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A man uses towel over his face as he tries to extinguish a fire, near the seaside resort of Lindos, on the Aegean Sea island of Rhodes, southeastern Greece, on Monday
Greek PM orders new evacuations as high winds and heat fuel wildfires
ATHENS — A week-old wildfire on the Greek resort island of Rhodes tore past defenses Monday, forcing more evacuations as strong winds and successive heat waves that left scrubland and forests tinder-dry fueled three major fires raging elsewhere in Greece.The latest evacuations were ordered in south Rhodes after 19,000 people, mostly tourists, were moved in buses and boats over the weekend out of the path of the fire that reached several coastal areas from nearby mountains. It was the country's biggest evacuation effort in recent years.“We are at war - completely focused on the fires,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said during a debate in parliament. “Over the coming days and weeks, we must remain on constant alert.”Help continued to arrive from the European Union and...
July 25, 2023

Greek PM orders new evacuations as high winds and heat fuel wildfires

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres addresses the assembly during the opening session of a three-day UN Food and Agriculture Agency's summit on food systems in Rome.
UN chief urges Russia to revive grain deal
ROME — The UN urged Russia to resume the internationally brokered deal so that grain can be shipped from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, saying otherwise the world's most vulnerable among the hungry will suffer the worst consequences.UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made the appeal during a speech in Rome Monday, at the opening of a three-day food summit.With the recent collapse of the Ukraine-Russia grain deal, "the most vulnerable will pay the highest price,'' Guterres said. He lamented that there are already negative effects on global wheat and corn prices.Wheat prices have risen more than 14% since Monday, when Russia pulled out of the grain deal, and corn prices are up more than 10%.Both Russia and Ukraine are “essential to global food security,'' the UN...
July 25, 2023

UN chief urges Russia to revive grain deal

A building damaged by the drone attack in Moscow early Monday.
Russia accuses Ukraine of Moscow drone attack
MOSCOW — Russia has accused Ukraine of being behind a drone attack that damaged at least two buildings in the capital Moscow early on Monday morning.The Russian defence ministry said two drones were "suppressed and crashed", adding that there were no casualties.Russia's state-owned Tass news agency reported that one drone fell close to the defence ministry.Ukrainian officials are yet to comment, but they rarely claim responsibility for attacks inside Russia.Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said the drone strikes hit "non-residential" buildings around 04:00 local time (01:00 GMT). He added that the buildings had not sustained any major damage.But state news agencies reported that some drone fragments were found just 2km (1.2 miles) away from the defence ministry's...
July 24, 2023

Russia accuses Ukraine of Moscow drone attack

Photos uploaded to social media show flames engulfing Corfu
Corfu latest Greek island to evacuate over wildfires
ATHENS — Corfu has become the latest Greek island to issue an evacuation order, as the country grapples with wildfires.Photos uploaded to social media show flames engulfing Corfu. A fire broke out on the northern part of the island which is popular with British tourists.It comes after some 19,000 people were evacuated on the island of Rhodes, which has also been hit by fires.Many were forced to flee their hotels as the flames continued to spread from the center of the Greek island.Greece has been grappling with searing heat, with temperatures exceeding 40C across the country, and fires have blazed for nearly a week in some areas.A national holiday that had been planned for Monday has been canceled "in view of the extraordinary conditions prevailing in the country due to the...
July 24, 2023

Corfu latest Greek island to evacuate over wildfires

Spain's opposition People's Party leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo gestures during the general election, in Madrid, Spain, July 24
Spain's conservatives miss out on all-out victory as left celebrates
MADRID — The leader of Spain's opposition conservative party Alberto Núñez Feijóo has claimed victory in a snap election, but without the result he needed.Even with the support of the far right, his Popular Party (PP) has fallen short of a majority in parliament.The cheers at the rival Socialist camp were just as loud as Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez declared: "The reactionary bloc has failed."While both can claim success, Spain is left with an inconclusive result.But Sánchez has been vindicated in his controversial decision to call the vote in the searing heat of a Spanish summer when election-day temperatures reached 40C in some parts of the country.Turnout topped 70%, as voters sensed the importance of the election, breaking off from their holidays to vote...
July 24, 2023

Spain's conservatives miss out on all-out victory as left celebrates

Rhodes
Jet2 and TUI flights canceled as British tourists in limbo in Rhodes
ATHENS — Flights to Rhodes have been canceled and tourists left in limbo after wildfires spreading across the Greek island forced thousands to flee hotels.Holiday company Jet2 cancelled five flights to Rhodes, while TUI canceled all flights there until Wednesday.The deputy mayor of Rhodes, Athanasios Vyrinis said some people had slept in cardboard boxes overnight and warned that there are not enough essentials.Officials estimate about 19,000 people have been evacuated by land and sea.One family has resorted to sleeping on mattresses on a conference room floor, while others are desperately searching for alternative accommodation.Greece's fire service has apologized and warned the situation could worsen.A further 1,200 will be evacuated from three villages — Pefki, Lindos and...
July 23, 2023

Jet2 and TUI flights canceled as British tourists in limbo in Rhodes

Wagner fighters on the streets of Rostov-on-Don during the mutiny. — courtesy Getty Images
Wagner mutiny: Junior commander reveals his role in the challenge to Putin
MOSCOW — A mercenary who took part in the attempted mutiny against Russian President Vladimir Putin says he and his fellow fighters “didn’t have a clue” what was going on.In the space of just 24 hours, the leader of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, staged an insurrection, sending troops into the southern city of Rostov, then further on towards Moscow.Wagner fighters rarely talk to the media, but BBC Russian spoke to a junior commander who found himself in the middle of the action.Gleb — not his real name — had previously been involved in the fighting for the symbolic town of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine. As the mutiny began, he was resting with his unit in barracks in the Russian-occupied Luhansk region.Early in the morning on June 23 they got the call to join a column of...
July 23, 2023

Wagner mutiny: Junior commander reveals his role in the challenge to Putin

Screenshot shows smoke as Russia claims fuel depot in Crimea hit
Crimea bridge closed after fuel depot hit - Russia
MOSCOW — A drone attack on an ammunition depot in Crimea has led to civilian evacuations and disrupted transport, Russian authorities have said.Sergei Aksyonov, the Russian-installed governor of occupied Crimea, said Ukraine was behind the attack, without providing evidence.Aksyonov said local residents living within five kilometers of the blast were being evacuated.Rail services across the Kerch bridge have also reportedly been halted. Earlier on Saturday, Russian authorities stopped traffic on the bridge, but then swiftly reopened it to cars.A later update from the Moscow-installed government said road traffic was again halted until further notice.Aksyonov said infrastructure facilities in the Krasnogvardeysky district in Crimea were the target.“According to preliminary data, there...
July 22, 2023

Crimea bridge closed after fuel depot hit - Russia

Tourists gather outside after being evacuated from their resort hotels
Thousands flee homes and hotels on Rhodes as fires spread
ATHENS — Thousands of people have been evacuated from homes and hotels on the island of Rhodes, according to Greece’s fire service.Private boats have joined the Greek coastguard in helping to pick up people from beaches on the east of the island.Greek navy vessels are also reported to be heading to the area, which is popular with tourists.Greece’s deputy fire chief said the fires on Rhodes are the most difficult his service is currently facing.Five helicopters and 173 firefighters are operating in the area, with three hotels in the Kiotari area reported to have been damaged by fire.One British woman said she was evacuated from the hotel she was staying at with her sister and daughter, but was now stuck on a beach with hundreds of others in the severe heat.“There’s just a small...
July 22, 2023

Thousands flee homes and hotels on Rhodes as fires spread

Spain’s hard-right Vox, led by Santiago Abascal, could likely form part of the next government. — courtesy Getty Images
Polarized Spain eyes the hard-right ahead of election
MADRID — Spain’s election on Sunday is provoking political tremors even before polls open.The most likely government to emerge — most analysts predict — will be a coalition including a hard-right nationalist party for the first time in Spain since the death of fascist dictator Francisco Franco in 1975.More left-leaning Spaniards are frantically texting contacts, urging them to make sure to vote — despite the heat and it being holiday time for many — to “stop the fascists” in their tracks.The political right, meanwhile, has said voters have a choice: Sanchez (the current center-left prime minister and his coalition including the far-left) or Spain. Implying that under another Sanchez government, the country will crumble.The rhetoric this election season has been toxic, with...
July 22, 2023

Polarized Spain eyes the hard-right ahead of election

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