Tino Chrupalla, co-chair of the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, said on Sunday that there will be no “power struggle” among party leaders as the party prepares for the 2025 general elections. During the annual summer interview of German public broadcaster ARD, Chrupalla said that his co-chairman Alice Weidel would be a “good candidate […]
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Germany’s far-left party Die Linke (The Left) will undergo a leadership change in the autumn, according to reports from a crisis meeting of the party following a collapse in support in the European Parliament elections, dpa learned on Sunday. Co-leaders Martin Schirdewan and Janine Wissler have made it clear that they do not intend to
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian destroyer has sunk while being repaired at a port near the Strait of Hormuz, state media reported Sunday. The state news agency IRNA reported that the destroyer Sahand, which was being repaired at a dock, became unbalanced after water seeped into its tanks. The agency added that it is
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A charity has sent 34 generators to Ukraine in its latest delivery to help people living in war-torn areas of the country. Since February 24, 2022, From Bristol with Love for Ukraine has sent a total of 71 vans full of goods to Ukraine, including more than 11,000 boxes. On July 6, the last van
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Ukraine claims that Russian forces were misled and attacked fake military targets. Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk said Russia attacked the models with Iskander-M missiles. The Iskander-M is a ballistic missile with a range of up to 500 km. Ukrainian troops say they deceived Russia by using Iskander-M missiles for the production of dummy aircraft
In the decisive second round of the French parliamentary elections, just over one in four eligible voters had cast their vote before noon. According to the Ministry of the Interior in Paris, turnout at noon (10 a.m. GMT) was 26.63%. In the first round of voting a week ago, the turnout was 66.71%; at 12:00
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Brazil’s Foreign Ministry has been forced to apologize to the embassies of Canada, Gabon and Burkina Faso after the teenage children of three diplomats – all black – were frisked at gunpoint by police officers. The incident came to light when the mother of a Brazilian boy in the group Posted a security camera video
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Gazans are increasingly critical of Hamas as Israel’s military campaign continues. Israel has launched air strikes and a ground offensive on Gaza following Hamas attacks on October 7. According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, more than 38,000 Palestinians have died in the conflict. Gazans are increasingly critical of Hamas as Israel’s deadly military campaign
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Two months ago, before Israeli troops enter RafahThe city was home to most of Gaza’s more than 2 million people. Today it is a dust-covered ghost town. Abandoned, bullet-riddled apartment buildings have walls blown out and windows shattered. Bedrooms and kitchens are visible from roads strewn with rubble that towers
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in more than three decades and advanced plans to build thousands of new settlements, according to Peace Now, an Israeli anti-settlement monitoring group. They are the latest moves by Israel’s hardline government aimed at cementing Israel’s control over the area and
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