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Ukrainian grain is currently subject to only-transit bans across the European Union.
MEPs spar over EU bans on Ukrainian grain as deadline for extension looms
BRUSSELS — Members of the European Parliament are split over the temporary bans that the European Union has imposed on Ukrainian grain.The prohibitions have been in place since 2 May and apply to five members of the European Union located in Ukraine's periphery – Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria – who complain the grain glut has depressed prices for local farmers.Under the bans, four products coming from Ukraine: wheat, maize, rapeseed and sunflower, can transit through the five Eastern European countries but cannot stay inside their markets for domestic consumption or storage.The European Commission has said the restrictions would be phased out by 15 September but no formal decision has been taken yet. The five eastern European countries are pushing for an...
September 13, 2023

MEPs spar over EU bans on Ukrainian grain as deadline for extension looms

Artwork: K2-18 b orbits the cool dwarf star K2-18 just far enough away from it for the temperature to support life. — courtesy NASA
Tantalizing sign of possible life on faraway world
LONDON — NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope may have discovered tentative evidence of a sign of life on a faraway planet.It may have detected a molecule called dimethyl sulfide (DMS). On Earth, at least, this is only produced by life.The researchers stress that the detection on the planet 120 light years away is “not robust” and more data is needed to confirm its presence.Researchers have also detected methane and CO2 in the planet’s atmosphere.Detection of these gasses could mean the planet, named K2-18b, has a water ocean.Prof Nikku Madhusudhan, of the University of Cambridge, who led the research, told BBC News that his entire team were ‘‘shocked’’ when they saw the results.“On Earth, DMS is only produced by life. The bulk of it in Earth’s atmosphere is emitted from...
September 12, 2023

Tantalizing sign of possible life on faraway world

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shake hands during a meeting in Vladivostok, Russia, in 2019.
North Korean leader arrives in Russia before expected Putin meeting
BRUSSELS — Joined by his top military officials handling his nuclear-capable weapons and munitions factories, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Russia on Tuesday before an expected meeting with President Vladimir Putin that has sparked concerns about a potential arms deal for Moscow’s war in Ukraine.North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said Kim boarded his personal train Sunday afternoon accompanied by unspecified members of the country’s ruling party, government and military.South Korea's military assessed the train crossed into Russia sometime early Tuesday, Jeon Ha Gyu, spokesperson of South Korea’s Defense Ministry, said in a briefing without elaborating on how the military obtained the information.Kim’s delegation likely includes his foreign...
September 12, 2023

North Korean leader arrives in Russia before expected Putin meeting

US caver Mark Dickey is carried out of Turkish cave
US explorer Mark Dickey freed from one of Turkey's deepest caves
ANKARA — More than 150 people were involved in efforts to save caver Mark Dickey after he developed stomach problems in the Morca Cave on 2 September. Organizers say it was one of the largest and most complicated underground rescues ever mounted. The lowest point of the Morca Cave, in a remote part of the south, reaches nearly 1.3km (0.8 miles) below ground. Dickey was brought out of the cave at 00:37 local time (21:37 GMT), the Turkish Caving Federation announced on social media. Carl Heitmeyer of the New Jersey Initial Response Team, a group Dickey leads, confirmed for BBC News that the caver had been rescued and he expressed his thanks to all those involved in the operation. Dickey said he thought he would not survive the ordeal after his condition...
September 12, 2023

US explorer Mark Dickey freed from one of Turkey's deepest caves

Sara Sharif was found dead in her home in Woking last month. — courtesy Police handout
Sara Sharif death: Pakistan police take children from grandfather's house
RAWALPINDI/LONDON — Sara Sharif's grandfather has told the BBC that five children who traveled from the UK to Pakistan with Sara's father have been taken by police.Neighbors said that dozens of officers raided the grandfather's house, where the children were hiding, on Monday.Ten-year-old Sara was found dead at her family home in Woking on Aug. 10 — a day after her father and his partner fled the UK.Post-mortem tests found Sara sustained "multiple and extensive injuries".Sara's father Urfan Sharif and stepmother Beinash Batool left the UK with five children aged between one and 13.Muhammad Sharif, Sara's grandfather, told the BBC that he had been hiding the children in his home in the northeastern city of Jhelum since their arrival on Aug. 10t."Since...
September 11, 2023

Sara Sharif death: Pakistan police take children from grandfather's house

People walk along the Southbank with The Palace of Westminster, home to the Houses of Parliament, in the background in London, Britain. — courtesy EPA
UK police arrests two persons amid claims of spying for China
LONDON —- UK police have confirmed Sunday that two men, one in his 20s and another in his 30s, were arrested under the official secret act in March, amid claims of spying for China, said BBC Sunday.The BBC quoted the Sunday Times as saying one of the men, in his 20s, was a researcher with links to several Tory MPs, adding that both men were taken to a south London police station, and were subsequently released on police bail until a date in early October.“One of the arrested men is alleged to have had links to security minister Tom Tugendhat and foreign affairs committee chairwoman Alicia Kearns, among others,” it added.On Sunday morning, UK prime minister spokesperson said Rishi Sunak had expressed concerns about Chinese interference to a senior official from China.Parliament’s...
September 10, 2023

UK police arrests two persons amid claims of spying for China

CDU leader Friedrich Merz seen in this file photo
Germany’s rising far-right leaves Merkel’s once-dominant party at a crossroads
BERLIN — As Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) grows ever popular, the country’s once dominant Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party finds itself at a crossroads.The center-right CDU was in power for much of Germany’s post-war era and oversaw the reunification of East and West Germany.It remains the country’s most popular party but now sits in opposition — an unaccustomed position — while the center-left Social Democrats govern in coalition with the Green Party and Free Democrats (FDP).With polls showing the AfD gaining on the CDU, state elections approaching in the fall and a European Parliament election next year, the party formerly led by ex-Chancellor Angela Merkel is facing a dilemma over how to move forward.The CDU has long shunned the AfD because of its...
September 10, 2023

Germany’s rising far-right leaves Merkel’s once-dominant party at a crossroads

Gen Mark Milley seen in this file photo
Ukraine offensive could have only 30 days left — US Army chief
LONDON —Ukraine has little more than 30 days left of fighting before the weather hinders its counter-offensive, the top-ranking US military officer said.Speaking to the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg program, Gen. Mark Milley said colder conditions would make it much harder for Ukraine to maneuver.He admitted the offensive had gone more slowly than expected. But he said: “There’s still heavy fighting going on.“The Ukrainians are still plugging away with steady progress.”Gen. Milley said it was too early to say whether the counter-offensive had failed, but said Ukraine was “progressing at a very steady pace through the Russian front lines”.“There’s still a reasonable amount of time, probably about 30 to 45 days’ worth of fighting weather left, so the Ukrainians...
September 10, 2023

Ukraine offensive could have only 30 days left — US Army chief

A Road to Relief volunteer in Platonivka, in Donetsk Oblast. (file image) — courtesy Getty Images
Two foreign aid workers die in Russian missile strike
KYIV — Two foreign aid volunteers have been killed and two others injured in a missile attack in Ukraine.The Road to Relief NGO said Anthony Ihnat, a Canadian, died in what it described as a “Russian attack” on a vehicle driving toward Bakhmut.Spain’s government said a Spanish woman was also killed. The NGO had said its director Emma Igual, 32, was missing.The group said the vehicle suffered a “direct hit” near Chasiv Yar on Saturday, flipped over and caught fire.Road to Relief, which is registered in Ukraine, added in its statement that German medical volunteer Ruben Mawick and Johan Mathias Thyr, a Swede, were badly injured by shrapnel but were stable in hospital.The aid workers had left from Slovyansk and were headed to the Bakhmut area to assess the needs of civilians...
September 10, 2023

Two foreign aid workers die in Russian missile strike

File photo of Daniel Khalife... in 81 seconds
Escaped terror suspect Khalife arrested in northwest London
LONDON — Terror suspect Daniel Khalife has been arrested in northwest London after a four-day search, police have said.Scotland Yard said the 21-year-old ex-soldier was detained at 10:41 BST after being pulled from a bicycle on a canal towpath in the Northolt area.He was held about 14 miles from Wandsworth prison, from where he escaped on Wednesday morning.The Met had been reviewing CCTV footage and using a helicopter to search areas in west and southwest London.Police thanked the public for contacting them with sightings, and said they’d had over 100 calls. The force said Khalife is currently in police custody.He is accused of trying to spy for an enemy state, understood to be Iran, obtaining information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism, and...
September 09, 2023

Escaped terror suspect Khalife arrested in northwest London

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