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Europe

Sweden eases rules for teenage migrants facing deportation

Following a large influx of asylum seekers in Sweden in 2015, successive left- and right-wing governments have tightened asylum rules.

Europe

Court rejects Rwanda's €115m claim over scrapped UK migrant deal

In 2022, former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson sealed a deal with Kigali to send migrants arriving in Britain via "dangerous or illegal journeys" in small boats or lorries to Rwanda.

Europe

Two injured in explosion at fireworks factory in Malta, police say

Prime Minister Robert Abela wrote on social media that his "thoughts are with the people affected by the explosion that occurred this morning."

Tech News

Macron announces €93 billion in 'Choose France' investments

Since the first "Choose France" in 2018, a year after Macron came to power, more than 230 projects have been announced, representing several thousand jobs, according to the Élysée Palace.

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Europe

Syrians accused of torture during al-Assad era go on trial in Austria

Austrian law provides for the jurisdiction of local courts over certain offences committed abroad and the Vienna court has jurisdiction in this case because the defendants reside there.

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Rescuers seek alternative route to reach two in flooded Laos cave

The villagers reportedly entered the cave nearly two weeks ago to look for valuable minerals such as gold before being trapped by a flash flood that blocked their way out.

Europe

France and allies intercept uncompliant Russian shadow fleet tanker

Russia has reportedly built up a flotilla of old oil tankers of opaque ownership to get around sanctions imposed by the European Union over Moscow's 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

USA

Israel freezes out UN chief Guterres over sexual violence blacklist

The UN cited "credible information" regarding sexual violence allegedly committed by Israeli security forces against Palestinians in prisons and other detention centres.

Europe

Top-ranked Jannik Sinner forced out of French Open due to heat

Sinner received medical attention and left the court and minerals were added to his drink when he returned but he wasn't able to continue.

USA

Judge refuses to block Trump order to create federal voter list

Democrats and civil rights groups argued it was urgent that the judge issue a restraining order in the midst of primary season and with states already gearing up for the fall midterm elections.

Europe

Italian police seize more than €200m in late mafia boss's assets

Assets were being seized in Andorra, the Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Monaco, Spain and Switzerland, as well as Italy, police said.

Europe

Ukraine to buy up to 20 Gripen jet fighters, Sweden to donate 16

Ukraine is largely reliant on its Western allies to down Russian missile barrages, despite having pioneered a system for intercepting long-range drones that is the envy of some of the world's most advanced militaries.

Europe

Germany and Netherlands to set up NATO command centre in Baltics

The joint German-Dutch command centre known as 1GNC will "assume a command role on NATO's eastern flank, specifically in the region Estonia and Latvia" in coming months.

Gaza

Plans for Gaza Stabilisation Force in question as troop pledges stall

The Iran war has made it more difficult for Arab and Muslim leaders to openly cooperate with the United States and Israel, which many in the region view as aggressors.

Kenya

Fire rips through Kenya girls' school dormitory, killing at least 16

There have been many devastating school fires in Kenya, where boarding schools are common as a colonial legacy of missionaries and British rule.

Europe

Swiss train station knife attack 'a terrorist act,' official says

Three people were injured in the incident which happened at a train station in Winterthur on Thursday morning, Swiss police said.

Europe

Canada chooses Sweden's Saab in defence deal over US rivals

Carney says Canada's historically close relationship with the United States has been permanently altered and Ottawa needs to diversify its economic and security relationships.

Europe

UK cyberspy chief calls AI 'unstoppable force' and warns about Russia

Britain’s cyberspy chief warns of rising Russian hybrid warfare and weaponised AI, urging governments, firms and citizens to treat cybersecurity far more urgently.

South Africa

South Africa rejects US claim of humanitarian crisis for white people

Around 6,000 South Africans have moved to the US since the Afrikaner programme started last year, according to the US government.

Europe

Duterte's ICC trial to start 30 November, judge says

The Philippines left the ICC in 2019, on Duterte's instructions, but the court has ruled that it still has jurisdiction over alleged crimes committed there between 2011 and 2019.

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