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Police officers watch as homeless people, many of them migrants, wait to board a bus as part of a relocation scheme
France moves homeless people out of Paris as city prepares for next summer’s Olympics
PARIS — It’s 6.30 a.m. on a late summer morning in Paris. Amid the rumbling coming from the Stalingrad Métro station, in the northeast of the French capital, hundreds of migrants, mostly men, sleep crammed under an overpass. Some rest on pieces of cardboard and old mattresses behind a urine-doused fence, others lie awake by the side of the street.Word is spreading that government buses are about to come and collect them. Some wait eagerly, hoping they’ll finally be offered housing, most are confused and fearful, concerned they’ll be forced to leave Paris.For the past couple of months, the French government has been working to accelerate the transfer of Paris’ homeless to other parts of the country, as part of a plan to relieve some of the pressure on the capital’s emergency...
September 26, 2023

France moves homeless people out of Paris as city prepares for next summer’s Olympics

Russian ambassador Gennady Gatilov at a session of the UN Human Rights Council before Russia was suspended
Russia seeks to rejoin UN's human rights council
NEW YORK — Russia is seeking to rejoin the United Nations Human Rights Council in an election that will be seen as a key test of its international standing.It was expelled from the UN's pre-eminent human rights body last April after its forces invaded Ukraine.But now Russian diplomats are seeking to get their country re-elected to the council for a fresh three-year term.The BBC has obtained a copy of the position paper Russia is circulating to UN members asking for their support.The vote will take place next month.In the document seen by the BBC, Russia promises to find "adequate solutions for human rights issues" and seeks to stop the council becoming an "instrument which serves political wills of one group of countries", understood to be a reference to the...
September 26, 2023

Russia seeks to rejoin UN's human rights council

Rescue and medical personnel work following an explosion in the gas warehouse near the Stepanakert-Askera highway in Berkadzor on 26 September
Nagorno-Karabakh: Fuel depot blast kills 20 as refugee count doubles
YEREVAN — An explosion at a fuel depot in Nagorno-Karabakh has killed 20 people and injured hundreds more, local Armenian authorities say.Nearly 300 people were admitted to hospitals, with dozens of them "still in critical condition".It comes as the Armenian government said 13,350 refugees had crossed into the country from the enclave.The disputed region in Azerbaijan is home to a majority of some 120,000 ethnic Armenians.It is not yet clear what caused the explosion on Monday evening near the main city of Khankendi, known as Stepanakert by Armenians.Petrol stations were overwhelmed as thousands tried to leave the region, which was already suffering from a fuel shortage following a months-long blockade.In a statement on Tuesday, local officials said 13 unidentified bodies were...
September 26, 2023

Nagorno-Karabakh: Fuel depot blast kills 20 as refugee count doubles

Yoon Suk Yeol last visited the UK for the late Queen's funeral
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol to meet King Charles in state visit
LONDON — The president of South Korea will pay a state visit to the UK in November after accepting an invitation from King Charles III.The King and Queen Camilla will host Yoon Suk-yeol and his wife Kim Keon Hee at Buckingham Palace.It will be the second incoming state visit of the King's reign, following South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa's stay last year.The King and Queen have just returned from a three-day state visit to France.Yoon, 62, visited the US in April when he sang a verse of Don McLean's American Pie — one of his favourite songs — at a White House dinner at the request of President Joe Biden.He received rapturous applause from the audience before the US president presented him with a guitar signed by McLean.The trip also saw Yoon secure a landmark...
September 26, 2023

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol to meet King Charles in state visit

Ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh arrive in Armenia
Thousands flee Nagorno-Karabakh as Armenia says ethnic cleansing under way
YEREVAN — A growing stream of ethnic Armenian refugees are fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh following Azerbaijan's seizure of the disputed region last week.More than 6,500 people have so far crossed into Armenia from the enclave, which is home to a majority of some 120,000 ethnic Armenians.They left after the government in Yerevan announced plans to move those made homeless by the fighting.Armenia's PM has warned that ethnic cleansing is "under way" in the region."That's happening just now, and that is very unfortunate fact because we were trying to urge international community on that," Nikol Pashinyan told reporters.Azerbaijan has said it wants to re-integrate the ethnic Armenians as "equal citizens".In Karabakh's main city, Stepanakert, an...
September 25, 2023

Thousands flee Nagorno-Karabakh as Armenia says ethnic cleansing under way

An armed man could be seen with a priest inside the monastery in Banjska on Sunday
Kosovo and Serbia squabble over monastery gun battle
PRISTINA — Kosovo and Serbia have traded accusations over a deadly stand-off between ethnic Serb gunmen and police in northern Kosovo.One policeman and three of the gunmen were killed during a siege of a Serbian Orthodox monastery in Banjska village on Sunday.Kosovo's PM Albin Kurti accused Serbia of supporting the armed group.Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Kosovo officials bore ultimate responsibility for the deaths.He said the three gunmen killed were Kosovo Serbs.Sunday's clash marks one of the gravest escalations in Kosovo for years, and follows months of mounting tension between the two sides.Kosovo declared independence in 2008 but Serbia - along with Belgrade's key allies China and Russia - does not recognise it.Many Serbs consider it the birthplace of their...
September 25, 2023

Kosovo and Serbia squabble over monastery gun battle

Protesters hold German flags with 'We are the people' written on them during a rally of far-right groups in Berlin
German far-right extremism on the rise as Holocaust memorial sites defaced
BERLIN — A new report from a German think tank has detailed a rise in far-right extremism across the country – this as memorials to victims of the Nazis raise the alarm about an uptick in vandalism and threats.According to the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, a center-left research institute, its survey data indicates that as many as one in every 12 Germans now subscribes to some form of extreme right ideology. This is a serious increase relative to the much lower figures recorded in the biannual study, which has been running for two decades.As foundation researcher Franziska Schröter explained to Euronews, one of the most striking changes in recent years is a detectable spread of extreme beliefs beyond Germany's traditional generational divide."The acceptance of far-right...
September 25, 2023

German far-right extremism on the rise as Holocaust memorial sites defaced

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan leads a cabinet meeting in Yerevan, Armenia, September 22, 2023
Armenia PM takes swipe at Russia as first civilians leave breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh
YEREVAN — Armenia’s prime minister has called his country’s security relationships “ineffective,” in a swipe at Russia after Azerbaijan claimed the breakaway province of Nagorno-Karabakh following a swift military campaign.Armenia is part of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), a Russian-dominated group of six post-Soviet states, that, similar to NATO, requires members to come to each other’s aid when under attack.But this week, Azerbaijan forced the surrender of ethnic Armenian fighters in Nagorno-Karabakh, seemingly bringing to an end a conflict that has simmered for decades and raising the question whether Armenia could rely on long-term ally Russia.“Armenia has never refused from its allied obligations and has never betrayed its allies,” Armenia’s Prime...
September 25, 2023

Armenia PM takes swipe at Russia as first civilians leave breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh

Chris Kaba
Army on standby as London armed police turn in weapons
LONDON — The Ministry of Defense is offering soldiers to support armed police in London after dozens of Met officers stood down from firearms duties.More than 100 officers have turned in permits allowing them to carry weapons, a source told the BBC. There are more than 2,500 armed officers in the Met.Police said the action was being taken after an officer was charged with the murder of unarmed Chris Kaba, 24.Met chief Sir Mark Rowley welcomed a Home Office review into armed policing.In an open letter to the home secretary, he said it was right his force was "held to the highest standards" - but the current system was undermining his officers and suggested they needed more legal protections.A Met Police officer appeared in court on Thursday.In a statement, the Met said some...
September 25, 2023

Army on standby as London armed police turn in weapons

Pro-Khalistan activism has been mostly peaceful, such as this protest in Canada
Canada-India row puts spotlight on Sikh activism in UK
LONDON — Given the dramatic developments in Canada, where PM Trudeau has said there is credible evidence to suggest India was involved in the killing of a Canadian Sikh, it is unsurprising that rumours now swirl around the deaths of other Sikh activists around the world, including in the UK.Avtar Singh Khanda, 35, was well known for his support of the creation of a breakaway Sikh homeland, Khalistan.He died from a sudden illness in Birmingham in June, and some of those close to him insinuate there was foul play involved.West Midlands Police say they thoroughly reviewed the case and there were no suspicious circumstances and that there is no need to re-investigate.But British Sikhs have long talked about feeling under undue pressure, as the Indian government has openly demanded that the...
September 25, 2023

Canada-India row puts spotlight on Sikh activism in UK

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