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Germany have had their fair share of difficult endings in recent years: from tournaments, from coaches and from a clutch of their World Cup winning players of 2014. But the return of one of those players, Toni Kroos, is among the signs of fresh hope for the Euro 2024 hosts. Kroos returned to the German team three years after quitting the international game in the wake of Germany’s tame exit to England in Euro 2020 (played in 2021). His impact was instant, providing a trademark searching long pass straight from kickoff, from which Florian Wirtz scored Germany’s fastest ever international goal…

Skip next section Ukraine says it hit two Russian landing ships in Sevastopol 03/24/2024March 24, 2024Ukraine says it hit two Russian landing ships in Sevastopol The Ukrainian military said it had two Russian landing ships in a strike on Sevastopol in the annexed Crimean peninsula. “The Ukrainian Armed Forces successfully struck the amphibious landing ships Yamal and Azov, a communications center, and a number of the Black Sea Fleet’s infrastructure sites,” it said.  Earlier, Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Russian-appointed mayor of Sevastopol, said one person was killed and four were injured in the “most massive attack in recent times.” https://p.dw.com/p/4e4HsSkip next…

Britain’s Prince William and Princess Catherine, have been “enormously touched” by messages of support which have poured in since the Princess of Wales announced her cancer diagnosis, a Kensington Palace spokesperson said on Saturday. “The Prince and Princess are both enormously touched by the kind messages from people here in the UK, across the Commonwealth and around the world in response to Her Royal Highness’ message,” the Kensington Palace spokesperson said in a statement. Catherine said on Friday she is undergoing preventative chemotherapy after medical tests revealed she had cancer. The video announcement comes after she was hospitalized in January…

On Friday evening, a group of gunmen carried out an attack at Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk.The venue, located northwest of central Moscow, was partially filled with people in advance of a sold-out concert.By Saturday night, at least 133 are reported to have been killed.Video filmed over the course of the attack helps paint a picture of how it was carried out. Image: The gunmen probably entered at the marked location Sky News has determined that the perpetrators likely entered the complex around 130m north of the concert hall’s foyer.Footage filmed in this location shows bodies and a set of…

The Moscow concert hall shooting on March 23 has become the deadliest terrorist attack in Russia in two decades. In the past 25 years, Russia has seen several attacks by terrorists, reportedly from Chechnya and other regions in the North Caucasus. Some were religiously motivated; some were carried out by separatists with political demands.  The fight against terror has enabled the Kremlin to consolidate power and restrict political and public freedoms. DW looks at the deadliest terror attacks in Russia’s recent history and their political consequences. Russia detais 4 suspects as death toll risesTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and…

Voters in Slovakia headed to the polls on Saturday for the first round of the country’s presidential election, which pits the Russia-leaning ruling camp against a pro-Ukraine candidate. Slovaks are electing a successor to Zuzana Caputova, the country’s first female president, after she decided not to seek a second term. The outgoing president, who has sued the country’s Prime Minister Robert Fico for labeling her a traitor, says she does not have the energy to stay on for another five years, citing threats against her family amid a turbulent period in Slovakian politics. Caputova said she hoped her successor would “represent our country abroad well.” The…

Two crew members have died on a Holland America cruise ship during an “incident” in the ship’s engineering space, the cruise line has said.The pair died on Friday while the Nieuw Amsterdam liner was at the small island of Half Moon Cay in the Bahamas, Holland America added in a statement. Officials have been notified and the cause is being investigated.Other crew members have been offered counselling.Holland America said it was “deeply saddened” by the deaths, adding: “Our thoughts and prayers are with our team members’ families at this difficult time. “The safety, security and welfare of all guests and…

03/23/2024March 23, 2024Blame game: Kyiv denies involvement in Moscow terrorist attackUkrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak has insisted that Kyiv had nothing to do with the deadly terrorist attack at a Moscow concert hall on Friday night. “Let’s be straight about this: Ukraine had absolutely nothing to do with these events,” Podolyak said in a video message posted on Telegram. “We have a full-scale, all-out war with the regular Russian army and with the Russian Federation as a country. Everything will be decided on the battlefield.” The Islamic State affiliate ISIS-K has officially claimed responsibility for the attack which left at…

Russia and Transnistria have lost their instruments of blackmail, Moldovan Energy Minister Victor Parlicov told DW, and his country has grown stronger and more resilient for it. Source link

Two men arrested over an explosion at a service station in County Donegal which killed 10 people have been released without charge.The blast on the afternoon of 7 October in the village of Creeslough, in northwestern Ireland, caused the death of four men, three women and three children, with ages ranging from five to 59.Police said two men, both in their 50s, were arrested on Friday morning for alleged offences contrary to the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997.A Gardai spokesperson said today: “The two males arrested yesterday have been released without charge.”The investigation led by Gardai in Donegal…