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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson shake hands with NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg looking on. — courtesy EPA
Turkey will back Sweden’s NATO membership — Stoltenberg
VILNIUS — Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to support Sweden’s bid to join NATO, the military alliance’s chief Jens Stoltenberg has said.He said the Turkish leader would forward Sweden’s bid to the parliament in Ankara and “ensure ratification”.Meanwhile, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said: “I am very happy, it is a good day for Sweden.”Turkey had previously spent months blocking Sweden’s application, accusing it of hosting Kurdish militants.As one of NATO’s 31 members, Turkey has a veto over any new country joining the group.Reacting to the news, US President Joe Biden said he welcomed the commitment by President Erdogan to proceed with “swift ratification” of Sweden’s membership.“I stand ready to work with President Erdogan and...
July 11, 2023

Turkey will back Sweden’s NATO membership — Stoltenberg

Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he will state his demand for new discussions about Turkey's EU membership at the NATO summit later this week.
Sweden NATO membership: Turkey calls for new EU membership talks
ANKARA — Turkey's president has said his country will support Sweden's bid to join NATO if the European Union opens membership talks for his country.Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he would state his demand at the NATO summit in Lithuania later this week. He added that he had informed US President Joe Biden of his intentions.Erdogan's comments come ahead of a meeting with Sweden's prime minister and NATO's secretary general in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius.Turkey is a NATO member and so has a veto over any new country joining the group.It has previously expressed frustration at what it has seen as Stockholm's willingness to host Kurdish militants.Erdogan recently said Sweden had taken steps in the right direction by changing anti-terror laws, but that he still had...
July 10, 2023

Sweden NATO membership: Turkey calls for new EU membership talks

Yevgeny Prigozhin
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin met Putin after failed mutiny
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin met mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin after the failed Wagner group mutiny last month, the Kremlin says.Prigozhin, who heads the Wagner mercenary group, was among 35 people invited to the meeting in Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov added.He said that President Putin had given an "assessment" of the Ukraine war effort and the mutiny.The rebellion, launched on 23 June, lasted only 24 hours.Under a deal to end the stand-off, charges against Prigozhin were dropped and he was offered a move to Belarus.There had been very public infighting between Wagner and Russia's ministry of defence over the conduct of the war. Prigozhin had repeatedly accused the ministry of failing to supply his group with ammunition.But on Monday, Mr Peskov...
July 10, 2023

Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin met Putin after failed mutiny

Mark Rutte has been holding three days of talks to try to save his coalition
Dutch PM Mark Rutte to leave politics after government collapses
AMSTERDAM — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Monday he would step down as leader of the country’s ruling party and leave politics, after his government collapsed over immigration policy, Dutch national broadcaster and CNN affiliate NOS reported.The inveterate survivor of Dutch politics, nicknamed “Teflon Mark” because scandals surrounding his four consecutive governments did not stick to him, announced his surprise decision at a parliamentary debate in the Hague.Rutte, who has been in power since 2010 and is Europe’s second-longest serving leader, had said Friday that his government would tender its resignation to the Dutch king, triggering new elections to be held in the fall.He said at a news conference that “differing opinions about immigration policy” within his...
July 10, 2023

Dutch PM Mark Rutte to leave politics after government collapses

Border guard patrols are being stepped up on Poland's eastern edge
Poland security patrols on high alert at Belarus border
By Sarah RainsfordKRYNKI — The prospect of mercenaries from the Russian Wagner group moving to Belarus as part of the deal struck to end their mutiny has made Poland extra wary of its neighbor.A border once marked by a few pillars and wooden look-out posts has already been transformed by miles of tall metal fencing, thermal cameras and spotlights.They were installed after Belarus began encouraging thousands of migrants to cross into Poland two years ago in what Warsaw calls an act of hybrid warfare; Minsk and Moscow are close allies.Ahead of this week's Nato summit in Lithuania, the Polish government has been warning that Wagner forces could be used to spark more trouble, so it's deploying hundreds of extra officers at its eastern border as reinforcements."The biggest threat...
July 10, 2023

Poland security patrols on high alert at Belarus border

The joint commemoration was a highly symbolic reconciliation gesture
Zelensky honors Poles killed by Ukrainians in WW2 Volhynia massacre
KYIV — Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and his Polish counterpart have jointly commemorated the Poles murdered by Ukrainian nationalists in the 1943 Volhynia (Volyn) massacre.In a Catholic cathedral in western Ukraine, Zelensky and President Andrzej Duda placed candles to honor the tens of thousands who were killed.Poland is one of Ukraine's closest allies against the Russian occupation.But the Volhynia slaughter remains a dark cloud in their relations.The Ukrainian nationalists, led by Stepan Bandera, operated in German-occupied Poland during World War Two and were trained by the Nazis. They attacked about 150 villages, murdering the minority Polish population.Poland puts the death toll as high as 100,000 and says Ukraine should apologise and ask for forgiveness. The...
July 10, 2023

Zelensky honors Poles killed by Ukrainians in WW2 Volhynia massacre

A bigger challenge than losing weight is keeping it off for more than a year. (Dreamstime)
Weight-loss jabs investigated for suicide risk
LONDON — Europe's drugs regulator has told BBC News it is conducting a review of some weight-loss jabs after being alerted to a possible link to thoughts of suicide and self-harm among users.Member state Iceland notified the European Medicines Agency after seeing three cases.The safety assessment will look at Wegovy, Saxenda and similar drugs, such as Ozempic, that help curb appetite.Product leaflets already list suicidal thoughts as a possible side effect.Suicidal behavior is not currently listed for these prescription drugs.The EMA's Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC), which is conducting the review, will consider whether other treatments in same broader category of medicines, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists, also need assessing.But initially,...
July 10, 2023

Weight-loss jabs investigated for suicide risk

Spanish maritime rescuers have spent days looking for the small Senegalese boat
Migrant boat from Senegal carrying 200 people missing off Canary Islands
MADRID — Spanish rescuers are searching waters off the Canary Islands for a boat carrying at least 200 African migrants who went missing more than a week ago.The aid group Walking Borders says the fishing boat sailed from Kafountine, a coastal town in southern Senegal that is roughly 1,700km (1,057 miles) from Tenerife.The group says many children are on board, Spain's Efe news agency reports.Two similar boats carrying dozens more people are also said to be missing.Spain's maritime rescue service told Efe that a plane had joined the search.The boat with 200 people on board left Kafountine on 27 June, heading for the Canary Islands.There are few details about the other two boats, however Reuters news agency quoted Helena Maleno of Walking Borders as saying that one has about 65...
July 10, 2023

Migrant boat from Senegal carrying 200 people missing off Canary Islands

The American president touched down at Stansted Airport near London on Sunday
Joe Biden in UK to meet Sunak and King Charles amid Ukraine concerns
LONDON — US President Joe Biden has landed in the UK ahead of a Nato summit in Lithuania later this week - which comes after several allies questioned his call to send cluster bombs to Ukraine.The UK and Canada are among those who voiced concern about supplying the bombs, which are widely banned because of the danger they pose to civilians.The US says they are needed because Ukraine's weapon stocks are dwindling.On Monday, Biden will meet UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.The two men are expected to discuss various issues, including the war in Ukraine.Sunak has not directly criticised his US counterpart following Friday's cluster bomb announcement - but on Saturday he said that the UK was one of 123 countries signed up to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, an international treaty...
July 10, 2023

Joe Biden in UK to meet Sunak and King Charles amid Ukraine concerns

Fireworks were a popular weapon during the recent rioting in France. — courtesy EPA
France bans buying fireworks for Bastille Day after riots
PARIS — France has banned the sale, possession and transport of all fireworks during the upcoming Bastille Day festivities.The government issued a decree on Sunday prohibiting “pyrotechnic articles” for the July 14 celebrations that mark France’s national day.The move comes after rioting sparked by last month’s police killing of 17-year-old Nahel M by police in Nanterre. However, the ban does not apply to official firework displays organized by local authorities.“In order to prevent the risk of serious disturbances to public order during the July 14 festivities, the sale, carrying, transport and use of pyrotechnic articles and fireworks will be prohibited on national territory until July 15 inclusively,” said the edict, published in the French official gazette.Fireworks were...
July 09, 2023

France bans buying fireworks for Bastille Day after riots

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