Far-right leader Alice Weidel’s scheduled “summer interview” was drowned out by raucous demonstrators.
Category: 3. Europe
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Protesters drown out live interview with far-right AfD party leader Alice Weidel
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UK police arrest six people after asylum seeker hotel protest turns violent
Chanting “Save our kids” and “Send them home,” more than 100 demonstrators, some waving England flags, gathered outside the Bell Hotel on Sunday evening. The protests escalated as night fell, with flares and projectiles thrown toward police vans blocking the entrance.
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Emergency water deliveries begin on Serbian mountain as drought endangers some 1,000 cows and horses
With no rainfall since May, farmers on Suva Planina are relying on water tanks to keep their cattle and horses alive.
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Elon Musk’s X slams French criminal investigation as politically motivated – POLITICO
The criminal investigation, which was opened earlier this month, comes as X is increasingly under fire from regulators across Europe. The European Commission has separately been investigating the Musk-owned platform for almost two years now on suspicion of breaching its landmark regulation,…
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Bioethanol plant hit by Trump trade deal warns of job cuts without UK bailout – POLITICO
As part of the U.K.-U.S. Economic Prosperity Deal, struck between the Trump administration and Starmer’s U.K. government, the U.K. granted Washington a new tariff-free quota of up to 1.4 billion liters of ethanol, which is used in farming and as a fuel source.
Hackett said this is worth…
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No laughing matter: US star Ellen DeGeneres confirms she moved to the UK because of Trump
Comedian Ellen DeGeneres has swapped Hollywood for the Cotswolds – revealing she moved to the UK the day after Donald Trump was re-elected and now calls life in Britain “just better”.
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Elon Musk to build child-friendly AI model ‘Baby Grok’ despite past controversies
Billionaire Elon Musk says he will launch a kid-friendly version of Grok AI, his artificial intelligence chatbot that has previously come under fire.
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New car sales in Europe increase by 9% in April
European new car sales surged to 1.34 million cars in April, representing a 9% increase compared with the same month in 2017 and a stark contrast to the 5.2% decline seen in March.
The UK contributed to the growth with its 10.4% boost in new car…
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Germany's top firms present Merz with investment push to revive economy
Around 60 leading German companies pledged a major “Made for Germany” investment initiative on Monday, aiming to boost investor confidence in the country after two years of recession.
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