Monthly Archives: July 2020

‘No words can describe the pain’: Paris weeps for its beloved Notre-Dame

Emmanuel Macron, the French president, has pledged to rebuild “the epicentre of our lives” after fire ripped through Notre-Dame cathedral and gutted the much-loved monument. Some 400 firefighters managed to save the main structure of the 13th-­century Gothic masterpiece and its two bell towers as rapidly spreading flames threatened to engulf the whole of the building. […]

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British father whose entire family were wiped out in Sri Lanka attack tells of his ‘catastrophic’ loss 

A British father whose entire family were killed in the suspected terror attack in Sri Lanka has paid tribute to his "talented and thoughtful" children and his "brilliant, loving" wife. Ben Nicholson said his wife Anita, 42, son Alex, 14, and daughter Annabel, 11, had been killed as they sat at a table for breakfast […]

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Emperor Akihito set to abdicate in Japan after 30 years trying to make amends for the war

On August 15, 1945, the emperor of Japan – then still regarded a living god – declared via a crackly radio transmission to the nation its unconditional surrender in the Second World War. Click Here: camiseta rosario central Among those listening to every word of the historic announcement was an 11-year-old schoolboy evacuee from the […]

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Family plead for British daughter ‘duped by Isil’ who lost arm in Syria drone strike

The family of a British woman severely injured in a coalition attack on Islamic State has appealed for her to be allowed home. Samia Hussein lost an arm and was left badly mutilated after a suspected British or US drone missile strike on the Islamic State-occupied town where she was taken by Jihadist fighters. The […]

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Donald Trump Jr agrees to Senate committee interview as part of Russia probe

The Senate Intelligence Committee has struck a deal with Donald Trump Jr. to appear for a closed-door interview next month, pulling the two sides back, for now, from a confrontation over a subpoena as part of the panel’s Russia investigation. Under the terms of the deal, according to two people familiar with the agreement, Mr Trump Jr. will […]

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Britain and US threaten response after reports of fresh chemical weapons attack in Syria

Britain and the US have warned Syria that they will “respond appropriately” if allegations of a fresh chemical attack on rebels are confirmed. Four fighters from the hardline Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group were admitted to hospital on Sunday morning after an air assault on the village of Kabana in Latakia, which borders Idlib province – the […]

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US reels from most serious series of tornadoes in 40 years

Kansas was the latest state on Wednesday to be assessing the damage from a series of tornadoes, as the US reeled from its most significant spell of storms in almost 40 years. Tornadoes in the past week have ripped through the Mid West, killing seven people in Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma and Ohio. On Monday, the […]

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Donald Trump softens stance on climate change in response to Prince Charles’ passion for the environment 

President Donald Trump appears to have softened his stance on climate change having been "moved" by Prince Charles’ passion for the environment.  In a 30-minute long interview, aired on Wednesday morning, Mr Trump – who has previously accused climate experts of having a "political agenda" – told ITV’s Good Morning Britain he "totally listened" to Charles when the issue came up. He […]

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Amanda Knox posts photo of herself hanging from cliff edge as she flies to Italy for first time since release 

Amanda Knox has posted a photograph of herself hanging precariously from a cliff edge as she travels to Italy for the first time since she was convicted, then acquitted, of the murder of Meredith Kercher. Knox, 31, said she was feeling “frayed” as she prepares to fly from her home in Seattle to Italy, where […]

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Row as high profile Angela Merkel ally attacks conservative wing in wake of MP’s murder

A row has broken out in Germany’s governing Christian Democrat (CDU) party, after a close ally of Angela Merkel launched an astonishing attack on the party’s hard-Right sympathies in the wake of the murder of an MP. Click Here: Putters Peter Tauber, the CDU secretary general until 2017, wrote in Die Welt newspaper that the Right-wing of his party […]

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