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Experts believe the focus of Ukraine's long awaited counter-offensive will be in Zaporizhzhia
Ukraine forces step up counteroffensive, as Russia claims repelling attacks
KYIV — After weeks of preparation, the Ukrainian army may finally have launched the bulk of its offensive in an attempt to break through the Russian defenses in the hope of a success that is vital for the continuation of the war.Russian officials and independent bloggers say Ukrainian troops -- backed by tanks, artillery and drones -- are trying to advance south of the town of Orikhiv for the second night running.Russia said on Friday that it had repelled several Ukrainian attacks in southern Ukraine, particularly in the Zaporizhzhia region."Over the last 24 hours, Ukrainian forces have continued their attempts to carry out offensives in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions", the Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement, assuring that these had been repelled...
June 09, 2023

Ukraine forces step up counteroffensive, as Russia claims repelling attacks

Greta Thunberg holds a sign reading, 'School strike for the climate' as she attends a climate march, in Turin, Italy, Friday 13 December 2019.
Swedish climate activist stages final school strike for the climate
STOCKHOLM — Greta Thunberg is staging her final School Strike for Climate Friday.The Swedish activist sparked the global youth movement in 2018 when she encouraged students to skip classes on Fridays to demand action against climate change.Since then, millions of students in more than 180 countries have participated in the Fridays for Future strikes, calling for the fossil fuel industry to transition to renewable energy, among other demands.“When I started striking in 2018 I could never have expected that it would lead to anything,” Greta tweeted this morning.“Some more people joined, and quite suddenly this was a global movement growing every day.”“Today, I graduate from school, which means I’ll no longer be able to school strike for the climate,” tweets Greta. “This is...
June 09, 2023

Swedish climate activist stages final school strike for the climate

People shout slogans during a demonstration against violence on women, in Rome, Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021.
A brutal murder prompts Italy to boost laws against gender-based violence
ROME — After the latest murder of a woman by her partner, Italy is revisiting its laws protecting women from gender-based violence. But experts say new legislative measures are not what the country needs.Only days after a pregnant woman was brutally killed by her boyfriend in a murder that shocked and outraged the nation, Italy has introduced stricter measures to try to stop the steady rise in the number of femicides in the country.Giulia Tramontano, 29, was seven months pregnant when she was stabbed to death by her partner and baby’s father, 30-year-old Alessandro Impagnatiello, who was reportedly in a secret relationship with another woman.The gruesome details of the murder and Impagnatiello’s attempts to conceal her body, together with his efforts to deflect attention from the...
June 09, 2023

A brutal murder prompts Italy to boost laws against gender-based violence

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán (left) and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (right) had widely different assessments on the new migration deal.
EU chiefs hail new migration deal while Viktor Orbán calls it 'unacceptable'
LUXEMBOURG — Official reactions are pouring in after home affairs ministers struck a major deal to revamp the European Union's migration and asylum policy.Ursula von der Leyen, who, upon becoming president of the European Commission, made the overhaul one of her top priorities, called the agreement a "huge milestone.""Migration is a European challenge," von der Leyen said in a tweet. "Working together, we can achieve a common solution."Charles Michel, president of the European Council, an institution that has witnessed countless debates on migration over the past years, most of which were as polarising as they were fruitless, said the deal represented "truly a big step."Von der Leyen and Michel sent their personal congratulations to Ylva...
June 09, 2023

EU chiefs hail new migration deal while Viktor Orbán calls it 'unacceptable'

The pipeline runs to the Ukrainian port of Odesa from Togliatti in Russia
Russia says ammonia pipeline blast may end grain deal
MOSCOW — Russia has blamed Ukraine for a blast on a key ammonia pipeline and says it may have a "negative" impact on efforts to renew a landmark grain export deal.Moscow has accused Ukrainian "sabotage" groups for the blast that damaged the Togliatti-Odesa pipeline on Monday.And the Kremlin says it will not renew last year's grain export deal with Kyiv unless the pipeline is operational.But President Volodymyr Zelensky denied the allegations and said the explosion was likely caused by Russian shelling.Before the war, the 2,500-km (1,530-mile) pipeline -- which runs from the Russian city of Togliatti to three Black Sea ports in southern and western Ukraine -- exported 2.5 million tonnes of ammonia annually.But operations on the pipeline ceased after Russian's...
June 08, 2023

Russia says ammonia pipeline blast may end grain deal

Parc de l'Europe, Annecy, France
Knife attack leaves five injured in French town
PARIS — At least five people, including four children, have been injured after a knife attack in the southeast French town of Annecy, near the border with Switzerland. Two of the children and an adult have "life-threatening injuries," according to officials.Police say the attacker was arrested at the scene, and his identity papers showed he's a Syrian national born in 1991.The man was not known to local authorities, but apparently entered France legally and applied for asylum last November. He had lived in Sweden for ten years and had refugee status there.President Emmanuel Macron denounced the incident as an "attack of absolute cowardice"."The nation is in shock," Macron wrote on Twitter, adding: "our thoughts are with them as well as their...
June 08, 2023

Knife attack leaves five injured in French town

Last year the EU received 966,000 asylum requests, a rise of more than 50 percent compared to 2021
EU countries on the cusp of deal to revamp rules on migration and asylum
LUXEMBOURG — After years of divisive and bitter debates, the European Union is nearing a major deal to establish a unified migration policy.Ministers of home affairs from across the European Union are meeting Thursday in Luxembourg to decide if they vote or reject a new set of rules to collectively manage the reception and relocation of asylum seekers."If there should be an agreement, it is today," said Maria Malmer Stenergard, Sweden's minister of migration, whose country currently holds the rotating presidency of the EU Council and acts as a broker in the discussions."I think we are, in my opinion, so close that there is no acceptable reason not to walk the last mile.""It will never be easier," she went on. "I have full respect for the fact that...
June 08, 2023

EU countries on the cusp of deal to revamp rules on migration and asylum

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’

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