As of April, Italy’s prisons held over 62,000 people in facilities built for just 51,000, according to a report by Antigone, an NGO that monitors prison conditions. Suicides are surging, with 45 inmates killing themselves this year as of July 24. In 2024 some 91 suicides were recorded…
Category: 3. Europe
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Wizz Air launches budget £20 flights to ‘Maldives of Europe’
Blessed with a Mediterranean climate and summer temperatures soaring up to 30°C, it’s a paradise for sun worshippers. Jetting off to Albania won’t break the bank either.
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Europe’s recognition of ‘Palestine’ is a cynical joke
French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced this week that their countries would unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state.
The first problem with that is “Palestine” is a fictional place. There never was…
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How Europe is vying for rare earth independence from China
Jonathan JosephsReporting fromLa Rochelle, western France
BBCSolvay’s rare earths processing facility in western France is one of only two in Europe For almost 80 years rare earth metals have been pumped out of this industrial plant in La Rochelle…
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Trump tells European leaders he’ll continue Russia talks through in-person meetings with Putin
President Donald Trump told European leaders Wednesday he intends to meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in person and later hold a trilateral with Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy — suggesting Trump still sees a possibility of ending the conflict through diplomacy.
A…
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Twisted wreckage shows sanctions haven’t yet stopped Russia
Jonathan BealeDefence correspondent in Kharkiv
Lee Durant/BBCDymtro Chubenko collects and documents evidence of Russian attacks Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Western nations have imposed far-reaching sanctions on the aggressor, in a bid to stymy its war effort.
But on…
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Blaze is ‘catastrophe on an unprecedented scale’
Rachel Hagan & Tom McArthurBBC News
Watch: Deadly wildfire spreads in southern France French Prime Minister François Bayrou says a huge, deadly wildfire sweeping through the south of France is a “catastrophe on an unprecedented scale”.
He has been visiting the Aude region, where wildfires have…
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Witkoff has ‘highly productive’ meeting with Putin ahead of Friday ceasefire deadline
President Donald Trump signaled “great progress” in talks with Russia after Special Envoy Steve Witkoff held an eleventh-hour meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday, amid Trump’s looming Friday ceasefire ultimatum.
“My Special Envoy, Steve Witkoff, just…
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Qatar Threatens Natural Gas Embargo Against The EU
Saad Sherida al-Kaabi, Qatar’s energy minister and CEO of QatarEnergy, has threatened to cut off LNG to the EU, depriving it of an important energy source as it attempts to reduce its dependence on Russian energy. (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP)…
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Fifty stages and 1,00 performances await guests at this year's Sziget Festival in Hungary
New additions this year include a nightclub and several new stages, while the island’s beach has been closed due to high water levels on the Danube.
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