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By Nela Heidner & Euronews Published on 20/06/2026 – 14:46 GMT+2•Updated 14:51 Around 120 teams had travelled to a major handball tournament in Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg when a severe storm triggered dramatic scenes at the sports ground, which was also being used as a campsite. At around 11 pm, tents at the site were in danger of being torn away by the storm, a police spokesperson told SWR. As several people tried to secure them, lightning struck the area, leaving eight adults and a 13-year-old child injured. One person was seriously hurt, while the others sustained minor injuries. A further lightning strike at a…
At a press conference after the G7 summit, Meloni said she considered her relationship with Trump “unchanged” despite the earlier spat. “We have a strong enough character, we are both [leaders who] defend the national interest with determination, there is no need for us to clarify when we disagree on something,” she added. In his post on Saturday, Trump returned to the dispute over the war in Iran. “She wouldn’t even let us use Italy’s landing strips or runways, a great logistical inconvenience, and this despite the fact the U.S. contributes hundreds of Billions of Dollars a year to protect…
Published on 20/06/2026 – 15:22 GMT+2 US President Donald Trump has doubled down on his comments on Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, saying she asked him “over and over” for a photo when the pair met at the G7 summit in France earlier this week. Following the summit, Trump told an Italian journalist that he “felt sorry for Meloni” after she “begged me to take a picture with her”. Meloni hit back in a video posted to social media, branding Trump’s claims as “completely made up” and insisting that neither she nor Italy begs anyone for anything. The once close…
The fighting continued despite Israel and Hezbollah having agreed to a ceasefire on Friday in an effort to deescalate a conflict that, on the same day alone, killed at least 47 people in Lebanon and four Israeli soldiers. Renewed hostilities in Lebanon could also complicate the implementation of the agreement signed on Wednesday between the United States and Iran aimed at ending the conflict that began on Feb. 28. The U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran immediately heightened tensions along the Israel-Lebanon border, with Hezbollah launching rockets toward northern Israel and the IDF responding with military operations inside Lebanese territory. According to…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has issued a one-week ultimatum to Belarus to shut down relay equipment on the border with Ukraine that he claimed was being used to guide Russian drone attacks. During a media briefing in Kyiv on Friday, Zelenskyy threatened Ukraine will shut the radars down if Belarusian leader Aliaksandr Lukashenka doesn’t do anything to address it. “There are relay stations on the towers. Can he take them down? What’s the point of saying he doesn’t want war? Just take down that equipment; just shut it down,” said the Ukrainian president during the joint media briefing with the…
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Zelenskyy added that “Russia will keep pushing him further into this war,” but that the Belarusian president now “understands that Ukraine will respond.” Kyiv’s pressure on Minsk is not limited to the relay equipment that, according to Zelenskyy, “adjusts fire on our people.” Ukraine’s leader also criticized Lukashenko over his country’s oil-refining sector, arguing that “today, Belarus is one of the key suppliers for the Russian army.” This is not the first time Kyiv has denounced Russia’s use of Belarusian territory to launch attacks against Ukraine or countries supporting it. Zelenskyy warned in mid-May that Moscow was “considering plans for…
By Fortunato Pinto with AP Published on 20/06/2026 – 11:15 GMT+2 A massive fire almost completely destroyed a luxury resort in the Dominican Republic on Friday, forcing the evacuation of nearly 1,700 holidaymakers, authorities said. Local media reported that an Italian tourist had died as a result of the blaze and said several other guests required medical attention. News of the death was later confirmed by local authorities to the Italian embassy. The woman is believed to have suffered a respiratory crisis after rushing out of the resort to the beach, Italian news agency ANSA reported. According to initial accounts, she lost consciousness…
But Szeptycki hasn’t been fired from the government and Tusk warned against comments that “embolden larger groups of people to feed xenophobia, contempt for people with different views, and contempt for people whose background does not fit the standards of pure Polishness.” Tusk, whose centrist Civic Platform party is locked in a political struggle with Nawrocki and PiS ahead of next year’s parliamentary election, warned that the escalating dispute with Kyiv could undermine Polish-Ukrainian unity and ultimately benefit Russia. Earlier this month, he called on Nawrocki and Zelenskyy to meet to iron out their differences, and warned: “Conflict serves Moscow’s interests. This…
By Romain Gutkind with AFP Published on 20/06/2026 – 10:48 GMT+2 A heatwave sweeping across France this week could be produce similar conditions to August 2003, when extreme heat led to the deaths of more than 14,800 people. This year, municipalities such as Biarritz and Limoges are calling for vulnerable people to be entered on local registers so that authorities can maintain contact and check they have everything they need to cope with the soaring temperatures. The heat will persist over mainland France over the weekend. On Saturday, temperatures will top 30C across the country, while some spots could pass the 40C mark…