Europe

As the Taliban continued to make sweeping territorial gains, Gen Sir Richard Barrons warned that attacks in Europe could be the outcome of groups re-establishing themselves in the country. "I don't believe it's in our own interest – in making that decision to leave we've not only, I think, sold the future of Afghanistan into a very difficult place, we've also sent a really unfortunate message to the west's allies in the Gulf and Africa and Asia," he told BBC Radio.

Some countries inthe region received up to two months worth of rainfall in two days, with Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg strongly affected, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). In parts of western and southern Germany, towns and communities were hit by catastrophic flash floods after heavy and continuous rainfall this week.

Aboul-Gheit held the talks with the EU's Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process, Sven Koopman on Sunday, reports Xinhua news agency citing an AL statement as saying. During the discussion, Aboul-Gheit expressed his hope for "a more united and consistent European stance regarding the Palestinian rights", the AL statement said.

The clarification camme after Italian newspaper La Stampa earlier quoted Marco Cavaleri, head of the EMA's vaccine strategy, recommending a stop to administration of AstraZeneca's Covid shots in Europe to people aged over 60 and younger age groups, amid fears over very rare blood clotting.

The commission said that based on a robust monitoring framework and clear performance indicators, signatories should reduce financial incentives to disinformation, empower users to take an active role in preventing its spread, better cooperate with fact-checkers across EU Member States and languages, and provide a framework for access to data for researchers.

The WHO's announcement comes as the European Union plans for reopening its borders for fully vaccinated tourists and other nonessential travellers. The weekly number of new cases across Europe dropped to nearly 685,000 last week from 1.7 million in mid-April, the New York Times reported, Hans Kluge, the WHO's European director as saying.

It is known as the Millennium Underground, as it was inaugurated in 1896, the year when Hungary celebrated the 1,000th anniversary of the arrival of Magyar tribes in the Carpathian Basin in Central Europe, reports Xinhua news agency. "The Millennial Underground is a favourite of generations of Hungarians and of tourists alike," the municipal transport company BKV said in a statement marking the occasion on Monday.