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Euronews says Russia’s top diplomat said Moscow’s overarching goal in Ukraine is to remove from power its “unacceptable regime.”

Aljazeera says Japan has executed a man convicted of killing seven people in a stabbing rampage in Tokyo’s popular Akihabara electronics district in 2008.

One of California’s biggest wildfires this year exploded to over 21 square miles Sunday, forcing thousands to flee remote mountain communities.

Travellers again stuck in broken Thalys train without aircon, 86 migrants found crammed into truck in North Macedonia.

Travellers found themselves trapped on a broken Thalys train without air conditioning for hours on Sunday, resulting in three people becoming unwell. 

Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orban has sparked outrage after attacking the ‘mixing’ of European and non-European races in a recent speech made in Băile Tușnad.

Authorities have found 86 migrants, including children, in a truck with an attached trailer in the southern part of North Macedonia.

France24 says PRESIDENT MACRON on Monday begins a three-nation tour of western African states in the first trip to Africa of his new term as he seeks to reboot France’s post-colonial relationship with the continent.

Euronews says FIERCE wildfires are sweeping through the north, south and east of Greece on Sunday, as a scorching heatwave boils the country.

Aljazeera says IRAN says its intelligence forces have arrested suspected members of an Israeli cell hours before they were allegedly planning to carry out a major “terrorist” bombing operation.

TRT World says A FIERCE California wildfire has expanded burning several thousand acres and forcing evacuations, as tens of millions of Americans sweltered through scorching heat.

Brussels – EU News: A summary of the news this week from the European Union. The Euro week so far: Draghi’s ‘Undesirable Exit’ and the EU buys heavy water bombers…

Thousands ordered to flee California wildfire near Yosemite Park prompting evacuation orders for thousands of people. A fast-moving brush fire near Yosemite National Park exploded in size Saturday into one…

Lithuania lifts blockade on Russian route to Kaliningrad.  Kaliningrad is on the Baltic Sea and uses a rail link to Russia via Lithuania for passengers and freight. Lithuania has lifted…

Boom Supersonic unveils a new Overture supersonic jet to bring back Concorde. It’s been almost 20 years since Concorde flew for the final time. But will a new Concorde survive…

President Biden’s embarrassing trip to Saudi Arabia, Jlo’s wedding and US accused of being ‘maker of security risks.’

Should Shinzo Abe have a state funeral? As the government pushes forward with plans for such a funeral to honour Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, opposition grows over costs amid reminders that Abe was a divisive figure in the country.

Italy’s president has announced the country will hold early elections in September following Mario Draghi’s resignation as prime minister from the country. 

France24 says Sri Lankan security forces raided a protest camp occupying government grounds in the main city of Colombo early on Friday and cleared out a section of it, a sign that the country’s new president was cracking down a day after his swearing-in.

Euronews says Italy is set to hold a general election this autumn after President Sergio Mattarella formally dissolved parliament.

Aljazeera says The United States has reported its first case of polio in nearly a decade after health officials in the state of New York said a patient had tested positive for the disease.

TRT World says An irate Donald Trump demanded to be taken to the Capitol after the supporters he sent laid siege, well aware of the deadly attack and that some in the mob were armed but refusing to call it off.

Former Pakistani PM Imran Khan accused of treason by Bakhtawar Bhutto the daughter of the murdered former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. In a scathing attack on Twitter, the daughter of…

France24 says Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi won a confidence motion in the upper house Senate on Wednesday, but three main coalition parties refused to take part in the vote, effectively torpedoing his administration.

Euronews says THE European Commission urged member states on Wednesday to reduce their gas use by 15% from August 1 of this year until 31 March 2023 to ensure they can cope in the event of a total gas cut-off from Russia.