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By Ezgi Erkoyun, Dominique Vidalon and Kate Abnett ISTANBUL/PARIS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Firefighters battled wildfires in Turkey and France on Monday and more than 50,000 people were evacuated as an early summer heatwave hit Europe. Health alerts were issued in France, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Germany. Even the Netherlands, used to a milder climate, issued a warning …

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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli strikes killed at least 60 people across Gaza on Monday in some of the heaviest attacks in weeks as Israeli officials were due in Washington for a new ceasefire push by U.S. President Donald Trump. A day after Trump called to “Make the deal in Gaza, …

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By Michael Holden LONDON(Reuters) -King Charles has decided to scrap Britain’s royal train, a service dating back to Queen Victoria, because it is no longer cost-effective, as the monarchy sees its public funding soar by an extra 46 million pounds ($63 million) for the next two years. Victoria, Charles’ great-great-great-grandmother, commissioned the first royal rail …

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LONDON (Reuters) -The British government summoned the Georgian Charge d’Affaires on Monday over what it called the ruling Georgian Dream party’s crackdown on civil society, independent media and critical voices in Georgia. “The imprisonment of prominent opposition leaders is the latest attempt by the Georgian government to crack down on freedoms and stifle dissent,” the …

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BAKU/MOSCOW (Reuters) -Authorities in Azerbaijan arrested two journalists from the local branch of a Russian state news agency on Monday in a move likely to further stoke tensions with Moscow following arrests in Russia of ethnic Azerbaijanis suspected of serious crimes. In a statement, Azerbaijan’s Interior Ministry said it had launched an investigation into the …

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By David Latona and Simon Jessop SEVILLE, Spain (Reuters) -A group of countries including France, Kenya, Spain and Barbados pledged on Monday to tax premium-class flying and private jets in a bid to raise funds for climate action and sustainable development.  As many richer nations scale back official development aid for countries, even as extreme …

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By David Latona, Simon Jessop and Marc Jones SEVILLE (Reuters) -A once-in-a-decade summit kicked off in Seville in scorching temperatures on Monday with global leaders under mounting pressure to reduce poverty, limit climate change and hit other key development goals increasingly at risk. U.N. chief Antonio Guterres said the event aimed “to repair and rev …

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