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Yields of tomatoes and other crops will likely slump to record lows this year, according to the farmers' union
UK sleepwalking into food supply crisis, says farming union
Yields of tomatoes and other crops will likely slump to record lows this year, according to the farmers' union.LONDON — The UK is "sleepwalking" into a food supply crisis and the government must step in to help farmers, the National Farmers Union (NFU) has warned.Yields of tomatoes and other crops will likely slump to record lows this year, it said, with potential supply problems ahead as already seen with eggs.Soaring fuel, fertiliser and feed costs were putting farmers under severe pressure, it added.The government said the UK has a "highly resilient food supply chain".Some supermarkets are rationing egg sales after farmers cut back or halted production because of rising costs - a situation made worse by the Avian flu outbreak.However, the NFU warned that food...
December 06, 2022

UK sleepwalking into food supply crisis, says farming union

Ukraine is becoming colder, and the authorities are struggling to maintain power supplies
Russian missile strikes force emergency power shutdowns in Ukraine
KYIV — Ukraine is switching to emergency shutdowns to stabilize its power grid after Monday's Russian missile attacks, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.He said many regions were affected, and the local authorities warned that about half of the Kyiv region would remain without electricity in the coming days.Overnight, more missiles hit critical infrastructure and residential houses near the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, regional officials said.No casualties were reported.Four people were killed in Monday's attacks.Ukraine is now seeing snow and sub-zero temperatures in many regions, and millions are without electricity and running water. There are fears that a number of people may die of hypothermia.In a separate development on Tuesday, the governor of Russia's Kursk...
December 06, 2022

Russian missile strikes force emergency power shutdowns in Ukraine

Police at the scene of murder
Schoolgirl killed in knife attack in Germany
BERLIN — A 14-year-old girl has died and another, aged 13, has been seriously injured after they were attacked by a man with a knife while walking to school in southern Germany.Police say the suspect came out of a refugee shelter in the village of Illerkirchberg on Monday morning and attacked the pupils.The older girl later died in hospital.German police have arrested a 27-year-old man, who they say is an asylum seeker from Eritrea.Officers searched a nearby building and found him with a knife they suspect was used in the attack. Two other men were also detained.The suspect is under police guard in hospital where he's being treated for an unspecified injury.In a statement, police urged the public not to use the incident to stoke suspicion of foreigners or asylum...
December 06, 2022

Schoolgirl killed in knife attack in Germany

Map showing location of Russian bases
Explosions hit two military airfields in Russia — reports
MOSCOW — Several people have been killed in explosions at two Russian military airfields, according to reports. A fuel tanker exploded killing three and injuring six in an airfield near the city Ryazan, south-east of Moscow, Russian state media is reporting. Another two people are reported to have been hurt in an explosion at an airfield in the Saratov region. It is not known what caused the blasts. Both areas are hundreds of kilometers from the Ukrainian border. Long-range Russian strategic bombers are believed to be based at the Engels airbase in the Saratov region. The Saratov regional governor said security forces were checking what he called "reports of an incident at military installations". These reports, of two explosions at two different military...
December 05, 2022

Explosions hit two military airfields in Russia — reports

A woman and her children mourn for the victims of the 2016 bombings at the Place de la Bourse in central Brussels
Ten men go on trial over 2016 Brussels bombings
BRUSSELS — Six years after the 2016 Brussels terror attacks, Belgium’s largest-ever criminal trial has begun in the capital.Ten men are accused of being members of the terrorist cell that carried out the worst peacetime attack in Belgian history.A total of 32 people were killed and over 340 others injured in rush-hour bombings at Brussels’ airport and on the city’s metro system.The suspects include Salah Abdeslam, the only surviving member of the Belgium-based cell that killed 130 people in the Paris attacks in November 2015.Another defendant, Mohamed Abrini – known as the "man in the hat" – is suspected of abandoning his explosive device at the airport during the attacks.The eight other suspects are accused of supplying the Brussels attackers with weapons and...
December 05, 2022

Ten men go on trial over 2016 Brussels bombings

France’s President Emmanuel Macron said that he West should consider how to address Russia’s need for security guarantees to end the war in Ukraine.
Macron blasted for saying Moscow needs ‘security guarantees’ to end the war
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron’s statement on Saturday that the West should consider how to address Russia’s need for security guarantees to end the war in Ukraine has drawn sharp criticism from some quarters, rejecting the option of making concessions to the Kremlin after nearly 10 months of the war.In an interview with French TV station TF1 recorded during his state visit to the US last week, Macron said Europe needs to prepare its future security architecture.“This means that one of the essential points we must address — as President (Vladimir) Putin has always said — is the fear that NATO comes right up to its doors and the deployment of weapons that could threaten Russia,” Macron said.“That topic will be part of the topics for peace, so we need to prepare...
December 04, 2022

Macron blasted for saying Moscow needs ‘security guarantees’ to end the war

Platform at Gare de l’Est in Paris. — courtesy photo
More than half of France’s TGV trains canceled because of strike
PARIS — Around 60% of France’s TGV and Intercity trains were canceled this weekend because of a strike by SNCF workers, pushing the country’s Minister of Transport to call for “collective responsibility”.About 4 out of 10 TGV and Intercity trains were running on Saturday, and unions have warned passengers of further cancelations.Unions have also filed a strike notice for the Christmas and New Year’s weekends.The almost 10,000 SNCF conductors, of which nearly 3,000 work on the TGV and Intercity trains, work to maintain traffic and passenger safety. Trains cannot run without them.SNCF management has announced that there will be “new meetings” with trade unions and workers next week. — Euronews
December 04, 2022

More than half of France’s TGV trains canceled because of strike

An Orthodox icon is seen on a damaged church in the retaken village of Bohorodychne, eastern Ukraine. — courtesy photo
Kyiv security service sanctions 10 pro-Russian Orthodox priests
KYIV — Ukraine is slapping sanctions on 10 senior clerics linked to the Orthodox Church in Moscow on the grounds they agreed to work with Russian occupation authorities or justified the Kremlin’s invasion, the security service said on Saturday.The announcement is the latest in a series of steps against the Ukrainian branch of the Moscow Patriarchate, an Eastern Orthodox church linked historically to Russia. The Moscow Patriarchate itself backs the war.In a statement, the security services said the 10 clerics had variously agreed to cooperate with occupation authorities, promoted pro-Russian narratives and justified Russian military aggression in Ukraine.Most of the clerics — all either members of the church or closely linked to it — live in territories controlled by Russia or are...
December 04, 2022

Kyiv security service sanctions 10 pro-Russian Orthodox priests

A group of people thought to be migrants on the beach in Dungeness, Kent, after being rescued in the Channel by the RNLI following a small boat incident. — courtesy PA Media
Dozens of Albanian child migrants go missing
LONDON — Almost 20% of unaccompanied child migrants from Albania taken in by Kent County Council this year have disappeared, the BBC has found.The local authority took in 197 Albanian children up to Oct. 31, 39 of whom have gone missing.Ecpat UK, which campaigns to protect children from exploitation, said the figures were very concerning.The council said it had worked closely with the Home Office and police to safeguard vulnerable children.The figures were obtained by the BBC via a Freedom of Information request.The council said 197 Albanian children processed at the Home Office’s Kent Intake Unit came into its care between Jan. 1 and Oct. 31.It added that, as of Nov. 7, 39 were recorded as missing. However, it said some of those children would have since turned 18.Government figures...
December 03, 2022

Dozens of Albanian child migrants go missing

The European Union agreed to a $60-per-barrel (€56.9) price cap on Russian oil, a key step as Western sanctions aim to reorder the global oil market to prevent price spikes and starve President Vladimir Putin of funding for his war in Ukraine.
EU, G7 back $60-per-barrel price cap on Russian oil
BRUSSELS — The European Union agreed to a $60-per-barrel (€56.9) price cap on Russian oil, a key step as Western sanctions aim to reorder the global oil market to prevent price spikes and starve President Vladimir Putin of funding for his war in Ukraine.After a last-minute flurry of negotiations, the EU Presidency, held by the Czech Republic, said in a statement that “ambassadors have just reached an agreement on a price cap for Russian seaborne oil.”The decision must still be officially approved with a written procedure but is expected to go through.They needed to set the discounted price that other nations would pay by Monday when an EU embargo on Russian oil shipped by sea and a ban on insurance for those supplies take effect.The price cap, which was also backed by the G7...
December 03, 2022

EU, G7 back $60-per-barrel price cap on Russian oil

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