Police raid headquarters of French far-right National Rally party

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Investigation into alleged illegal campaign financing denounced by party’s leader, Jordan Bardella, as ‘harassment campaign’

Police have raided the headquarters of France’s far-right National Rally (RN) and seized documents as part of an investigation into alleged illegal campaign financing that was denounced by the party’s leader, Jordan Bardella, as “a harassment campaign”.

The raid came a day after EU financial prosecutors in Brussels said they had launched a separate investigation into the alleged misuse of €4.3m by the former far-right Identity & Democracy (ID) group in the European parliament, which included the RN.

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Police raid headquarters of French far-right National Rally party – The Guardian

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  1. Police raid headquarters of French far-right National Rally party  The Guardian
  2. French Police Raid National Rally Offices Over Campaign Finances  The New York Times
  3. French right-wing National Rally party HQ raided by police in 'harassment operation'  Fox News
  4. French police raid far-right National Rally headquarters in ongoing finance probe  PBS
  5. French police raid on National Rally HQ prompts outrage from party leaders  BBC
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Starovoit’s Apparent Suicide Could Shock the Kremlin’s System – The Moscow Times

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  1. Starovoit’s Apparent Suicide Could Shock the Kremlin’s System  The Moscow Times
  2. Russian minister dies by suicide hours after getting fired by Putin, officials say  CNN
  3. Russia Confirms Death of Minister Hours After Kremlin Dismissed Him  The New York Times
  4. Russian transport minister’s death fuels speculation about harsher environment for Kremlin elites  AP News
  5. What The Death Of Roman Starovoit Says About Putin’s Russia  Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
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BBC commentator Andrew Castle sorry for getting US footballer’s name wrong

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Trinity Rodman, girlfriend of tennis star Ben Shelton, was repeatedly called ‘Tiffany’ during Wimbledon coverage

The BBC commentator Andrew Castle has apologised after repeatedly getting the name of a top American footballer wrong.

Trinity Rodman, who is the girlfriend of the American tennis player Ben Shelton, criticised the BBC’s Wimbledon coverage in which Castle called her “Tiffany” several times.

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Israel Launches New Ground Incursion in Lebanon, Raising Fears for Truce – The New York Times

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  1. Israel Launches New Ground Incursion in Lebanon, Raising Fears for Truce  The New York Times
  2. Daily Briefing July 10: Day 643 – IDF executes ground ops in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria  The Times of Israel
  3. Israel says it launched ‘special, targeted operations’ in southern Lebanon  Al Jazeera
  4. Israeli military says it struck key Hamas figure in Lebanon's Tripoli  Reuters
  5. IDF Ground Forces Enter Lebanon To Target Hezbollah Infrastructure  i24NEWS
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Has the Trump-Putin bromance finally run its course?

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US president appears to have run out of patience with his Russian counterpart – but how that transmits into practical support for Kyiv remains to be seen

“I’m not happy with Putin. I can tell you that much right now,” Trump said, expressing his frustration with the Russian leader over the war in Ukraine. “We get a lot of bullshit thrown at us by Putin … He’s very nice all the time, but it turns out to be meaningless.”

It may not have been Churchillian in oratorical flourish, and with Trump everything is capable of being reversed in hours, but possibly, just possibly, the rupture between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump has happened. If so it is a transformatory moment, and a vindication for both Volodymyr Zelenskyy as he arrives in Rome for the annual Ukraine reconstruction conference and for those others, notably the British and the French governments, who have patiently helped the scales to fall from Trump’s eyes about Putin’s true intentions. At long last and after many false starts, the US president seems to have accepted he is unpersuadable on ending the war.

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North Korean defector sues Kim Jong-un in historic first – Korea JoongAng Daily

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  1. North Korean defector sues Kim Jong-un in historic first  Korea JoongAng Daily
  2. North Korean defector to sue Kim Jong-un alleging torture and sexual violence in regime’s detention facilities  The Guardian
  3. North Korean defector to sue Kim Jong Un for abuse  BBC
  4. Kim Jong Un To Face Criminal Lawsuit For First Time Ever From A North Korean Defector Over Human Rights Violations  Benzinga
  5. North Korean defector files unprecedented lawsuits against Kim Jong Un  NK News
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EU urged to build stockpiles to prepare for pandemic, natural disaster or invasion

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European Commission unveils strategy for storing food, medicine, generators and raw materials

The EU should develop stockpiles of food, medicine, generators and raw materials to be better prepared for a military invasion, pandemic or natural disaster, the European Commission has said.

Outlining its first-ever strategy on stockpiling, the EU executive said on Wednesday member states should also consider emergency supplies of water purification products, equipment to repair undersea cables, drones and mobile bridges for use in conflicts.

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French warned of high-risk summer for wildfires as Marseille blaze contained

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Mayor urges people to exercise utmost caution as weather service says situation around Mediterranean is critical

More than 15,000 residents of Marseille confined to their homes have been allowed out after a wildfire on the outskirts of France’s second city was brought under control, but officials have warned the country faces an exceptionally high-risk summer.

Fanned by gale-force winds and kindled by parched vegetation, several fires have burned swathes of southern France in recent days, including Tuesday’s just north of the port city. The weather service has said the weeks ahead could be critical.

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Intentional Act? Investigators Now Believe Pilots May Have Cut Fuel In Deadly Air India Boeing 787 Crash – View from the Wing

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  1. Intentional Act? Investigators Now Believe Pilots May Have Cut Fuel In Deadly Air India Boeing 787 Crash  View from the Wing
  2. Air India crash investigation focuses on movement of engine fuel control switches  The Air Current
  3. With Air India crash report imminent, theories shift to 787 switches  The Seattle Times
  4. Boeing Stock Is Rising. Air India Crash Investigators Focus on Fuel Switches.  Barron's
  5. Fuel Cutoff Switches Eyed in Air India Dreamliner Crash  AVweb
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Indian workers go on a daylong nationwide strike against Modi’s economic reforms – AP News

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  1. Indian workers go on a daylong nationwide strike against Modi’s economic reforms  AP News
  2. Hundreds of thousands of workers across India go on daylong nationwide strike against Modi proposals  PBS
  3. Over 25 crore workers joined the strike, claim trade unions  The Hindu
  4. Bharat Bandh today: Public services likely to be hit; 10 things to know about nationwide strike  Times of India
  5. Bharat Bandh On July 9: Who Called It, What's Open, What's Closed  NDTV
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Jailed Kurdish Leader Declares the End to PKK’s Armed Struggle In Turkey – The New York Times

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  1. Jailed Kurdish Leader Declares the End to PKK’s Armed Struggle In Turkey  The New York Times
  2. PKK’s jailed leader Ocalan says armed struggle against Turkiye over  Al Jazeera
  3. Jailed PKK leader Ocalan says armed struggle with Turkey is over  Reuters
  4. Turkey’s jailed Kurdish leader renews disarmament call in rare video  Financial Times
  5. PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan urges end to armed struggle  The Jerusalem Post
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Doctor reveals exact moment he realised Erin Patterson had poisoned the mushroom lunch – The Tab

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  1. Doctor reveals exact moment he realised Erin Patterson had poisoned the mushroom lunch  The Tab
  2. 'You did it': How doctor realised mushroom cook was a killer  BBC
  3. Mushroom trial spawns toxic media hot takes after Erin Patterson’s guilty verdict | Weekly Beast  The Guardian
  4. ‘Mushroom murder’ trial: Jury finds Australian woman deliberately killed lunch guests with poisoned Beef Wellington  CNN
  5. Celebrity chef dismayed over recipe used by Australia's mushroom killer  France 24
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