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Your Morning Briefing provides you with the salient news of the main happenings in Malta, Europe and the World.
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Greece has “serious indications” that a fire that killed at least 83 people near Athens earlier this week was started deliberately. Read more here
Michel Barnier has warned that attempts to appeal to EU leaders over his head were a waste of time, as he tore up Theresa May’s proposals on customs after Brexit, in effect killing off the Chequers plan. Read more here
North Korea on Friday returned the remains of what are believed to be U.S. servicemen killed during the Korean War, the White House said, with a U.S military plane making a rare trip from a U.S. base in South Korea to a coastal city in the North to retrieve the remains.
Three people has been arrested in connection after the discovery of 150kg of drugs has been found through a major operation led by the Customs.
Police are still actively investigating an undisclosed number of persons in connection with the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, the Criminal Court has heard.
The former international cricket star Imran Khan has declared victory in Pakistan’s general election, hailing what he described as “the fairest” vote in the country’s history, despite widespread allegations it was rigged in favour of his Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party. Read more here
PN MEP Francis Zammit Dimech and former Deputy Leader Tonio Borg have drawn up a draft of the terms of reference on which mediation between PN Leader Adrian Delia and PN MP Simon Busuttil will take place in the wake of a current deadlock between two opposing sides within the Nationalist Party.
The Egrant inquiring magistrate ordered further investigations and possible proceedings against individuals, the Office of the Prime Minister said yesterday. Replying to questions by the Times of Malta on the publication of the report, a spokesman for the Prime Minister said the action ordered was “against individuals who were part of this orchestration, in particular ones who have been front and centre of the allegations spread against the Prime Minister and his family”.
The Nationalist Party’s head of media Pierre Portelli has defended his role in the Egrant saga, arguing that he never gave credence to a crucial document that fell into his possession.
The Russian Defence Ministry said it thanked the Israeli army for destroying an Islamic State missile launcher that fired two rockets Wednesday that landed in the Sea of Galilee. Read more here
Police in Rome have cleared nearly 400 people, including dozens of children, from a camp inhabited for years by members of the minority Roma community, despite an EU court ruling halting demolition. Read more here
Khalifa Haftar-led Libyan National Army has accused the country’s central bank head of funnelling money to extremist groups, the Muslim Brotherhood and a militia leader who blockaded Libya’s largest oil terminals. Read more here
A CNN correspondent was barred from attending an open press event at the White House on Wednesday because of questions she asked President Donald Trump earlier in the day. Read more here
German ministers welcomed an initiative agreed between U.S. President Donald Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to ease the threat of a trade war, with one describing it as a breakthrough and another saying it had won the EU time. Read more here
Polish President Andrzej Duda signed into law on Thursday a measure allowing the government to choose the next Supreme Court chief despite protesters claiming it violates judicial independence. Read more here
The state of Palestine has been elected as the presiding country of the Group of 77, the biggest bloc of developing countries at the United Nations, a move that has irked Israel. Read more here.
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