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Dozens of Spanish beaches were forced to close

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Dozens of Spanish beaches were forced to close yesterday after crowds of people flocked to the beach – as British tourists prepare to descend on the country again.    Nearly 30 Costa del Sol beaches had to turn visitors away at the busiest times of the day on Sunday in resorts including Benalmadena. Even before Covid-19, 2 million people died from zoonotic diseases every year, mostly in poorer countries. The coronavirus outbreak was highly predictable, the experts said. “[Covid-19] may be the worst, but it is not the first,” said the UN environment chief, Inger Andersen. The biggest economic costs fall … Continue reading Dozens of Spanish beaches were forced to close

China has tried to blame Spain

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China has tried to blame Spain for the new strain of coronavirus while suggesting the deadly disease originated in Europe and not Wuhan. The first cases were detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019 – with many involving workers at a wet market – before the virus rapidly spread around the world, killing more than 525,000 people. Protest leaders are struggling to come up with new tactics for opposing the authority of Beijing without risking long prison sentences, and one of Hong Kong’s leading young democrats has joined a growing number of activists leaving the territory. Nathan … Continue reading China has tried to blame Spain

A secretive Russian intelligence unit

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A secretive Russian intelligence unit has been offering the Taliban bounties to kill British and American soldiers in Afghanistan. The Times understands that American intelligence officials informed their British security counterparts that the Russian group at the centre of the claims is believed to be Unit 29155. This is the elite subversion and assassination wing of the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence arm, whose agents were charged with the attempted murder of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury in 2018. The men – from a terror group called the Balochistan Liberation Army – threw grenades at a security post near the … Continue reading A secretive Russian intelligence unit

Columns of tanks and troops are parading through Red Square today as President Vladimir Putin oversees grand World War II commemorations

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Columns of tanks and troops are parading through Red Square today as President Vladimir Putin oversees grand World War II commemorations to stir up patriotic fervour ahead of a vote on extending his rule. Forced to postpone the country’s traditional May 9 Victory Day celebrations by the coronavirus pandemic, Putin rescheduled the parade for just a week ahead of a July 1 public vote on controversial constitutional reforms. Schools and kindergartens, bars, fitness studios and museums, which had gradually begun opening their doors again, were forced to close and people are once more limited to meeting up with just one … Continue reading Columns of tanks and troops are parading through Red Square today as President Vladimir Putin oversees grand World War II commemorations

The United States and Russia have agreed to begin talks on replacing the only remaining nuclear arms control treaty between them

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The United States and Russia have agreed to begin talks on replacing the only remaining nuclear arms control treaty between them, eight months before it is set to expire. Washington confirmed that Moscow had agreed to open discussions on the New Start treaty in Vienna this month after the Trump administration turned down Russia’s offer to extend the existing agreement unconditionally. In the days before her disappearance, she was allegedly seen at a disco with a German man, who police tried and failed to track down. Now the public prosecutor’s office in Bruges ‘is indeed reopening the file relating to … Continue reading The United States and Russia have agreed to begin talks on replacing the only remaining nuclear arms control treaty between them

A heavily-pregnant woman who went missing has been found hanged with a stab wound in her chest

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A heavily-pregnant woman who went missing has been found hanged with a stab wound in her chest. Tshegofatso Pule, 28, who was eight months pregnant, went missing on Thursday, and was reportedly last seen at her boyfriend’s house on the outskirts of Johannesburg. President Trump and his allies seized upon moves to cut police funding in Democrat-controlled cities including New York and Los Angeles as “radical left craziness” that would backfire and help him win re-election in November. Polling, however, showed a drop in Mr Trump’s approval rating to a level seen at the same point in the electoral cycle … Continue reading A heavily-pregnant woman who went missing has been found hanged with a stab wound in her chest

Donald Trump dismissed a movement among some activists and Democratic lawmakers to “defund the police”

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Donald Trump dismissed a movement among some activists and Democratic lawmakers to “defund the police” in the wake of George Floyd’s death while in police custody. “There won’t be de-funding. There won’t be dismantling of our police. And there is not going to be any disbanding of our police,” he said during a meeting with law enforcement officials at the White House. He believes there are other British victims of sex attacks and has urged them to contact police. He said: “The hard evidence we don’t have, we don’t have the crucial evidence of Madeline McCann’s body. Figures published today … Continue reading Donald Trump dismissed a movement among some activists and Democratic lawmakers to “defund the police”

An 81-year-old former vicar who married his 27-year-old Romanian toyboy lover has died alone in a Bucharest hospital

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An 81-year-old former vicar who married his 27-year-old Romanian toyboy lover has died alone in a Bucharest hospital – as his widow reveals he ‘cried for two days’ but is now ready to enjoy his inheritance.  Philip Clements, a retired Church of England vicar, passed away overnight on May 31 in a hospital room that was closed to visitors amid the coronavirus pandemic. The sums have shocked onlookers, dwarfing as they do the funds Germany deployed in the wake of the 2008 financial crash. Yet they are consistent with a broader push by European institutions to co-ordinate more than ever … Continue reading An 81-year-old former vicar who married his 27-year-old Romanian toyboy lover has died alone in a Bucharest hospital

Several military trucks carrying troops in tan uniforms and helmets were seen entering White House grounds

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Several military trucks carrying troops in tan uniforms and helmets were seen entering White House grounds shortly after 5 p.m. on the East Coast on Monday, as the nation’s capital prepares for a fourth consecutive evening of protests in the wake of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last week. “At 5:05 pm, I counted 9 two and a half ton military trucks carrying troops in tan uniforms and helmets pull off 17th Street into the White House grounds,” Time magazine reporter Brian Bennett tweeted. Today Dr Michael Baden, one of the doctors who performed the autopsy as the … Continue reading Several military trucks carrying troops in tan uniforms and helmets were seen entering White House grounds

The US has supplied Brazil with 2 million doses of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine

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The US has supplied Brazil with 2 million doses of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine for use against the coronavirus, despite medical warnings about the risks associated with it. The two governments released a joint announcement just days after the WHO suspended testing it on Covid-19 patients due to health concerns. Both presidents have promoted its use, despite the US Food and Drug Administration issuing a warning about its use against the virus. In it, Mr Biden suggested he supported protests against the death of Mr Floyd, a 46-year-old unarmed black man who died after a white police officer in Minneapolis … Continue reading The US has supplied Brazil with 2 million doses of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine