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The Jordanian authorities insisted that no tourists were wounded when tourist bus came under fire in Petra .
The US health authorities are on alert after a girl with measles visited Disneyland who possibly infected other people.
We also read that all major UK airports must introduce 3D baggage screening equipmen t before the end of 2022, the government says.
In another story we read that the International Association of Exorcists (AIE) insisted that the Devil really exists after the head of the Jesuit order said Satan was just a symbol.
The US must lift restrictions on UK businesses if it wants a trade deal with the UK, Boris Johnson was reported to have said.
In our photo story we can see the devastation effect caused by thousands of fires which are ravaging the Amazon rainforest in Brazil – the most intense blazes for almost a decade – from space .
In the Middle East, Israel’s military has said it thwarted an “imminent” Iranian attack involving killer drones after its fighter jets had attacked targets in Syria .
The Iranian tanker at the centre of a confrontation between the US and Iran has switched destination to Turkey.
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We also read that the Environmental and Resources Authority is investigating a possible breach of its guidelines with the pruning of trees in Santa Luċija ahead of their re-plantation to clear the way for road infrastructure.
In other stories we read about a family of a young woman, who was killed in a traffic accident caused by a drink-driving police officer in 2015, saying that the driver got off lightly with a punishment that does not deliver justice; a story about illegal steroids laboratories operating in Malta and about complaints filed by residents in homes for the elderly. – Full newspaper review can be accessed here.
On this day…
On this day in 1944 , some two months after the Allied invasion of Normandy, Paris was liberated from German occupiers as the Free French 2nd Armoured Division under General Jacques-Philippe Leclerc entered the city.
In 2018 , American politician John McCain—who developed a reputation as a political maverick while serving in Congress for some 35 years and during his failed bid for the presidency in 2008—died at age 81.
Check more anniversaries on this day here.
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Reflection for today:
“You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. – Indira Gandhi”
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