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Alain Delon in Cannes in 2019
Alain Delon: Police seize 72 guns from French film star's home
PARIS — French police have seized 72 firearms and more than 3,000 rounds of ammunition from the home of screen legend Alain Delon.A shooting range was also found at the actor's home in Douchy-Montcorbon, about 135km (84 miles) south of Paris.Prosecutors said Delon did not have a permit to allow him to own a gun.The actor, 88, was a star of the golden era of French cinema, known for his tough-guy persona on screen in hits like The Samurai and Borsalino.The search on Tuesday was ordered after a court-appointed official sent to Delon's home noticed a weapon and alerted a judge.The star has been in poor health in recent years after having a stroke in 2019 and suffering from another serious condition, unnamed in French media.The breakdown of his family has also been making headlines...
February 28, 2024

Alain Delon: Police seize 72 guns from French film star's home

Prime Minister of Slovakia Fico, Prime Minister of Poland Tusk, Prime Minister of Czech Republic Fiala, and Prime Minister of Hungary Orban in Prague 27 February, 2024
Central European countries show deep rifts on Ukraine war at V4 meeting
PRAGUE — The Visegrad Four, an informal coalition of Central European countries, are sharply divided in their views on the Russian war against Ukraine and the approaches to resolving the conflict.The prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia were on the same page at a meeting in Prague on Tuesday, saying Russia's aggression against Ukraine is a flagrant violation of international law and that Kyiv needs help.However, the V4 countries have different opinions on the causes of the Russian aggression and on the kinds of support they're ready to offer Ukraine.While the Czech Republic and Poland are united in staunch support for Ukraine, including arms deliveries, Hungary and Slovakia have sharply different views.“I think I can say there are differences...
February 28, 2024

Central European countries show deep rifts on Ukraine war at V4 meeting

Cars drive past an advertising billboard in St. Petersburg promoting contract military service in the Russian army
Russia restructures military districts amid warnings of NATO war
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin signed two decrees on February 26 that officially re-establish the Moscow and Leningrad Military Districts, codifying major efforts to restructure and reform the Russian military.According to the Institute for the Study of War, or ISW, the move has two parallel objectives: supports Moscow's effort to consolidate control over Russian operations in Ukraine – and to preparing for a potential large-scale conventional war against NATO at some point in the future.The re-separated LMD will now run along NATO’s northeastern border, while the MMD will border northeastern Ukraine and Poland, which will allow Russia to simultaneously posture against NATO and streamline command and control for the war in Ukraine.Until now, most of this territory fell...
February 28, 2024

Russia restructures military districts amid warnings of NATO war

Ukrainian soldiers firing artillery at their fighting position as the Russia-Ukraine war continues in the direction of Bakhmut, Donetsk. — courtesy Getty Images
NATO allies reject Emmanuel Macron idea of troops to Ukraine
PARIS — Several NATO countries, including the US, Germany and the UK, have ruled out deploying ground troops to Ukraine, after French President Emmanuel Macron said "nothing should be excluded".Macron said there was "no consensus" on sending Western soldiers to Ukraine.Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has warned of direct conflict if NATO troops deploy there.Russian forces have recently made gains in Ukraine and Kyiv has urgently appealed for more weapons.Macron told a news conference on Monday evening: "We should not exclude that there might be a need for security that then justifies some elements of deployment."But I've told you very clearly what France maintains as its position, which is a strategic ambiguity that I stand by."The French leader...
February 27, 2024

NATO allies reject Emmanuel Macron idea of troops to Ukraine

Officials say Daniela Klette was part of the RAF's so-called third generation, which was active in the 1980s and 1990s. — courtesy Interpol
Klette: Alleged Red Army Faction member held after 30 years
BERLIN — Alleged Red Army Faction (RAF) fugitive Daniela Klette has been arrested by German police after more than 30 years in hiding.The 65-year-old was tracked down on Monday evening in the Berlin district of Kreuzberg, traditionally known as a left-wing stronghold.Klette is renowned for allegedly being part of the far-left armed group which terrorized Germany for decades.She is accused of attempted murder and a string of serious robberies.Klette has been flown by helicopter to Bremen, in the region where she committed the alleged robberies, and is now in pre-trial detention in Verden.Police confirmed her identity using fingerprints. She did not resist arrest. Police found her after a tip-off from the public in November 2023.Officials say they do not yet know how she managed to stay...
February 27, 2024

Klette: Alleged Red Army Faction member held after 30 years

Oleg Orlov was sentenced to two and a half years in jail for
Russian human rights campaigner Orlov sentenced to jail
MOSCOW — Oleg Orlov looked calm as he sat waiting for the judge to deliver the verdict.Room 518 in the courthouse was packed with well-wishers, foreign ambassadors and journalists.The judge entered the courtroom and began reading out the verdict.She declared the veteran human rights campaigner guilty of "repeatedly discrediting" the Russian armed forces.Having named the crime, she announced the punishment: Oleg Orlov, co-chair of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning organization "Memorial", was sent to prison for two and a half years.He was handcuffed and, minutes later, led out of the courtroom by police. This had been a re-trial.In October 2023, the court had delivered a guilty verdict, too. But the punishment then had been considerably milder.Oleg Orlov had received a...
February 27, 2024

Russian human rights campaigner Orlov sentenced to jail

Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson speaks to the press in Stockholm, Sweden, on Feb. 26
Swedish PM hails country's accession to NATO as a 'historic day'
STOCKHOLM — Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said the country "stands ready to shoulder its responsibility" after the Hungarian parliament brought an end to more than 18 months of delays that have frustrated the alliance as it seeks to expand in response to Russia's war in Ukraine."Today is a historic day. The parliaments of all NATO member states have now voted in favor of Swedish accession to NATO. Sweden stands ready to shoulder its responsibility for Euro-Atlantic security," Kristersson wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday.Hungary's parliament had then just cleared the last major obstacle to the Nordic country's NATO membership by greenlighting its accession to the military alliance.The vote, which passed with 188 votes for and six against,...
February 27, 2024

Swedish PM hails country's accession to NATO as a 'historic day'

An oil leak from a ship. Water abstraction, ship recycling and pollution are among the environmental activities covered by the updated directive
EU criminalizes the most serious cases of ecosystem destruction
BRUSSELS — The European Union has become the first international body to criminalize the most serious cases of environmental damage that are “comparable to ecocide”.Ecosystem destruction, including habitat loss and illegal logging, will be punished with tougher penalties and prison sentences under the EU’s updated environmental crime directive.The European Parliament is set to vote through the tougher law today (27 February) after countries reached an agreement in November. Member states will then have two years to enshrine it in national law.Here’s what you need to know about the updated law, which experts are calling revolutionary.According to Marie Toussaint, a French lawyer and MEP for the Greens/European Free Alliance group, the EU is “adopting one of the most ambitious...
February 27, 2024

EU criminalizes the most serious cases of ecosystem destruction

Emmanuel Macron
Sending Western troops to Ukraine is not 'ruled out' in the future, Macron says
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that sending Western troops on the ground in Ukraine is not “ruled out” in the future after the issue was debated at a gathering of European leaders in Paris, as Russia’s full-scale invasion grinds into a third year.The French leader said that “we will do everything needed so Russia cannot win the war" after the meeting of over 20 European heads of state and government and other Western officials.“There’s no consensus today to send in an official, endorsed manner troops on the ground. But in terms of dynamics, nothing can be ruled out,” Macron said in a news conference at the Elysee presidential palace.Macron declined to provide details about which nations were considering sending troops, saying he prefers to...
February 27, 2024

Sending Western troops to Ukraine is not 'ruled out' in the future, Macron says

Hungarian MPs have overwhelmingly ratified Sweden's bid to join NATO.
Hungary's parliament clears path for Sweden's NATO membership
BUDAPEST — Hungarian MPs have overwhelmingly ratified Sweden's bid to join NATO in a long-delayed vote which paves the way for the Nordic nation's membership.Sweden applied to join in 2022 after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, but Hungary had accused it of being hostile.Last week, however, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban said they were now "prepared to die for each other".All NATO members are expected to help an ally which comes under attack.Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Monday was a "historic day" and that Sweden was "ready to shoulder its responsibility for Euro-Atlantic security".NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the Hungarian parliament's decision made the alliance "stronger and...
February 26, 2024

Hungary's parliament clears path for Sweden's NATO membership

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