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Immigration and asylum minister denies UK-EU deal will increase Channel crossings
The European Union has rejected demands from airports and airlines to suspend its new post-Brexit entry/exit system (EES), which requires non-EU travellers to register fingerprints and facial images when entering the Schengen zone. With the peak summer holiday season about to begin, officials conceded the system was “not perfect” and acknowledged around 20 “difficult spots”…
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Cupid at the Kremlin Wall
The 60th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) hosted the inaugural “Book-to-Screen at KVIFF” showcase as part of its expanded Industry Days programme, presenting Central and Eastern European literary works considered ripe for film or television adaptation. The event matters as an attempt to build a dedicated regional market for adaptation rights, with programme head…
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Anastasiia Berezovska found dead in Ukraine after Monaco parcel bombing
Anastasiia Berezovska, the 39-year-old Ukrainian woman suspected of carrying out a parcel bombing in Monaco that injured a sanctioned Ukrainian multi-millionaire and his family, has been found dead in Ukraine, according to the country’s security service (SBU). The discovery ends a cross-border manhunt that had spanned several countries and marks a dramatic turn in a…
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Arthur Fery becomes last Briton standing in Wimbledon quarter-finals
France-born British player Arthur Fery, aged 23, has become the last British singles player standing at Wimbledon after reaching the men’s quarter-finals as a wildcard. His run matters because it is an unexpected success story on home soil for a player who grew up close to the All England Club in south-west London and played…
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Russia unmoved by Burnham or Farage as PM, says Badenoch
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch launched a sharp attack on Labour’s handling of defence as an outgoing Sir Keir Starmer travelled to a NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, carrying what critics have called an unfunded defence plan. She accused the Prime Minister of leaving a £5billion “black hole” in the Government’s Defence Investment Plan for his…
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A boozy road trip to Venice anchors Francesco Sossai’s ageing tragicomedy
The Guardian has published a review of The Last One for the Road, a new tragicomedy by director Francesco Sossai. The film is presented as a road movie and buddy comedy following two amiable, perpetually drunk middle-aged men on a wandering journey towards Venice, and the review matters as a critical appraisal of a low-key…
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Autonomous US ground vehicles have driven over 1,100 missions in Ukraine
Forterra, a US builder of autonomous vehicles, has revealed that more than 100 of its self-driving all-terrain vehicles have been operating in Ukrainian conflict zones over the past nine months — what the company believes is the largest combat deployment of autonomous ground vehicles by any US defence tech firm. Funded by US defence dollars,…
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Blasts strike Damascus as Macron makes state visit to Syria
The French president is the first head of state of a European Union country to visit since rebels led by Ahmed al-Sharaa toppled Bashar al-Assad in 2024.
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Toxic silver-cheeked pufferfish spreading across Mediterranean holiday coastlines alarms swimmers
Holidaymakers travelling to the Mediterranean this summer have been warned about the spread of the silver-cheeked pufferfish, a toxic species that has migrated into the sea through the Suez Canal. The fish carries a potent neurotoxin and has an exceptionally powerful bite, and its rapid expansion across popular tourist coastlines has prompted growing concern among…
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Belgium cruise past United States to face Spain in quarter-final
Belgium ease past a defensively sloppy USA in a match shrouded in controversy surrounding Folarin Balogun’s delayed suspension, a scandal that made little impact on the pitch.