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Greta Thunberg arrested by police officers. — courtesy EPA
Activist Thunberg arrested at Hague climate protest
THE HAGUE — Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has been arrested by Dutch police at a protest in The Hague.The 21-year-old joined hundreds of protesters in a march against fossil fuel subsidies on Saturday.The protest devolved into a standoff as dozens of police officers, some on horseback, attempted to stop protesters from blocking a main road.Local police put Thunberg on a bus full of demonstrators and she was driven away from the scene.Protesters had planned to block The Hague’s A12 highway for what Extinction Rebellion (XR) organizers say was the 37th time. The road has been subject to regular blockades since 2022.The demonstration was called to denounce the Dutch government’s tax concessions for companies connected to the fossil fuel industry, including the energy firm,...
April 07, 2024

Activist Thunberg arrested at Hague climate protest

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Russia, Iran, China and North Korea are increasingly aligned.
West facing ‘authoritarian’ alliance, says NATO chief
By Laura KuenssbergLONDON — An “alliance of authoritarian powers” is working more closely together against Western democracies, the head of NATO has warned.Jens Stoltenberg told the BBC that Russia, Iran, China and North Korea are increasingly aligned.He also said he was confident allies of the NATO military alliance would agree a long-term funding deal for Ukraine by July.But he suggested Ukraine might have to decide on some “kind of compromises”.Stoltenberg was speaking to Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg, in an interview to be broadcast on Sunday morning.On the Middle East conflict, he said it was “very important” that the US and other NATO countries conveyed “a very clear message to Israel” that they have to do “significantly more” to protect civilians and aid workers...
April 07, 2024

West facing ‘authoritarian’ alliance, says NATO chief

Russians being evacuated following a dam breach. — courtesy Russian Emergencies Ministry
Thousands evacuated as Orsk dam burst worsens Russia floods
MOSCOW — Thousands are being evacuated in a region of south-western Russia because of floods made worse by a dam burst in Orsk city, officials say.Heavy earth-moving machinery is on site trying to shore up the dam.Earlier, an emergency was declared across the entire Orenburg region after levels in the Ural River rose dangerously because of melting ice.Officials say 10,000 residents may be in the flooding zone and up to 4,000 houses could be inundated.“Work in the area of the dam rupture in Orsk continues,” the Russian Emergencies Ministry said in a statement, adding that around 440 people and 217 pieces of equipment were involved in the effort.Russian state media said more than 700 residents of two of the three districts of Orsk were being evacuated, as well as thousands more in the...
April 06, 2024

Thousands evacuated as Orsk dam burst worsens Russia floods

Buildings burning following Russian strikes on Kharkiv. — courtesy Ukrainian police/Facebook
Ukraine war: Russian drone strikes on Kharkiv kill six, officials say
KYIV — At least six people have been killed in a Russian drone attack on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, local officials say.Mayor Ihor Terekhov said Iranian-made Shahed drones had hit several buildings, including apartment blocks, early on Saturday.Attacks on Kharkiv, the closest big city to the Russian border, have been intensifying in recent weeks.Ukrainian officials have said the city might be the target of a future Russian offensive.“This attack on peaceful residents of Kharkiv once again proves that Russia is a terrorist state,” Terekhov wrote on the Telegram messaging app.At least 11 people were injured by the attack in the residential Shevchenkivskyi district, according to the local prosecutor’s office.It said high-rise buildings, administrative buildings, dormitories, a...
April 06, 2024

Ukraine war: Russian drone strikes on Kharkiv kill six, officials say

British sailors, Royal Marines and a US Coast Guard team on HMS Trent intercepted a smuggling speedboat. — courtesy Ministry of Defense
Royal Navy: Nearly £17m worth of drugs seized in Caribbean
LONDON — British sailors, Royal Marines and a US Coast Guard team on HMS Trent intercepted a smuggling speedboatThe Royal Navy has seized nearly £17m worth of drugs after it intercepted smuggling speedboats in the Caribbean Sea.Across two operations, HMS Trent seized 200kg of cocaine and other drugs with an estimated street value of £16.7 million.Defense Secretary Grant Shapps praised the Navy’s work.He said it showed the Navy’s commitment to “disrupt and dismantle” drug traffickers.British sailors, Royal Marines and a US Coast Guard team on HMS Trent intercepted a smuggling speedboat immediately following a port visit to the island of Martinique, according to the Ministry of Defense (MoD).It added the HMS Trent warship launched fast sea boats, piloted by Royal Marines of 47...
April 06, 2024

Royal Navy: Nearly £17m worth of drugs seized in Caribbean

Bosworth MP Luke Evans said he contacted the police after becoming “a victim of cyber-flashing and malicious communication”.
Conservative MP Luke Evans says he reported cyber-flashing to police
LONDON — A Tory MP has said he is one of the men to have been sent unsolicited explicit messages in a suspected honeytrap plot targeting Westminster.Bosworth MP Luke Evans said he contacted the police after becoming “a victim of cyber-flashing and malicious communication”.It has been reported that up to 13 men have received suspicious messages, raising security concerns. The men are thought to include a government minister and advisers.Some had been sent naked images, and two MPs are reported to have responded by sending images of themselves.It comes after fellow Conservative MP William Wragg made an apology, having admitted giving some MPs’ personal phone numbers to a man on a gay dating app.The Met Police has confirmed it is “carrying out an investigation following reports that...
April 06, 2024

Conservative MP Luke Evans says he reported cyber-flashing to police

Volodymyr Zelensky
Zelensky is Europe's most popular leader, poll reveals
BRUSSELS — Almost half of Europeans have a positive opinion of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky but the feeling varies wildly across member states.This is one of the main conclusions from an exclusive Euronews poll conducted by Ipsos among almost 26,000 respondents across 18 member states ahead of the elections to the European Parliament, which will be held between 6 and 9 June.The first-of-its-kind survey shows that 47% of Europeans hold a "positive" opinion of Volodymyr Zelensky while 32% have a "negative" view. Meanwhile, 21% say they "don't know enough" about the president, who has topped headlines for the past two years and has travelled extensively around the continent to speak on behalf of his war-torn nation.This makes Zelensky the...
April 05, 2024

Zelensky is Europe's most popular leader, poll reveals

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba after a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council at NATO headquarters. 4 April, 2024
US Secretary of State Blinken insists 'Ukraine will become a member of NATO'
BRUSSELS — At a conference to celebrate NATO's 75th anniversary, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said Ukraine will join the alliance – and that the purpose of the summit in Brussels was to work toward that membership.During the meeting, members of the Alliance praised determination and perseverance of Ukrainians and promised to continue to provide aid for the country. Yet Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg reaffirmed that the alliance does not consider itself directly involved in the war."We don't have any plans of having any NATO combat troops inside Ukraine," Stoltenberg said. "The Ukrainians are asking for equipment, for ammunition, for weapons, and we are providing that to Ukraine. That doesn't make NATO allies party to the conflict, but we support...
April 05, 2024

US Secretary of State Blinken insists 'Ukraine will become a member of NATO'

A satellite image of the Morozovsk airbase from 2021
Six Russian planes destroyed by drones, says Kyiv
KYIV — Ukraine has carried out a drone attack against targets in southern Russia, and claims to have destroyed six Russian planes at an airbase in Rostov region.Security sources told BBC Ukrainian eight more aircraft were badly damaged, and 20 service personnel could have been killed or injured.The Morozovsk base houses Su-27 and Su-34 aircraft used on the front line in Ukraine, the sources said.There has been no word from Russia on reports of an airfield attack.The BBC has been unable to independently verify the reports.However, Russian officials said that more than 40 drones had been aimed at the region, which borders Ukraine.The defence ministry said Saratov, Kursk, Belgorod and Krasnodar regions had also been targeted. It said all the drones were shot down.In Rostov's Morozovsk...
April 05, 2024

Six Russian planes destroyed by drones, says Kyiv

Five people were killed after Cherif Chekatt opened fire at a Christmas market in 2018
Man sentenced to 30 years for aiding Strasbourg attacker
PARIS — A man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for helping an attacker who killed five people at a French Christmas market in December 2018.Audrey Mondjehi, 42, was convicted of obtaining a gun used by Cherif Chekatt, who shot and stabbed his victims in Strasbourg, north-eastern France.The pair were former prison cell mates, the trial was told.Two other men were handed shorter sentences for assisting Chekatt. A fourth man was acquitted.Five people were killed when Chekatt opened fire on the crowd at the festive market. He was shot dead by police two days later.On 29 February, Mondjehi and others accused of helping him in the days before the attack went on trial at the Court of Assize in Paris.Arnaud Friedrich, a lawyer representing some of the victims' families, told AFP news...
April 05, 2024

Man sentenced to 30 years for aiding Strasbourg attacker

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