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A mayor in Tenerife has insisted police are continuing to investigate several lines of inquiry and defended the decision to call off the search for missing British teenager Jay Slater.”The investigation that the Civil Guard is carrying out in this case has several lines of inquiry open,” local Mayor Emilio Navarro told Sky News.”It’s not that the search has stopped. Maybe, yes, in the territory, the field search, but other lines are open.”The Civil Guard announced on Sunday their search of the mountainous area in northern Tenerife where Jay was last seen had ended.It was less than two weeks after…

Widespread damage has been reported only hours after Hurricane Beryl first made landfall in the southeastern Caribbean. Roofs were ripped off buildings, trees were uprooted and electricity lines brought crashing to the ground on several islands when the ferocious storm swept in earlier on Monday. Winds of up to 150mph were reported in some areas, with schools, businesses, airports, and government offices forced to close. There were also warnings that power outages and water cuts were likely.It comes following forecasts that the hurricane was likely to be “extremely dangerous”.Officials say it is the earliest ever time of the year that…

Archaeologists have discovered evidence that shows how Indigenous oral traditions were able to pass down knowledge over 500 generations, the journal Nature Human Behaviour reported on Monday. Miniature fireplaces with protruding trimmed wooden artifacts smeared in fat were found in a series of caves in Australia’s Victorian Alps that match the description of Gunaikurnai healing rituals written down in the 19th century. The findings are believed to be 12,000 years old, dating them to the end of the last ice age. “Determining the longevity of oral traditions and ‘intangible heritage’ has important implications for understanding information exchange through social networks…

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Pakistan has launched a new military operation aimed at stamping out militancy and tackling a surge in armed violence.   Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s government named the new operation Azm-e-Istehkam, meaning Resolve for Stability in Urdu. It is the latest in a series of operations that Pakistan’s military has launched against militant groups. The South Asian nation has witnessed a dramatic increase in violent attacks over the past two years. The attacks have claimed the lives of at least 62 soldiers, including two officers, so far this year. The military said it killed 249 and arrested 396 terrorists in more than…

A British holidaymaker has described “apocalyptic” scenes on a Greek island as she and her family wait to be evacuated from their hotel due to nearby wildfires, while the Greek prime minister warned tourists further blazes this summer could “be particularly dangerous”.Parts of Greece have seen tinderbox-like conditions after prolonged drought and dry weather, which have combined with unusually strong winds to create raging infernos in places. In the eastern Aegean, the islands of Chios and Kos experienced dangerous wildfires on Monday. Image: A volunteer stands on a roof as flames rise from a wildfire burning in Stamata, around 25km…

Karl Lauterbach seems ever-present for Germany’s national team. The federal health minister attended Germany’s second Euro 2024 group match against Hungary in Stuttgart, the third group game against Switzerland in Frankfurt, and also the Round of 16 victory against Denmark in Dortmund. The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) politician has consistently posted selfies on X, featuring other members of the federal government in varying configurations alongside him, such as Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, and Interior Minister Nancy Faeser. Baerbock and Faeser also regularly tweet about the Euros and the German national team. While Chancellor Scholz is more…

Eritrean cyclist Biniam Girmay achieved a historic milestone by becoming the first Black African rider to win a stage in the Tour de France. He sprinted to victory in the third stage of the cycling event to secure victory on Monday. Girmay said his win was “for all Africans.” “We must be proud now. We are really part of the big races,” Girmay said. “Now it’s our moment. It’s our time.” Tour de France ‘already incredible’ The victory came on the third day and the longest stage of this year’s race, spanning 230.8 kilometers (roughly 143 miles) between Piacenza and Turin. It provided the…

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled his long-awaited new cabinet on Sunday evening after his African National Congress (ANC) — which gained the most votes in recent elections but lost its majority — and his coaltion partners agreed on how to share out the 32 cabinet positions. Of the 11 parties in the government of national unity, seven are represented in the cabinet. Who got which ministries? The ANC has 20 cabinet posts, including key ministries of the presidency, finance, defense, justice, police and foreign affairs. Keeping the foreign ministry under ANC leadership will likely see the government continue its support of Palestinians and its strong…

The Israeli army has ordered a mass evacuation of Palestinians from the eastern half of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.Israel wrapped up its offensive in the city earlier this year and withdrew most of its forces, but this indicates that troops could soon return.Much of Khan Younis was destroyed in a long assault earlier this year, but large numbers of Palestinians have since moved back in to escape another Israeli offensive in Gaza’s southern-most city, Rafah.It comes as Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is almost finished with eliminating Hamas’ military capabilities in Gaza.Some 37,900 Palestinians have been killed and more than…