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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…
Published on 20/06/2026 – 9:53 GMT+2•Updated 10:10 The USA sailed through to the knockout stages of the World Cup following a 2-0 win against Australia on Friday. The cohosts once again looked full of energy as they secured their spot in the last 32 in front of a packed-out crowd in Seattle. The goals – an own goal from Australia’s Cameron Burgess and a nod in from Alex Freeman following a big deflection – were far from pretty. But let that take nothing away from this US side, who finally look to be showing what they can do on the…
Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s National Rally and the frontrunner in presidential polls for 2027, vowed on Friday to win the French elections and mark a shift in the course of the European Union. Bardella said this on the second day of his two day visit to Poland where he met with right-wing and nationalist leaders ahead of his country’s presidential elections next year. His visit to Poland also comes as Poland is preparing for its own parliamentary elections, set to take place next autumn. “I am convinced that over the course of the year 2027, if our two movements…
When you’re young, the world is a ferris wheel. That’s a lyric from a 2007 song by the indie band Bright Eyes – but also true. Youth is that dizzying, almost magical period of life that floats above a yet-unknown reality – one swelled by the spin of teenage hormones and boundless optimism. It’s the intersection between who we are, and who we are becoming; an endless corridor filled with unlocked doors. In other words, it’s the most formative era of our lives. But it’s only now, for the very first time, that a museum has been dedicated to it.…