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Man appears in court charged with Belfast murder of Mary Ward

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Friday, 18 October - 12:40

Ward’s body was found at her home and Ahmed Abdirahman was arrested in Dublin

A man has appeared in a Dublin court charged with the murder of Mary Ward in Belfast.

The 22-year-old was found dead at her home on 1 October with neck wounds. Her body was found after police officers went to her house, but she was last seen alive on 25 September, according to police.

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Les voyages en avion en Europe du Nord pourraient être perturbés par l’armée russe

news.movim.eu / Numerama · Friday, 18 October - 12:21

Des compagnies aériennes se plaignent du brouillage des signaux GPS en Europe du Nord opéré par l'armée russe. La situation reste stable, mais des avions ont dû retarder leurs vols à cause de ces interférences.

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Russia seeks to ban ‘propaganda’ promoting childfree lifestyles

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Friday, 18 October - 11:59

People could face fines of up to 400,000 rubles, as data suggests birthrate has slid to lowest level in quarter of a century

A law that would ban “propaganda” seeking to champion a childfree lifestyle has cleared its first hurdle in Russia’s lower house of parliament, gaining unanimous approval among lawmakers for a bill promoted as a means to increase the country’s birthrate.

The new legislation sets out fines for those deemed to be discouraging people from having children, as official data released last month suggested Russia’s birthrate had slid to its lowest level in a quarter of a century, a slump exacerbated by the country’s ageing population and Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

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Baby dies after boat capsizes in attempted Channel crossing

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Friday, 18 October - 07:55

French authorities say 65 people rescued after overloaded boat sinks off coast of Wissant

A baby died after a boat carrying people in the Channel towards Britain capsized off the French coast, local coastguards have said.

The incident happened on Thursday night when 65 people were rescued after an overloaded boat started to sink off the coast of Wissant in northern France. Some people were in the water when rescuers arrived. An unconscious baby was found in the water and was later declared dead.

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Valentino steals the show in Paris with Alessandro Michele at the helm

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Sunday, 29 September - 17:05

Ex-Gucci star brings 70s haute bourgeoisie ladies in trailing chiffons and Gen Z boys in tattoos and pearls to the runway

Valentino was the hottest ticket of this Paris fashion week, and the show had a sense of occasion to match.

A vast floor was laid with smashed mirror tiles, glittering like a ballroom after an earthquake. Five hundred armchairs and a smattering of glowing lamps lay beneath a shroud of white sheets, as if a grand house had been locked up for a long winter. The house of Valentino was shaking off the cobwebs for a new era and hitting the dancefloor.

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Far-right Freedom party winning Austrian election, first results show

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Sunday, 29 September - 16:18

Party projected to beat centre-right People’s party by three points, surpassing expectations

Preliminary results from Austria’s general election showed the far-right Freedom party (FPÖ) winning the most votes for the first time in the postwar period as it rode a tide of public anger over migration and the cost of living. It was projected to beat the co-ruling centre-right People’s party (ÖVP) by three points, surpassing expectations.

Data reported on public television indicated the FPÖ, which campaigned hard on a pledge of “remigration” of undesired immigrants, had taken about 29.1% of the vote, comfortably ahead of the ÖVP of chancellor Karl Nehammer on 26.2%. The opposition Social Democratic party scored its worst ever result – about 20.4% – while the liberal NEOS drew about 8.8%. Despite devastating flooding this month from Storm Boris bringing the climate crisis to the fore, the Greens, junior partners in the government coalition, tallied just 8.6%.

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Melting glaciers force Switzerland and Italy to redraw part of Alpine border

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Sunday, 29 September - 14:28

Two countries agree to modifications beneath Matterhorn peak, one of Europe’s highest summits

Switzerland and Italy have redrawn a border that traverses an Alpine peak as melting glaciers shift the historically defined frontier.

The two countries agreed to the modifications beneath the Matterhorn peak, one of the highest summits in Europe, which straddles Switzerland’s Zermatt region and Italy’s Aosta Valley.

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Austria election live: polling on a knife-edge, with far-right Freedom party just ahead of incumbent leader

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Sunday, 29 September - 14:04

Far-right FPÖ could become strongest force in the country for first time in postwar period

Here are some images from election day in Austria.

Austrians are going to the polls today.

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Search resumes in what may be deadliest migrant boat sinking off Canaries

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Sunday, 29 September - 13:09

At least nine people have died and 48 are missing after vessel carrying 87 people sinks off island of El Hierro

Patrol boats and helicopters were searching on Sunday for about 48 people missing after their migrant boat sank near the Spanish island of El Hierro in what could become the deadliest such incident in 30 years of crossings from Africa to the Canary Islands.

Nine people, one of them a child, have been confirmed as dead after the vessel sank in the early hours of Saturday morning, emergency and rescue services said.