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Often regarded as the first populist, Berlusconi brought showbiz communication methods into politics, becoming the most polarising figure in the country. Italy's ex prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has died aged 86 after being treated for leukemia. Born in a Milanese middle-class family, he first rose to success as a real-estate
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Updated: 10/06/2023 - 18:57 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. ...More
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Ukrainian President says mood is positive but doesn't give details on military operations Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that counteroffensive and defensive actions are underway against Russian forces, asserting that his top commanders are in a “positive” mindset as their troops engaged in intense fighting along the front line.
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It's one of those ordinary evenings in the middle of the week, a group of young women is sitting at a round table in a big apartment in central Lyon. It's not their home, everything in France is a new start. They are living in temporary accommodation provided by local
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At least eight people have been killed and four more wounded by alleged Russian shelling in Ukraine on Thursday, according to a Ukrainian regional governor. Three children are among the wounded. Artillery shells fired by Russia hit the eastern Ukrainian town of Toretsk at around 11:00 local time today, said
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A fire broke out at Balıklı Rum Hospital in Zeytinburnu, Istanbul for an as yet undetermined reason. While people in the hospital were evacuated, fire, health and police teams were dispatched to the scene. The fire has been contained and manoeuvres to prevent it from starting again are underway, the
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Kary fears for the future of her daughter and two young grandchildren. Her finances are already close to breaking point covering just food and bills, with the mother-of-two struggling to find the money to pay for clothes for her children or essential items for herself. However, with energy bills set
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The United Kingdom's economy is to enter a recession at the end of the year, the Bank of England projected on Thursday. It also hiked interest rates by the largest amount in more than 27 years in an attempt to slow down the accelerating inflation driven by the fallout from Russia's
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A volcano erupted on Wednesday in Iceland, spewing red lava and plumes of smoke through a fissure in an uninhabited valley after several days of intense seismic activity. The eruption occurred about 40 kilometres from Reykjavik, near the site of the Fagradalsfjall volcano. The Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO), which monitors
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Latest news bulletin | August 4th – Midday Updated: 04/08/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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Several explosions at an ammunition dump caused a large fire in one of Berlin's largest city forests on Thursday morning. Around 100 firefighters were on site to control the blaze in the Grunewald forest in the west of the city, German news agency dpa reported. The fire has so far
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Latest news bulletin | August 4th – Morning Updated: 04/08/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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An elderly Frenchman has survived 16 hours adrift at sea by using an air bubble inside his capsized boat. The 62-year-old was rescued from the icy waters of the Atlantic Ocean by the Spanish coastguard, who labelled the feat as "verging on impossible". Spain's coastguard found the 12-metre sailing boat
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A volcano in southwest Iceland began erupting on Wednesday - just eight months after its last eruption officially ended. The Icelandic Meteorological Office urged people not to go near the Fagradalsfjall volcano, which is located some 32 kilometres (20 miles) southwest of the capital, Reykjavik. People gathered to watch the
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China has begun large-scale military sea and air exercises around Taiwan, following a controversial visit by US politician Nancy Pelosi. The live fire drills began at 12:00 local time (04:00 GMT), with some taking place within 12 miles of the self-ruled island. China's military manoeuvres started Tuesday night following the
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said extending the life of the country's nuclear power plants might “make sense,” as reduced gas flows from Russia raise the specter of a winter fuel crisis. During a visit to engineering company Siemens Energy in Mülheim an der Ruhr, where a turbine at the heart of
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LONDON — Margaret Thatcher famously declared in 1987 that she would go on and on as prime minister. Soon after she was ousted — but that hasn’t stopped her dominating the Conservatives’ leadership race 35 years later. Wannabe British prime ministers Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak are, despite their different
متابعة القراءة“A year ago, no one would have thought that Sweden and Finland would have wanted NATO membership,” said Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), who co-chairs the Senate’s NATO Observer Group. “But, of course, a lot has happened in that year. Vladimir Putin made one of the most consequential miscalculations in modern
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Paul Taylor, a contributing editor at POLITICO, writes the “Europe At Large” column. PARIS — The Continent is facing the specter of stagflation, with European Union inflation hitting 9.6 percent in June and growth forecasts slashed for both this year and 2023 due to the war in Ukraine, the lingering
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Former U.K. Conservative leadership candidate Sajid Javid threw his weight behind frontrunner Liz Truss in another boost for the favorite to replace Boris Johnson. In an article for the Times newspaper, Javid — who dramatically quit Johnson’s government in a move that ultimately called time on his premiership — praised
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The European Commission’s antitrust enforcers are investigating Google’s app store rules, according to two people close to the matter. Google's rivals have received confidential questionnaires from Brussels, probing billing terms and developer fees for the U.S. tech giant’s Play Store, the two people, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said.
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Russia’s top court has classified Ukraine’s Azov Regiment as a terrorist organisation. The regiment is lionised in Ukraine for defending the country and in particular Mariupol, but they are reviled by Russian President Vladimir Putin's Kremlin as a band of Russia-hating far-right nationalists. The court's move could pave the way for
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In recent days, a wildfire has ravaged the Klamath National Forest in California, destroying most of the homes in the area. At least four people died in the fire. Their bodies were found in different residences outside the Klamath River. The cause of the fire is not yet known. More
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Montenegrin government and the Serbian Orthodox Church signed a controversial property agreement on Wednesday, sparking protests and demands by the opposition for an immediate parliamentary vote of no confidence. This could see the government led by Prime Minister Dritan Abazović and his liberal green party, URA, fall just six months
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A volcano in southwest Iceland began erupting Wednesday, the country’s meteorological authorities said - just eight months after its last eruption officially ended. The Icelandic Meteorological Office urged people not to go near the Fagradalsfjall volcano, which is located some 32 kilometers southwest of the capital, Reykjavik. The eruption in
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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres sharply denounced the "greed" of big oil and gas companies that are making "outrageous" profits on the backs of some of the world's poorest people. Guterres said the crisis was caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and called on national governments to tax the companies'
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Latest news bulletin | August 3rd – Evening Updated: 03/08/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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Eleven people have been injured in a massive fire at the OZON marketplace warehouse in the village of Petrovskoye, 60 km northwest of Moscow. The fire spread over an area of 50,000 square metres (540,000 square feet). At least 1,000 people managed to escape the building. The cause of the
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Volunteers in Hungary have been clearing up an 86-kilometre stretch of one of the country's longest rivers. PET Kupa association are focussing on a section of the Tisza in north-east Hungary, near the border with Slovakia and Ukraine. The seven-day mission saw them go out on boats made from recycled materials
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Exactly one year ago, on August 3, 2021, a massive fire caused the greatest environmental disaster in the history of Greece. Evia, the second largest island in Greece and the sixth largest in the Mediterranean, went up in flames. The fire lasted ten days. Over 500,000 acres of forest and
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Supporters of cleric Muqtada al-Sadr camped out inside the Baghdad-based Iraqi parliament for the fifth consecutive day on Wednesday. In a tweet shared on Tuesday, a representative of al-Sadr asked the hundreds of worshippers to leave the parliament within 72 hours and move their protest outside its premises, but to
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An anti-LGBTQ campaign named Fetrah is making waves on social media after it urged users to promote the idea that there are only two genders, male and female. Taken from the Arabic word for "human instinct", Fetrah surfaced after International Pride Month in the Middle East. Its creation follows a number
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Moldova's pro-Russian ex-president called for snap presidential and parliamentary elections on Tuesday, amid soaring natural gas prices. Opposition leader Igor Dodon told the country's pro-Western government to go to Moscow to negotiate cheaper natural gas from Russia, a day after it was announced the country's gas price had risen 47% in August.
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Voters in the US state of Kansas rejected a ballot measure on Tuesday, which would have allowed state lawmakers to tighten restrictions or even ban the procedure altogether. It was the first significant poll on abortion since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade in June, thereby removing constitutional
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Latest news bulletin | August 3rd – Midday Updated: 03/08/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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Sales of electric heaters have surged as Germans prepare for a possible energy crisis this winter. Some 600,000 heaters were sold in Germany in the first six months of 2022, according to market research firm GFK -- a 35% increase from the same period last year. "There has been a
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Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder confirmed he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow last week. The controversial former Social Democrat leader, who maintains personal ties to Putin and has sat on the boards of Russian energy companies, has come under fire for his refusal to condemn Putin and
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Hundreds of people are evacuating by train from the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, as authorities urge everyone to leave the part of the country that has been the scene of violent clashes with Russian troops. On the outskirts of Kramatorsk, which has been under frequent Russian shelling, volunteers have
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China and Taiwan are facing their most hazardous military escalation in more than two decades after Beijing vowed to surround the self-ruling island with live-fire drills in response to a visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The dramatic surge in tensions presents the White House — which has expressed unease
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Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party is losing traction in opinion polls, but it isn’t giving any further ground in its rule-of-law dispute with the European Commission. And there’s no sign that the EU is planning to release €35 billion in loans and grants from its pandemic recovery fund. Warsaw
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Latest news bulletin | August 3rd – Morning Updated: 03/08/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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LONDON — Liz Truss, currently the frontrunner to succeed Boris Johnson as British prime minister, bungled an attempt to gain an endorsement for her record on gay rights. A representative of her campaign contacted the official LGBT+ Conservatives membership organization about cooperating on an endorsement for Truss and her record
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Nathalie Tocci is director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, a board member of ENI and the author of POLITICO’s World View column. Her new book, “A Green and Global Europe,” will be published by Polity. The day his government collapsed, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi warned parliament about Russian interference
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Press play to listen to this article ROME — There are some crimes that come to define a moment in history. The brutal killing of a Nigerian street vendor in Italy may be one. The public discourse over the murder of Alika Ogorchukwu, beaten to death in front of bystanders
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'Too early to rejoice' over grain exports, says ZelenskyyUkraine's president said on Monday it was "too early" to rejoice after Ukrainian grain shipments resumed from the port of Odesa. “At this time it is too early to draw conclusions and make any predictions,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his daily video
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Latest news bulletin | August 2nd – Morning Updated: 02/08/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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The head of the United Nations (UN) has warned that the world is one step away from "nuclear annihilation" and faces dangers not seen since the Cold War. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday that “humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation,” over the war in
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French children who can't afford to go on holiday are instead finding their summer escape in free art and swimming classes. Volunteers are devoting their time to helping the youngsters in Marseille, one of the most disadvantaged cities in France. Some 150 summer camps are on offer in Marseille with
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Latest news bulletin | August 2nd – Evening Updated: 02/08/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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British prosecutors have charged a man with intending to “injure or alarm” Queen Elizabeth II after he was arrested at Windsor Castle on Christmas Day. Jaswant Singh Chail, 20, from Southampton in southern England, had been arrested on 25 December while carrying a crossbow on the grounds of the castle
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1. Russia's Supreme Court brands Azov Regiment a terrorist organisationRussia’s Supreme Court declared Ukraine’s Azov Regiment a terrorist organisation, a designation that could lead to terror charges against some of the captured fighters who made their last stand inside Mariupol's shattered steel plant. Scores of Azov fighters are being prisoner
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A fire is still active in Herceg Novi, in the settlement of Njivice, Herzegovina, but the situation is under control of the authorities. The fire broke out in the morning on Tuesday and engulfed an abandoned building. About 15 houses are threatened but emergency services are still working to prevent
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Taiwan announced the incursion of 21 Chinese military aircraft into its air defence zone on Tuesday, as US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi began a visit to the island over which Beijing claims sovereignty. The jets "entered [Air Defence Identification Zone] in southwestern Taiwan on 2 August 2022," the
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In 2022, Italy will be the country most affected by a shortage of staff in the tourism sector. According to a study by the World Travel and Tourism Council, 250,000 workers will be missing this year, meaning one in six vacancies will not be filled. The hospitality sector and travel
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The Sani music festival in northern Greece is celebrating its 30th anniversary this month. In the balmy night air, big crowds turned out to hear Irish rock star Bob Geldof and his band the Bobkatz strum through some Boomtown Rats classic hits. Geldof is famous for his fundraising activities fighting
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More than 400 pilots from the Portuguese airline TAP marched silently from Lisbon airport to the company's headquarters for better working conditions. Excuse me" I am a TAP pilot: "I have no rights". "I am a TAP pilot and I am also a taxpayer", was what was written on their
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A debate has been sparked after Spain's government moved to prevent offices, shops and other venues from setting air conditioning below 27°C in the summer. It is part of plans to cut the country's energy consumption and limit dependency on Russian gas. The decree, published on Tuesday morning, will also
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Latest news bulletin | August 2nd – Midday Updated: 02/08/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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The favourite to replace Boris Johnson as the UK's next prime minister has provoked a row with Scottish nationalists by describing Scotland's first minister as an "attention seeker". Liz Truss made the comments about Nicola Sturgeon at a campaign hustings event of Conservative Party members in Exeter, in southwest England.
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Australian Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe was made to retake her oath of office in parliament on August 1, after adding the word “colonising” to the standard text in reference to Queen Elizabeth II. Thorpe, who is indigenous and known for her activism, held her fist in the air and said
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The first cargo ship to leave Ukraine since Russia invaded its neighbour more than five months ago has run into bad weather in the Black Sea and is set to arrive later than scheduled in Istanbul, a Turkish official said on Tuesday. The Sierra Leone-flagged Razoni, which set sail from
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Thousands of people turned out in Vienna on Monday night to pay tribute to an Austrian doctor, who authorities say committed suicide after months of death threats from opponents of coronavirus restrictions and vaccines. Dr Lisa-Maria Kellermayr, who described herself as a "passionate country doctor", was found in her surgery last
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Helicopters have been deployed to rescue residents in the US state of Kentucky, as authorities confirmed on Monday that the death toll from the floods has risen to 37. Footage from the Kentucky National Guard shows rescuers evacuating flood victims by helicopter in mountainous communities in the eastern part of
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Russia has been pounding the eastern Donbas region of Ukraine with relentless artillery and air raids, making slow but steady progress to seize the industrial heartland of its neighbour. But in Kostyantynivka -- a city in Donetsk -- opinion is divided over Russia's invasion. The city's once-bustling metallurgical industry ground to a
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Two indigenous Aymara women play golf in traditional dress at the exclusive La Paz Golf Club. They are called 'Cholitas' and are playing in a tournament for the club's workers. Golf, which has no roots in Bolivia, is generally considered a sport for the wealthy. But Martha Mamani and Teresa
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Ayman al-Zawahiri, who headed al-Qaeda and helped plot the 9/11 terrorist attacks, has been killed in a drone strike in Afghanistan, United States (US) President Joe Biden confirmed Monday. He was slain in a CIA counter-terrorism operation in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Sunday. Biden said Zawahiri had "carved
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In July, Russian mortars rained down on a psychiatric home in northern Ukraine, while dozens of elderly and disabled residents were sleeping. Flames soon swept through the facility’s dining room, and its dormitory and administration buildings were wrecked. Miraculously, only three people were injured. But it marks the latest in a
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Bulgarian President Rumen Radev called a snap election to be held on October 2 — the country’s fourth parliamentary vote within two years — after the collapse of the government under Kiril Petkov in June. Radev also on Monday appointed Galab Donev, a former labor minister, to lead a caretaker
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Defeated Tory leadership candidate Penny Mordaunt threw her weight behind Liz Truss, in a fresh boost for the current frontrunner in the race to replace Boris Johnson. Speaking from the podium ahead of a Conservative leadership hustings, Mordaunt said she was backing Truss due to her “graft, her authenticity, her
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“Justice has been delivered,” he declared, “and this terrorist leader is no more.” The remarks, which lasted roughly 10 minutes, hailed the end of a decadeslong mission to find al-Zawahri, whom he said the intelligence community had located in Kabul earlier this year. Biden said he gave final approval for
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Max Bergmann is director of the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He served as a senior adviser in the U.S. State Department from 2011-2017. For the European Union, granting Ukraine candidate status was, without question, a significant step. However, what Kyiv, as well as other
متابعة القراءةDespite the rhetoric, Pelosi’s Taiwan visit — part of a congressional trip to four Asian countries — suggests that both sides have come to a grudging accommodation that will allow it to proceed while mitigating the potential for miscalculations at a time of heightened bilateral tensions. “Part of our responsibilities
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The Palace of Westminster is falling down The seat of British democracy is literally falling apart — and MPs can’t decide how to save it. By Esther Webber and Callum Tennant in London LONDON — A funny thing happened in the seat of British democracy. As parliamentarians prepared to take
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In a speech announcing the operation, President Joe Biden said he gave the final approval to kill Zawahri, who was still planning attacks against the U.S. and its allied. “Justice has been delivered, and this terrorist leader is no more,” he added. Minutes before that address, a senior administration official
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After watching Notre-Dame de Paris burn in 2019, the British author Ken Follett has given €148,000 to another cathedral in France. Follett donated the copyright to a non-fiction book inspired by Notre-Dame to help renovate the Cathedral of St. Samson at Dol-de-Bretagne in Brittany. The writer originally wanted to donate
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Latest news bulletin | August 1st – Evening Updated: 01/08/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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France and southern and eastern England experienced the driest July on record, making already insufficient water resources even more scarce, forcing restrictions on both sides of the Channel. In France, where an intense drought has hammered farmers and prompted widespread limits on freshwater use, there were just 9.7 millimetres of
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The lights of London's Piccadilly Circus have replaced their usual advertisements with a message of congratulations to England's women's football team, known as the Lionesses, in the wake of their victory at the European Championship 2022. A crowd of 7,000 fans thronged Trafalgar Square to give a rousing welcome to
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England's newly crowned Euro 2022 champions have celebrated their historic win in front of jubilant supporters in central London. Thousands of female footy fans flooded Trafalgar Square to watch their somewhat bleary eyed heroines show off their first ever major silverware. Addressing supporters England Captain Leah Williamson said: "I think we've
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The WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is to return to court on Tuesday, a month after the beginning of the trial, in which she could face 10 years in prison if convicted of cannabis possession. As the trial progressed, her case moved from the small Moscow
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Ten months after Iraq's elections, a political standoff pits Moqtada Sadr, a populist with millions of followers among the country's majority Shiite population, against the powerful pro-Iran Coordination Framework, another Shiite alliance. Since Saturday, Sadr's supporters have occupied parliament in the usually highly secure Green Zone, which also houses government
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1. Cautious hopes for more Ukrainian grain shipmentsThe departure of the first Ukrainian ship carrying grain from Odesa since the start of the Russian blockade of Black Sea ports five months ago has been widely welcomed. The warring governments in Kyiv and Moscow praised the development as a positive move,
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PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron told his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a phone call Monday that France will support criminal investigations over the bombing last week of a jail holding Ukrainian prisoners of war. “A few days after a new massacre perpetrated by the Russian armed forces in
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The EU, Ukraine and Russia have all welcomed the departure of a ship carrying Ukrainian grain from the port of Odesa, the first since Moscow's invasion in February blocked shipping through the Black Sea. The Razoni, which is carrying 26,000 tonnes of grain, is heading for Istanbul before sailing on
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Pope Francis could meet Patriarch Kirill, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church who the EU accuses of supporting the war in Ukraine. The pair could come face-to-face at a meeting of religious leaders in Kazakhstan in September. The pope will be in the capital Nur-Sultan from 13-15 September to attend the
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In London, thousands of fans gather in Trafalgar Square to celebrate the women's victory at Euro 2022. After 56 years of waiting to win a major tournament in either the men's or women's game, England has earned the right to celebrate football's return home.
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About 400 firefighters were mobilised this weekend to tackle the blaze about 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of Lisbon. Residents tried to slow the progress of the flames by watering their gardens, while the flames also engulfed nearby forests, according to television footage. An old people's home for 30 people
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Latest news bulletin | August 1st – Midday Updated: 01/08/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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Non-professional climbers are being urged to steer clear of France's Mont Blanc as extreme heat is causing more frequent rockfalls. Mountain guides are limiting scheduled trips up the highest point in the Alps as France enters its third heatwave of the summer. They say that access to the 4,800-metre summit is
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England beat Germany 2-1 to win the European football championships on Sunday, their first major women's trophy. The heated match -- held at London's Wembley Stadium -- saw forward Chloe Kelly score the winning goal in the second half of extra time. Here is a look at the reaction in
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The Kosovo government has delayed a decision to oblige Serbs living in the country's northern municipalities to apply for Pristina-issued number plates following a set of fresh tensions between local communities and law enforcement officials. Late on Sunday evening, protesters parked trucks filled with gravel and other heavy machinery on roads
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Hundreds of firefighters in Portugal are battling a huge forest fire that broke out 30 kilometres north of the capital Lisbon. High temperatures and strong winds made work difficult for more than 400 firefighters trying to tackle the blaze which started on Sunday, with five water tankers also deployed to
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A ship carrying Ukrainian grains has departed from the port of Odesa on Monday for the first time since February, Turkey's defense ministry said in a statement. Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship Razoni finally set sail after weeks of negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, carrying 26,000 tons of Ukrainian corn according
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Biden’s new positive test is an example of a rebound Covid-19 case, a phenomenon that has happened in some cases after people take Paxlovid. Biden is isolating in the White House and has canceled his immediate travel plans. He had planned to meet up Sunday with the first lady in
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Latest news bulletin | August 1st – Morning Updated: 01/08/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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The EU should designate Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism, Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs said, after an attack that killed dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war on Friday renewed calls to further isolate Moscow on the international stage. “We see all the brutality of Russian forces, that actually
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Press play to listen to this article The deteriorating war of words between the U.S. and China over Taiwan “could easily escalate” and is being closely watched in European capitals, according to senior diplomats. Tensions are growing between the world’s two biggest superpowers as Beijing ratchets up its threats over
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Blink and you might have missed it. In just one month, Boris Johnson has gone from the top dog in British politics to yesterday’s man — and the bitter contest to succeed him is now in full flow, with Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss tearing chunks out of each other.
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Gene therapy is a transformative field of medicine that could halt diseases before patients become symptomatic, saving lives and improving quality of life for millions of people who suffer from conditions caused by genetic abnormalities1. But these breakthrough treatments require new approaches to pricing and reimbursement2. While the science behind
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Cameron Khansarinia is the policy director for the National Union for Democracy in Iran. Kaveh Shahrooz is a lawyer and a senior fellow at Canada’s Macdonald-Laurier Institute. On July 14, Sweden’s judiciary struck a blow for international justice, when it sentenced Hamid Nouri — an Iranian prison official involved in the
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Spain reported its second monkeypox-related death as concerns grow about the spread of the disease. In a situation report published on Saturday, the country’s Ministry of Health said Spain had 4,298 confirmed cases of monkeypox as of July 29. Of the cases where information is available, 3.2 percent of patients have
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The possible visit has also created political complications for the White House. “The military thinks it’s not a good idea right now,” President Joe Biden said of the trip July 20. Pelosi herself has long been a critic of China for its record on human rights. In 1991, she showed
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1. Drone attack on Russia's Black Sea HQ in Crimea A small explosive device carried by a makeshift drone blew up Sunday at the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea Fleet on the Crimean Peninsula, wounding six people and prompting the cancellation of ceremonies there honoring Russia's navy, authorities said. Russian
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Hundreds of firefighters are continuing their efforts to tackle a wildfire that has been burning in the Czech Republic's Bohemia Switzerland National Park for a week. So far around 1100 hectares have been destroyed. Some 700 emergency service workers are on the scene, including Swedish firefighters who arrived in the
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The Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, has visited Skopje in the latest part of his tour of five Western Balkan countries: Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Albania. His trip is intended to encourage the nations to continue with their push to become EU member states. To
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England beat Germany 2-1 in the final of the European Championship after extra time on Sunday to win its first major women’s soccer title. Chloe Kelly scored the winning goal on a rebound in the second half of extra time after Germany failed to clear a corner. The game had
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England and Germany will face each other on Sunday evening in the final match of this year's Euro 2022 tournament. The final is to be played before a sold-out crowd of more than 87,000 at Wembley Stadium on Sunday evening. Over the past three weeks the top women's teams in
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A Japanese man has been detained in Myanmar's commercial capital Yangon, an official at Japan's embassy confirmed Sunday, the latest foreigner ensnared in the junta-ruled nation. A military coup last year sparked rolling protests and a deadly response from the junta, with more than 2,000 people killed and at least
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Latest news bulletin | July 31st – Evening Updated: 31/07/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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A freight train carrying 20 containers and cargo worth almost 10 million euros has left Hefei in China for Budapest. It is the first ever train cargo delivery of its kind between the two cities. The trip will take 16 to 18 days, much quicker than sending freight by ship,
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A lack of Russian tourists and the ongoing energy crisis have crippled tourism businesses in Cyprus, with the country set to lose an estimated €600 million in income. While Cyprus' beaches are bustling with tourists returning after a difficult two years marred by the pandemic, one of the country's biggest
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The fast-moving McKinney fire, which started Friday, went from charring just over 1 square mile (1 square kilometer) to scorching as much as 62 square miles (160 square kilometers) according to fire officials. The fire burned down at least a dozen residences and wildlife was seen fleeing the area to
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Latest news bulletin | July 31st – Midday Updated: 31/07/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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Hundreds of followers of powerful Iraqi Shiite preacher Moqtada Sadr began a second day camped at the country's parliament on Sunday. Despite tear gas, water cannon and baking temperatures that touched 47 degrees Celsius (116 degrees Fahrenheit), they stormed the complex on Saturday after pulling down heavy concrete barricades on
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Germany's foreign minister has praised Turkish efforts to support refugees who arrived in the country, saying they were "not only cared for but also integrated." Annalena Baerbock made the comments on the third day of her visit to Turkey, as she met with organisations working with women and migrants that
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Police in Italy have arrested an Italian man in connection with the slaying of a Nigerian vendor whose brutal beating death on a busy beach town street was filmed by onlookers without any apparent attempt to intervene physically. Video footage of the attack has circulated widely on Italian news websites
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Britain’s Prince Charles is facing more questions over his charities after a newspaper reported that one of his funds accepted a 1 million pound (€1.2 million) donation from relatives of Osama bin Laden. The Sunday Times reported that the Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund received the money in 2013 from
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A drone attack on the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, as Russia celebrated Fleet Day, has left five people injured. The strike happened on Sunday morning in Sevastopol, a Ukrainian city which was annexed by Russia. "This morning Ukrainian nationalists decided to spoil the Russian Fleet Day" celebrated in
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US President Joe Biden has re-tested positive for COVID-19, just days after the White House said he had been given the all-clear to leave isolation, in a rare case of “rebound” following treatment with an anti-viral drug. White House physician Dr Kevin O'Connor said in a letter that Biden “has experienced
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BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 31. The first part of 16 dry cargo ships with grain from Ukraine will reach the territorial waters of Türkiye on August 3, Turkish CNN Türk channel said, Trend reports via Russian TASS news agency. According to information, ships will be accompanied by drones, and representatives of
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After three straight days of reporting over 20,000 new cases a day, India's daily caseload Sunday came down to 19,673, officials said, Trend reports citing Xinhua. According to federal health ministry data released on Sunday morning, 19,673 new cases of COVID-19 were reported during the past 24 hours, taking the
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Azerbaijani Defense Ministry presents review of events of last week (VIDEO)
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Latest news bulletin | July 31st – Morning Updated: 31/07/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's western province of Aceh on Sunday, the meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said, Trend reports citing Xinhua. The quake hit at 10:03 Jakarta time (0303 GMT), with the epicenter at 44 km southeast of Calang city and a depth of 56 km under the
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BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 30. Located at the intersection of North-South and East-West transport corridors, Azerbaijan is recognized as an important transport and logistics center of the region. In this area, successful cooperation is carried out with the countries of the European Union. The international transport corridors East-West, North-South and South-West,
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“We want Congress to be a part of” the Biden administration’s strategy in the Indo-Pacific, Pelosi told reporters on Friday. “I’m very excited, should we go to the countries that you’ll be hearing about along the way, about the conversations we’ll have. … We have global responsibilities.” In this photo
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Russian gas provider Gazprom on Saturday announced it was stopping deliveries to Latvia for an alleged breach of contract terms. "Today Gazprom stopped gas supplies to Latvia within the framework of the July order due to the violation of ... conditions," the company said in a Telegram post, without providing
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“Everything goes through us,” he told POLITICO in an interview Wednesday inside the heavily guarded riverfront office of his old law practice as air raid sirens wailed across the city. The sirens indicate that a Russian missile has entered Ukrainian airspace, warning the city’s million residents to take cover. Dnipro
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of a “war crime” for bombing a jail containing Ukrainian prisoners of war in the eastern Donetsk region. “It was a deliberate Russian war crime, a deliberate mass murder of Ukrainian prisoners of war,” Zelenskyy said in a video-message Friday night. More than 50
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday reminded Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán that race-based discriminations are against EU values. “All EU member states, including Hungary, signed up to common global values,” von der Leyen told Slovak news website aktuality.sk on Saturday, adding that “discriminating on the basis
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called Friday's shelling of a prisoner of war camp that left more than 50 people dead a "deliberate Russian war crime." The strike on the Olenivka prison, where Ukrainian POWs were being detained in separatist-held territory in eastern Ukraine, was "a deliberate Russian war crime, a
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Latest news bulletin | July 30th – Evening Updated: 30/07/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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Hundreds of migrants, rescued in the Mediterranean by a German humanitarian organisation, have arrived a the port of Taranto in southern Italy. The 444 migrants were rescued over the course of the last week in four separate operations carred out by the "Sea-Watch 3" ship which finally got permission to
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1. Ukraine denounces POW execution calls Ukrainian authorities have denounced Russian calls to "hang" or inflict a "humiliating death" on fighters from the Ukrainian Azov regiment, the day after a strike on a prison where some of them were being held that killed more than 50 prisoners of war. "There
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In between North American and Eurasian tectonic plates, Iceland's Silfra fissure is one of the world's most famous dive sites, popular with tourists who venture into its icy waters. Visibility underwater can exceed 100 metres (330 feet) and the spectacle of light and darkness is hypnotic. In the heart of
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Timelapse images show the Milky Way galaxy glimmering in the night sky as it eerily lights up the town of al-Nayrab, in Syria's northwestern Idlib region, on the frontline between regime forces and rebel fighters.
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Pope Francis acknowledged Saturday that he can no longer travel like he used to because of his strained knee ligaments, saying his weeklong Canadian pilgrimage was “a bit of a test” that showed he needs to slow down and one day possibly retire. Speaking to reporters while traveling home from
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Supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr penetrated Baghdad's heavily fortified "Green Zone" and occupied parliament in a deepening political crisis. It is the second time in days that Sadr supporters have forced their way in to the legislative chamber.
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This week Greece battled wildfires that forced hundreds to evacuate their homes on the island of Lesbos. Ukraine's seaside regions of Odesa and Mykolaiv as well as the outskirts of the eastern towns of Donbas were hit by Russia’s airstrikes. The winner of the Tour de France Jonas Vingegaard was
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Thousands of followers of an influential Shiite cleric breached Iraq's parliament on Saturday, for the second time this week, to protest government formation efforts lead by his rivals, an alliance of Iran-backed groups. The alliance called for counter-protests, raising the specter of civil strife. Iraqi security forces initially used tear
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The Finnish government is coming under increasing public and political pressure to close the EU's eastern border with Russia, and put a stop to an apparent sanctions loophole. Russia relaxed its COVID-related border restrictions mid-July, meaning for the first time since before the pandemic, Russians with Schengen visas can now
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Latest news bulletin | July 30th – Midday Updated: 30/07/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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Colorful balloons fill the skies over New Jersey as the 39th annual New Jersey Lottery Festival of Ballooning kicks off.
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Galyna Kios had been sheltering with family and neighbours in her gloomy basement, cooking on a makeshift wood-fired stove, when the Russians came. The troops had been biding their time outside Mala Rogan, 32 kilometres (20 miles) from Ukraine's northeast border with Russia, but decided to take the village two
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Another week, another selection of No Comment videos. A massive fire engulfed part of the 13th floor of a new commercial building in La Paz on Monday. Fire was also raging in San Domingo de Silos in Spain, where firefighters fought the remnants of a wildfire. Screaming and water splashes
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On this episode of Inspire Africa, Jerry Fisayo-Bambi presents the story of the University graduates in Rwanda recycling plastic bottles into bricks and pavers for construction. The project founded by Awoke Ogbo in 2018 came to life in 2020 under a program known as Operation 414. The second feature on this
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The Blinken and Lavrov call was the first between the two officials since the start of the war in Ukraine, the secretary of State said earlier this week. “By having a substantial offer on the table, we’re being clear and transparent about whats happening,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
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Lloyd's of London insurers will offer a special package to cover Ukrainian grain shipped via freshly-agreed Black Sea corridors in a move that will build confidence around the U.N. agreement, it was announced Friday. One of the chief worries after the U.N., Turkey, Russia and Ukraine signed an agreement to
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The Ukrainian military command has accused Russian troops of deliberately shelling a jail containing Ukrainian prisoners of war in the eastern Donetsk region in the early hours of Friday, which reportedly resulted in dozens of deaths. According to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, targeted artillery shelling of
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Leaders of the European Parliament’s main groups on Friday castigated Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s “inexcusable statements” on race and Europe, urging the bloc to continue withholding funds from the country. The statement, approved Friday evening, came from the Parliament’s Conference of Presidents, which includes leaders of the legislative body’s
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Latest news bulletin | July 29th – Midday Updated: 29/07/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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Hundreds of supporters and opponents of Peru's President Pedro Castillo protest near the Congress of the Republic in the capital Lima, as the president delivers a speech to mark his first year in office.
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Moscow and Kyiv trade accusations over prison bombingRussia and Ukraine accused one another on Friday of bombing a prison in separatist-held eastern Ukraine, which killed scores of Ukrainian prisoners of war. Russia's defence ministry said Ukrainian forces "fired on the prison where members of the Azov battalion are being held,
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Latest news bulletin | July 29th – Evening Updated: 29/07/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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Aerial shots show smoke billowing from grain silos in Beirut's blast-hit port which are at risk of collapsing after a fire.
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France will experience another heatwave from Monday, with temperatures predicted to edge close to 40°C, according to weather forecaster Météo-France. Barely out of the last one, this will be France's third heat wave this year. "After a brief breather this week over a large part of the country, temperatures are
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A rare pink diamond discovered in Angola is thought to be the largest of its kind to be found in 300 years. The 170-carat stone, which weighs just 34 grams, has been named the ‘Lulo Rose’, after the alluvial mine where it was discovered. Alluvial means that the stones are
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Hungary's prime minister said Friday he will sign a new deal with Russia in the coming months, which will supply the country with nearly one billion cubic metres of gas. Speaking on local radio, Viktor Orban said he expected an agreement with Moscow this summer to provide Hungary with an
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A Palestinian teenager was killed on Friday in clashes with the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said. Amjad Nashaat Abu Alia, 16, "died of critical wounds sustained by live bullets in the chest", during clashes near the village of Al-Mughayer, close to Ramallah, the
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France is on track to experience its driest July on record, the national weather service said Wednesday, with drought-like conditions leading to increasingly severe water restrictions around the country. On average, just eight mm (0.3 inches) of rain fell across the country from July 1-25, less than the previous low
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Spain is fighting food waste. In a new law drafted in June, the Spanish government is promoting taking home leftovers, making jams and discounting soon-to-expire stock to reduce how much food is chucked away each year. Under the proposals, supermarkets and stores will be asked to lower the price of
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Welcome to another episode of the Good News round-up. Today we’re covering new research on a way to help plants survive extreme heat; an exoskeleton that is allowing wheelchair users to walk; how the books business is booming; a study that says friends appreciate being contacted more than we think;
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A court in Bosnia has sentenced a former top ruling party official to three years in prison for corruption. Amir Zukić, former secretary-general of the ruling Bosniak Party of Democratic Action, SDA, was convicted on Friday of using party connections and bribes in 2016 to secure people jobs in state-run
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Ukrainian tractor driver Vitaliy Denysenko grins as he pulls a 1970s Russian MT-LB tank around a field in the Kharkiv region, where it was left during the hasty Russian withdrawal at the end of March 2022. Footage of Russian tanks and other military vehicles being towed away by plucky Ukrainian
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I arrived at Milan's Garibaldi Train Station on a torrid July evening. It was 20.00 CET and the temperature was still a suffocating 34ºC. The city's taxi drivers were on strike, so it took me much longer than I had expected to arrive at my hotel. When I did, I
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The UK's next prime minister will take office amid turmoil: soaring inflation, a war in Ukraine, souring relations with China, a changing climate. But not all those issues are getting equal attention as Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former treasury chief Rishi Sunak vie for the votes of about 180,000
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At least five people were killed and seven wounded in a Russian strike that hit a bus stop in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Mykolayiv, the regional governor said on Friday. "At the moment, we know of seven wounded and five killed," Vitaliy Kim said on Telegram. Although the death
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Prosecutors in Spain will ask a court to sentence Colombian pop star Shakira to eight years and two months in prison, if she is convicted in her expected trial for alleged tax fraud. Shakira, whose full name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, is charged with failing to pay the Spanish
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Germany is accusing Moscow of engaging in what it calls "power play" after the Russian state-run Gazprom halved the amount of natural gas flowing through a major pipeline from Russia to Europe -- to 20% capacity. It is the latest Nord Stream 1 reduction that Russia has blamed on technical
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Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine claim that at least 40 Ukrainian prisoners of war captured during the fighting for Mariupol have been killed by Ukrainian shelling. Daniil Bezsonov, a spokesman for the Russia-backed separatists in the Donetsk region, said that at least 40 Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed and
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FRANKFURT — The eurozone economy expanded more than expected in the second quarter, while inflation in July overshot expectations once again to hit a fresh record high, data released by the EU statistics agency showed Friday. The data suggest the European Central Bank is more likely to tighten policy more
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Joe Biden held a long phone call in which the Beijing leader warned the US against meddling in China's dealings with Taiwan and splitting the world's two biggest economies, officials said. During the unusually lengthy three-hour call, there was no indication of progress
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Welcome to Declassified, a weekly humor column. The next prime minister of the U.K. will need the backing of as many high-profile figures as possible, and the race is on to get the biggest name of them all on board. No, not the man on the way out of 10
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Mikko Huotari is the executive director of the Mercator Institute for Chinese Studies. Sébastien Jean is a professor of economics at Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers. After a long period of uncertainty, the European Union and China once again engaged in high-level economic and trade dialogue, just before Brussels
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Latest news bulletin | July 29th – Morning Updated: 29/07/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. “The tongue can conceal the truth, but the eyes never!” says a character in “The Master and Margarita,” Mikhail Bulgakov’s grimly satirical Stalin-era novel blending fantasy and reality. But in the real world, the eyes can all too often deceive — especially
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“One of these was former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, but he paid the price,” Alito joked, referring to the conservative British leader’s announcement earlier this month that he planned to step down. “Post hoc ergo propter hoc, right?” the justice added, drawing applause and laughter from the audience to a
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LONDON — Senior Conservative politicians who have been sanctioned by China are demanding that the U.K. parliament takes down its newly created TikTok account. Senior MPs and members of the House of Lords laid into parliamentary authorities for setting up an account on the social media platform, which is owned
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As part of his first major shakeup of Ukrainian law enforcement officials since the start of the Russian aggression, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday appointed a new prosecutor general. The move in turn paved the way for the immediate appointment of a new anti-corruption prosecutor, which was part of Kyiv’s
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We debate what the EU and its leaders can do to counter Russian propaganda, particularly in Africa, about the global food crisis. And we tell the story of Umeå, Sweden, which has become a trailblazer in incorporating gender equality into urban design. Aitor Hernández-Morales, author of POLITICO’s Living Cities newsletter,
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The United States (US) president said Thursday that his country's economy is "on track", despite GDP figures showing it had shrunk for the second time in a row -- stoking fears of a recession. “It is not surprising that the economy is slowing as the Federal Reserve acts to reduce inflation,”
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Pope Francis arrived in Quebec City on Wednesday for meetings with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Governor General Mary Simon. Thousands of people gave him a warm welcome, crowding the streets to see the pontiff and cheering as rode through the city.
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Russia's economy has been "catastrophically crippled" by western sanctions and the mass exodus of international companies, according to a Yale University study. The research -- which the authors say is the "first comprehensive" analysis of the Russian economy -- found that since the start of the Ukraine war, Russia has
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Korea's Kim greets veterans on 'Victory Day' armistice anniversary.
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Latest news bulletin | July 28th – Evening Updated: 28/07/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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Russian hits Kyiv for first time in weeksThe Russian army has launched a missile attack on the Kyiv and northern Chernihiv regions for the first time in weeks today. At least fifteen people, including five civilians, were reportedly injured in the Russian strikes, according to the Ukrainian capital's regional governor,
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Berlin has decided to switch off the lights of several monuments and historic buildings overnight from Wednesday to Thursday, as part of a national effort to save energy amid fears of winter shortages. Some 200 emblematic buildings in the German capital, including the Victory Column, Charlottenburg Palace and the town
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Record numbers of people living in the UK risk being left homeless due to an upsurge in 'no-fault' evictions, a recent government report has shown. Approximately 6,400 households in England were handed eviction notices from landlords between January and March 2022, the highest number since records began in 2018. 'No-fault'
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Press play to listen to this article PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron has decided to host the ruler of oil rich Saudi Arabia for dinner in Paris, days after lecturing African leaders for failing to stand up to tyranny in the world. On Thursday night, Macron is welcoming Crown
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Brazil's Rio de Janeiro hosts a new 8K-resolution version of "Van Gogh Live.
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Hundreds of Iraqi protesters breached Baghdad’s parliament on Wednesday chanting anti-Iran curses in a demonstration against a nominee for prime minister by Iran-backed parties. The majority of the protesters were followers of influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
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The LEGOLAND Windsor Resort is supporting the England women's soccer team ahead of Sunday's European Championship final by building LEGO miniatures of the team. It took two model makers and 874 pieces to reproduce the famous players, among them captain Leah Williamson and stars Beth Mead and Lauren Hemp.
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The relationship between the U.K. and the U.S. “is deep and it is strong,” the new American ambassador to Britain Jane Hartley said in an interview with Times Radio Thursday. Speaking publicly in her new role for the first time, Hartley repeatedly stressed the importance of Washington’s relationship with London,
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned he is ready to use his nuclear weapons in potential military conflicts with the United States and South Korea, blaming Pyongyang's rivals for what he said was pushing the Korean Peninsula to the brink of war. "Our armed forces are completely prepared to
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Latest news bulletin | July 28th – Midday Updated: 28/07/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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Russian forces have launched massive missile strikes on Ukraine's Kyiv and Chernihiv regions, areas that have not been targeted in weeks. Kyiv regional governor Oleksiy Kuleba said on Telegram that a settlement in the Vyshgorod district of the region was hit by missiles targeting civilian infrastructure early on Thursday morning. It
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French President Emmanuel Macron plans to welcome Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to his presidential palace and offer him dinner on Thursday, marking another step in the Saudi leader's diplomatic rehabilitation less than four years after the killing of writer and critic Jamal Khashoggi. Macron's office described the meeting
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Hundreds of Iraqi protesters breached Baghdad's Green Zone parliament on Wednesday chanting anti-Iran curses in a demonstration against a nominee for prime minister by Tehran-backed parties. Most of the protesters were said to be followers of influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. The demonstrators were seen singing and waving Iraqi flags,
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Tetiana was expecting it to be the sound of champagne bottles popping that got her up for her wedding in the morning, but she was instead dragged out of bed by a Russian missile falling near her home in central Ukraine. "At first, I thought it was thunder, but the
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Jonas Parello-Plesner is executive director of the Alliance of Democracies Foundation and a non-resident senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund. Being the neighbor of an authoritarian regime is dangerous. And Russia’s war in Ukraine has destroyed the last remnants of naivete about the threat posed by dictators like
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Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni moved a step closer to becoming Italy’s next prime minister on Wednesday, after her rightwing coalition struck a deal that will see the party with the biggest share of the vote in the coming election get the top job. A right-wing alliance made up of Meloni’s
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Latest news bulletin | July 28th – Morning Updated: 28/07/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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Latest news bulletin | July 27th – Morning Updated: 27/07/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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Croatia has opened a long-awaited bridge connecting two parts of the country's Adriatic Sea coastline while bypassing a small sliver of Bosnia's territory. Top officials and guests gathered on Tuesday evening for a formal opening ceremony that included a flyover by military jets, speeches, performances and fireworks. Earlier in the
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is in Athens on his first European Union trip since the 2018 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Later this week he's due in France. The aim of the visit according to the Saudi royal court is "to discuss bilateral relations and ways to enhance
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Some 40,000 British railway workers went on strike on Wednesday over pay and jobs, a month after their biggest strike in 30 years, in the midst of the UK's purchasing power crisis. The RMT rail union called a 24-hour walkout after a historic three-day strike at the end of June,
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The German government has indicated that it is willing to pay further compensation to the families of 11 Israeli athletes who were killed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich by members of a Palestinian group. Relatives of the athletes have long criticised how German authorities handled the attack and
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A massive fire engulfed part of the 13th floor of a new commercial building in La Paz on Monday. No injuries were reported from the blaze at the Gran Vía Mall in the Bolivian capital. Firefighters battled the flames as neighbours watched the fire that could be seen from several
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Images of a forest fire in southern France, where nearly 500 firefighters are deployed to contain the new wildfire. Civil security Canadair aircraft work to extinguish the fire while a large plume of smoke is visible from the surrounding area. Firefighters from several countries have joined forces to battle a
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Gas deliveries via Nord Stream fell on Wednesday to 20% of the pipeline's capacity, amplifying worries about winter shortages across Europe, according to the German operator Gascade. Supplies of gas from Russia to Germany were 14.4 gigawatt hours (GWh) Wednesday morning, compared to the average of 29 GWh. Just 1 GWh
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The French president vilified Russia as a "colonial imperial power" during a visit to Benin, which France ruled for more than 150 years. By deciding "to invade a neighboring country to defend its interests there ... Russia is one of the last imperial colonial powers," said Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday.
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This exhausted Euphrates tortoise was brought back to life with the efforts of the teams.
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Crucial infrastructure for Ukraine grain export opens in IstanbulThe headquarters that will coordinate grain exports from Ukraine was unveiled in Turkey on Wednesday, following a landmark agreement to unlock shipments last week. The first ships carrying much-needed wheat and maize are expected to depart from Black Sea ports within days.
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Western European powers have pressed Iran to sign a revived 2015 nuclear deal, warning that what's on the table now is “the best possible” arrangement. The European Union's (EU) foreign police chief, who has chaired talks in Vienna, tweeted Wednesday that “now is decision time if we are to save
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Latest news bulletin | July 27th – Evening Updated: 27/07/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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Long lines form in front of bakeries and supermarkets in the Lebanese capital Beirut.
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Belgium’s tiniest theme park has added new models to honour Europe’s relationship with Ukraine. In the first model, the European Union and Ukrainian flags fly together in Kyiv’s Maidan Square, with the Kyiv Independence Column standing in the background.
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Superstar singer Shakira has opted to be tried by Spanish prosecutors over allegations she defrauded Spain's government of nearly €15 million in taxes, her public relations team said Wednesday. According to her lawyers, the 45-year-old Colombian rejected a plea deal offered by the Spanish authorities and wants to prove her
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A long-time adviser to Viktor Orbán has resigned over a speech that the Hungarian prime minister gave in which he criticised what he labelled as "race mixing", sparking international outcry. Zsuzsa Hegedüs said in a letter sent to Hungarian news outlet hvg.hu that while she doesn't believe Orbán is racist
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Latest news bulletin | July 27th – Midday Updated: 27/07/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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With countries across the world on the brink of famine, shipping companies aren't rushing to export millions of tons of trapped grain out of Ukraine, despite a breakthrough deal to provide safe corridors through the Black Sea. The reason? Explosive mines are lurking in the waters, leading ship owners to
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Ukrainian troops have struck a strategic bridge essential for Moscow to supply its forces occupying the country's south, as Russia pounded several areas in Ukraine with rocket and artillery strikes. The Ukrainian military struck the Antonivskyi Bridge across the Dnieper River late Tuesday, the deputy head of the Moscow-appointed administration
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With over 25,000 rivers, Georgians often say they're proud of their country's waterways. But just two-thirds of the population have access to clean drinking water, according to WHO and UNICEF. Critics say the problem lies in decaying infrastructure, meaning some people in Georgia don't have any access to a domestic
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Two new studies provide more evidence that the coronavirus pandemic originated in a Wuhan market where live animals were sold -- adding to the growing evidence that the virus emerged in the wild. The research, published online Tuesday by the journal Science, shows that the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market was
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A televised debate between the candidates to become Britain's next prime minister had to be abandoned on Tuesday after the host fainted on air. Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, who are running to replace Prime Minister Boris Johnson, were debating on the Talk TV channel when a crashing sound was
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Pope Francis prayed for healing from what he called the "terrible effects of colonisation" as he led a pilgrimage to Lac Sainte Anne on Tuesday in Canada. It was the last public appearance in Alberta before heading to Quebec. The Canadian lake has been known to indigenous peoples for centuries
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with the Sir Winston Churchill Leadership Award, drawing comparisons between the two leaders in times of crises. Zelenskyy accepted the award by video link during a ceremony at Johnson's London office on Tuesday that was attended by members of the
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A respected Polish scientific institute has classified domestic cats as an “invasive alien species”, citing the damage they cause to birds and other wildlife. Some cat lovers have reacted emotionally to this month's decision and put the key scientist behind it on the defensive. Wojciech Solarz, a biologist at the
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Western sanctions are hurting Russia’s economy but the Kremlin's war chest is still brimming with cash thanks to soaring commodity prices, new data shows. Russian exports of oil, gas and metals fell significantly last month as sanctions announcements spooked international buyers, according to Kremlin estimates seen by the Russian daily
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Press play to listen to this article LONDON — In capital cities across Europe, politicians have largely celebrated the downfall of Boris Johnson. Not so in Kyiv. While long-standing protocols mean closely-allied governments rarely comment when a fellow leader loses power, in war-torn Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy immediately broke with
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Press play to listen to this article When Lukas F. walks onto the site of an abandoned army barracks in the summer of 2021 as part of his training to be a terrorist, he is 16 years old, a slender boy with dark hair. The site is about 45 minutes
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Harold Chambers is a political and security analyst focused on the North Caucasus. The European Union has finally decided to reward those who face up to the Russian threat. Ukraine and Moldova have been granted candidacy status, and Georgia has been assured that, upon fulfilling certain conditions, it will
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Moin Kikhia is the founder and president of the Libyan Democratic Institute. Since February, the eyes of the world have been firmly fixed on the horrors unfolding in Ukraine. But while Europe’s attention has been consumed by the crisis on its eastern flank, the trouble burgeoning on its southern one
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Barbed warnings of “Nazi” rhetoric went flying Tuesday as the controversy over Viktor Orbán’s “mixed race” remarks breached rare territory — the Hungarian prime minister’s own circle. Just four days after Orbán startled European leaders by declaring countries were “no longer nations” after different races blend, one of the prime minister’s
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Press play to listen to this article EU energy ministers on Tuesday reached agreement on what, just six days earlier, had been dismissed as unthinkable: mandatory, bloc-wide gas rationing in case of winter supply shortages. “This was not a mission impossible,” cheered the Czech government, which currently helms the rotating
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Pope Francis has issued an historic apology for the Catholic Church’s cooperation with Canada’s “catastrophic” policy of Indigenous residential schools, saying the forced assimilation of Native peoples into Christian society destroyed their cultures, severed families and marginalised generations. “I am deeply sorry,” Francis said on Monday, to applause from school
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Social media users, as well as one of Russia's largest TV channels, Rossiya 1, shared misleading claims on Sunday that the University of Oxford has started to revoke the degrees of 10,000 students linked to the Kremlin. According to the report, any student with ties to Russian officials who has
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Sudanese security forces killed at least one person while violently dispersing anti-coup protesters on Tuesday in the capital of Khartoum and other cities, a medical group said. The Sudan Doctors Committee, which is part of the pro-democracy movement, said the protester was shot dead when security forces opened fire on
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Hundreds of firefighters have been battling wildfires in eastern Germany and the neighbouring Czech Republic as tourist regions and residential areas have been evacuated. A large wildfire was spreading quickly in the eastern German state of Brandenburg on Tuesday, according to news agency dpa. The region contains lots of bone-dry
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Latest news bulletin | July 26th – Evening Updated: 26/07/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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1. Russian missile strikes hit civilian targets, port infrastructure in Odesa and MykolaivRussia targeted Ukraine's Black Sea regions of Odesa and Mykolaiv with airstrikes on Tuesday, hitting private property and port infrastructure along the country's southern coast, the Ukrainian military said. The Kremlin's forces used air-launched missiles in the attack,
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French artist paints giant 'land art' as tribute to victims of Brazil's dam burst.
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The 3rd edition of the Amman International Film Festival (AIFF) started on 20 July, with some 50 films from 29 countries participating. A busy schedule for the jury members, who were seen enjoying a refreshing water break on the Dead Sea to consult the film catalogue. Jordan’s first international film
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Russia targeted Ukraine's Black Sea regions of Odesa and Mykolaiv with airstrikes on Tuesday, hitting private property and port infrastructure along the country's southern coast, the Ukrainian military said. The Kremlin's forces used air-launched missiles in the attack, Ukraine's Operational Command South said in a Facebook post. In the Odesa
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Seven players from the Australian rugby league team Manly Warringah Sea Eagles have refused to play in an upcoming game because the club wants them to wear a Pride shirt to support LGBTQ+ inclusion in sport. The team was set to wear the jerseys, with rainbow stripes and a rainbow
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Screaming and water splashes - this is what the Armenian capital looks like during water festival Vardavar. People bathe in fountains, shoot each other with water guns, pour water on the heads of passers-by from balconies - and no one gets offended. Vardavar is a national festival unique to Armenia
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Average life expectancy in Germany dropped noticeably between 2019 and 2021, according to the national statistics office, a change that it attributes to unusually high numbers of deaths during the coronavirus pandemic. Life expectancy for newborn girls last year was 83.2 years and for boys 78.2 years, The Federal Statistical
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Latest news bulletin | July 26th – Midday Updated: 26/07/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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Japanese BMX star Rim Nakamura showed off his skills in an unusual setting - Western Village, the abandoned Wild West theme park in Nikko, Japan. The 20 year-old performed a host of tricks and stunts in the park, which closed down in 2007 but never re-opened.
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Police in Ukraine have made public a video they say shows a school hit by a Russian missile in the city of Bakhmut in Donetsk. The attack took place in the early hours of Sunday and left the school all but unusable. A police spokesman said there had been no
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French President Emmanuel Macron is in Cameroon to start his 3-nation Africa tour, where he is expected to discuss the African food crisis sparked by Russia’s war in Ukraine, the need for Cameroon to increase its agricultural production and the upsurge in insecurity in the country. Macron is due to
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Latest news bulletin | July 26th – Morning Updated: 26/07/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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Russian energy giant Gazprom would further reduce natural gas flows through the Nord Stream pipeline to 20% of capacity, citing equipment repairs. The move ramps up concerns that Russia may cut off gas as political leverage over the war in Ukraine, just as Europe tries to shore up storage for
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The two candidates vying to be Britain’s next prime minister sparred in the first head-to-head television debate over how to help families struggling with the soaring cost of living that highlighted the contrasting economic visions of the Conservative Party rivals. In a feisty discussion, broadcast live on television and with
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Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei has visited Kyiv to express his solidarity with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Russia continues its brutal assault of Ukraine. Giammattei met with Zelenskyy in the capital on Monday, becoming the first Latin American president to make the trip. Many Latin American leaders have avoided taking a
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DUBLIN — David Trimble, the former Northern Ireland leader who shared the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize for delivering narrow Protestant support for the Good Friday Agreement, died Monday, his family announced. He was 77. Trimble was considered a hard-liner when he was elected leader of the Ulster Unionist Party in
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When they meet in Brussels on Tuesday, EU energy ministers will be under intense pressure to agree on a common gas-saving plan ahead of winter to buttress the bloc in case the Kremlin turns off the taps. But the initial sense of urgency in the Commission's proposal for mandatory rationing
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Brexit is not done for many British-European families, even two and a half years after the UK left the European Union. "One of us is a UK citizen and one is a citizen of the EU. And we have lost the right to migrate as a family," said one British man
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Simone Tagliapietra is a senior fellow at Bruegel. Last week, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen issued the clearest possible warning: “Russia is blackmailing us . . . using gas as a weapon.” Her alert came as the Commission proposed a “Save gas for a safe winter” package, instructing
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Claude Moniquet is co-CEO of the Strategic Intelligence and Security Center. He’s a former agent of the Directorate-General for External Security and a former journalist. Unleashed on February 24, Russia’s aggression against Ukraine was promptly followed by a massive commitment from Europe. The pledge came in the form of
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LONDON — Was this the night Liz Truss sealed the deal? Monday evening’s crucial head-to-head TV clash between Truss and Rishi Sunak — the final two contenders in the race to replace Boris Johnson — ended in an effective score draw, leaving Truss in pole position to become Tory leader
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Latest news bulletin | July 25th – Morning Updated: 25/07/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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A cross-Channel dispute has erupted after a weekend of travel chaos at the port of Dover, which saw holidaymakers and freight workers stuck in queues for hours before border checks. Some drivers said they could not move for over six hours, quickly running out of snacks and patience, as images
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Firefighters battle the remnants of a wildfire in the Valle de Arlanza in Spain's northern province of Burgos. In southern Greece, a major fire has broken out on Sunday, burning homes in villages not far from the archaeological site of Ancient Olympia. Residents in Wennington, a village on the eastern
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David Trimble, a former Northern Ireland first minister who won the Nobel Peace Prize for playing a key role in helping end its decades of violence, has died, the Ulster Unionist Party said Monday. He was 77. The party said in a statement on behalf of the Trimble family that
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Latest news bulletin | July 25th – Evening Updated: 25/07/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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A shooter attacked multiple homeless people on Monday in a Vancouver suburb, killing two and injuring two, Canadian police reported. Police were notified of "multiple shooting scenes" in downtown Langley, a town of 26,000 about 48 kilometres southeast of Vancouver. One reported shooting was in neighbouring Langley Township. Police initially
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1. Kyiv hopes to see grain exports deal implemented this weekUkraine said on Monday it hoped a UN-brokered deal aimed at easing global food shortages by resuming grain exports from the Black Sea region would start to be implemented this week. Moscow brushed aside concerns that the deal could be
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Latest news bulletin | July 25th – Evening Updated: 25/07/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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A massive sandstorm hit northwestern China's Qinghai province recently.
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Russia's top diplomat said Moscow's overarching goal in Ukraine is to remove from power its "unacceptable regime," expressing the Kremlin's war aims in some of the bluntest terms yet as its forces pummel the country with heavy bombardment. The remark from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov comes amid Ukraine's efforts
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More than 200 people took part in a techno music party in a bombed-out building in northern Ukraine on Sunday.
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Hundreds of young people in Goma took to the streets to protest against MONUSCO.
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Images of people cooling down at the beach and under the shade as a heatwave strikes Xiamen city in southern China. The city authorities issued an orange alert for high temperatures as the mercury climbed to over 40 degrees Celsius in some parts of the city, according to local media.
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A former Russian diplomat who became the most high-profile defector when he quit his job in Geneva after the invasion of Ukraine, says Vladimir Putin would be "humiliated" if he had to meet with Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Boris Bondarev was a senior diplomat at the Russian mission in Geneva, Switzerland, but
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has officially launched his re-election campaign. Thousands of the far-right leader's supporters gathered at a stadium in Rio de Janeiro where he was nominated. The controversial president pitched the upcoming poll as a fight between good and evil and he wasted no time in attacking his
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Latest news bulletin | July 25th – Midday Updated: 25/07/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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Myanmar ruling junta has carried out its first executions in nearly 50 years with the hangings of a former National League for Democracy lawmaker, a democracy activist and two men accused of violence after the country's military takeover last year. The executions announced Monday were carried out despite worldwide pleas
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It's not the usual venue for a party but these revellers in Ukraine are here for a purpose. They've come to Yahidne to help clear up and rebuild bombed-out homes while enjoying themselves at the same time to some dance tracks. The daytime 'clean-up rave' was organised by young Ukrainians
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The French government is set to force all air-conditioned shops to close their doors and switch off illuminated advertising overnight, in a bid to cut energy use. Energy Transition Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher says it's "absurd" that leaving doors open while the air conditioning is running can lead to 20% more energy
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France is preventing Eurostar from increasing the number of trains running daily between London and Paris, the Telegraph reported on Sunday. French border police and security staff are resisting the train operator’s efforts to add more services due to concerns about staff shortages, the newspaper said. The standoff comes after
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Press play to listen to this article Europe was not prepared for the extreme heat it experienced this infernal July. That's obvious from the heat wave's death toll so far — with more than 2,000 people known to have died in Spain and Portugal, a number expected to climb when
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Russian Foreign Minister is in Congo on Monday as part of Russia's Africa charm offensive that also takes Sergei Lavrov to Egypt, Uganda and Ethiopia. Lavrov arrived Sunday evening in Oyo in northern Congo, some 400km north of the capital Brazzaville and a stronghold of Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso. Sassou
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Marcello Rossi is a freelance journalist specializing in the environment and science. PAVIA, Italy — Under the scorching sun of a mid-July morning, Giovanni Daghetta walks across a dusty, barren plot of land on his rice farm in the province of Pavia, in Lombardy. In a typical year, he’d be wading through 10 centimeters of
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Tommaso Grossi is a policy analyst in the Social Europe and Well-Being Programme at the European Policy Centre. Francesco De Angelis is a junior policy analyst for the center’s Europe’s Political Economy Programme. Historian Donald Sassoon had dubbed the alleged lack of political maturity lamented by many Italian pundits
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Recent crises have highlighted the critical need for Europe to secure and strengthen its position as leader in medical innovation. As the European Commission works on the review of the Pharmaceutical Legislation, we need to ensure Europe has the right environment to bring the next generation of treatments to patients.
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Press play to listen to this article LONDON — The gloves are off in the fight to replace Boris Johnson as British prime minister — and the two contenders are heading for a primetime showdown. In the blue corner is Rishi Sunak — the former top finance minister who became a
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A breakthrough deal to unblock Ukraine grain shipments is on a knife-edge following missile strikes on a key Ukrainian port Saturday. Odesa port was hit by alleged Russian missiles yesterday morning - just hours after Kyiv and Moscow signed an agreement to allow wheat and maize exports from Ukraine. Ukrainian president
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Pope Francis began a tense visit to Canada on Sunday to apologise to Indigenous peoples for abuses committed by missionaries in residential schools. It's a key step in the Catholic Church's efforts to reconcile with Native communities and help them heal after generations of trauma. The head of the world's
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Fierce wildfires are sweeping through the north, south and east of Greece on Sunday, as a scorching heatwave boils the country. Hundreds of residents and tourists have been evacuated from the east Aegean island of Lesbos after forest fires, which broke out yesterday, destroyed homes and threatened villages. Greece is
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At least fifty-three new wildfires broken out across Greece between Saturday and Sunday evening as the National Fire Service struggled to contain the blazes burning in Evros, Lesbos, and near the western town of Grevena. The inferno at the Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli National Park has been burning for four consecutive days. In
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Latest news bulletin | July 24th – Midday Updated: 24/07/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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Waiting for hours in a traffic jam is not exactly the way we'd all like to start our holidays, but that's exactly what many Brits trying to cross the channel faced in Dover this weekend. Starting on Friday, there were huge queues in the southern English port as holidaymakers had
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Hungary's prime minister caused outrage Saturday after he bashed western European countries for "mixing" European and non-European populations in a keynote speech. Viktor Orban claimed "the west is split in two", arguing that countries where European and non-European people intermingle "are no longer nations". The ultra-nationalist conservative leader idealised an "unmixed
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Tunisians took the streets this weekend to demonstrate against a constitutional referendum on Monday, which would transfer greater powers to the president. Hundreds gathered in Tunis on Saturday to demand the resignation of president Kais Saied, before Tunisians vote on Monday for a draft constitution that will reduce the role of
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Latest news bulletin | July 24th – Evening Updated: 24/07/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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A major fire ravaged part of California on Sunday, as tens of millions of Americans baked in record-breaking temperatures. Firefighters near Yosemite National Park were battling "hell on earth" over the weekend caused by one of the US state's largest wildfires this year. The State's Department of Forestry and Fire
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The owners of the Tango D10S aircraft welcomed Maradona's fans on Saturday until August 21 at Moron airport, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. The "cosmic kite" action was launched, where visitors could send a message to Maradona to be saved and sent into space on a satellite. Fans could
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The German charity Sea-Watch carried out four operations in less than 24 hours, rescuing 428 migrants and refugees trying to cross the Mediterranean sea from Northern Africa to Europe on overcrowded rickety boats. The migrants were rescued by the crew of Sea-Watch 3 and among those taken on board were
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The Newport Folk Festival, known for creating electrifying musical moments, is offering a small outdoor stage this weekend powered in part by festival-goers on stationary bikes. The Bike Stage is the brainchild of the band Illiterate Light, an environmentally conscious indie rock duo from Virginia, who teamed up with a
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A cheeky boat-sinking walrus has become a hit with locals and tourists alike in Norway, although some aren't too happy about its mischief. The hefty marine mammal was spotted in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Scotland before eventually ending up in Oslo's Frognerkilen bay. Far from her native home in
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The EU will accelerate efforts to strike new trade deals with "like-minded partners" as the bloc tries to reduce its dependence on Russian energy and natural resources, the EU’s trade chief said in an interview with the Financial Times. European Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis said the EU needs
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BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 24. International rating agency S&P Global Ratings has improved the forecast for the growth of Azerbaijani economy in 2022 to 3.5 percent from previously expected 2.7 percent, Trend reports citing agency. According to S&P, Azerbaijan's GDP growth forecasts for period from 2023 through 2025 have remained unchanged
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A fast-moving wildfire near Yosemite National Park broke out Friday afternoon and prompted evacuations, even as firefighters made progress in battling an earlier blaze that had burned to the edge of a grove of giant redwoods. The Oak Fire started at about 2 p.m. southwest of the park near Midpines
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BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 24. A regular meeting of the Azerbaijani-Uzbek joint intergovernmental commission will be held in Tashkent, Trend reports. This was stated during a telephone conversation between President Ilham Aliyev and President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev. Will be updated
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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev calls President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev
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Sri Lanka’s besieged presidential office will reopen on Monday, police said, days after anti-government demonstrators were flushed out in a military crackdown that triggered international condemnation, Trend reports citing Al Arabiya. The colonial-era building was occupied earlier this month by protesters angered by the island nation’s unprecedented economic crisis. Soldiers
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Latest news bulletin | July 24th – Morning Updated: 24/07/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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The CEO of Iran’s Petroleum Engineering and Development Company (PEDEC) said that the memorandum of understanding on investment signed between Iran and Russia was an example of a win-win deal, Trend reports citing IRNA. The implementation of the MoU could pave the way for positive developments in Iran’s oil and
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Conservative leadership hopeful Liz Truss has vowed to review all EU laws on the U.K.’s statute books and scrap those which are deemed to hinder growth. The British foreign secretary, who is vying for the Tory leadership in a battle against Rishi Sunak, is calling for a “red tape bonfire” as
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The World Health Organization will announce Saturday whether it considers the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will lead a press conference at 3 p.m. Geneva time to announce the outcome of a meeting of experts that deliberated this week on whether
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Four years ago, the FTC allowed the Northrop-Orbital merger to close despite objections from Boeing and other rival defense companies. At the time, Northrop promised fair treatment for all contractors that rely on rockets made by Orbital, a top concern among other companies. Orbital was one of only two solid
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But publicly, Trump lied. He lied at the gathering of the world’s elite in Davos, Switzerland on January 22, saying, “It’s one person coming in from China. We have it under control. It’s going to be just fine.” He lied days later in Michigan, declaring that “everything’s going to be
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KYIV, Ukraine — Russia fired several missiles at the port of Odesa on Saturday, Ukrainian authorities said, raising the question of whether Moscow would abide by a crucial deal struck Friday to unblock Ukraine’s seaports to allow for the transport of millions of tons of grain needed to feed countries
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The favorite to replace Mario Draghi as Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, dismissed claims that a government including her national-conservative party would pose a danger to Italy, insisting that there was “nothing to fear.” Meloni, leader of the Brothers of Italy Party, which leads the polls for the Italian elections,
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The World Health Organization declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern, the health body’s highest level of alert. The decision on Saturday from WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebereyesus came as the organization's emergency committee was unable to reach consensus on whether the outbreak constituted such a
متابعة القراءةFears that the West will fracture on Ukraine High gas and food prices, not to mention the possibility of a long war, are sure to wear down the support in certain corners for Ukraine as it defends itself against Russia, some speakers warned. Already, some Republicans have come out against
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U.S. citizens Luke “Skywalker” Lucyszyn and Bryan Young were killed when they were “ambushed” during a special operation in eastern Ukraine, their commander said.
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This week many parts of Europe suffered under extreme heat, which sparked fierce wildfires and forced thousands of people to flee their homes. In Ukraine, ferocious fighting was taking place around Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, while Russian and Ukrainian forces wrestled for control of the Black Sea shores and key
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Another week, another selection of No Comment videos. Russian President Vladimir Putin was left awkwardly waiting and fidgeting by Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan ahead of talks in Tehran on Tuesday. Hands clasped, mouth twitching and his stance shifting, the Russian leader had to wait for 50 seconds before Erdogan appeared. An
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Authorities on Saturday (23 July) ordered the evacuation of the popular resort of Vatera on the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos due to a forest fire threatening the first houses in the village. The fire started on the morning of 23 July and is considered a difficult blaze as it
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Latest news bulletin | July 23rd – Evening Updated: 23/07/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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Residents and tourists were evacuated on Saturday as a wildfire on the Greek island of Lesbos destroyed homes and threatened villages. The blaze, which started in the mountainous forests to the west of the island this morning, spread on two fronts. One fire headed towards the village of Vrisa, the other towards
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WHO has declared an international health emergency over the monkeypox outbreak, which has affected nearly 17,000 people in 74 countries. The chief of the World Health Organization described the surge in monkeypox infection as "extraordinary", while triggering the highest level of alert on Saturday. “We have an outbreak that has spread
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Missiles struck a key Ukrainian port Saturday, just one day after Kyiv and Moscow signed a breakthrough deal to unblock shipments of grain. Pointing the finger at Russia, Ukraine's air force chief said the port -- a key site for exporting grain -- had been deliberately targetted. "The port of
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During his visit to Argelès-Gazost, Emmanuel Macron took part in the Bigourdan shepherds' choir. Together they sang "Le Refuge" by Edmond Duplan.
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Flash floods in Iran's Fars province have killed at least 21 people and left scores missing. Heavy rainfall swelled the Roudbal river on Friday which caused flooding in the areas of Estehban, Niriz and Darab in the drought-stricken Fars province, though more than 10 villages were hit by floods. According
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Latest news bulletin | July 23rd – Midday Updated: 23/07/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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The Behdienkhlam festival, which means 'driving out the demon of cholera', is the most famous cultural festival in the Indian state of Meghalaya. Behdienkhlam is celebrated every year in July, after the sowing season, and is the most important dance festival of the Jaintia tribes.
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Italian environmental activists on Friday stuck their hands on the glass protecting Sandro Botticelli's painting "Spring" in the Uffizi Galleries in Florence. The museum said the glass, installed as a precautionary measure several years ago, left the masterpiece unharmed. Together with the Florentine artist's other masterpiece, "Birth of Venus", the
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Welcome to our Friday’s good news roundup, a list of positive stories handpicked by our team to make you feel better. Today's stories include:Why NASA's Webb telescope will change the direction of scienceSpain’s government will offer free trains starting in SeptemberA study that finds a weekend workout can be enough
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African leaders have welcomed a Ukraine-Russia deal that is set to unblock wheat and maize exports from Ukrainian ports. The African Union (AU) said the agreement was a "welcome development" for the continent on Saturday, adding that grain shipments were urgently needed to avert famine. Macky Sall, chairman of the
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Press play to listen to this article Germany will bail out gas importer Uniper, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Friday, promising to do "what is necessary and as long as it is necessary" to help keep the country afloat amid fears of a Russia-driven energy crisis. Speaking to reporters in Berlin,
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Latest news bulletin | July 23rd – Morning Updated: 23/07/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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Press play to listen to this article Russia and Ukraine reached an agreement Friday with the United Nations and Turkey to reopen Ukraine's seaports and guarantee safe passage for the ships carrying Ukrainian grain in the Black Sea. At a press conference in Istanbul unveiling the deal, U.N. Secretary-General António
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Press play to listen to this article It weighs more than 18 tons, is 12 meters long, and if it doesn't move soon could devastate Europe's economy. A gargantuan gas turbine — essentially a huge engine — has been sitting in Cologne for days, stuck in sanctions limbo. It should have been
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A U.N.-backed plan to allow Ukrainian food exports to navigate Russia’s Black Sea blockade has raised hopes that the worst ravages of a global food crisis can be avoided. But Ukrainian and Western officials are skeptical that Moscow will stick to the final deal. They believe it’s likely that President
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Nichols set sentencing for Oct. 21. Bannon, 68, who was free pending trial and remains so as he awaits sentencing, faces up to a total of two years in prison on the two misdemeanor charges. Outside the courthouse after the verdicts were returned, the former Trump aide and his attorneys
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Rachel Wolf is a former Downing Street adviser and was co-author of the 2019 Conservative General Election Manifesto. She is the Founding Partner at Public First. “Get Brexit Done. Invest in our NHS, schools, and police.” In October 2019, this banner hung across the Manchester Central Conference Complex in the United Kingdom, and went on to form the backbone of
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Afghan tourists enjoy a holiday riding boats at the Band-e Amir lake and walking through the ruins of where the famous Buddha statues once stood before being blown up by the Taliban in 2001. Since the group has returned to power in August 2021, overall violence across Afghanistan has dropped,
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1. Kyiv and Moscow sign key grain exports deal, cargo ships to depart as early as SaturdayUkraine and Russia signed a breakthrough agreement on Friday, designed to help relieve a global food crisis caused by blocked Black Sea grain exports. The ceremony marks the first major deal between the warring
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Italian environmental activists glued their hands on Friday to the glass protecting Sandro Botticelli's masterpiece in the Uffizi Galleries in Florence, police said. The museum said thanks to the glass -- installed as a precaution several years ago -- the painting, Primavera or Spring, was unharmed. Paired with the Florentine
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EU membership candidates Albania and North Macedonia have received the green light from all 27-member states to begin accession negotiations. Following Monday's announcement, the leaders of both countries were invited to Brussels on Tuesday to discuss what Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala described as "the next steps on their path
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A woman has been placed in an intensive care unit in Sicily after losing consciousness due to what was most likely a sting by a Portuguese man o' war, a marine protozoan known for its long, venomous tendrils. The head doctor of Catania's San Marco hospital said the woman suffered
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A few weeks after returning from Ukraine, with most foreign media having scaled down their presence in the war-torn country, I was asked to dig into the conflict's potential knock-on effects in other parts of Europe. There were fears that inter-ethnic violence could spill over into the Western Balkans, most
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Latest news bulletin | July 22nd – Evening Updated: 22/07/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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Welcome to our Friday’s good news roundup, a list of positive stories handpicked by our team to make you feel better. Today's stories include:Why NASA's Webb telescope will change the direction of scienceSpain’s government will offer free trains starting in SeptemberA study that finds a weekend workout can be enough
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This stilt dancing has been going on in the village of Anguiano since the 17th century. The show begins with a mass in commemoration of the Virgin of the Magdalena. Then eight young people equipped with 50 centimeter high stilts and wide skirts hurl themselves down a cobbled slope, turning
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A former Irish soldier has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for joining the so-called Islamic State (IS) jihadist group in Syria. Lisa Smith had already been convicted in May of being a member of a banned terrorist organisation between 2015 and 2019. She appeared at the Special Court in
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Prince Harry can take the British government to court over his security arrangements in the UK, a London judge has ruled. Harry and his wife Meghan lost publicly-funded UK police protection when they stepped down as senior working royals and moved to North America in 2020. The prince wants to
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Britons heading off on holiday by ferry faced hours-long waits at the port of Dover on Friday, with UK authorities blaming French officials for the chaos. Dover authorities said a lack of French border officials was leading to waits of up to six hours for border checks at the English
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The foreign minister of Transnistria has said that the separatist region is committed to achieving independence from Moldova and possible unification with Russia, and that Moldova's recent EU candidacy status effectively ends any possibility of cooperation. Transnistria, a sliver of land lying between Ukraine and the rest of Moldova, has
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A large opposition demonstration marched Thursday in La Paz denouncing political persecution from the presidency of leftist Luis Arce, but was stopped by government supporters who used eggs, tomatoes, stones and firecrackers. Opponents, including doctors, medical students, vendors and civil activists, demanded the release of former right-wing president Jeanine Añez,
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A Russian warplane has struck a town in northwestern Syria near the Turkish border, killing seven civilians including four children, according to a human rights group. Syrian Civil Defence volunteers rushed to the house to remove the bodies under the rubble shortly after the attack on Friday. The Syrian Observatory
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Latest news bulletin | July 22nd – Midday Updated: 22/07/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and his United Kingdom counterpart Stephen Lovegrove on Thursday discussed the regional security situation and ways to enhance cooperation between the two sides in areas such as cyber-security and the Indo-Pacific. Lovegrove, who is visiting New Delhi, met Doval and discussed a wide range of
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SHUSHA, Azerbaijan, July 22. The International Media Forum in Shusha has the potential to become a global event, First Deputy Director-General of Russia's TASS News Agency Mikhail Gusman said at the forum on July 22, Trend reports. "Azerbaijani journalism will celebrate its 150th anniversary in the near future, and I
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Despite desperate pleas from aides, allies, Republican congressional leaders and even his family, Donald Trump refused to call off the mob attack on the US Capitol building on 6 January 2021. Instead, Trump was “pouring gasoline on the fire” by aggressively tweeting his false claims of a stolen election and
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Press play to listen to this article Move over, Germany — this time the south has the upper hand. A group of European Union countries mainly from the south has already shot down Brussels' bid to grant itself the power to ration gas around the bloc less than 24 hours
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Latest news bulletin | July 22nd – Morning Updated: 22/07/2022 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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Jamie Dettmer is Opinion Editor at POLITICO Europe. ROME — “There’s no room for personal considerations,” former Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti wrote last week, appealing to Mario Draghi, his technocrat successor, and friend, in the Chigi Palace not to quit. “The sense of duty toward the state, toward citizens,
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Press play to listen to this article Presented by GE. By MARI ECCLES with Joshua Posaner, Zoya Sheftalovich and Aoife White PRESENTED BY — On the final day of Farnborough, attendees share their biggest take-homes from the first post-pandemic airshow. — Carmaker Ford reckons it can boost its electric car
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ROME — On a scorching afternoon in Rome, some of Italy’s most powerful politicians gathered in the shade of a luxury villa in one of the city’s most exclusive neighborhoods, sat down to a lunch of swordfish and salad, and plotted to overthrow the government of Mario Draghi. The host
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Welcome to Declassified, a weekly humor column. Imagine if you could write your own national song. The actual piece of music that gets played at important occasions of state and before meaningless football matches! What an honor it would be. Now, the U.K. has a rubbish national anthem in “God
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The pandemic triggered a behavioral shift within society, bringing about greater self-care to prevent illness and maintain good health. With greater access to health information than ever before, people are increasingly taking more accountability for their health and well-being. Simultaneously, the consumer health care product market has evolved, with products
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Press play to listen to this article LONDON — Blame the unseasonably hot weather. It’s not unusual for Westminster to go a wee bit berserk when the British summertime finally arrives — but even a record-breaking heatwave can’t explain the jaw-dropping, mind-boggling, and frankly surreal nature of the race to
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We dive into the politics of this week’s hot topic — Europe’s response to a devastating heat wave and how that impacts current energy troubles. We also look into a debate over crypto currencies and how they should be regulated across the EU. POLITICO’s Bjarke Smith-Meyer hosts this week’s episode,
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