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Extreme weather across Europe has left four people dead in storms in Switzerland and northern Italy, while wildfires force people from their homes in Greece and Turkey.The bodies of three people were recovered following a landslide in the Fontana area of the Maggia valley in the Italian-speaking Ticino state on the southern side of the Swiss Alps. The body of a man whose partner had reported him missing was found at a hotel in the Alpine resort of Saas-Grund early on Sunday. It is believed floodwater caught him by surprise.Police said another man had been missing since Saturday evening in…

Hostages from a British Airways flight that refueled in Kuwait, en route to Kuala Lumpur, in 1990 have begun legal action against the UK government and the airline, a British law firm confirmed on Monday. The passengers and crew members of BA flight 149 were hauled off the plane when it landed in Kuwait just hours after Saddam Hussein ordered Iraqi troops to invade the Gulf state on August 2, 1990. After the 367 passengers and crew disembarked, the plane was destroyed on the runway, with some of those on board spending more than four months in captivity. They were seen at the time as human shields, deployed…

A new political reality has been revealed in France, it has a new face and a new name – 28-year-old Jordan Bardella.Frontman of the hard-right, he has helped propel National Rally to a clear-cut lead in the first round of parliamentary elections. Bardella, the party’s choice for prime minister, stands on the brink of power if National Rally secures a majority in the second round of voting.”I want to tell our supporters to mobilise so that they carry out a final effort next Sunday – next Sunday’s vote will be one of the most important in the history of modern…

An “extremely dangerous” storm is approaching the southeast Caribbean amid urgent pleas from government officials for people to take shelter.Hurricane Beryl is expected to hit the Windward Islands on Monday morning. Hurricane warnings were in effect for Barbados, St. Lucia, Grenada, Tobago and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.”This is a very dangerous situation,” warned the National Hurricane Center in Miami, which said Beryl was “forecast to bring life-threatening winds and storm surge”.Beryl is expected to pass just south of Barbados early Monday and then head into the Caribbean Sea as a major hurricane on a path toward Jamaica. Image: A…

Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party will get the biggest vote share in the first round of France’s parliamentary elections, according to exit polls.As polls closed on the first round of voting on Sunday, National Rally had a strong lead at 33%, followed by the left-wing New Popular Front coalition on 28.5%. President Emmanuel Macron’s Renaissance party are polling third with an estimated 22%.Addressing supporters in Henin-Beaumont, northern France, Ms Le Pen said: “For the moment nothing is won, and the second round will determine the outcome.”She warned voters to “be careful” in the coming days, and urged them…

06/30/2024June 30, 2024Spending promises likely to overtax France’s public financesFrance’s public finances are likely to suffer whatever bloc wins the snap election, according to France’s AFP news agency. The agency has summarized each contending bloc’s spending promises, which it says are short on detail and often ignore mathematical realities. FAR-RIGHT NATIONAL RALLY If the National Rally (RN) wins, it wants to cut value-added (VAT) sales tax on energy, partly financing the move, which it plans to initiate as early as July, by contributing €2 billion less to the EU budget, even though the bloc’s 2021-2027 budget has already been voted through.…

Several hundred people briefly took part in a banned LGBTQ+ Pride Parade in Istanbul on Sunday, with Turkish police detaining some of the participants. Waving rainbow flags and chanting various slogans, the demonstrators managed to march for about 10 minutes along Bagdad Avenue, a major artery on the Asian side of Turkey’s most populous city, before dispersing after police intervention.  Meanwhile, on the European side of Istanbul, police cordoned off Taksim Square, a traditional gathering place for protests. A representative of the rally organizers read a statement saying: “We never get tired of deceiving the police and forcing them to deal with…

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German police deployed special forces and a helicopter after a masked man with a large rucksack was spotted climbing on the rafters near the stadium’s roof during the football game between Germany and Denmark on Saturday evening. Police initially said its officers were “currently nearing this person to initiate a conversation and provide a secure transport from the roof.” Drones were also deployed to ensure “uninterrupted” monitoring of the man. However, tensions deescalated quickly as the man followed police instructions and returned to a footbridge below. German public broadcaster WDR published footage of two men, believed to be police officers, approaching…

06/30/2024June 30, 2024Spending promises likely to overtax France’s public financesFrance’s public finances are likely to suffer whatever bloc wins the snap election, according to France’s AFP news agency. The agency has summarized each contending bloc’s spending promises, which it says are short on detail and often ignore mathematical realities. FAR-RIGHT NATIONAL RALLY If the National Rally (RN) wins, it wants to cut value-added (VAT) sales tax on energy, partly financing the move, which it plans to initiate as early as July, by contributing €2 billion less to the EU budget, even though the bloc’s 2021-2027 budget has already been voted through.…