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Eight England fans have been arrested in Frankfurt, where the Three Lions took on Denmark on Thursday night in their Euro 2024 clash.One was detained for riding an e-scooter while under the influence of alcohol. Others were held for bodily harm and violating narcotics laws.The police also confirmed one arrest had been made after a person attempted to enter the stadium dressed as a referee – though their nationality was not specified. Image: German police monitor fans from a bridge in Frankfurt Pic: AP Hessen Police said no Danish fans were arrested in Frankfurt yesterday. A spokesman added that there…

It’s approaching midnight on Thursday evening and tens of thousands of Spanish and Italian supporters are filing meekly over a footbridge towards the Arena AufSchalke tram station. The Italians are in the downcast mood you’d expect them to be, having spent the evening watching their team be pinned back, outplayed and shown up. Oddly though, the victorious Spanish seem miserable too. Beneath them, every five minutes or so, a tram sidles along and loads before heading off, at a snail’s pace, towards the city center. Occasionally, from a ground-level section of the station so far removed and so poorly signposted…

Skip next section EU launches membership talks with Ukraine, Moldova06/21/2024June 21, 2024EU launches membership talks with Ukraine, MoldovaEuropean Union member states formally approved launching accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova next week. EU ministers will start negotiations with Ukraine in Luxembourg on Tuesday afternoon. Talks with Moldova will begin later on the same day. Kyiv and Chisinau applied to join the EU shortly after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Membership talks are likely to go on for years with applicants required to bring regulations in line with EU standards and maintain media freedom and the rule…

Armenia’s Foreign Ministry on Friday announced that it was recognizing Palestine as a state. Yerevan becomes the latest government to recognize Palestinian statehood as the war in Gaza continues, ongoing for over eight months. Yerevan calls for ‘peaceful coexistence’ In a statement, Armenia cited the “catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza and the ongoing military conflict” as being “among the primary issues on the international political agenda that require settlement.” Armenia said that it “categorically rejects the targeting of civilian infrastructure, violence against the civilian population” and also rejected “the hostage-taking of civilians during armed conflict, joining the international community’s demands for…

Helicopters, rescue dogs and drones have continued to scour the holiday island of Tenerife for a missing British teenager as concerned family and friends endure a “living nightmare”.The hunt for 19-year-old Jay Slater from Oswaldtwistle, near Blackburn in Lancashire, is now in its fifth day. The apprentice bricklayer was holidaying with friends on Tenerife before he disappeared on Monday. Image: Pic: PA Image: Pic: PA He was last heard from when he called a friend to say he was setting off on an 11-hour walk to get home, after he missed his bus.It came as new photographs showed the property…

The White House said on Thursday that it will ban the sale of Russia’s Kaspersky Lab antivirus software in the United States. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said the company’s ties with Moscow posed a risk to its large US customer base. “Russia has shown it has the capacity and… the intent to exploit Russian companies like Kaspersky to collect and weaponize the personal information of Americans and that is why we are compelled to take the action that we are taking today,” Raimondo told reporters. The block is set to come in on September 29, giving companies that may rely…

One person was killed and at least 200 were injured in protests across Kenya, a police watchdog and rights groups said on Friday. The East African country saw nationwide protests on Thursday against government plans to raise $2.7 billion (€2.5 billion) in taxes. What do we know about the protests? Five rights groups said in a joint statement that police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesters in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. Among the groups were the London-based Amnesty International and the Kenya Medical Association. The statement said that the presence of spent cartridges implied the use of live…

A British tourist has been stabbed to death outside a nightclub near Barcelona, according to local media.The incident happened at about 4am this morning in Calella, about 30 miles away from the city. Police have confirmed that there was a fatality, and another person was injured and taken to hospital.According to El Caso, there was a fight outside the Oxygen nightclub and the tourist died at the scene.In a statement, Catalan police said it is “investigating the violent death of a 31-year-old man”.The British consulate is reportedly being notified – and footage from security cameras in the area is being…

Skip next section ‘Mass’ drone attack kills one, Russian officials say06/21/2024June 21, 2024’Mass’ drone attack kills one, Russian officials sayRussian officials said Ukraine launched a “mass” drone attack on the annexed Crimean Peninsula and several parts of southern Russia, including the Krasnodar region, where authorities had earlier reported a fire in an oil refinery. The volley of drones, of which the Defense Ministry said it shot down 114, left one person killed.  “Russian anti-aerial defense systems intercepted and destroyed 70 drones over Crimea and the Black Sea, 43 drones over the Krasnodar region and one drone over Volgograd,” the ministry…

The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced Thursday that a company drilling for natural gas off the coast of northern Israel has discovered a 3,300-year-old ship and its cargo, one of the oldest known examples of a vessel sailing far from land. Hundreds of intact ancient amphorae were found on board the ship, the authority said, describing it as a “groundbreaking discovery.” The wreck and its artifacts were discovered 1,800 meters (5,906 feet) deep at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea by Energean, a London-listed energy company. The great depth at which the ship was found means it has been undisturbed by…