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BERLIN, Dec 31, 2023 (AFP) – Chancellor Olaf Scholz travelled Sunday to parts of northern Germany hit by floods after days of heavy rains, urging the nation “to close ranks” in the face of the challenges posed by nature. The German leader arrived by helicopter at Verden an der Aller in Lower Saxony, one of the worst hit states, where he was briefed about the emergency situation as well as protective measures that had been […]
BERLIN, Dec 31, 2023 (AFP) – German police arrested three people on Sunday over an alleged attack plot targeting the cathedral in Cologne on New Year’s Eve. The “alleged means of attack” is a car, said police in the western city, adding that security measures have been stepped up around the site. The three suspects are believed to be linked to a Tajik who was arrested on Christmas Eve, said Cologne police chief Johannes Hermann. […]
MOSCOW, Dec 30, 2023 (AFP) – Russia accused Ukraine of targeting the city of Belgorod with missiles and rockets on Saturday, killing at least 14 people and wounding dozens more in an attack Moscow warned would “not go unpunished”. Belgorod lies about 30 kilometres (19 miles) from the border with Ukraine and has been repeatedly struck by what Moscow says is indiscriminate shelling by Kyiv’s forces. Unverified footage showed debris strewn across the street and […]
By Caroline TAÏX, Helen ROWE LONDON, Dec 30, 2023 (AFP) – All Eurostar trains were cancelled on Saturday due to flooded tunnels in southern England, causing misery for New Year travellers in the second major disruption in 10 days. The latest cancellations follow a wildcat strike by French unions days before December 25 and weather warnings from the UK’s Met Office for rain, snow and ice across large parts of the country. Hundreds of travellers […]
PARIS, Dec 29, 2023 (AFP) – The French government said on Friday it will deploy more than 95,000 police and military personnel for New Year Eve’s celebrations, adding that a heightened “terrorist threat” required tight security. Paris alone, where up to one million revellers are expected on the Champs-Elysees Sunday night — twice as many as last year — will get 6,000 security forces to keep order. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin told reporters that Sunday’s […]
By Anna MALPAS with Florent Vergnes KYIV, Ukraine, Dec 29, 2023 (AFP) – Russia launched a massive air attack over Ukraine on Friday, killing at least 30 people and wounding over a hundred across the country in the fiercest assault since the first days of the war nearly two years ago. Schools, a maternity hospital, shopping arcades and blocks of flats were among the buildings hit in the barrage, said Ukrainian officials. The attacks — […]
WARSAW, Dec 29, 2023 (AFP) – A Russian missile passed through Polish airspace Friday, entering from and then back into Ukraine, the Polish army said, as Russia pummelled Ukraine with one of the biggest air attacks of the war. “Everything indicates that a Russian missile entered Polish airspace… It also left our airspace,” said General Wieslaw Kukula, chief of the general staff of the Polish armed forces. “We have national and allied radar confirmation,” he […]
LONDON, Dec 28, 2023 (AFP) – Three people died on Thursday after their car fell into a river in northern England, local police said, as Storm Gerrit battered much of the UK. Emergency services headed to the River Esk near the town of Glaisdale shortly before midday (1200 GMT), after reports that a vehicle had fallen into the river. “The vehicle was recovered from the river by the fire service just after 3:00 pm. Sadly, […]
By Anna MALPAS KYIV, Ukraine, Dec 29, 2023 (AFP) – Russia launched a wave of missile strikes on Friday across Ukrainian cities, including the capital, officials said, as they raised a nationwide air alert. “We are doing everything to strengthen our air shield. But the world needs to see that we need more support and strength to stop this terror,” Ukrainian presidential aide Andriy Yermak wrote on Telegram. AFP reporters in central Kyiv heard several […]
WASHINGTON, Dec 27, 2023 (AFP) – The US government on Wednesday announced what it said was the last remaining package of weapons available for Ukraine under existing authorization, with Congress now needing to decide whether to keep supporting Kyiv’s battle against Russian invasion. “The year’s final package” includes air-defense and artillery munitions, the State Department said in a statement. It added that Congress, where Republicans are split on supporting Ukraine, should “act swiftly” to renew […]
BOBIGNY, France, Dec 26, 2023 (AFP) – Five dead bodies were found on Christmas Day in an apartment in the town of Meaux to the east of Paris, the local prosecutor told AFP, adding that a homicide inquiry had been opened. According to news website Actu17, which first reported the discovery, the victims were a woman and her four young children. It added that police were looking for the 33-year-old father, who was “on the […]
MUMBAI, Dec 25, 2023 (AFP) – A plane that had been grounded in France for days over concerns its nearly 300 mostly Indian passengers were part of a human trafficking scheme has landed in Mumbai, flight tracking data showed early Tuesday. The Airbus A340 initially had been bound for Nicaragua when it was detained last Thursday at Vatry airport, east of Paris, where it had stopped for refuelling. It had arrived from Dubai and there […]
