‘Everyone is indoors’: life on pause on hottest day of Greek heatwave
There were few people to be seen in Mystras as temperatures were forecast to reach 46C “It’s hot,” said Panagiotis Vahaviolos, with some understatement. “So...
Month : July 2023
‘Like a blowtorch’: Mediterranean gripped by wildfires as blazes spread in Croatia and Portugal
‘There is no magical defence mechanism,’ says Greek prime minister as fires burn in northern Africa and southern Europe Wildfires were burning in at least...
Russia-Ukraine war live: Zelenskiy issues fresh corruption warning; Russia raises conscription age limit
Zelenskiy warns MPs, judges and military officials against ‘opposition to the state’ as two landmark cases come to light; Russia expands upper conscription age from...
UK inaction let Wagner group flourish and grow, say MPs
Foreign affairs select committee condemns government’s ‘dismal lack of understanding’ about group’s hold in Africa A decade-long failure by the British government has allowed the...
Eight men found guilty of Brussels terrorist attacks in 2016
Islamic State bombers killed 32 and injured more than 300 in attacks at subway station and airport Eight men have been found guilty of murder...
Wildfires tear through Sicily forcing Palermo airport to close – video
Palermo’s airport, on the Italian island of Sicily, was forced to shut for a few hours on Tuesday morning as firefighters battled a blaze at...
Russia-Ukraine war live: Moscow launches drone strikes on Kyiv; UN says mines found at Zaporizhzhia plant
Head of Kyiv military administration says all drones were destroyed; UN atomic watchdog finds anti-personnel mines at Russian-occupied nuclear power station Russia-Ukraine war at a...
Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 517 of the invasion
Russia trying to ‘make the world starve’ says Odesa governor; UN nuclear watchdog finds anti-personnel mines in Zaporizhzhia See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverage Continue...
Travel firms flying tourists to Rhodes are ‘profiteering’, senior Tory says
Alicia Kearns backs calls for the government to advise against travel to the Greek island Travel firms that continue to fly tourists to Rhodes have...
Greta Thunberg fined for disobeying Swedish police at climate protest
Activist had pleaded not guilty on grounds she acted out of necessity at demonstration that blocked oil trucks in Malmö Greta Thunberg has been fined...
