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Nearly 2,000 homes have been submerged in the city of Kherson, officials say. - Copy
'Floating mines' a major concern as residents flee Kherson
KYIV — The breaching of a major dam in southern Ukraine will have a catastrophic effect on locating landmines, the Red Cross has warned.Thousands of people have already been evacuated from parts of the Kherson region as water continues to surge down the Dnipro river which divides Russian and Ukrainian-controlled territory.Both Ukraine and Russia blame each other for sabotaging the Kakhovka dam.Three flood-related deaths have been reported in the Russian-held Oleshky.Yevhen Ryshchuk, the town's exiled Ukrainian mayor, told public broadcaster Suspilne he believed there would be more casualties.The BBC has been unable to verify claims by Ukrainian and Russian officials.Erik Tollefsen, head of the Red Cross's weapon contamination unit, warned that dislodged mines had sparked major...
June 08, 2023

'Floating mines' a major concern as residents flee Kherson

Kherson
Thousands flee as floods submerge Kherson and nearby towns
KYIV — Thousands are fleeing parts of southern Ukraine after a major dam burst, triggering huge floods and sparking a humanitarian disaster.Water continues to surge down the Dnipro River which divides Russian and Ukrainian-controlled territory.Officials say 29 towns and villages along the river have been flooded and nearly 2,000 homes have been submerged in the main city of Kherson.Both Ukraine and Russia blame each other for sabotaging the Kakhovka dam. The BBC has been unable to verify claims from either side.Early on Tuesday morning, the dam in Russian-controlled Nova Kakhovka was breached, leading to mass evacuations as water levels downstream rapidly increased.One woman, who arrived in Kherson on a rescue boat from the Russian-occupied east side of the river, explained how quickly...
June 07, 2023

Thousands flee as floods submerge Kherson and nearby towns

The European Commission has launched legal proceedings against Poland at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for what it claims are “violations of EU law by the Polish Constitutional Tribunal”.
Brussels takes legal action against Poland for ‘challenging primacy of EU law’
BRUSSELS — The European Commission has launched legal proceedings against Poland at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for what it claims are “violations of EU law by the Polish Constitutional Tribunal”.The charges stem from two rulings issued by the Constitutional Tribunal (TK) — a body widely seen as being under the influence of Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party — that found parts of EU law to be inconsistent with the Polish constitution.Those rulings “directly challenged the primacy of EU law and the provisions of the EU treaties”, said the European Commission.In the first, passed in July 2021, the TK ruled that interim orders issued against Poland by the CJEU are unconstitutional. That effectively gave the green light for the government to...
June 07, 2023

Brussels takes legal action against Poland for ‘challenging primacy of EU law’

British Premier Rishi Sunak speaking to reporters on the plane to Washington DC. — courtesy Rishi Sunak
Sunak to raise trade issues in US talks with Biden
WASHINGTON — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said he expects to discuss Joe Biden's flagship package of investment in green industries when he meets the president during his trip to the United States.On the plane to Washington DC, Sunak said "subsidy races" were not a solution to hitting climate goals.Some British ministers have criticized Biden's Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) as harmful to world trade.The law includes $370 billion (£297 billion) to boost green technology in the US.In a drive to cut carbon emissions, billions in tax credits and subsidies has been allocated to speed up the production of solar panels and wind turbines, and encourage the up-take of electric cars.The European Union has described the law as anti-competitive, while earlier this year,...
June 07, 2023

Sunak to raise trade issues in US talks with Biden

Pope Francis will return to hospital for abdominal surgery.
Pope Francis, 86, to have abdominal surgery
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will have surgery on his abdomen on Wednesday afternoon at Rome's Gemelli hospital.He is expected to stay in hospital for "several days" to recover from the hernia operation, the Vatican said.The hernia is "causing recurrent, painful and worsening" symptoms, added Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni.The 86-year-old has faced a series of health issues in recent years, and uses a cane and a wheelchair due to a persistent knee ailment."In the early afternoon he will undergo a laparotomy and abdominal wall surgery... under general anesthesia," said Bruni.He added. "The stay at the health facility will last several days to allow the normal post-operative course and full functional recovery."On Tuesday, the Pope was at the same...
June 07, 2023

Pope Francis, 86, to have abdominal surgery

A view shows the House of Culture on a flooded street in Nova Kakhovka after the nearby dam was breached in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict, in the Kherson Region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, June 6, 2023. Alexey Konovalov/TASS/Handout via REUTERS  ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA. SWITZERLAND OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SWITZERLAND.	     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Fears of ecological catastrophe after collapse of Ukraine dam
KYIV — The collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine has sparked fears of an ecological catastrophe, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky describing the situation as “an environmental bomb of mass destruction.”Water levels on Wednesday continued to rise after the Russian-occupied dam and hydroelectric power plant was destroyed early Tuesday, forcing more than 1,400 people to flee their homes and threatening vital water supplies as flooding inundated towns, cities and farmland.Kyiv and Moscow have traded accusations over the dam’s destruction, without providing concrete proof that the other is culpable. It is not yet clear whether the dam was deliberately attacked or whether the breach was the result of structural failure.Zelensky, however, said Russia bears...
June 07, 2023

Fears of ecological catastrophe after collapse of Ukraine dam

Yevgeny Prgozhin
Wagner boss rubbishes Russian claims of Ukrainian casualties
KYIV — A fresh row has broken out between the Wagner Group and the Russian military, as long-simmering tension between the groups threatens to spill over.Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin dismissed Russia's claims to have inflicted heavy losses on Ukraine in the Donbas when Kyiv attempted offensive action.Prigozhin said the claims were "simply wild and absurd science fiction".But Russia's defense ministry doubled down on the claims on Tuesday, saying Ukraine suffered over 3,700 casualties.Russia said the attack was part of a Ukrainian "long-promised offensive" in the Donetsk region, which took place over Sunday and Monday.Ukraine's military said on Monday that it had no information about a major attack in the region, and that it wouldn't comment on claims...
June 07, 2023

Wagner boss rubbishes Russian claims of Ukrainian casualties

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky shares a video grab of the dam on Telegram
Thousands flee floods after dam collapse near Nova Kakhovka
KYIV — Thousands of people are being evacuated downstream of a major dam which has been blown up in Russian-held Ukraine.President Volodymyr Zelensky said 80 towns and villages were at risk of flooding after the destruction of the dam at Nova Kakhovka, which he blamed on Russia.Water is surging down the Dnipro River and is said to pose a catastrophic flooding risk to the city of Kherson. Russia has denied destroying the dam — which it controls — instead blaming Ukrainian shelling.Neither Ukraine or Russia’s claim has been verified by the BBC.The Kakhovka dam is crucial in the region. It contains a reservoir, which provides water to farmers and residents, as well as to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.It is also is a vital channel carrying water south to Russian-occupied...
June 06, 2023

Thousands flee floods after dam collapse near Nova Kakhovka

Prince Harry arrives at court to give evidence.
Prince Harry: I couldn’t trust anybody due to phone hacking
LONDON — Prince Harry has accused tabloid newspapers of hacking his voicemails when he was a teenager, saying it made him feel he “couldn’t trust anybody”.Appearing in court in his case against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) he said he has “experienced hostility from the press” since he was born.He is the first senior royal to give evidence in court in over 130 years. MGN’s lawyer said he had sympathy for the duke, but denied journalists’ actions were “all unlawful”.Prince Harry arrived on Tuesday morning at London’s High Court dressed in a dark suit and looking relaxed — dozens of journalists only had a matter of seconds to get their photographs as he made his way swiftly into the building.In court, he was cross-examined by MGN lawyer Andrew Green KC, who became...
June 06, 2023

Prince Harry: I couldn’t trust anybody due to phone hacking

Water is used to cool processes at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. — courtesy IAEA/Fredrik Dahl
Dam destruction ‘monumental humanitarian, economic and ecological catastrophe’: Guterres
KYIV — Tens of thousands of civilians in Ukraine are in danger on the frontline, after the apparent destruction of a huge dam on Tuesday, which the UN chief described as a “monumental humanitarian, economic and environmental catastrophe” resulting directly from Russia’s invasion of the country.Water from the reservoir of the Kakhovka dam is also used to cool the nearby Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant (ZNPP), Europe’s largest, which has been under constant threat since being occupied by Russian forces early in the conflict.The UN Office in Ukraine tweeted that “thousands of people in Ukraine are in peril” following the major breach in the Soviet-era Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric plant, on the country’s largest river, the Dnipro, in the southeast, with video showing...
June 06, 2023

Dam destruction ‘monumental humanitarian, economic and ecological catastrophe’: Guterres

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