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- Senegal protests: More clashes erupt as death toll riseson 2023-06-04 at 01:05
Clashes between supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and the police have killed at least 15 people. The violence erupted after he was sentenced to two years in prison.
- Ukraine war: Twenty injured after Russian strike on Dniproon 2023-06-04 at 00:43
Five of those hurt are children, of whom three are in a serious condition, a Ukrainian official says.
- India train accident: Modi vows punishments over deadly Odisha crashon 2023-06-04 at 00:20
At least 288 people were killed in the collision of two passenger trains and a goods train in Odisha.
- Ghetto Kids: Winning Britain’s Got Talent would mean a bigger house in Ugandaon 2023-06-03 at 23:27
A group of Ugandan children is on the verge of glory after reaching the final of Britain’s Got Talent.
- Sudan conflict: Caesarean by phone light – giving birth in a warzoneon 2023-06-03 at 23:04
Women in Sudan’s few remaining maternity wards are having babies to the sound of gunfire.
- Why are people leaving Russia, who are they, and where are they going?on 2023-06-03 at 23:01
A trickle of Russians leaving became a stream after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine of 2022.
- River Plate: Football game is abandoned in Argentina after fan falls from standon 2023-06-03 at 22:27
A top-flight match in Argentina is abandoned after a fan falls to their death from a stand at the stadium.
- Serbia: Belgrade rocked by anti-government protestson 2023-06-03 at 22:24
Protesters returned to the streets as President Aleksandar Vucic ignored their calls to resign. The latest rallies come amid public anger following two deadly mass shootings.
- Swiatek cruises, Gauff wins battle of teens in third round of French Openby NEWS WIRES on 2023-06-03 at 20:32
World number one and defending champion Iga Swiatek took just 51 minutes to reach the French Open fourth round on Saturday as Coco Gauff ended 16-year-old Mirra Andreeva’s memorable Paris debut.
- Hong Kong: 8 held on eve of Tiananmen Square anniversaryon 2023-06-03 at 20:07
Hong Kong has banned a vigil for the victims of the brutal 1989 crackdown on protesters in Beijing. Pro-China groups have put on a carnival in the park where the anniversary would usually be commemorated.
- Turkey’s Erdogan sworn in for 3rd term as presidenton 2023-06-03 at 19:58
Recep Tayyip Erdogan was inaugurated for another five-year term, calling for reconciliation with his political opponents after a bitter election battle. In a cabinet reshuffle, Mehmet Simsek was named finance minister.
- Tens of thousands in Belgrade stage fifth anti-government protest since mass shootingsby NEWS WIRES on 2023-06-03 at 18:48
Tens of thousands gathered on Saturday for the fifth anti-government protest this month in Serbia’s capital Belgrade after two back-to-back shootings that killed 18 people, half of them children.
- PSG announces Messi leaving club after final match of seasonby NEWS WIRES on 2023-06-03 at 18:22
Lionel Messi is leaving Paris Saint-Germain after their final match of the season on Saturday, the Ligue 1 champions said on social media.
- India train accident: ‘Distress and chaos’ at hospital treating injured passengerson 2023-06-03 at 18:13
A collision between three trains in Odisha state left at least 288 people dead and over 800 injured.
- Biden says debt ceiling deal averted ‘economic collapse’on 2023-06-03 at 17:53
The US president signs the package into law on Saturday after it cruised through Congress.
- Three Israeli soldiers killed near Egypt borderon 2023-06-03 at 17:44
The incident came after a drug smuggling operation was thwarted at the border, the army says.
- Lebanon says will send investigators to France after Beirut’s envoy accused of rapeby NEWS WIRES on 2023-06-03 at 17:44
Lebanon’s foreign ministry said Saturday it would send an investigation team to Paris following reports that Beirut’s ambassador to France, Rami Adwan, has been accused of rape and intentional violence.
- India’s Modi: ‘No stone unturned’ in train crash probeon 2023-06-03 at 16:18
A major effort to identify bodies has begun in India’s eastern Odisha state as the death toll from Friday’s railway disaster climbed to 288. A high-level investigation into the accident is underway.
- Le Pen’s far right served as mouthpiece for the Kremlin, says French parliamentary reportby Benjamin DODMAN on 2023-06-03 at 15:47
Dogged by accusations of proximity to the Kremlin, Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party had hoped to clear its name by setting up a parliamentary inquiry to investigate foreign interference in French politics. But a draft report on the committee’s findings, which was leaked to the press this week, shows the move backfired spectacularly, finding instead that Le Pen’s policy stances sometimes echo the “official language of Putin’s regime”.
- Russian wineries maintain production despite EU sanctionson 2023-06-03 at 15:47
Russian wine suppliers have been facing difficulties due to EU sanctions. But Putin’s favorite vintners have been trying to import material from Portugal and France through third-party countries. DW investigates.
- Ukraine updates: Zelenskyy ‘ready’ to stage counteroffensiveon 2023-06-03 at 15:39
The Ukrainian president warned of huge casualties unless Western allies can deliver more Patriot air defense systems. The IAEA meanwhile said the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is "extremely vulnerable." DW has the latest.
- How China is erasing Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Square memorieson 2023-06-03 at 15:33
Authorities in Hong Kong have been actively removing books about the Tiananmen Square Massacre from library shelves to silence the past. But communities overseas are keeping the legacy alive.
- Israeli soldiers killed in Egypt border shooting: armyon 2023-06-03 at 15:08
Three Israeli soldiers and a member of Egypt’s security forces have died in a fairly rare exchange of fire near the two countries’ border, their militaries said. The countries said they were investigating together.
- Israeli soldiers, Egyptian border guard killed in rare exchange of deadly fireby NEWS WIRES on 2023-06-03 at 14:08
A gunbattle involving an Egyptian border guard in southern Israel along the border left three Israeli soldiers and the Egyptian officer dead Saturday, officials said. It was a rare instance of deadly violence along the frontier.
- ‘A first’ from Mars: European spacecraft sends livestream from red planetby NEWS WIRES on 2023-06-03 at 12:53
A European spacecraft around Mars sent its first livestream from the red planet to Earth on Friday to mark the 20th anniversary of its launch, but rain in Spain interfered at times.
- Eyewitnesses describe pain and agony of India train crashon 2023-06-03 at 12:05
The train collision in India’s Odisha state on Friday evening is the country’s worst this century.
- Nations agree to draft landmark UN treaty against plastic pollution by end of 2023by NEWS WIRES on 2023-06-03 at 11:44
Global negotiators have agreed to craft an initial draft treaty to end plastic pollution, a preliminary but crucial step toward tackling one of the most lasting sources of human waste.
- Philippe Pozzo di Borgo, inspiration for ‘The Intouchables,’ dies at 72on 2023-06-03 at 10:45
The French businessman whose personal tale of friendship in adversity inspired an award-winning film has died. The directors said his story "changed our lives and the lives of many vulnerable and fragile people."