Nearly 600 police officers in England and Wales were sacked in the year to March 2024, figures showed Tuesday, as police chiefs battle to restore public confidence after a string of scandals.The sackings — a 50 percent rise on the 394 dismissed the previous year — include 74 officers kicked out of policing for sexual …
Lawmakers grilled the first four would-be members of the next European Commission on Monday, with a personal tale of bereavement bringing unexpected poignancy to the start of hearings to confirm Ursula von der Leyen’s top team. The hearings offer a rare opportunity for the EU parliament to flex its muscles against the bloc’s powerful executive — …
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Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations on Monday accused Turkey of “malice,” after Ankara submitted a letter signed by 52 countries calling for a halt in arms deliveries to Israel over the war in Gaza. “What else can be expected from a country whose actions are driven by malice in an attempt to create conflicts with …
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Germany’s Foreign Minister visited Ukraine on Monday in a symbolic display of support but offered no concrete assurances as the war-battered country sounded the alarm over thousands of North Korean troops building up in Russia and diminishing foreign aid. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that Kyiv believed 11,000 North Korean troops had reached the Kursk border …
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Canadian authorities charged three people on Monday following violence at a Hindu temple which provoked angry condemnation from India and sent already frosty bilateral ties between the two nations to a fresh low. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed Sunday’s “deliberate attack” outside the Hindu Sabha Mandir in the city of Brampton, near Toronto, in which …
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NATO will stay united no matter who wins the US election, the alliance’s secretary general Mark Rutte said in Berlin Monday, as Washington’s allies nervously await the outcome of the vote.”Whoever wins those elections, we will work with Kamala Harris, we will work with Donald Trump, and make sure that the alliance stays united,” Rutte …
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The social media platform X has for months been aflush with praise for United Arab Emirates and Azerbaijan in posts shared by hundreds of profiles — and all found to be fake.Analysed by AFP over several days, the large-scale operation, powered by artificial intelligence, points to a sophisticated, coordinated influence campaign not unlike those carried …
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Angry protesters hit the streets of several cities in mainly-Kurdish southeastern Turkey on Monday after the authorities sacked three mayors on “terrorism” charges, sparking a rebuke from Europe’s leading rights organisation.It was the latest move by the Turkish authorities to dismiss officials elected in March’s local elections and replace them with government-appointed trustees.The interior ministry’s …
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Several thousand Georgians protested in Tbilisi on Monday over alleged election rigging by the governing party and Russian interference in last month’s parliament election, which the opposition denounced as “stolen”.The pro-Western opposition has refused to recognise the ruling Georgian Dream party’s win in the October 26 election or to enter the newly elected parliament, which …
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Thousands of rescuers pumped water from submerged buildings, churned through muddy streets and cleared debris on Monday as Spain braced for more deaths from its worst floods in decades.The toll stands at 217 dead — almost all in the eastern Valencia region — and could spike in the coming days as an unknown number of …
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