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Friedrich Merz reacts after he was not elected new Chancellor in the first voting process at the parliament Bundestag in Berlin
Germany's chancellor hopeful Merz fails to secure majority in Bundestag vote
BERLIN — Friedrich Merz narrowly lost the first round of voting Tuesday to become Germany's next chancellor, in a surprise setback for the CDU party leader.Merz, who's been the favorite to become chancellor since his party won the federal election in February, secured 310 votes — six votes less than what was needed to secure a majority in the Bundestag.Merz losing the vote on Tuesday marks the first time in the federal republic's history that an incoming chancellor has failed to secure the majority of votes after winning an election and securing a successful coalition agreement.It is also a personal disappointment for Merz, who made it clear that he expected to easily secure a majority in parliament, given that his CDU and its coalition partners, the center-left SPD, have...
May 06, 2025

Germany's chancellor hopeful Merz fails to secure majority in Bundestag vote

A previous drone attack on Moscow in March was Ukraine's largest on the city since the war began
Ukraine drone attack shuts Moscow airports, says Russia
MOSCOW — Russia says Ukraine has launched an overnight drone attack targeting Moscow for the second night in a row.All four of the capital's major airports were closed for several hours to ensure safety but later reopened, Russia's aviation watchdog Rosaviatsia said on Telegram.Moscow's mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, said on social media at least 19 Ukrainian drones had been destroyed before they reached the city "from different directions". He said some of the debris had landed on one of the key highways into the city, but there were no casualties.Ukraine has not yet commented. But the mayor of Kharkiv said Russia had also carried out drone strikes in the city overnight, as well as in the Kyiv area.As well as in Moscow, the governors of other Russian cities, including...
May 06, 2025

Ukraine drone attack shuts Moscow airports, says Russia

Marcel Ciolacu's government has only been in power for a matter of months
Romanian PM resigns and pulls out of coalition after nationalist vote win
BUCHAREST — Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has resigned and his Social Democrat party is to leave the government after a right-wing nationalist candidate won the first round of the presidential election.George Simion, a eurosceptic who has promised to put Romania first, won 40.9% of Sunday's vote and is expected to win a run-off vote on 18 May.He will face liberal Bucharest Mayor Nicușor Dan, who narrowly defeated the Social Democrat (PSD) candidate.Sunday's result plunged Romania — an EU state on Nato's eastern flank — into further political turmoil. Ciolacu told colleagues that as their coalition had failed to meet its objective and "has no legitimacy", they should pull out of the government.Ciolacu, 57, had only come to power in a pro-EU coalition...
May 06, 2025

Romanian PM resigns and pulls out of coalition after nationalist vote win

A file photo of a High Speed train at a station
Over 10,000 passengers hit by delays following sabotage on Spain's AVE line
MADRID — More than 10,000 passengers in Spain experienced severe disruption on Sunday after cable lines were stolen at several points within the province of Toledo and a train suffered a technical fault.Travelers relying on more than 30 trains between Madrid and Seville were affected. Many were returning from trips over the bank holiday weekend.Minister of Transport Óscar Puente described the incident as "a serious act of sabotage" and called for the public to help identify those responsible.The president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, claimed that Spain was suffering a "daily calamity", appearing to link the travel delays to last week's historic power outage.The disruption has lasted for several hours, with Renfe's customer service team...
May 05, 2025

Over 10,000 passengers hit by delays following sabotage on Spain's AVE line

Alcatraz prison island
Trump orders reopening of notorious Alcatraz prison
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the former prison on an island off the coast of California.In a message on his Truth Social site on Sunday, President Trump said that "for too long America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repeat criminal offenders".The reopening of Alcatraz would serve as a "symbol of law, order, and justice," he said.The prison was closed in 1963, and Alcatraz Island is currently operating as a tourist site. It lies near San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge."Today, I am directing the Bureau of Prisons, together with the Department of Justice, FBI, and Homeland Security, to reopen a substantially enlarged and rebuilt ALCATRAZ," Trump wrote.The prison would "house...
May 05, 2025

Trump orders reopening of notorious Alcatraz prison

Portugal Election Incumbent Prime Minister and leader of the Social Democratic Party Luis Montenegro, waits for the start of an election TV debate with opposition leader
Portugal to expel some 18,000 illegal migrants ahead of snap national election
LISBON — Portugal’s caretaker government announced plans on Saturday to expel about 18,000 foreigners living in the country without legal permits or authorization.António Leitão Amaro, Minister of the Presidency, said the center-right government will issue approximately 18,000 notifications to illegal migrants asking them to leave.According to Amaro, officials will begin next week by asking some 4,500 undocumented migrants to leave voluntarily within 20 days.The announcement comes in the build-up to the country's early general election, scheduled to be held on 18 May.Last week, Amaro was quoted in the local press as saying that “Portugal needs to review its deportation system, which doesn’t work.""It is important to realize that Portugal is one of the three...
May 05, 2025

Portugal to expel some 18,000 illegal migrants ahead of snap national election

Municipal workers clean up near burnt cars and a crater made by a drone in the residential area following Russia's air raid in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, May 4, 2025
Russia launches over 160 drones on Ukraine in overnight attack injuring at least 11 people
KYIV — Russia launched a large-scale drone assault on Ukraine overnight from Saturday into Sunday, deploying 165 unmanned aerial vehicles, according to Ukraine’s armed forces.In the capital Kyiv, the attacks triggered fires that left eleven people injured, including two children, according to the State Emergency Services (SES).The SES reported that the attack affected three districts of the capital: Obolonskyi, Sviatoshynskyi, and Shevchenkivskyi.In Obolonskyi, a blaze damaged a 12-story residential building."When it hit, we didn’t know what to do. I was with my son, and I said to him: ‘Come on, let’s go!’ I grabbed him like this, in my pajamas, and ran over here. We saw a neighbor come out and start running away," Nadiya, one of its residents, said.“We saw people...
May 05, 2025

Russia launches over 160 drones on Ukraine in overnight attack injuring at least 11 people

The police did not disclose details of the plot, citing operational reasons.
Several Iranian men arrested in UK over alleged attack plot
LONDON — British counterterrorism officers have taken several Iranian men into custody over a suspected plan to launch an attack at an unnamed site in London, the Metropolitan Police confirmed on Sunday.The arrests were made on Saturday across different parts of England, with five men between the ages of 29 and 46 held on suspicion of preparing "a terrorist act".Four of those detained are Iranian nationals, while efforts to confirm the identity and nationality of the fifth individual are still ongoing.All five are currently being interviewed at police stations and have not been formally charged. Investigators are also carrying out searches at addresses in London, Manchester, and Swindon.Authorities said the suspected plot focused on a specific location, the details of which are...
May 05, 2025

Several Iranian men arrested in UK over alleged attack plot

The AfD won a record number of seats in federal elections in February
AfD classified as extreme-right by German intelligence
BERLIN — Germany's Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party has been designated as right-wing extremist by the country's federal office for the protection of the constitution."The ethnicity- and ancestry-based understanding of the people prevailing within the party is incompatible with the free democratic order," the domestic intelligence agency said in a statement.The AfD came second in federal elections in February, winning a record 152 seats in the 630-seat parliament with 20.8% of the vote.The parliament, or Bundestag, will hold a vote next week to confirm conservative leader Friedrich Merz as chancellor, heading a coalition with the center-left Social Democrats.AfD joint leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla said the decision was "clearly politically...
May 02, 2025

AfD classified as extreme-right by German intelligence

Staff from United Nations agencies protest against the drastic budget cuts and staff reductions in Geneva, 1 May, 2025
Almost 500 staff protest against UN budget cuts as US scales back humanitarian funds
GENEVA — Nearly 500 United Nations staff got together at a Labour Day rally in Geneva to protest against sweeping budget cuts prompted by President Donald Trump's decision to pull the US back from its position as the world’s largest aid donor."Reducing the number of UN staff means reducing the means of survival for the fight against famine, for education and for displaced families," said Ian Richards, the president of the UN Geneva staff union.The Geneva rally, held on the Place des Nations in front of the UN building, comes two days after several UN aid agencies announced they would have to slash jobs due to funding cuts, primarily from the US, warning that the reductions will severely impact aid programmes worldwide.Other bodies like the UN children's agency UNICEF,...
May 02, 2025

Almost 500 staff protest against UN budget cuts as US scales back humanitarian funds

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