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Drone footage from July shows volcanic activity in the Fagradalsfjall area.
Emergency declared over Iceland volcano Fagradalsfjall eruption concerns
REYKJAVÍK — The chance of a volcanic eruption in Iceland is rising, posing a threat to a now-evacuated town, experts say.Iceland has declared a state of emergency after a series of earthquakes.Authorities have ordered thousands of people living in the southwestern town of Grindavík to leave as a precaution.The Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) said there was a considerable risk of an eruption.The probability of an eruption on or just off the Reykjanes peninsula has increased since the morning, IMO says.An eruption could start at any time in the next few days, according to the statement.Thor Thordason, professor of volcanology at the University of Iceland, said a 15km-long (nine mile) river of magma running under the peninsula was still active.“That’s why we’re talking about...
November 12, 2023

Emergency declared over Iceland volcano Fagradalsfjall eruption concerns

France’s President Macron urges Israel to stop killing Gaza’s women and children
Macron calls on Israel to stop killing Gaza’s women and babies
PARIS — Israel must stop killing babies and women in Gaza, French President Emmanuel Macron has told the BBC.In an exclusive interview at the Élysée Palace, he said there was “no justification” for the bombing, saying a ceasefire would benefit Israel.While recognizing Israel’s right to protect itself, “we do urge them to stop this bombing” in Gaza, he said.But he also stressed that France “clearly condemns” the “terrorist” actions of Hamas.France — like Israel, the US, the UK, and other Western nations — considers Hamas a terrorist organization.When asked if he wanted other leaders — including in the US and the UK — to join his calls for a ceasefire, he replied: “I hope they will.”After a month of Israeli bombardment and nearly two weeks after Israel...
November 11, 2023

Macron calls on Israel to stop killing Gaza’s women and babies

File photo of Pope Francis. — courtesy Getty Images
Pope Francis fires Texan bishop after criticism of reforms
ROME — Pope Francis has fired the Texan bishop Joseph Strickland, a fierce critic who has questioned the Pope’s leadership of the Catholic church.The Vatican said the bishop would be “relieved” of his duties as a result of investigations at his Diocese of Tyler.Bishop Strickland is a leading voice in a branch of US Catholicism that is opposed to the Pope’s reforms.His removal comes after Francis spoke of the “backwardness” of some US Catholic church leaders.Bishop Strickland has launched a series of attacks on the Pope’s attempts to update the Church’s position on social matters and inclusion, including on abortion, transgender rights and same-sex marriage.In July, he warned that many “basic truths” of Catholic teaching were being challenged, including what he called...
November 11, 2023

Pope Francis fires Texan bishop after criticism of reforms

Drone footage from July shows volcanic activity in the Fagradalsfjall area.
Emergency declared over Iceland’s volcano Fagradalsfjall eruption concerns
REYKJAVÍK — Iceland has declared a state of emergency after a series of earthquakes raised fears of a volcanic eruption.Authorities have ordered thousands living in the southwestern town of Grindavík to evacuate as a precaution.The Icelandic Met Office (IMO) says it is concerned large amounts of magma - molten rock- is spreading underground and could surface there.Thousands of tremors have been recorded around the nearby Fagradalsfjall volcano in recent weeks.They have been concentrated in Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula, which had remained dormant to volcanic activity for 800 years before a 2021 eruption.On Thursday, the increased seismic activity in the area prompted the closure of the nearby Blue Lagoon landmark. More than 20,000 tremors have been recorded in southwest Iceland since...
November 11, 2023

Emergency declared over Iceland’s volcano Fagradalsfjall eruption concerns

A self-propelled artillery vehicle fires on the frontline, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023
Putin makes surprise visit to Russian military HQ in Ukraine
KYIV — Russia's president made an unexpected visit overnight from Thursday to Friday to Rostov-on-Don, the headquarters of the Russian army in Ukraine, the Kremlin announced.This is Vladimir Putin's second trip to the southern Russian city in less than a month.The Russian leader - accompanied by Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and the commander of military operations in Ukraine Valéri Gerassimov - was shown new military equipment and heard reports on the military's progress in Ukraine, according to the Kremlin.Close to Ukraine, Rostov-on-Don is the operational centre for Russia's war effort in Ukraine.It was the scene of Wagner's spectacular mutiny in June, with the mercenary force briefly seizing the army HQ before a deal was put to stop their rebellion.Meanwhile,...
November 10, 2023

Putin makes surprise visit to Russian military HQ in Ukraine

People walk past a pro-Palestinians mural by the artist Emmalene Blake in the Harold's Cross area of Dublin, Ireland
Ireland's leaders are willing to be tougher on Israel than most
DUBLIN — Like other European countries, Ireland is watching in horror as thousands of people are killed in Gaza, knowing that among them are likely to be some of its own citizens.One particularly shocking case stands out: that of Emily Hand, an eight-year-old girl who was thought to have been killed by Hamas at a kibbutz during the massacre on 7 October.Her father was initially informed of her likely death, but DNA tests have indicated her body was not among the remains recovered from the kibbutz.She is now thought to be alive and held hostage in Gaza, providing the Irish government with an imperative to secure her release -- if at all possible -- requiring intense diplomatic work as fighting rages in Gaza.But at home in Ireland, Hand's case is part of a complicated political...
November 10, 2023

Ireland's leaders are willing to be tougher on Israel than most

Ukrainian officials said the Russian missile killed at least one person and injured four others on November 8, 2023
Russia launches deadly missile strike on civilian ship at Ukrainian Black Sea port, Kyiv says
KYIV — A Russian missile struck a cargo ship as it docked in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odesa, killing the pilot and injuring four others, Ukrainian officials said.Ukraine’s southern military command said a Russian tactical aircraft in the Black Sea launched an anti-radar missile at the ship on Wednesday afternoon.“The rocket hit the superstructure of a civilian vessel under the flag of Liberia, at the moment of its entry into the port,” Operational Command South said in a statement on Telegram.The ship’s 43-year-old pilot was killed, and three Filipino crew members and a port worker were injured.Russia has repeatedly attacked Ukrainian ports since withdrawing from a UN-brokered deal that guaranteed the safe passage of grain though the Black Sea earlier this year. After...
November 09, 2023

Russia launches deadly missile strike on civilian ship at Ukrainian Black Sea port, Kyiv says

Pedro Sanchez
Spain’s socialists reach controversial deal with Catalan separatists for government backing
MADRID — Spain’s socialist party (PSOE) has struck a deal with Catalan separatist party Junts per Catalunya that could pave the way for acting prime minister Pedro Sánchez to form a coalition government as early as next week.Speaking in Brussels, the PSOE's organisational secretary Santos Cerdán said the deal was a "historical opportunity to resolve a conflict that can only be resolved through politics."Cerdán assured his party was "very happy" with the deal despite the difficult nature of negotiations, which have taken place in Belgium where Junts' exiled leader Carles Puigdemont resides.Puigdemont, speaking from the same spot in Brussels where he first addressed the public following his exile in 2017, said that his party and PSOE shared the objective of...
November 09, 2023

Spain’s socialists reach controversial deal with Catalan separatists for government backing

Petra De Sutter
Belgium deputy PM calls for sanctions against Israel
BRUSSELS — Belgium's deputy prime minister called on the country's government to sanction Israel on Wednesday.“It is time for sanctions against Israel. The bombing is inhumane," Petra De Sutter from the Greens wrote on X. “While war crimes are being committed in Gaza, Israel ignores the international demand for a cease-fire.”Israel has been accused of hitting hospitals and refugee camps in Gaza -- violating international laws on the conduct of war.Officials from the Hamas-run health ministry said 10,569 Gaza residents had been killed as of Wednesday, about 40% of them children.The war marks the bloodiest episode in the generations-long Israel-Palestinian conflict.De Sutter urged the European Union to immediately suspend its association agreement with Israel, which aims...
November 09, 2023

Belgium deputy PM calls for sanctions against Israel

Hezbollah’s deputy chief, Sheikh Naim Qassem, tells the BBC the danger of a regional conflict is real as the Israel-Hamas war continues.
Hezbollah warns of regional war if Gaza bombing goes on
BEIRUT — The second in command of Hezbollah — the powerful Iranian backed militia in Lebanon — has said Israel’s killing of civilians in Gaza risks wider war in the Middle East.Sheikh Naim Qassem told the BBC that “very serious and very dangerous developments could occur in the region, and no-one would be able to stop the repercussions”.Hezbollah’s deputy leader was speaking in an interview in Beirut, as the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza said more than 10,000 people had been killed there.Israel’s assault follows the Hamas attacks on Oct. 7 which killed 1,400 people — 1,000 of them civilians.“The danger is real,” he said, “because Israel is increasing its aggression against civilians and killing more women and children. Is it possible for this to continue and...
November 08, 2023

Hezbollah warns of regional war if Gaza bombing goes on

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