Erdogan gives every Nato leader personalised gun as farewell gift at Ankara summit
The engraved firearms were accompanied by live ammunition and a cleaning kit
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Trump’s NATO Summit, and Everyone Else’s
While President Trump insulted allies and demanded loyalty, the military alliance moved quietly closer to accepting more European responsibility for defense.
VW workers protest in Germany over proposed job cuts and factory closures
Demonstrations at 18 sites set up as radical transformation plan put to board of Europe’s biggest carmakerVolkswagen’s proposal to slash up to 100,000 jobs and close factories faced a major test on Thursday as it was formally put to its supervisory boa…
Barcelona registers highest temperature in 112 years as French nuclear reactor shuts down due to extreme heat – as it happened
Some stations in Spain recorded temperatures of up to 44C after western Europe experienced the warmest June on recordA high temperature warning has also been issued for a dozen counties in the Republic of Ireland, PA reported.Irish national forecaster …
Museum floor covered in 800 pounds of peanut butter in sticky tribute to artist
That is roughly 15,000 sandwiches worth
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky hails ‘productive’ Nato summit after Patriot missile licences agreed with Trump
Key supplies of the missiles will arrive in the next few days
An Italian region defies US pressure to end a Cuban doctors program
Cuban doctors are working in hospitals in Italy’s Calabria region under a long-running program despite U.S. efforts to end it
Western Europe records hottest-ever June as heatwaves intensify
Temperatures across ravaged region 3C above average as scientists warn of risks for people, ecosystems and infrastructureRecord wildfires in Europe show failure to adapt carries a mounting costWestern Europe has been scorched by its hottest June on rec…
Western Europe records its hottest June on record, says EU climate monitor
EU’s climate monitor said Thursday that Western Europe this year experienced its hottest June on record as a searing heatwave swept across the world’s fastest-warming continent. June was particularly brutal for Europe as a “heat dome” – a high-pressur…
Sabre-rattling to ‘tremendous love’: erratic Trump dominates final hours of Nato summit
Alliance leaders, who had feared the worst, will hail US president’s renewed support for article 5 as key victoryAn erratic and at times irascible Donald Trump has said he felt a “tremendous love” from western leaders at the Nato summit, only hours aft…