NATO should step up Ukraine aid coordination - Stoltenberg
NATO should take over coordination of western military aid to Ukraine, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday (June 11) as the alliance's eastern flank states gathered in Riga. Speaking ahead of a meeting of the Bucharest Nine —a group of European countries on the eastern edge of NATO—Stoltenberg said centralized NATO coordination would help avoid the "gaps and delays" of last winter.
Parents hope for US deal to release son from Hamas
Parents of a young Israeli-American hostage support 'whatever it takes' for his release on Monday (June 10), as a deal between Israel and Hamas is yet to come to fruition. Laila Shahrokhshahi reports.
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Protests break out in France after EU parliament vote
Protesters took to the streets of Paris on Monday (June 10) following the results of Sunday’s (June 9) European Parliament election in which Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) party scored big wins.
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Police detain protesters at UCLA pro-Palestinian rally
Clashes between police and pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus broke out on Monday (June 10).
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S. Korean activists fly ‘smart balloons’ further north
In the balloon warfare between North Korea and South Korean activists, one Seoul-based group has honed its tech expertise to develop balloons capable of dispersing leaflets and electronic speakers hundreds of kilometers across the border. Gabe Singer has the story.
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Mexico's Sheinbaum says she will advance judicial reform
Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday (June 10) she would encourage broad discussions over proposed constitutional reforms, including a judicial overhaul that has spooked markets, before the next congressional session kicks off.
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Biden marks Juneteenth, honoring activists
U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris marked the Juneteenth holiday on Monday (June 10) by holding a concert at the White House South Lawn.
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Malawi's president says search ongoing for missing VP
Malawi's president Lazarus Chakwera said late on Monday (June 10) that he had ordered that search and rescue operations continue until the plane carrying Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima was found.
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Miami firefighters battle massive apartment fire
A massive three-alarm fire erupted on Monday (June 10) morning at a four-story apartment building in Miami, where authorities responding to the fire also discovered a man who was the victim of a gunshot.
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UN Security Council backs Israel-Hamas ceasefire plan
The United Nations Security Council backed on Monday (June 10) a proposal outlined by U.S. President Joe Biden for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip and urged the Palestinian militants to accept the deal aimed at ending the eight-month-long war. Angela Johnston reports.
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France weighs future after far-right surge in EU vote
French President Emmanuel Macron visited Oradour-sur-Glane – a ghost village left abandoned after a massacre during World War II –with his German counterpart on Monday (June 10), a day after he decided to call a snap election following a bruising loss to the far-right in a European Parliament ballot. Kristy Kilburn reports.
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Blinken presses Hamas to say 'yes' to ceasefire
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in the Middle East on Monday (June 10) hoping to deliver the ceasefire that President Joe Biden proposed last month, in an all-out push by Washington to secure an end to the Gaza war. Zachary Goelman reports.
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France's snap election risks opening door to far-right, says analyst
A snap election called by President Emmanuel Macron after Sunday's (June 9) bruising loss to Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) in EU elections is a risky move that "opens the possibility that the extreme right arises," Anne Muxel, the executive director of Sciences Po's Centre of Political Sciences, said on Monday (June 10).
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Valencia fans convicted for racist abuse against Vinicius Jr
Three Valencia football fans were sentenced to eight months in prison on Monday for hate crimes against Real Madrid player Vinicius Jr, the first conviction for racist insults in a soccer stadium in Spain, the court announced. This report produced by Freddie Joyner.
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More migrants arrive at Poland-Belarus border
Tensions over migration at the Polish-Belarus border flared up again recently. According to Polish government figures, the number of people arriving has been rising. Prime Minister Donald Tusk's centric government won the European Parliament election. But gains by the far-right may heighten tensions over migration. Olivia Chan has more.
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Gaza war shatters haj pilgrimage dream for couple
Palestinian couple Mahmoud and Fatima Jarghoun sold their jewellery so they could perform the haj pilgrimage to Mecca – a journey they have been yearning to make for years. But with no way out of the Gaza Strip, their dream has been dashed. Olivia Chan has more.
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European Parliament elections: key takeaways
The European Parliament took a shift to the right after a four-day election concluded on Sunday, with more eurosceptic nationalists and fewer mainstream liberals and Greens. The rightward shift could have a bearing on a series of important policy areas in the next five-year term. Europe Affairs Editor Andrew Gray explains.
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Mass fish death in Mexico blamed on severe drought
Thousands of dead fish have blanketed the surface of a lagoon in Mexico's northern state of Chihuahua, and local officials are blaming an intense drought.
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Hindu pilgrims dead after militant attack in India
At least nine people were killed and 33 injured when a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims plunged into a deep gorge after a suspected militant attack in the Indian federal territory of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, police said. Rachel Graham reports.
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Climate, EU enlargement to be impacted by election: analyst
Progress on European Union policy priorities such as the climate, enlargement of the bloc, and defense could be rolled back or stagnate because centrist parties may seek support from some nationalist or far right parties following the parliament elections, analyst Corina Stratulat said on Monday (June 10).
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Raging fires in Brazil wetlands surge 980 percent
Fires continued to ravage the Pantanal, the world's largest tropical wetland in central western Brazil on Sunday (June 9), video and drone footage showed, as the blaze gradually advances toward the Bolivian border having surged nearly tenfold.
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Euro hit by shock Macron call for snap election
The euro fell broadly, while French bonds and stocks were hit hard on Monday, following French President Emmanuel Macron's decision to call a snap parliamentary election after being trounced in a European Union vote by the far right. Francis Maguire reports.
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North Korea warns of new response against South
The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has warned of "new counteraction" against South Korea, if it continues with loudspeaker broadcasts directed at the North, with Seoul saying on Monday (June 10) it has detected the North installing speakers of their own. Diane To reports.
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Gantz's exit leads to 'more extreme' Israeli policies: analyst
Israeli minister Benny Gantz announced his resignation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's emergency government on Sunday (June 9).The departure of Gantz's centrist party could “tugs all the decisions to the right and the more extremes”, Middle East analyst Laura Blumenfeld from Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies said.
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Police probe US consulate vandalization in Sydney
Australian police said they are conducting an investigation after the United States consulate in Sydney was vandalised on early Monday (June 10) morning.
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