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More than 1,000 firefighters, supported by bomber aircraft, have been battling since Tuesday to control two wildfires in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, dusty conditions and strong winds. While temperatures dropped slightly in Portugal, they were expected to exceed 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some areas, with five areas on red alert and more than 1,000 firefighters battling 17 blazes, authorities said. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters....

Kash Heed made the comments during an interview with CTV News on Saturday while discussing the challenges he believes investigators will face in finding Malik’s killer — or killers. Malik was murdered on Thursday morning outside his business in Surrey. Homicide investigators said a white Honda CRV pulled up more than two hours earlier and that the occupants were waiting for Malik. The vehicle was later found burnt out in an alley nearby....

Boris Johnson’s resignation announcement on Thursday sparked an internal row over the election of a new party leader, who will in turn be appointed prime minister by the Queen. Plans for the match will be signed off at the 1922 party committee meeting on Monday. The competition will be held in two stages. In the first, Conservative MPs will whittle down a long list of candidates to just two. A campaign will follow among the party’s 100,000 members, who will decide the next leader....

The weekend trend for stormy weather has shifted east from the Prairies into Ontario. Severe thunderstorms threatened southeastern Manitoba on Sunday, with the same threat covering parts of the province and northwestern Ontario. Monday may see stronger storms, but there is relief from the persistent pattern. More on Monday’s severe storms and what lies ahead, below. MUST READ: 5 essentials to take to the farmer’s market on sunny days...

He also denied there were questions about Mr Sunak’s integrity. “He’s been very hands-on throughout this whole situation. He’s supported the Prime Minister in every way over the last two years, through some very difficult decisions on Covid,” Mr Holden said. He also played down suggestions, informed by opinion polls, that Mr Sunak is not particularly popular with Tory party members, compared to other lesser-known candidates. “I think it’s very easy to project what you like on someone you don’t know that well....

Show only key events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature Asked about the politics of Rwanda, Truss says: “I totally agree with the politics of Rwanda.” He says he has worked closely with Priti Patel, the home secretary, on this. And that’s all. The Q&A is over. Truss says she wants to see defense spending rise to 3% of GDP by the end of the decade Truss says she wants to see defense spending rise to 3% of GDP by the end of the decade....

Photo Agence QMI, René Baillargeon Le ministre des Transports, François Bonnardel, et le directeur du bureau du projet du troisième lien, Dale Robinson, l’ont confirmé hier au Journal. « Cela montre que nous faisons le travail. Nous voulons réaliser ce travail qui est important pour Lévis et les Québécois. C’est un premier pas extrêmement sérieux, chercher les données scientifiques et techniques qui nous amèneront à prendre les bonnes décisions pour l’avenir », a exprimé le ministre....

By focusing on political payback within his own party rather than tending to wounds opened by his troubling efforts to cling to power after his 2020 defeat, Mr Trump appears to have only deepened rifts among Republicans during the annual tour. revenge. A clear majority of primary voters under the age of 35, 64 percent, as well as 65 percent of those with at least a college degree — a key indicator of political preferences within the donor class — told pollsters they would vote against Mr....

Prosecutors say Clarke confirmed in the interview that at no point did Trump ever invoke executive privilege over Bannon’s testimony — and directly contradicted Bannon’s defense team’s other claims in their case. Bannon was charged last year with two counts of criminal contempt of Congress after defying a Jan. 6 subpoena, though he argued that Trump’s claim of privilege protected him. He pleaded not guilty and is due in court next week....

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and subsequent sanctions have exacerbated other factors driving up energy and other commodity prices. With no end in sight for the Ukraine war, Macron said, the French should prepare for costs to remain high. “This war will continue,” he said in a televised interview on France’s national holiday, Bastille Day. “Summer, early fall will be very difficult.” “Russia uses energy, like food, as a weapon of war,” Macron said....

“Twitter is bringing this action to indemnify Musk from further infringement, to compel Musk to fulfill his legal obligations, and to compel the consummation of the merger as long as the few remaining conditions are satisfied,” Twitter wrote in the lawsuit, which was filed in the Court of Delaware. of the Chancellery where the company is established. Twitter spokeswoman Catherine Hill had no comment beyond the legal filing, while Twitter chairman Bret Taylor noted the filing in a brief tweet....

Another person was airlifted to the hospital with “non-life-threatening injuries,” according to police. Read more: North Okanagan crash survivor speaks out for safety improvements Images from the scene on Sunday morning show heavy damage to two vehicles, with one car torn in half. “The crash scene was extensive with significant vehicle damage to the road and brush,” BC RCMP spokeswoman Dawn Roberts said. “A vehicle is described as being essentially split in two....

Alex Murdaugh is already in jail on dozens of other criminal charges that have piled up in the months since he killed his wife Maggie, 52, and their 22-year-old son, Paul. But so far no charges have been filed in connection with their deaths in South Carolina last June. Prosecutors claim Murdaugh, 54, killed them with a shotgun, something he has repeatedly denied. The Murdaugh family has dominated the legal scene in their small Hampton County neighborhood for nearly a century....

The official, Oleksandr Motuzianyk, singled out on Friday the role played by US-made HIMARS missile systems, one of several types of long-range weapons provided by the West to help Ukraine fight back against Russia. “Over the past few weeks, more than 30 of the enemy’s military logistics facilities have been destroyed, as a result of which the offensive potential of the Russian forces has been significantly reduced,” Motuzianik said on national television....

Ukraine has said it has launched a long-range rocket attack against Russian forces and military equipment in southern Ukraine, territory it says it plans to retake in a counteroffensive using hundreds of thousands of troops. The strike hit an ammunition dump in the town of Nova Kakhovka in the Kherson region, killing 52 Russians, Ukraine’s military said on Tuesday. It came after Washington supplied Ukraine with advanced high-mobility artillery missile systems (HIMARS), which Kyiv says its forces are using with increasing effectiveness....

Article écrit par Publié le 07/08/2022 09:42 Mis à jour le 07/08/2022 11:11 Temps de lecture : 1 minute. Un homme de 24 ans a été tué jeudi 7 juillet en fin d’après-midi par la police, dans le centre-ville de Grenoble (Isère), a annoncé le parquet de la ville. Il conduisait un scooter avec un passager armé. Selon le procureur, les conducteurs de scooter ont rencontré deux policiers en patrouille à pied vers 18h15....

Le jeune Logan, 8 ans, s’était rendu à la piscine municipale de L’Islet avec le camp de jour. Pour une raison quelconque, il ne portait pas de gilet de sauvetage et a sombré dans l’eau. Isaac, 12 ans, l’a trouvé inconscient au fond de la piscine. Il a alors alerté les secouristes. “Je suis allé sous l’eau et j’ai trouvé Logan agenouillé au fond de l’eau. Mes yeux se sont agrandis et j’ai crié “Au secours !...

La militante de gauche Sophie Tissier a porté plainte début juillet qui sera donc examinée par l’enquête. Cette ancienne figure des “gilets jaunes” âgée de 43 ans, dénonce dans sa plainte des faits “pouvant s’apparenter à une agression sexuelle” datant du 23 août 2014 à Grenoble, prétendument commis par Eric Coquerel, qui en doute. Le délai maximum est de six ans pour porter plainte en cas d’infraction, les faits pouvant être précisés....

Un jeune casque bleu a été grièvement blessé dans la soirée du samedi 9 juillet à Amilly (Loire), après avoir été percuté par un deux-roues, activement recherché, a annoncé dimanche le parquet de Montargis. Samedi vers 23H00, dans l’agglomération de Montargis, “des policiers ont voulu procéder au contrôle du conducteur d’un scooter qui était sans casque”, a indiqué le procureur de Montargis Loïc Abrial dans un communiqué. “Le conducteur du deux-roues a refusé de se soumettre aux contrôles et a poursuivi sa route....

“We don’t want to create panic,” Durham Regional Police Deputy Chief Dean Bertrim said at a news conference Monday before the event. “But we have an obligation, and in all fairness, I have a responsibility, to make sure our community is informed and provides accurate information.” The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (HAMC) chapter based in Brooklyn, north of Whitby, will host the 2022 Canada Run from July 22-24. Officials said they hoped the annual meeting, which members will travel from across the county and beyond to take part, would be “indifferent” but asked members of the public to keep their distance....