena Williams will be there, though, after she moved a step closer to an eighth title at the All England Club, while old masters Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal continued to cruise through the tournament.

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