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Jeremy Hunt... hard decisions ahead
Truss still in charge despite U-turns, says Hunt
LONDON — Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has insisted Liz Truss is still in charge of the government, after a series of U-turns left her premiership in jeopardy.Some Tory backbenchers have been talking privately about how to remove the PM, after market turmoil led her to abandon her flagship tax policies.Hunt urged the party to unite behind her, as the pair held crunch talks to thrash out plans on tax and spending. But a senior Tory MP said “the game is up” and called for Truss to go.Hunt replaced Kwasi Kwarteng on Friday, after the former chancellor was fired following financial turbulence in the wake of last month’s mini-budget and a backlash from a number of MPs in his party.In a bid to restore market confidence, Truss has junked key parts of the tax-cutting blueprint that was unveiled...
October 16, 2022

Truss still in charge despite U-turns, says Hunt

The death toll rose to two on Sunday after storms described as
Two die as flash floods create havoc in Crete
ATHENS — The death toll rose to two on Sunday after storms described as "biblical" struck the popular Greek island of Crete at the weekend, the DPA reported.The death of a 50-year-old man swept away by the waters had already been reported on Saturday. The new death confirmed on Sunday was of a 49-year-old woman initially reported as missing. They were both swept into the ocean by the waters."It was the worst storm of the last 100 years," Crete Governor Stavros Arnaoutakis told the news website Protothema.There were multiple reports of injuries and people otherwise affected by the storm. Several power blackouts were reported. However, the weather was calm on Sunday, as the front moved towards Turkey.On Saturday torrential rain brought major flooding to the Greek island...
October 16, 2022

Two die as flash floods create havoc in Crete

Lega’s Matteo Salvini, Forza Italia’s Silvio Berlusconi, and Brothers of Italy’s Giorgia Meloni seen in this file photo during the Italy elections campaigning.
Squabbles spell trouble for Italy’s right-wing coalition even before government is formed
ROME — Mere weeks after Italy’s right-wing coalition announced its victory in the general election, the first fault lines are appearing, meaning the three-way alliance could be over even before the government is formalized.The resounding victory by far-right leader Giorgia Meloni in the Sept, 25 vote is not sitting well with 86-year-old Silvio Berlusconi — the former three-time conservative prime minister who, four decades her senior, fancies himself the elder statesman of Italy’s political right.Meloni is expected to be asked next week by Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella to try to create a governing coalition with campaign allies Berlusconi and right-wing leader Matteo Salvini and become premier.Behind-the-scenes divvying up of ministries in what would be Italy’s first...
October 16, 2022

Squabbles spell trouble for Italy’s right-wing coalition even before government is formed

Two men gunned down a group of Russian soldiers on a military firing range in Belgorod on Saturday, killing 11 and wounding 15, Moscow authorities said.
Two men open fire at Russian military range in Belgorod, killing 15 and wounding 11
MOSCOW — Two men gunned down a group of Russian soldiers on a military firing range in Belgorod on Saturday, killing 11 and wounding 15, Moscow authorities said.The Defense Ministry said the two assailants from an unnamed nation in the Commonwealth of the Independent States, which groups nine ex-Soviet republics, were killed by return fire.The ministry labeled the incident a “terrorist attack”.“During a firearms training session with individuals who voluntarily expressed a desire to participate in (the war), the terrorists opened fire with small arms on the personnel of the unit,” RIA cited a Defense Ministry statement as saying.Oleksiy Arestovych, an advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said in a YouTube interview that the attackers were from the Central Asian...
October 16, 2022

Two men open fire at Russian military range in Belgorod, killing 15 and wounding 11

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday called for reforms of the European Union at the Congress of the Party of European Socialists in Berlin on Saturday.
Scholz advocates for a future 36-member EU ‘of free and equal people’
BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday called for reforms of the European Union to make it fit for the admission of new countries as well as more military autonomy of the 27-country pact.Speaking at the Congress of the Party of European Socialists in Berlin, Scholz advocated for the expansion of EU’s membership, saying “a united EU of 27, 30, 36 states with more than 500 million free and equal citizens can bring its weight to bear even more strongly in this world”.Scholz also backed more military autonomy for the bloc and better coordination of military efforts between the member states.“In Europe, we need a better interplay between our defense efforts. In the future, Europe will need a coordinated increase in capabilities, more joint procurement, an EU rapid response...
October 16, 2022

Scholz advocates for a future 36-member EU ‘of free and equal people’

Activists spray orange paint on the window shop of the Aston Martin car show room while demonstrating in London on Sunday.
Luxury car showroom hit in latest climate activists’ protest in London
LONDON — Environmental activists from Just Stop Oil attacked a luxury car dealership in central London on Sunday as part of a series of actions against oil and gas development that began in early October.As a group of activists blocked traffic in a sit-in protest on Park Lane on Sunday morning, one of them sprayed orange paint over the window of the Aston Martin dealership in one of the capital’s most exclusive areas.The Just Stop Oil group launched a series of daily actions and blockades in the capital in early October. Two activists attacked Van Gogh’s masterpiece Sunflowers at the National Gallery on Friday, hurling tomato soup at it and gluing themselves to the wall.Another spray-painting protest by the same group on Friday targeted the headquarters of London’s Metropolitan...
October 16, 2022

Luxury car showroom hit in latest climate activists’ protest in London

Oil depot fire near Belgorod. — courtesy photo from Governor Gladkov (Telegram)
Kiev told to save electricity after Russian missile strike
KIEV — Kiev residents have been urged to cut down on electricity use in the evenings, after a Russian missile strike disabled a power installation near the capital.Officials said power had been restored across Ukraine earlier after Russian missiles hit energy infrastructure.But Ukraine's state energy operator Ukrenergo has still called for the reduction between 17:00 and 23:00 (15:00 - 21:00 GMT), warning of possible power cuts.The request was not confined to Kiev.The deputy head of Ukraine's presidential administration, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, said the populations of Zhytomyr, Cherkasy and Chernihiv should also save electricity."If this advice is ignored, we will have difficulties and it will be necessary to take out the candles," he warned on Telegram.Ukrenergo has urged...
October 15, 2022

Kiev told to save electricity after Russian missile strike

Emergency workers and rescue teams gather at the Amasra facility. — courtesy Twitter
Turkey coal mine explosion kills 40, injures 11
ANKARA — Forty people are now thought to have died following an explosion in a coal mine in northern Turkey, the country’s interior minister says,Suleyman Soylu said 58 miners had been rescued, 11 had been injured and one was unaccounted for.Around 110 people were in the mine at the time of Friday’s blast, almost half of them at more than 300m (984ft) deep.Emergency crews had worked through the night, digging through rock to try to reach survivors.Video footage showed miners emerging blackened and bleary-eyed accompanied by rescuers at the facility in Amasra, on the Black Sea coast.Family and friends of the missing could also be seen at the mine, anxiously awaiting news of their loved ones.With the discovery of the latest bodies, the massive rescue operation is — in the words of...
October 15, 2022

Turkey coal mine explosion kills 40, injures 11

Jeremy Hunt speaks to the BBC Radio 4 after his appointment as the Chancellor of the Exchequer following the resignation of Kwasi Kwarteng.
New UK Chancellor says mistakes were made and ‘difficult decisions’ are ahead
LONDON — Britain’s new finance minister suggested that he may reverse much of Conservative Prime Minister Liz Truss’ tax-cutting plans in order to bring stability to the country after weeks of economic and political turbulence.Jeremy Hunt, who was brought in Friday to replace Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor of the Exchequer and restore order in Truss’ administration, acknowledged his predecessor’s mistakes and warned of “difficult decisions” to come.He said taxes could rise, and public spending budgets would likely be squeezed further in the coming months.“It was wrong to cut the top rate of tax for the very highest earners at a time where we’re going to have to be asking for sacrifices from everyone to get through a very difficult period,” Hunt told the public broadcaster...
October 15, 2022

New UK Chancellor says mistakes were made and ‘difficult decisions’ are ahead

The ballot in the Italian lower Chamber is being counted for the election of the new speakers for its parliament’s two houses.
Election of hard-line politicians as new Italian parliament speakers stirs controversy
ROME — Lawmakers have elected new speakers for its parliament’s two houses, and both appointments have caused a stir.On Thursday, Ignazio La Russa became the speaker of the Senate.La Russa is considered to have been one of the key players behind the victory of Giorgia Meloni’s party, and he will now be the second-highest official in the government, seen as a highly controversial choice.A video of La Russa in his Milan home, posted in 2018 on the Corriere della Sera website, showed he collected Mussolini memorabilia.At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, he suggested replacing handshakes with the fascist Roman salute.Mussolini ruled Italy for more than two decades, allying it with Nazi Germany and enacting anti-Semitic laws that ultimately led to the death of nearly 6,000 Italian...
October 15, 2022

Election of hard-line politicians as new Italian parliament speakers stirs controversy

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