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Evacuation of thousands of people in campsites in the south-west of France due to forest fires | Abroad

Evacuation of thousands of people in campsites in the south-west of France due to forest fires |  Abroad

Are you on vacation abroad and dealing with forest fires or evacuations? We would love to hear your experiences and your story. We can be reached via our tip linevia +31613650952 or via [email protected] They are supported by six firefighting aircraft. Firefighters from other parts of the country came to the rescue. Drought and high temperatures between 35 and 38 …

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Ancient Varanasi on the shovel, where should the gods go?

Ancient Varanasi on the shovel, where should the gods go?

LIT ONS News†today, 13:13 Aletta Andre India correspondent Aletta Andre India correspondent Air conditioning at the ticket office, escalators to the Ganges, reasonably clean toilets and plenty of space. A visit to the 18th-century Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi doesn’t exactly confirm dominant stereotypes in India, such as dirt and chaos, since a major renovation. Is this a positive change? …

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New footage of Texas school attack shows delay in police response

New footage of Texas school attack shows delay in police response

Reuters ONS News†today, 1:22 p.m. A local Texas newspaper has published new footage of the fatal shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde on May 24. These are recordings from security cameras hung around the school. Footage shows police waiting in the school for 77 minutes before deciding to confront the shooter. This information is not new, but the debate …

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Sri Lankan president flees country ahead of resignation announcement

Sri Lankan president flees country ahead of resignation announcement

AFP ONS News†yesterday, 11:29 p.m.†Amended today, 00:50 Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled, international media have reported. Saturday stormed angry protesters his residence. He had been in hiding ever since. The president flew with his wife and two bodyguards to Malé, the capital of the Maldives. Sri Lanka has been unstable for some time and there are regular large …

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Eight potential successors to British Prime Minister Johnson after Conservative Party vote | NOW

Eight potential successors to British Prime Minister Johnson after Conservative Party vote |  NOW

Eight members of Britain’s Conservative Party secured enough votes on Tuesday and are now candidates to replace outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The next step is rounds of voting among MPs until the two most popular candidates remain. The parliamentarians have received the necessary support from at least twenty other deputies and therefore continue to compete for the presidency of …

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‘Dutch in Kenya for €1.5m gold scam’ | Interior

'Dutch in Kenya for €1.5m gold scam' |  Interior

Our compatriot, whose identity has not been revealed, was lured to the Kenyan capital by the promise of an enticing purchase of fifty kilos of gold. Prospective supplier Bupe C., whose name is mainly Elena and is from Zambia, took his client to a large house in the vicinity of Lavington, a district of Nairobi where mainly the wealthier inhabitants …

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“Because of the heat, they also melt at night”

"Because of the heat, they also melt at night"

LIT ONS News†today, 20:16 Helene D’Haens Italy correspondent Helene D’Haens Italy correspondent “A day earlier, and I too would have been in danger.” Christian Ferrari stood near the Marmolada glacier on Saturday July 2nd. A day later, a piece broke off. Eleven people died† Ferrari is the head of the glacier committee of the association of mountaineers of northern Italy …

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