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40 Russian diplomats and their family members, expelled from the Russian Embassy, board the special flight from Bucharest to Moscow on Saturday.
Russia vows response after Romania expels 40 Russian embassy workers
MOSCOW/ BUCHAREST — The Russian Foreign Ministry has promised to respond to Romania's decision to shrink the Russian mission in that country according to the Kremlin-aligned news agency RIA Novosti, citing Russian Foreign Ministry.Earlier, the Romanian Foreign Ministry reported that 40 Russian diplomats and representatives of the technical staff of the Russian Embassy, as well as their family members, had been sent on a special flight from Bucharest."As previously stated by the Russian side, Russia will give an appropriate response," the Russian Foreign Ministry said. Romanian authorities stated that 11 diplomats and 29 technical and administrative staff were on board.On June 8, Romania had announced that Russia was to reduce its diplomatic staff by 40 people. The Russian...
July 02, 2023

Russia vows response after Romania expels 40 Russian embassy workers

The grandmother of the boy killed during a traffic stop in France has told news channel BFM TV in Nanterre she wants the riots to stop.
‘Stop rioting,’ says grandmother of boy killed in traffic stop
PARIS — The grandmother of the boy killed during a traffic stop in France has told news channel BFM TV in Nanterre she wants the riots to stop.Nahel M's grandmother Nadia has called for calm after a fifth night of unrest across France after her 17-year-old grandson was killed by the police."We don't want them to destroy shops, busses and schools," Nadia told BFM TV. “They are using Nahel as an excuse", she said. "We want things to calm down”."My heart is in pain," she said about the money donated for the police officer who got arrested after shooting Nahel dead on Tuesday.But she said she has confidence that the police officer will be punished like everyone else.She also said that she "resents" the men who stopped and killed her...
July 02, 2023

‘Stop rioting,’ says grandmother of boy killed in traffic stop

Damage to the mayor’s houses. — courtesy Reuters
Suburban mayor’s wife hurt as French rioters attack their home
PARIS — Attackers in France tried to set fire to the home of a suburban Paris mayor’s home overnight and fired rockets at the official’s fleeing wife and children.The incident has caused widespread shock and is being treated as attempted murder. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne described it as intolerable.Mayor Vincent Jeanbrun was not at home, but his wife suffered a broken leg and a child was also hurt. France has seen violent protests after police killed a teenager on Tuesday.The suspects in the incident in L’Haÿ-les-Roses, south of Paris, have not been identified.Jeanbrun said he had been in his office overseeing the situation when the attack on his home occurred at 01:30 (23:30 GMT on Saturday).The attackers used a car to ram through the gates of their home before setting the...
July 02, 2023

Suburban mayor’s wife hurt as French rioters attack their home

A previous vote in 2017 did not back full independence for Orkney. — courtesy Getty Images
Orkney council to look at proposals to become territory of Norway
LONDON — The Orkney Islands could change their status in the UK or even become a self-governing territory of Norway under new proposals.A motion will go before the council next week to investigate “alternative forms of governance”.Council leader James Stockan said Orkney does not get fair funding with its current relationship within the UK.He wants to look at Crown Dependencies like the Channel Islands and overseas territories like the Falkland Islands.He suggested another possible future could be like the Faroe Islands — which is a self-governing territory of Denmark.Councillor Stockan told BBC Radio Scotland there were many areas where Orkney was being “failed dreadfully” by both the UK and Scottish governments.He said: “We are really struggling at the moment, we have to...
July 02, 2023

Orkney council to look at proposals to become territory of Norway

Austria Chancellor Karl Nehammer said,
Austria to join European Sky Shield air defense system
VIENNA — Austria will join the European Sky Shield air defense system, Chancellor Karl Nehammer said on Saturday. "Austria will join the European Sky Shield air defense initiative," Nehammer said on Twitter.Nehammer noted that the Ukraine conflict and the increased "threat situation" were the main reasons for the country's joining the initiative.Austria announced on Saturday its intention to join the European Sky Shield initiative, launched in 2022 by Germany against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine."We must and will take precautions to protect our country against the risk of drone or missile attacks," Nehammer said in a press release, citing "a threat that has considerably worsened".Nehammer stressed that the decision did not call into...
July 02, 2023

Austria to join European Sky Shield air defense system

Police throw tear gas at protesters in Marseille.
France shooting: Clashes and tear gas in Marseille as chaos continues
MARSEILLE — Police and rioters have clashed in the French city of Marseille as the country battles with a fifth night of unrest after the death of a teenager shot by police at point-blank range.Videos show police using tear gas, as officials say at least 56 arrests have been made in the southern city.But a heavy police presence in central Paris seems to have deterred protests.Large crowds turned out for the funeral of Nahel M, 17, who was killed as he drove away from a traffic stop.Many French cities have descended into chaos since Tuesday after the killing happened in the Paris suburb of Nanterre.In a tweet, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin praised law enforcement for their "resolute action" which had led to a "calmer night".Around 45,000 police were deployed...
July 02, 2023

France shooting: Clashes and tear gas in Marseille as chaos continues

A French police officer stands guard next to vehicles burnt during a night of clashes between protesters and police, in Nanterre, Paris, on July 1, 2023.
Funeral held for French teenager as arrests mount on fifth night of protests
PARIS — A tense atmosphere lingered in Nanterre on Saturday following the funeral of a French teenager who was fatally shot by police in the Paris suburb earlier this week.Arrests continued to mount with more than 1,300 people detained Friday overnight into Saturday and another 121 people arrested Saturday during the fifth night of nationwide protests in France after the 17-year-old’s death, according to the French Interior Ministry.Family and friends gathered Saturday afternoon local time for the funeral service at a mosque in Nanterre. The funeral was solemn and quiet, according to CNN’s team on the ground, with people waiting in silence for his coffin to leave the mosque and be taken for burial. The teenager has been buried in the Mont Valérien cemetery in Nanterre, CNN’s team...
July 02, 2023

Funeral held for French teenager as arrests mount on fifth night of protests

File photo of Dutch King Willem-Alexander.
Dutch King apologizes for country’s role in slavery
AMSTERDAM —The King of the Netherlands has formally apologized for his country’s role in the slave trade, saying he felt “personally and intensely” affected.The country became a major colonial power after the 17th Century, holding territories across the globe, and Dutch slave traders trafficked more than 600,000 people.King Willem-Alexander on Saturday called the practice a “horror”. The royal family did nothing to stop it, he said.He was speaking at an event marking the 160th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the country —it was unclear ahead of the event whether the King would apologize for the Royal Family’s role in the practice.In June, a new study revealed that Dutch rulers received the equivalent of €545 million ($595 million) in today’s money between...
July 01, 2023

Dutch King apologizes for country’s role in slavery

To the presidential fanfare Russian President Vladimir Putin descends the many steps of the Kremlin down onto the square.
Deciphering Putin’s many appearances since mutiny
MOSCOW — Where’s Vladimir Putin? That’s what we were wondering most of Monday — two days after a dramatic insurrection by the Wagner Group that saw a convoy of mercenary fighters headed to Moscow.A spokesman for Putin announced a deal to end the Wagner mutiny late on Saturday. But when would the president himself comment on the controversial agreement?It was controversial because the Wagner mercenaries had rebelled, seized military sites (with apparent ease) and then marched on Moscow; Russian air force pilots had been killed in the mutiny.Yet the Kremlin had agreed not to prosecute Wagner fighters or their leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in return for calling off the uprising.Over the last week, President Putin has made a series of unusual public appearances — all televised — in an...
July 01, 2023

Deciphering Putin’s many appearances since mutiny

The Honours of Scotland on display at Edinburgh Castle. — courtesy Historic Environment Scotland
King Charles to receive new sword at Scottish ceremony
EDINBURGH — A new sword will be presented to King Charles when he receives Scotland’s crown jewels at a ceremony in Edinburgh.The King will be presented with the Honours of Scotland at a service in St Giles’ Cathedral on July 5.Named after his late mother, the Elizabeth sword was commissioned because the existing 16th Century sword is too fragile to handle.Traditionally, new British monarchs are presented with them after their coronation and this will take place at the Service of Thanksgiving and Dedication to be held at St. Giles next week.The Stone of Destiny will also be in St. Giles’ Cathedral for the service after playing a significant part in the Coronation at Westminster Abbey.Image caption,The King will be presented with the Honours of Scotland, the oldest crown jewels in...
July 01, 2023

King Charles to receive new sword at Scottish ceremony

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