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Damage caused by a fire at an industrial unit in Leyton
Three men found guilty of Wagner-linked arson attack in London
LONDON — Three men have been found guilty of an arson attack on a London warehouse linked to Ukraine on behalf of Russian mercenary group Wagner.Jakeem Rose, 23, Ugnius Asmena, 20, Nii Mensah, 23, were found guilty at the Old Bailey of aggravated arson with intent to endanger life after the blaze at the unit, which sent aid and internet satellite equipment to Ukraine.The attack was orchestrated by Dylan Earl, 20, and Jake Reeves, 23, who had already admitted aggravated arson on behalf of the Wagner Group - which the UK government has proscribed as a terrorist group.Around £1m-worth of damage was caused in the attack on the warehouse in east London, last year, the Old Bailey heard.A fourth man, Paul English, 61, was cleared of wrongdoing.Mensah and Rose were captured on CCTV and a...
July 08, 2025

Three men found guilty of Wagner-linked arson attack in London

A small group of men and women wearing sunhats fill up their water bottles near a shaded area in front of the Acropolis  with a crowd of visitors in the background
Acropolis closes as heatwave grips Greece
ATHENS — The Acropolis is closing temporarily on Tuesday as soaring temperatures continue to grip Greece.The ancient citadel in the capital city of Athens — which contains many ancient Greek ruins — will shut from 13:00-17:00 local time (11:00-15:00 BST), the country's culture ministry said.Highs of 42C (107F) are forecast for parts of the European country on Tuesday and a category four wildfire warning, signalling a very high risk, is in place in several regions.It comes as wildfires were reported in other parts of the continent, including France and Spain's Catalonia region, weeks after they were hit by a deadly early summer heatwave.Changes to the Acropolis' opening hours were announced on Monday after extreme heat returned to Greece on Sunday.Its closure on Tuesday...
July 08, 2025

Acropolis closes as heatwave grips Greece

Air traffic at Orio al Serio airport resumed at 12pm, but there are still some delays
Flights delayed at Italian airport after man sucked into aircraft engine
MILAN — Orio al Serio airport in the northern Italian city of Bergamo suspended flights on Tuesday due to a runway incident.Local media reported that it was caused by someone running onto the tarmac and getting sucked into an airport engine.The Volotea flight headed to Asturias in Spain was performing a manoeuvre before taking off.The Bergamo Milan airport authority, known as SACBO, closed the Bergamo-Orio al Serio airport at 10.20 local time.All flights were suspended “due to a problem that occurred on the taxiway.”These included Ryanair services to Crotone, Prague, Zadar, Tirana, Kos, Malta, Naples, Porto, Alghero, and a Eurowings flight to Dusseldorf.Air traffic resumed at 12pm, but there are still some delays.These include Ryanair services to Fez, Lisbon, Copenhagen, Bristol and...
July 08, 2025

Flights delayed at Italian airport after man sucked into aircraft engine

Tornado combat aircraft of the German air force's reconnaissance squadron 51 pictured at the air base in Jagel
Germany summons China’s ambassador after military aircraft lasered in Red Sea
BERLIN — Germany's Foreign Office said on Tuesday that it has summoned the Chinese ambassador to protest after a Chinese warship used a laser against a German military aircraft in the Red Sea."The endangerment of German personnel" and the "disruption of the operation" are "completely unacceptable," the ministry said in a statement on social media platform X on Tuesday.The maritime surveillance aircraft was part of the EU mission Aspides, which is intended to better defend civilian ships against attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels.It was lasered earlier this month "without any reason or prior contact" by a Chinese warship that had been encountered several times in the area, the German Defence Ministry said.It landed safely at a base in...
July 08, 2025

Germany summons China’s ambassador after military aircraft lasered in Red Sea

A woman sweeps the streets after damage from a Russian air strike in a residential area of Kyiv, Ukraine on 4July 2025
Trump says Ukraine will receive more weapons after US pause on shipments
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has said the US will send more weapons to Ukraine after an announcement last week that Washington would halt some shipments of critical arms to Kyiv.During a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump said he was "not happy" with Russia's Vladimir Putin and that Ukraine was "getting hit very hard".Trump also indicated the US would send primarily "defensive weapons" to help Ukraine's war effort.Among the armaments reported to have been placed on pause last week were Patriot air defence missiles and precision artillery shells. Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky had appealed for the shipments to continue, describing US Patriot systems as "real protectors of life".The White House said last week the...
July 08, 2025

Trump says Ukraine will receive more weapons after US pause on shipments

Passengers wait for their flights in Sheremetyevo airport outside Moscow. (File photo)
Ukrainian drones disrupt Russian air travel, transport minister fired
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin fired his transport minister on Monday following massive disruptions of Russian civilian airspace caused by Ukrainian drone raids.The Kremlin provided no specific details or reasons for the dismissal of Roman Starovoit, who had served as the governor of Russia’s Kursk region before being reappointed transport minister in May 2024.However, his firing comes after almost 300 flights were grounded at major airports over the past weekend due to the latest Ukrainian drone raid.On Saturday and Sunday, 485 fights ended up getting cancelled, according to the Russian federal aviation agency, Rosaviatsiya.In total, from early morning on Saturday until Monday morning, some 1,900 flights were delayed due to what the agency referred to as “airspace...
July 07, 2025

Ukrainian drones disrupt Russian air travel, transport minister fired

Polish police officers patrol cars near the Polish-Belarusian border, that was closed due to a large group of migrants camping in the area on the Belarus side, Poland, 2021
Poland reinstates border controls with Germany and Lithuania
WARSAW — Poland has reinstated border controls with neighboring Germany and Lithuania in response to similar measures imposed by Berlin.The changes, which Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced last week, came into effect on Monday.“We remain advocates for freedom of movement in Europe, but the condition is the shared will of all neighbors, symmetrical and united action, to minimise the uncontrolled flow of migrants across our borders," Tusk said.In a social media post from his ministry, Poland's Interior Minister Tomasz Siemoniak explained that the controls were aimed at "those involved in the illegal smuggling of migrants across the border"."Ordinary travellers have nothing to fear," he added.The reinstated controls will target buses, minibuses, cars...
July 07, 2025

Poland reinstates border controls with Germany and Lithuania

Taliban fighters celebrate the third anniversary of the withdrawal of US-led troops from Afghanistan, 14 August, 2024
Germany seeks agreement with Taliban to take back convicted Afghan migrants
BERLIN — Germany wants to negotiate a direct agreement with the Taliban to take back Afghan nationals set for deportation, according to Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt."My idea is that we make agreements directly with Afghanistan to enable repatriations," said in an interview on Thursday with the weekly news magazine, Focus."We still need third parties to conduct talks with Afghanistan. This cannot remain a permanent solution."In August, Germany resumed flying convicted Afghan nationals back to Afghanistan after suspending deportations after the Taliban returned to power in 2021.Berlin said those flights were facilitated with the support of "key regional partners". But now, Germany wants to do this directly in cooperation with the Taliban in Kabul.In...
July 04, 2025

Germany seeks agreement with Taliban to take back convicted Afghan migrants

The latest Russian attack broke another record with 550 missiles raining down on Ukraine overnight
Kyiv hit by barrage of drone strikes as Putin rejects Trump's truce bid
KYIV — Russian strikes hit more than a dozen locations across Ukraine’s capital Kyiv overnight into Friday, including residential areas, hours after US President Donald Trump said he had made “no progress” toward a ceasefire deal during a phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.A pall of acrid smoke hung over Kyiv on Friday morning following a night of intensive Russian strikes that hit almost every district of the capital, according to Ukrainian authorities.The hours of darkness were once again punctuated by the staccato of air defence guns, buzz of drones and large explosions. Ukraine said Russia had fired a record 550 drones and 11 missiles during a long night of bombardment.The strikes came hours after a phone call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, after...
July 04, 2025

Kyiv hit by barrage of drone strikes as Putin rejects Trump's truce bid

Cancellations will not only impact routes to and from France, but also aircrafts flying over French airspace
Ryanair cancels flights for 30,000 passengers due to French strike
PARIS — Tens of thousands of passengers have been hit by a French air traffic control strike that has cancelled flights in France on Thursday and Friday and had a knock-on effect elsewhere in Europe.Budget airline Ryanair said it had been forced to cancel more than 170 flights and the holiday plans of more than 30,000 passengers had been disrupted.Two French unions were staging the two-day strike over working conditions, leading to a quarter of flights being cancelled at the main airports in Paris and half of flights at Nice airport.French Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot condemned as unacceptable both the unions' demands and their decision to go on strike at such an important time for people going on holiday.Ryanair said the strike had affected not only its flights to and from...
July 03, 2025

Ryanair cancels flights for 30,000 passengers due to French strike

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