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A worshipper holds an Iranian flag at the start of an anti-U.S. and anti-Israeli protest after the Friday prayers in Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 25, 2025
Trump's election paved way for Israeli attacks on Iran, intelligence sources say
BRUSSELS — Israel had been planning a full-scale invasion of Iran for many years, but the re-election of Donald Trump coincided with a series of critical events paving the way to the direct attack in June this year, four current and former Israeli intelligence sources told Euronews in separate interviews.Israeli intelligence sources, speaking on condition of anonymity due to security concerns, told Euronews that Mossad agents had identified key strategic factors and political conditions enabling them to prepare for and initiate the attack on Iran. Among these, they cited the intensification of the proxy war, the election of US President Donald Trump, and the momentum of nuclear negotiations with Western powers.On 13 June, Israel launched multiple land and air strikes on Iran, killing...
August 12, 2025

Trump's election paved way for Israeli attacks on Iran, intelligence sources say

Aerial view of the fire threatening the town of Tarifa ('Cádiz), 11 August 2025
More than 2,000 evacuated from Spanish resort of Tarifa over advancing wildfire
MADRID — Authorities on Monday began the preventive evacuation of several homes in the resort town of Tarifa in the Cádiz region of southern Spain after forest fires advanced towards the region, domestic media reported.According to local reports, some 2,000 people, including beachgoers, vacation resort visitors and locals living near Playa de Atlanterra and Playa de Bolonia, were among those impacted.Access to the southern Spanish resort town has been limited to emergency services, and around 25 kilometres northwest of Tarifa's city centre, the interior minister of the Andalusia region, Antonio Sanz, said on Monday.The evacuations come as Spain faces one of its worst summers in recent history, with massive wildfires that have engulfed tens of thousands of hectares and threatened...
August 12, 2025

More than 2,000 evacuated from Spanish resort of Tarifa over advancing wildfire

A kite surfer prepares in front of the Gravelines nuclear plant in Gravelines
Jellyfish force shutdown of France's Gravelines nuclear plant after clogging cooling system
PARIS — Four reactors at France's Gravelines nuclear power plant were forced to shut down late on Sunday after a surge of jellyfish clogged its cooling system, energy operator EDF confirmed on Monday.The shutdown, which comes amid rising water temperatures linked to global warming, has temporarily halted all power generation at the site, as its remaining two units were already offline for scheduled maintenance.Located on the northern coast between Dunkirk and Calais, Gravelines is one of France's largest nuclear facilities, with six units capable of producing a combined 900 megawatts of electricity.The plant is cooled through a canal connected to the North Sea, an area that has seen growing jellyfish populations in recent years due to warming seas and the spread of invasive...
August 12, 2025

Jellyfish force shutdown of France's Gravelines nuclear plant after clogging cooling system

Viktor Orbán
26 EU countries issue statement in support of Ukraine ahead of the Alaska talks
BRUSSELS — The leaders of the European Union issued a joint statement ahead of the US-Russia summit this Friday to highlight their unwavering support for Ukraine. All EU leaders signed up for the text, except for Hungary, which had reservations with the idea.The statement by the EU 26 welcomed the efforts of President Trump towards "ending Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and achieving a just and lasting peace and security for Ukraine."Leaders highlighted a lasting peace is needed with respect of international law, highlighting the territorial integrity of Ukraine."International borders must not be changed by force," - the statement said.Leaders also reflected on the upcoming Alaska summit between the US and Russia, saying the path for peace can not be...
August 12, 2025

26 EU countries issue statement in support of Ukraine ahead of the Alaska talks

Funerals are being held for five Al Jazeera journalists, who were among seven people killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza City,
Funerals held for journalists killed in Israeli strike on Gaza City
JERUSALEM — An outpouring of grief and condemnation has followed Israel's assassination of prominent Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif, including and five other staff members.Crowds have gathered in Gaza to mourn the journalists who were among seven people killed by Israel in a military strike on Gaza late Sunday.The Israeli military said it targeted 28-year-old al-Sharif, alleging he had "served as the head of a terrorist cell in Hamas", but has produced little evidence to support that claim.Al Jazeera called it a "targeted assassination" and "yet another blatant and premeditated attack on press freedom".The UN condemned the killings as a "grave breach of international humanitarian law", while the Committee to Protect Journalists said...
August 11, 2025

Funerals held for journalists killed in Israeli strike on Gaza City

Kuwait grants tourist visas on arrival to foreign GCC residents
KUWAIT CITY — Kuwait has begun granting tourist visas on arrival to foreign residents of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, under a new policy announced by First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef.The decision, published in the official gazette Kuwait Alyoum, took effect immediately and replaces a 2008 regulation on tourism entry for GCC residents.Under the new rules, any foreign national holding a valid residency permit from a GCC member state — Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, or Oman — with at least six months’ validity can enter Kuwait on a tourist visa issued at the port of entry.The applicant’s nationality will not affect eligibility as long as the residency condition is met.At airports and land borders, eligible travelers can...
August 11, 2025

Kuwait grants tourist visas on arrival to foreign GCC residents

People cool off under showers at Paris Plage along the Seine river in Paris, 10 August 2025
France on high alert as ongoing heatwave fuels wildfire and pollution risks
PARIS — Southwest France sweltered on Monday as temperatures rose to 43 degrees Celsius in parts of Charente and Aude, prompting the country's highest heat alert across a dozen departments.In Aude, where vineyards and Mediterranean scrub stretch across hills, hundreds of firefighters remained on the ground to monitor the perimeter of a vast wildfire that burned through 160 square kilometres last week.Local authorities said the blaze is now contained, but warned it could smoulder for weeks, with hot spots still posing a risk.Meteo-France, the country's national weather service, placed 12 departments on red alert, a designation issued only eight times since its creation in 2004 following a deadly summer heatwave the year before.Officials said the red alert allows local authorities...
August 11, 2025

France on high alert as ongoing heatwave fuels wildfire and pollution risks

Chinese ships collide while pursuing Filipino boat
China rams own warship while chasing Philippine vessel
SINGAPORE — A Chinese warship plowed into its own coast guard vessel on Monday while the latter was chasing a Philippine vessel in the South China Sea, Manila said.Philippine coast guard officials were distributing aid to fishermen in the disputed Scarborough Shoal, Commodore Jay Tarriela said, when the Chinese coast guard "performed a risky manoeuvre" which inflicted "substantial damage" on the Chinese warship's forward deck.China confirmed that a confrontation took place and accused the Philippines of "forcibly intruding" into Chinese waters, but did not mention the collision.The South China Sea is at the centre of a territorial dispute between China, the Philippines and other countries.Tensions between Beijing and Manila have sharply escalated in...
August 11, 2025

China rams own warship while chasing Philippine vessel

Gen Asimi Goïta seized power through two coups in 2020 and 2021
Dozens of Malian soldiers arrested over alleged coup plot
BAMAKO — Dozens of soldiers have been arrested in Mali accused of plotting to topBple the country's military leaders, sources say.The wave of arrests, which reportedly went on overnight and are expected to continue, reflect increased tensions within the military government, with reports that an insurgency in the north is gaining ground. The authorities have not commented on the arrests.Initial reports indicated that Gen Abass Dembele, the former governor of the Mopti region and Gen Nema Sagara, one of the few women at the highest levels of the Malian army, were among those detained.However, a source close to Gen Dembele told the BBC that neither of them had been arrested.The source, who confirmed the ongoing arrests, told a BBC reporter in Bamako that he had just left Gen...
August 11, 2025

Dozens of Malian soldiers arrested over alleged coup plot

Delhi's stray dog population is estimated at one million
Delhi given eight weeks to round up thousands of stray dogs
DELHI — India's top court has ordered authorities in Delhi and its suburbs to move all stray dogs from streets to animal shelters.The court expressed concerns over rising "menace of dog bites leading to rabies" and gave an eight-week deadline to officials to finish the task.Delhi's stray dog population is estimated at one million, with suburban Noida, Ghaziabad, and Gurugram also seeing a rise, municipal sources say.India has millions of stray dogs and the country accounts for 36% of the total rabies-related deaths in the world, according to the World Health Organization."Infants and young children, not at any cost, should fall prey to rabies. The action should inspire confidence that they can move freely without fear of being bitten by stray dogs," legal news...
August 11, 2025

Delhi given eight weeks to round up thousands of stray dogs

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