French riot police used teargas on people trying to board small boat, charity claims

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CRS officers funded by UK tried to stop boarding of boat, on day four asylum seekers died trying to cross Channel

French riot police funded by UK taxpayers used teargas on asylum seekers in an attempt to stop them from boarding a boat in which three women were later found dead, a charity has claimed.

Footage and photographs seen by the Guardian show CS gas canisters being fired towards groups of people on Plage du Braek near Dunkirk at 4am on Thursday. At 6am, three women were found dead in a boat near the same beach.

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Record-low Danube River affects tourism and industry as drought and heat grip Central Europe – AP News

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  1. Record-low Danube River affects tourism and industry as drought and heat grip Central Europe  AP News
  2. Danube water levels: Hungary, Romania cut nuclear output  DW.com
  3. Danube's record low levels force shutdown of Hungary's only nuclear plant  BBC
  4. Hungary Braces for ‘Critical’ Conditions on Nuclear Plant Halt  Bloomberg
  5. Low Danube river levels force Romania to shut down both of its nuclear power reactors  Reuters
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French student pleads guilty and is fined for a straw-licking stunt in Singapore – AP News

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  1. French student pleads guilty and is fined for a straw-licking stunt in Singapore  AP News
  2. Singapore fines French teen $465 for viral straw-licking stunt  BBC
  3. French student fined over Singapore straw licking prank  DW.com
  4. Teen Who Licked Public Straw Gets His Punishment  Newser
  5. Teen Fined Over Gross Social Media Straw-Licking Stunt in Singapore  The Daily Beast
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Sunken Nazi warships resurface as water levels drop – Reuters

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  1. Sunken Nazi warships resurface as water levels drop  Reuters
  2. Ancient mammoth remains and a Nazi shipwreck: Europe’s shrinking rivers reveal past relics  CNN
  3. Low water levels: EU clears old Nazi warships from the Danube  Euronews.com
  4. Nazi boat uncovered in Danube drought  The Telegraph
  5. Nazi-era warships emerge as heatwave reduces water level in Europe's Danube  India Today
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Race to extinguish blazes across Europe as fire weather breaks records

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Figures show hot, dry, windy conditions in EU are 43% more severe than the average over last 20 years

Fire weather in the EU has broken records for severity for this time of year, data shows, as firefighters race to extinguish blazes across the Mediterranean.

Inflamed by carbon pollution, the hot, dry and windy weather across the EU from the start of the year until the end of July has been 43% more severe than the average for the same period over the last two decades, data from the European Forest Fire Information Service (Effis) shows.

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Man captures dramatic moment when shark attacked him: See the video – KOCO

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  1. Man captures dramatic moment when shark attacked him: See the video  KOCO
  2. Watch: Terrifying footage captures shark attacking spearfisher near popular tourist destination  FOX Weather
  3. MORNING BUZZ: Diver expected to make full recovery after shark attack  abcnews4.com
  4. Terrifying POV Footage Captures Intense Shark Attack  Yahoo
  5. Influencer films shark almost biting off his leg —then shares amazing message about terrifying moment  New York Post
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Saudi Arabia prepares sea and possible land offensive against Houthis

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Yemeni sources say Saudis concentrating forces for what could be attack in central Yemen

Saudi Arabia is preparing for a major military offensive against the Houthis by sea and possibly by land in central Yemen, Yemeni sources believe, in a move to break the chokehold on its oil exports through the southern Red Sea.

Saudi forces have been seen withdrawing from the east of Yemen in what could be preparation for a land offensive. At the same time, Riyadh is trying to organise a naval coalition to protect shipping from Houthi attacks in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab strait.

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40,000-year-old bird figurines the size of a thumbnail discovered in German cave – Live Science

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  1. 40,000-year-old bird figurines the size of a thumbnail discovered in German cave  Live Science
  2. Ice Age artists carved thumbnail-size bird figurines from mammoth ivory 40,000 years ago  Phys.org
  3. These Tiny 40,000-Year-Old Bird Carvings Reveal Astonishing Ice Age Artistry  ZME Science
  4. Miniature, 40,000-year old ivory birds discovered in German cave  Yahoo
  5. Archaeologists Discover Two Thumbnail-Sized Bird Sculptures Carved From Mammoth Ivory 40,000 Years Ago  Smithsonian Magazine
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Russia used N.Korean missile for deadly strike on Ukrainian village, Zelenskiy says – Reuters

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  1. Russia used N.Korean missile for deadly strike on Ukrainian village, Zelenskiy says  Reuters
  2. A Russian missile slammed into a house in Ukraine. Four children are among the dead  CNN
  3. At least five members of same family killed in Russian missile attack, Zelensky says  BBC
  4. Ukrainian family killed near Kryvyi Rih were hit by North Korean missile fired by Russia – Zelenskyy  Українська правда
  5. Ukraine war latest: Six killed after Putin launches ‘North Korean ballistic missile’  independent.co.uk
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