He believes that “the government must continue to perform its functions”. Macron says he is looking for “possible constructive solutions”. His party, the Coalition Together, won only 245 seats in the National Assembly out of 577 deputies in the legislative elections. He reigned until this week with a majority of 350 seats. Macron must now look for new allies or …

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will dissolve the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, and call new elections. He announced it Monday with Foreign Minister Yair Lapid. The two take the plunge because they failed to “stabilize the government coalition”, write the politicians. Until then, Lapid will take over from Bennett as prime minister. Lapid is the leader of the current ruling …

A month ago, Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, was virtually extinct. Since then, the Ukrainians have managed to repel the Russian army, giving the locals the courage to come out again. There is more life on the streets again, reported journalist Jeroen de Jager and correspondent David Jan Godfroid, who were also in the city a month ago. But the …

Left-wing candidate Gustavo Petro won the Colombian presidential election. With more than 99% of the votes counted, it comes out at 50.5%. His right-wing opponent Rodolfo Hernández is blocked at 47.3% and can therefore no longer find him. Foreign publishers June 20, 2022 Last update: 07:36 Nearly 20 million Colombians voted on Sunday. The victory of Petro (62) is special. …

French President Emmanuel Macron’s Renaissance Center party has emerged as the most prominent in the legislative elections. But the score is significantly lower than five years ago. And Macron will not obtain an absolute majority either. The party, with some small parties supporting it, can count on 224 of the 577 seats. This emerges from the first forecasts published on …

The red code was issued for eleven departments. In the southwest, people have to take into account a temperature of 43 degrees. Elsewhere in the country, it is now between 35 and 39 degrees. In combination with the drought, the danger of forest fires is very great. In the south of the Tarn department, according to the prefect, the firefighters …

France is experiencing a heat wave. According to the National Weather Service, this could lead to a record high temperature on Saturday afternoon. So the mercury should reach 46 degrees somewhere. The red code was issued for eleven departments. “It’s really an exceptional situation,” said Météo France. In the southwest of France, people have to take into account a temperature …

Two men have drowned in the North Sea off Belgium, Belgian police have reported. The men of Polish nationality reportedly entered the water together near Zeebrugge, but they drifted towards Blankenberge due to the strong current. The local police chief of police tells VRT that the two men, aged around 30 and 40, bathed in an unguarded area. “A lifeless …

The UK Home Office has launched a trial that will enable the electronic tracking of migrants who have entered the UK on board boats or in the back of trucks, according to the report. BBC Saturday. This is a year-long trial for adults awaiting deportation. The experiment started on Thursday in England and Wales. The trial aims to test whether …

British Home Secretary Priti Patel has strongly criticized the European Court of Human Rights, which recently canceled the first flight of asylum seekers to Rwanda. In Britain’s The Telegraph newspaper, Patel called the court’s decision “outrageous”. The minister wonders about the motivations of the court and finds the method “opaque”. On Tuesday, the first flight would carry refugees from the …