Italy German tourists investigated over fatal boat crash on Lake Garda The bodies of an Italian man and woman were discovered in Lake Garda on Sunday, with the tourists under investigation for alleged manslaughter. 21/06/2021
Turkey Turkish court to hear case for Kurdish minority party's dissolution A Turkish prosecutor is demanding that the 40,500-member party be dissolved and about 450 members barred from office over alleged links to outlawed Kurdish group the PKK. 21/06/2021
World Rebels gather at Stonehenge as Europe marks a muted summer solstice A few hundred people held in-person ceremonies at the ancient stone circle in England while bonfires were lit and folk festivals held in other parts of Europe for the longest day of the year. 21/06/2021
Denmark Today at Euro 2020: Group B scenarios and Group C sees race for 2nd Ukraine, Austria, Denmark, Finland and Russia could all go through tonight. Belgium and the Netherlands will. North Macedonia definitely won't. 21/06/2021
Iran Iran 'will not negotiate' over missile programme, new president says Ebrahim Raisi, a conservative hardliner, was elected president of Iran last week. 21/06/2021
Germany Germany arrests research assistant on suspicion of spying for Russia Federal German prosecutors said the suspect worked at a university in Germany and accuse him of meeting three times with Russian intelligence. 21/06/2021
Belarus 'There's no going back': EU promises new sanctions will hurt Belarus As well as travel bans and asset freezes, Europe plans to ban exports of fertiliser, tobacco and petroleum. 21/06/2021
Iran Iran’s sole nuclear power plant undergoes emergency shutdown An official from the state electric company Tavanir said the Bushehr plant shutdown began on Saturday and would last "for three to four days.” Without elaborating, he said that power outages could result. 21/06/2021
Russia Russian man appears in court charged with U.S. law student's murder Alexander Popov was arrested on Saturday after the body of Catherine Serou, 34, was found in a wooded area near the city of Nizhny Novgorod. 20/06/2021
Lebanon EU foreign policy chief blames 'mistrust' for Lebanon deadlock Josep Borrell repeated his call for Lebanon to form a new government as a matter of urgency a day after threatening EU sanctions if "obstruction" continued. 20/06/2021
Azerbaijan Euro 2020: Turkey eliminated after Switzerland's 3-1 victory Goals by Xherdan Shaqiri and Haris Seferovic gave Switzerland a fighting chance of making it through to the knockout stage while Turkey scored its first and only goal of the contest. 20/06/2021
Italy Euro 2020: Italy beats Wales 1-0 The team marked its 11th straight win in the European Championship and will now play the second-place team from Group C at Wembley Stadium in London. 20/06/2021
no comment Times Square welcomes yogis back to celebrate the summer solstice Yogis participate in an annual all-day outdoor yoga event in the heart of Times Square in New York, to celebrate the summer solstice and the re-awakening of the city. 20/06/2021
world news ISS astronauts make second spacewalk to fit new solar panels Astronauts working on the International Space Station have made their second attempt in a week at installing powerful new solar arrays. 20/06/2021
no comment Classic cars take part in 1000km Estonia retro rally Around 300 vintage vehicles from Estonia, Latvia and Finland, produced between 1930 and the 1980s, take part in a 1000-kilometre retro rally across Estonia. 20/06/2021
France 'Slap in the face' for Macron as his party scores low in regional vote The regional elections in France were regarded by some as a testing ground for next year's presidential election. 20/06/2021
no comment Statue of George Floyd unveiled in New York for Juneteenth A six-foot statue of George Floyd, the Black man killed by a white policeman in Minneapolis in May 2020, is unveiled in Brooklyn as part of Juneteenth celebrations in New York. 20/06/2021
Vatican Pope appeals for aid to Myanmar displaced on World Refugee Day The supreme pontiff used his Sunday address to call for places of worship to be used as humanitarian shelters amid escalating violence in the country. 20/06/2021
World Diplomats back in Vienna for Iran post-election nuclear talks Officials from the signatory states of the 2015 nuclear deal have exchanged paperwork and will shortly be returning to their home countries for a final decision, Iran's deputy said on Sunday. 20/06/2021
no comment US-Mexico border event brings families together More than 200 families from El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, gathered Saturday with relatives from across the Rio Grande along the U.S.-Mexico border. 20/06/2021
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