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 …
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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 …
Read More »Left-wing candidate Petro wins the presidential election in Colombia | Abroad
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. …
Read More »French legislative elections: Macron loses the absolute majority | Abroad
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 …
Read More »Météo France: record temperature possible at peak heat wave | Abroad
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 …
Read More »Code red in some regions of France, record temperatures up to 46 degrees expected | NOW
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 …
Read More »Two men drowned in the North Sea off Belgium
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 …
Read More »UK government experiments with electronic tracking of asylum seekers | NOW
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 …
Read More »UK minister calls halt to Rwanda immigration plan outrageous
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 …
Read More »Violent protests in India against army reform, at least one dead
Correspondent Aletta André: “The protests show how much frustration young unemployed people have accumulated. When Prime Minister Modi came to power in 2014, he promised to create 100 million jobs by 2022. But still a fifth of young graduates At least 17 million Indians who want to work have given up their active job search because they lack confidence in …
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