In a developing story we read that Wiltshire Police have declared a major incident after it was suspected that two people might have been exposed to an “unknown substance” in Amesbury, UK. Emergency services were called to an address in Muggleton Road, Amesbury on Saturday evening (June 30) after a man and woman, both in their 40s, were found unconscious in a property.
Sea-Watch has claimed that its vessel has been detained in Malta without any legal grounds while people continue dying out at sea. The Independent reports that the lack of permission to sail from Malta turns out not to be a registration issue, but a political campaign to stop civil rescue at sea,” a statement on the NGO’s website read. The 234 migrants rescued by the MV Lifeline were hoping to make it to mainland Europe, the Times of Malta has been told.
The toxic fumes from cruise liners sailing into the Grand Harbour would only get worse in the coming weeks as more ships arrived during the hot summer season, conservationists warned yesterday.
The government and the Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses (MUMN) are around halfway to reaching an agreement on the union’s demands for nurses and midwives, the general secretary of the MUMN, Colin Galea, has confirmed with The Malta Independent.
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has warned that Germany’s new migration deal could force the Alpine country to impose stronger border checks on Italy and Slovenia. The deal ended a bitter German government crisis. Read more here
President Trump has written sharply worded letters to the leaders of several NATO allies — including Germany, Belgium, Norway and Canada — taking them to task for spending too little on their own defence and warning that the United States is losing patience with what he said was their failure to meet security obligations shared by the alliance. Read more here
Matteo Salvini’s electoral victory in the southern region of Calabria during the Italian general election this year was supported by a former politician who law enforcement authorities have claimed has close ties to the ‘Ndrangheta, the criminal organisation that controls most of the cocaine trade in Europe. Read more here
The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior for Illegal Immigration Affairs Mohammed al-Shibani confirmed that the ministry is to develop a plan to combat illegal immigration in Libya. Read more here
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been arrested in Kuala Lumpur, state media reported, as part of probe into alleged theft and money-laundering at the 1MDB state investment fund. Read more here
A healthcare worker has been arrested on suspicion of murdering eight babies and attempting to kill a further six at the Countess of Chester hospital in Cheshire. Read more here
Samsung is investigating reports that its default text messaging app on the Galaxy S8 and S9 smartphones is sending photos to random contacts without permission. The issue may have been be caused by an update to the texting app Samsung Messages. Read more here
A migrants’ rights charity has condemned the UK government for “routinely” separating families by placing parents in immigration detention. Read more here
Guy Pearce has suggested he was groped by Kevin Spacey when the pair appeared together in the 1997 film LA Confidential. Read more here
John Obi Mikel has revealed he was told that his father had been kidnapped just hours before the World Cup match between Nigeria and Argentina. Read more here
The Sun’s “Go KANE!” headline irks Colombian UK ambassador. Read more here
Sweden booked their place in the FIFA World Cup™ quarter-finals for the first time in almost a quarter of a century after Emil Forsberg forced a slender 1-0 win over Switzerland in Saint Petersburg. Read more here
England defeated Colombia to reach the quarter-finals of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™. Penalties were needed at Moscow’s Spartak Stadium to decide the match and keep alive the Three Lions’ dream of a second World Cup title after 1966. Read more here
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has warned that Germany’s new migration deal could force the Alpine country to impose stronger border checks on Italy and Slovenia. The deal ended a bitter German government crisis. Read more here
President Trump has written sharply worded letters to the leaders of several NATO allies — including Germany, Belgium, Norway and Canada — taking them to task for spending too little on their own defence and warning that the United States is losing patience with what he said was their failure to meet security obligations shared by the alliance. Read more here
Matteo Salvini’s electoral victory in the southern region of Calabria during the Italian general election this year was supported by a former politician who law enforcement authorities have claimed has close ties to the ‘Ndrangheta, the criminal organisation that controls most of the cocaine trade in Europe. Read more here
The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior for Illegal Immigration Affairs Mohammed al-Shibani confirmed that the ministry is to develop a plan to combat illegal immigration in Libya. Read more here
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been arrested in Kuala Lumpur, state media reported, as part of probe into alleged theft and money-laundering at the 1MDB state investment fund. Read more here
A healthcare worker has been arrested on suspicion of murdering eight babies and attempting to kill a further six at the Countess of Chester hospital in Cheshire. Read more here
Samsung is investigating reports that its default text messaging app on the Galaxy S8 and S9 smartphones is sending photos to random contacts without permission. The issue may have been be caused by an update to the texting app Samsung Messages. Read more here
A migrants’ rights charity has condemned the UK government for “routinely” separating families by placing parents in immigration detention. Read more here
Guy Pearce has suggested he was groped by Kevin Spacey when the pair appeared together in the 1997 film LA Confidential. Read more here
John Obi Mikel has revealed he was told that his father had been kidnapped just hours before the World Cup match between Nigeria and Argentina. Read more here
The Sun’s “Go KANE!” headline irks Colombian UK ambassador. Read more here
Sweden booked their place in the FIFA World Cup™ quarter-finals for the first time in almost a quarter of a century after Emil Forsberg forced a slender 1-0 win over Switzerland in Saint Petersburg. Read more here
England defeated Colombia to reach the quarter-finals of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™. Penalties were needed at Moscow’s Spartak Stadium to decide the match and keep alive the Three Lions’ dream of a second World Cup title after 1966. Read more here
