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British Prime Minsiter Boris Johnson won a confidence vote by Conservative MPs 211 to 148.
Boris Johnson wins confidence vote
LONDON — British Prime Minsiter Boris Johnson won a confidence vote by Conservative MPs 211 to 148. It means he will stay in his job as prime minister.The result was announced by chairman of the 1922 Committee Sir Graham Brady.Sir Graham said: "I can announce that the parliamentary party does have confidence in the prime minister."Johnson received 58.8% of support from the Conservative Party, with 41.2% being against the current leadership. Every single Conservative MP voted.This result is lower than the 63% received by Theresa May during her leadership challenge in 2018.Having survived Monday's vote, Johnson can now continue as Conservative Party leader and therefore prime minister.Under current rules, Tory MPs will not be allowed to hold another confidence vote for a...
June 06, 2022

Boris Johnson wins confidence vote

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said, the Zaporizhzhia Ukrainian nuclear power station, which is the largest energy plant in Europe, is under great threat and its safety is endangered.
Grossi: Great threat facing Ukraine’s largest nuclear power station
VIENNA—The Zaporizhzhia Ukrainian nuclear power station, which is the largest energy plant in Europe, is under great threat and its safety is endangered, as well as the guarantee systems in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the agency's Director General Rafael Grossi said earlier on Monday.The IAEA is deeply concerned over the exhausting and difficult labor environment in which the Ukrainian administrative and experts are working at the station, Grossi added in a statement before the IAEA Board of Governors, which kicked off its five-day activities earlier at the Austrian capital Vienna.Supervision and operative responsibility are vital issues for not only the safety and security of this power station, but also to allow IAEA inspectors to continue their normal inspecting...
June 06, 2022

Grossi: Great threat facing Ukraine’s largest nuclear power station

UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa addresses the opening of the Bonn Climate Change Conference. — courtesy UNFCCC
‘We can do better, we must’ declares departing UN climate change chief Espinosa
BONN — The annual UN Climate Change Conference in the German city of Bonn began on Monday, designed to lay the groundwork for a successful COP27, due to take place in the Egyptian coastal resort of Sharm El-Sheikh next November.Governments are meeting for the first time since the conclusion of COP26 in Glasgow last November, which saw the operational details of the 2015 Paris Agreement successfully finalized, paving the way for its implementation.In Bonn, governments will focus on work in the key areas of mitigation, adaptation, support to developing countries — particularly finance — and loss and damage, according to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat (UNFCCC).Speaking to delegates at the opening of the Bonn sessions, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia...
June 06, 2022

‘We can do better, we must’ declares departing UN climate change chief Espinosa

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen seen in this file photo. — courtesy Twitter
MEPs want confidence vote in von der Leyen over COVID cash decision for Poland
BRUSSELS — Three senior MEPs have called for a vote of no confidence in the European Commission of President Ursula von der Leyen.Members of Renew Europe said on Monday that they would draw up a motion after the Commission gave the green light to Poland's COVID-19 recovery plan.The bloc had initially withheld money from Warsaw over the country's failures to uphold the rule of law, but then approved Poland's €35.4 billion recovery plan last week.The announcement represented a truce in a protracted standoff between Brussels and Poland over controversial judicial reforms.But the U-turn generated criticism, including from the liberal Renew Europe group in the European Parliament.Senior figures in the political group say that Poland has still failed to fully protect the rule of...
June 06, 2022

MEPs want confidence vote in von der Leyen over COVID cash decision for Poland

Russia's Ministry of Construction, Housing and Utilities website was targeted. — courtesy Canva
Russia’s government website hacked with pro-Ukraine message displayed instead
MOSCOW — A Russian government website appears to have been hacked over the weekend, causing an Internet search for the site to lead to a "Glory to Ukraine" sign in Ukrainian.Russia's Ministry of Construction, Housing and Utilities website was targeted after many of the country’s state-owned companies and news organizations suffered hacking attempts since the Russian government’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24.Russia's state news agency RIA quoted a ministry representative on Sunday as saying that the site was down but users' personal data were protected. The website was working as normal by Monday.RIA said that other media had reported that hackers were demanding a ransom to prevent the public disclosure of users' data.Russia’s war on Ukraine is being...
June 06, 2022

Russia’s government website hacked with pro-Ukraine message displayed instead

Labour’s Angela Rayner says Johnson must
Publish PM Johnson’s wife's texts over No 10 'event', says Labour
LONDON — Labour has called for text messages sent by Boris Johnson's wife about a potentially rule-breaking event in the Downing Street flat to be published.The Sunday Times has reported there is evidence Carrie Johnson organized a gathering for the PM's 56th birthday in their flat, on June 19, 2020.Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner demanded an investigation and urged Johnson to "come clean".A No 10 spokesman failed to deny that a party had taken place.A spokesperson for Carrie Johnson said senior civil servant Sue Gray had been aware of the text exchanges while carrying out her inquiry into Downing Street parties.Boris and Carrie Johnson, as well as Chancellor Rishi Sunak, were fined by police last month for breaking COVID rules when they attended a brief 56th...
June 06, 2022

Publish PM Johnson’s wife's texts over No 10 'event', says Labour

Party official Sir Graham Brady said on Monday morning that he had received enough letters from lawmakers demanding a vote on Johnson’s leadership.
UK PM Johnson to face a vote of confidence from own party
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face a vote of confidence from his own party Monday, which could see him removed from office.Party official Sir Graham Brady said on Monday morning that he had received enough letters from lawmakers demanding a vote on Johnson’s leadership to trigger one.That happened when 54 Tory lawmakers wrote to Brady.If Johnson loses the vote among the 359 Conservative lawmakers, he will be replaced as Conservative leader and prime minister. If he wins, he will likely be safe from another challenge for a year."The threshold of 15% of the parliamentary party seeking a vote of confidence in the prime minister has been passed," Brady told reporters outside the Houses of Parliament on Monday morning.The vote will take place on Monday night...
June 06, 2022

UK PM Johnson to face a vote of confidence from own party

Maj. Gen. Roman Kutuzov was killed leading an assault on a Ukrainian settlement in the Donbas region.
Another Russian general killed by Ukrainian forces
KYIV — Russian state media has confirmed the death of one of Moscow's top generals during heavy fighting in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region.Maj. Gen. Roman Kutuzov was killed leading an assault on a Ukrainian settlement in the region, a reporter with the state-owned Rossiya 1 said.Alexander Sladkov said Gen Kutuzov had been commanding troops from the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic.Russia's defence ministry has not commented on the reports."The general had led soldiers into attack, as if there are not enough colonels," Sladkov wrote on the Telegram social media app. "On the other hand, Roman was the same commander as everyone else, albeit a higher rank."Ukraine's military also confirmed the killing of Gen Kutuzov, without offering further...
June 06, 2022

Another Russian general killed by Ukrainian forces

The British army's M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS).
UK to send Ukraine M270 multiple-launch rocket systems
LONDON — The UK is sending its first long-range missiles to Ukraine, the defence secretary has said, despite a threat from Russia to the West.Ben Wallace said the M270 multiple-launch rocket system will help Ukraine defend itself against Russia.The government has not confirmed how many weapons will be sent, but the BBC understands it will be three initially.The decision comes after the US announced last week it was also supplying a rocket system.The move by the US to send its own M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) has already angered Moscow and on Sunday Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to expand the list of targets Russia will attack in Ukraine if Western countries send long-range weapons to Kyiv.The UK government said the Ukrainian military will get training...
June 06, 2022

UK to send Ukraine M270 multiple-launch rocket systems

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
Flight ban hits Russian foreign minister's visit to Serbia
BELGRADE — A visit to Serbia by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has been canceled because three of Serbia's neighbors have refused to let his plane use their airspace.EU member Bulgaria imposed the flight ban, along with North Macedonia and Montenegro — countries hoping, like Serbia, to join the EU.Russia's foreign ministry confirmed the cancellation. Russia's invasion of Ukraine triggered an EU airspace ban.Serbia remains friendly with Russia.Serbia has not joined the EU's wide-ranging sanctions against Russia. The EU and UK imposed a blanket flight ban on Russian planes - including the private jets of oligarchs - days after the 24 February invasion.Like many other European countries, Serbia relies heavily on Russian gas. Lavrov was to have had talks in Belgrade...
June 06, 2022

Flight ban hits Russian foreign minister's visit to Serbia

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