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Madrid residents told to stay at home as torrential rain sweeps across Spain

3 Sep 2023

MADRID (Reuters) – Madrid’s mayor on Sunday advised all residents to stay at home as the capital braced itself for torrential rain and storms affecting parts of Spain. National weather agency AEMET issued a maximum red alert, which means possible extreme danger, for Sunday in the Madrid region, Toledo province, and the city of Cadiz. …

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Eighty years on, Italian victims of Nazi crimes finally to get compensation

3 Sep 2023

By Crispian Balmer FORNELLI, Italy (Reuters) – In October 1943, after the Nazis began a brutal occupation of their former ally, German troops hanged six Italian civilians on a hillside in southern Italy as collective punishment for the killing of a soldier, who had been foraging for food. Eighty years later, some of the relatives …

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Russian drone attack in Odesa region hits Danube port infrastructure – Ukraine

3 Sep 2023

(Reuters) -Russia launched a 3 1/2-hour drone attack on southern parts of the Odesa region on Sunday, hitting Danube River port infrastructure and injuring at least two people, Ukrainian officials said. Ukraine’s air defence systems shot down 22 of the 25 Iranian-made Shahed drones that Russia launched on the Odesa region in the early hours, …

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Russia signs 280,000 for contract military service this year -Medvedev

3 Sep 2023

(Reuters) – Some 280,000 people have signed up so far this year for professional service with Russia’s military, the deputy chair of the Russian Security Council, former President Dmitry Medvedev, said on Sunday. Visiting Russia’s Far East, Medvedev said he was meeting local officials to work on efforts to beef up the armed forces. “According …

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Make-up artist explains thinking behind Bradley Cooper nose

2 Sep 2023

By Crispian Balmer and Mike Davidson VENICE (Reuters) – The make-up artist for Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein biopic “Maestro” apologised on Saturday for offending people by giving the lead character a prosthetic nose, but said he only wanted authenticity. Bernstein, the son of Jewish immigrants to the United States, was a celebrated U.S. conductor and …

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Russian defence ministry says two drones downed near border as Ukraine shells village

2 Sep 2023

(Reuters) – The Russian Defence Ministry said on Saturday that it had downed two Ukrainian drones over Belgorod region, a border province that comes under regular attack from Kyiv’s forces. Separately, the governor of neighbouring Kursk region said that a village on the border had come under shelling from Ukraine, with one woman injured. Ukrainian …

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