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  UK citizens travelling to Switzerland will soon benefit from free mobile roaming and faster airport arrivals under a new UK-Switzerland trade deal.

• Bathers urged to stick to official beaches

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  The Swiss People's Party has posted an AI-generated caricature of a transgender woman at Bern's Marzili public pool.

• Swiss Chinese parcel loophole

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• Heat closes Geneva paddling pools

  Eight of Geneva's eleven paddling pools are now closed as the city battles bacterial contamination during the heatwave.