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Thousands of police deployed as Paris clashes escalate
PARIS — Three people have been arrested in Marseille following clashes with police, French media are reporting.Video and pictures on social media appear to show rubbish piles have been set on fire in several places, while police deployed tear gas to disperse crowds gathering in the port area of the southern city.French newspaper Le Monde said one officer has been taken to hospital after being injured by projectiles thrown by protesters.Six people have been arrested by riot police in Lille, near the border with Belgium, according to a police source quoted by the AFP news agency.Fires have also been set by protesters in the south western city of Toulouse, Le Monde reports, but no arrests have been recorded there so far.Curfews and transport cancelations have been imposed in some parts of...
June 29, 2023

Thousands of police deployed as Paris clashes escalate

Marine debris, including plastics, paper, wood, metal and other manufactured material is found on beaches worldwide and at all depths of the ocean. — courtesy Unsplash/Naja Bertolt Jensen
UN agencies head up new $115 million push for cleaner, healthier oceans
ROME — The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and four partner agencies have been tasked with leading a new push to help countries curb the land-based pollution of coastal areas and shorelines.FAO will co-lead the Clean and Healthy Oceans initiative together with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF), in a strategic partnership with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the UN educational, science and cultural agency UNESCO.“Together, we can turn the tide on pollution for better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life,” said FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu.The source-to-sea initiative will direct up to $115 million in grants to...
June 29, 2023

UN agencies head up new $115 million push for cleaner, healthier oceans

Many campaign groups have criticized the government’s plans. — courtesy PA Media
Court rules government plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda unlawful
LONDON — The British government’s plans to send asylum seekers who arrive in the UK to Rwanda has been ruled unlawful.The decision has been welcomed by the people and charities who challenged the plans which were first announced last year.In December, the High Court dismissed a number of legal challenges to the government’s plans, however individual asylum seekers were able to appeal the court’s decision.Ten people from countries including Syria, Iraq and Albania, who arrived in the UK in small boats, alongside the charity Asylum Aid, argued the policy was unlawful.The charity said the ruling is a vindication (proof that someone or something is right) for rule of law and basic fairness.Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he “fundamentally disagrees” with the Court of Appeal’s...
June 29, 2023

Court rules government plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda unlawful

Alexis Tsipras waves to reporters in Athens, Greece. — courtesy EPA
Leftist Tsipras quits as Syriza party leader in Greece
ATHENS — Greece’s former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said he is quitting as leader of the Syriza party after a crushing defeat in last Sunday’s elections.“The time has come to start a new cycle,” Tsipras said, calling for his center-left party to be reformed.The conservative New Democracy (ND) party won nearly 41% of the vote, leaving Syriza far behind on 18%.Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who leads ND, said he now has a “strong mandate” to move on the path of change.Mitsotakis beat Syriza in May — but called new elections in a bid to win a majority in a 300-member parliament.Under Greek rules for a second election, the biggest party is awarded a bonus of between 20 and 50 seats.After Sunday’s poll, ND won all 50 — and now has 158 lawmakers.Tsipras’ resignation...
June 29, 2023

Leftist Tsipras quits as Syriza party leader in Greece

Disused base near the town of Asipovichy in Belarus. — courtesy Planet Labs
Satellite images show activity at military base in Belarus
LONDON — Satellite images appear to show activity at a disused military base in Belarus, amid speculation about Wagner forces relocating to the country.An image from June 27 obtained by BBC Verify, and first reported by Radio Free Europe, shows what could be tents or similar structures appearing at the base.An earlier image taken on June 19 shows the fields within the military compound largely empty.The Wagner group, which is made up of mercenaries, had been fighting for Russia in Ukraine until last weekend, when it staged a rebellion.Its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, later called off an advance to Moscow after a deal was struck with the help of the Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko.After the failed mutiny, the Russian authorities said Wagner would be disarmed but its members would...
June 29, 2023

Satellite images show activity at military base in Belarus

A family displaced by prolonged drought in Ethiopia now live in a makeshift tent in Mogadishu, Somalia. — courtesy IOM/Muse Mohammed
Legal protection essential for people displaced by climate change: UN expert
GENEVA — An independent UN-appointed climate expert on Tuesday called for full legal protection to be given to those displaced by the impacts of climate change, to guarantee their human rights.“The effects of climate change are becoming more severe, and the number of people displaced across international borders is rapidly increasing,” said Ian Fry, independent human rights expert on climate change, who took up the new post last year.“In 2020 alone, 30.7 million people were displaced from their homes due to weather-related events. Droughts were the main factor,” Fry said in his latest thematic report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva.“We must take immediate steps to give legal protection to these people.”The independent expert said that people displaced by climate change...
June 29, 2023

Legal protection essential for people displaced by climate change: UN expert

Members of Wagner group looks from a military vehicle in Rostov on Don late on June 24, 2023
Wagner and Belarus 'not allies', says exiled opposition leader
MINSK — Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko are not allies, exiled Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya told AFP."At any moment, Lukashenko can betray Prigozhin or Prigozhin can betray Lukashenko. They are not allies. They cannot trust each other," she said on Wednesday.The head of the Wagner group traveled to Belarus on Tuesday as part of an agreement negotiated to put an end to his rebellion in Russia.But Tikhanovskaya believes that much remains unclear about the alleged deal.Lukashenko's decision to help President Putin was an act of personal convenience to save his own regime, she added."He did not act to save Putin's face, nor to save Prigozhin, nor to prevent civil war breaking out in...
June 29, 2023

Wagner and Belarus 'not allies', says exiled opposition leader

The agenda for the two-day meeting of the European Council is set to cover Ukraine, Russia, China, the Balkans and migration management.
EU leaders gather in Brussels to discuss Ukraine, China and migration
BRUSSELS — Leaders from the 27 member states are gathering in Brussels on Thursday for a summit with a busy agenda on the table.The two-day meeting of the European Council lacks a clear thematic focus and will instead touch upon a variety of topics, including military support for Ukraine, confiscation of frozen Russian assets, economic threats posed by China and the latest flare-up of tensions between Kosovo and Serbia.Migration will also feature prominently in the debate, particularly in the context of cooperation with neighbouring countries to curb the arrival of new asylum seekers.Looming over the discussions will be the short-lived insurgency launched over the weekend by Yevgeny Prigozhin and his mercenary troops of the Wagner Group, an extraordinary moment of defiance against...
June 29, 2023

EU leaders gather in Brussels to discuss Ukraine, China and migration

Nadine Dorries and Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg were accused of mounting 'the most vociferous attacks' against the committee
British MPs accused of interfering with Partygate probe
LONDON — Former ministers Nadine Dorries and Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg have been accused of waging a co-ordinated campaign to interfere with a Commons investigation into Boris Johnson.The ex-PM quit as an MP after a committee found he misled Parliament over Covid breaches at No 10.In a new report, the committee accused the allies of Johnson of mounting "vociferous attacks" on its work.Other Tories criticized include Dame Priti Patel and Lord Zac Goldsmith.The former home secretary and current Foreign Office minister are among seven MPs and three peers identified as attacking the committee.The others were Tory MPs Mark Jenkinson, Sir Michael Fabricant, Brendan Clarke-Smith and Dame Andrea Jenkyns and peers Lord Cruddas and Lord Greenhalgh.The report, by the cross-party Privileges...
June 29, 2023

British MPs accused of interfering with Partygate probe

Police officers stand near burning cars during protests in Nanterre, west of Paris
France shooting: 150 people arrested as unrest spreads over police killing
PARIS — At least 150 people have been arrested in France on a second night of mass unrest over Tuesday's fatal shooting of a 17-year-old by police near Paris during a traffic check.Town halls, schools and police stations were set on fire or attacked in the Paris region and other cities.President Emmanuel Macron said the riots were "unjustifiable" and held a crisis meeting of his cabinet.Nahel M was shot at point-blank range as he drove away from police.In a post on social media, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin condemned the escalating unrest, saying France had witnessed "a night of unbearable violence".Clashes were reported across suburbs of Paris - but some of the most violent confrontations were in Nanterre, where the teenager was shot dead.Local authorities...
June 29, 2023

France shooting: 150 people arrested as unrest spreads over police killing

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