Friday, July 1, 2016

#EU - Brussels summit closes with questions on how the European Union will function in the future: euronews (in English)

Published on 30 Jun 2016

The curtain has come down on the EU summit at a time some would suggest it's curtains for the bloc. Brexit dominated the summit and gave traction to the blame game with British Prime Minister David Cameron the natural target. Others were also in the firing line.

"I will not let myself be encouraged or discouraged by the press. The media has written that the Dutch voted against the EU - Ukraine agreement because I was mixed up in it and now it is saying the British voted to leave the EU because …

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#USA - Rihanna Releases Music Video for “Sledgehammer”: ABC News + Official video

Published on 1 Jul 2016

The Grammy award winning artist releases a video for the movie “Star Trek Beyond”.

#Ukraine - Witnesses of Terror Attack: Ukrainians are back home after deadly blasts in Istanbul: UKRAINE TODAY

Published on 29 Jun 2016

They have never been so happy to return home as now. The Ukrainians that have just landed in their homeland, witnessed the explosion at Istanbul airport from the sky. Some of them watched the tragedy to unfold from the plane's side-window. The others ran desperately from the fire without any passport control.

#Ukraine - Honouring the Hero: From Paris to Kyiv people mourn death of Vasyl Slipak: UKRAINE TODAY

Published on 30 Jun 2016

Vasyl Slipak, a renowned Ukrainian opera singer recently killed in the Donbas warzone, is being commemorated in Paris. People are bringing flowers to his portrait at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in the French capital.

Meanwhile in central Kyiv a makeshift shrine to Slipak was organized on Maidan Nezalezhnosti square. Ukrainians place candles and flowers to pay the last tribute to the patriot who sacrificed his life.

Slipak had been a soloist of the Paris Opera House for 19 years before volunteering to fight against Russian-backed separatist forces in eastern Ukraine. He was shot and killed by a sniper on Wednesday, June 29.

#Slovakia - attacks EU post-Brexit direction on eve of taking over presidency: euronews (in English)

Published on 30 Jun 2016

Slovakia has warned that the future of the European Union cannot be decided by just two or three powerful Western members.

The comments by Prime Minister Robert Fico, which came as the country prepared to take over the EU presidency, are seen as a dig at France and Germany and included a plea for more involvement by the bloc's newer ex-communist members.

They come on top of criticism of the European Commission and other institutions by Central and Eastern European states, as the EU reels amid …
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#USA - Tesla Auto-Driving Is Being Investigated After Fatal Crash: Bloomberg

Published on 30 Jun 2016

June 30 -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into a fatal accident involving a Tesla Motors sedan when the electric-auto maker’s Autopilot software was engaged. Bloomberg's Tim Higgins reports on "Bloomberg West."

"They shall not grow old" The Queen attends overnight Somme vigil. 100 years on from the Battle of the Somme

Published on 30 Jun 2016

The Royal Family tonight led the nation in commemorating the thousands of troops who lost their lives in the Battle of the Somme 100 years ago.

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh attended a moving service at Westminster Abbey, one of many events being held in memory of the fallen soldiers.

In France, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were joined by Prince Harry for a vigil at the Thiepval Memorial, where the 70,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers with no known grave are commemorated.
The moving services come on the eve of the centenary of the start of the Somme offensive. On July 1, 1916, following a seven-day British bombardment, some 120,000 men clambered from their trenches and went 'over the top' — to be met by a hail of German machine-gun fire that mowed down half of them. With 20,000 dead and 40,000 wounded, it was the bloodiest single day in British military history.
By the end of the four-month battle in northern France, more than a million soldiers had been killed and wounded on both sides. The First World War would drag on for another two years.

100 years on from the Battle of the Somme

ITV News
Published on 28 Jun 2016

The Queen unveiled a statue of Robert Quigg - who went into No Man's Land no fewer than seven times to rescue wounded comrades.

Battle of the Somme - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Somme

The Battle of the Somme also known as the Somme Offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British and French empires against ...

#Spain - Tax inspectors raid Google's Madrid offices: euronews (in English)

Published on 30 Jun 2016

Spanish tax inspectors have raided Google's offices in Madrid as part of an ongoing investigation into possible tax evasion.