The World Today: Everything you need to know on July 24 Good morning, here are today's highlights from around the world, resuming something like normal service after the royal baby. Reuters reports that even if the Obama administration did arm Syrian rebels, it could well only be for a few months before further congressional hurdles have to be crossed. The Guardian meanwhile has like the Telegraph found a campaign to ethnically cleanse Sunnis from the strategic city of Homs. Sunni residents fear that after a fire in the land registry office they will no longer be able to claim back their land and homes. Weiner Danger Prompting a collective exclamation of you must be joking, US politician Anthony Weiner has revealed that he has indulged in further racy online exchanges with a woman who is not his wife. He did so under the pseudonym Carlos Danger. Having been forced to resign from Congress after the first "sexting" revelations surfaced, he had, until last night, been in a good position to become the mayor of New York. His wife Huma Abedin is standing by him, but will voters be as forgiving? Germany still divided A report by a leading research institute in Germany warns that the divide between a prosperous west and a struggling east could endure for decades because of the shrinking and ageing population in the former Communist half of the country. Crew on board the HMS Lancaster celebrate the royal birth while on patrol in the Caribbean. The number of beers consumed by John Morillo, a Canadian who - emboldened by alcohol - triggered an international incident by swimming to Detroit. The Telegraph @Telegraph If you think Britain is on its way back to prosperity, think again, it's a mirage @AllisterHeath http://fw.to/4WPgIAN Andrew O'Hagan in The London Review of Books visits Afghanistan to assess the impact of conflict on its boys and girls. David Blair in The Telegraph examines the new sectarian Cold War dividing the Middle East. The New York Times reports on how Qatar's expansionism has extended to the art world. Marine scientists have discovered that a dolphin captured in South Korea escaped captivity and rejoined its original pod 50 miles away.