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Finland pushes for EU entry ban on Russian tourists
"Russian citizens did not start the war, but at the same time we have to realise that they support the war," Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Monday, echoing a call made days ago by Estonia. "I don't think it's right that Russian citizens can enter the EU and the Schengen area as tourists and go sightseeing while Russia is killing people in Ukraine."
Spain continues to fight severe forest fires
A fire about 60 km north-east of Alicante has destroyed about 6,500 hectares of forest since August 13, according to the state TV station RTVE. Around 1,200 people in the area of the town of Pego had to leave their homes as a precaution, reports dpa news agency. In the autonomous community of Valencia there were two more smaller-scale wildfires.
Iran categorically denies any link with Salman Rushdie's attacker
Rushdie, 75, was left severely injured after being stabbed on stage at an event in New York state. He is now able to breathe unaided, BBC reported. He has faced years of death threats for his 1988 novel, The Satanic Verses'. Earlier, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken accused Iran's state media of gloating about the attack, calling its behaviour "despicable", BBC reported. Iranian media have extensively commented on the attack, calling it "divine retribution".
FBI 'stole' passports during Mar-a-Lago search: Trump
"Wow! In the raid by the FBI of Mar-a-Lago, they stole my three Passports (one expired), along with everything else," Trump wrote on Monday on the Truth Social network he co-founded, dpa news agency reported. "This is an assault on a political opponent at a level never seen before in our Country. Third World!" It remains unclear why Trump only spoke out about this a week after the search of his property in the US state of Florida. The raid followed suspicions that Trump may have violated the Espionage Act and other laws by taking classified documents from the White House when he left office in January 2021.
UN denies hampering Zaporizhzhya nuclear checks as battle rages
Ukraine and Russia have been accusing each other for weeks of firing on Europe's largest nuclear power plant, potentially provoking a nuclear catastrophe. The southern Ukrainian site is occupied by Kremlin troops and Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu discussed the situation in a phone call with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday, dpa news agency reported.
Russia accuses British reconnaissance aircraft of border violation
An RC-135 reconnaissance plane of the British Royal Air Force "illegally crossed" Russia's state border in the Arctic area of Cape Svyatoy Nos, the Russian Defence Ministry has said. The British aircraft was discovered over the waters of the Barents Sea, and a MiG-31BM fighter scrambled in response and forced the plane out of the Russian territory, the ministry was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency. It was rare for military planes of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to breach Russia's airspace, news reports said.
Pro-Trump protest outside FBI office called off as no protester turns up fearing a trap
A Sunday demonstration outside the headquarters in the nation's capital was first promoted by the far-right Falun Gong-backed Epoch Times, who reported shortly after the August 8 raid at Trump's Florida residence that a veteran named Adam Hardage had called for a demonstration on the following Sunday "to protest the out-of-control FBI and its actions against President Trump".
Trump says 'temperature has to be brought down'
He called it a witch hunt in which the FBI could take out and put in what they wanted. He warned " terrible things could happen, even as the FBI and the DoJ viewed it as a veiled threat similar to ones before January 6 Capitol Hill insurrection and began tightening security measures. Trump said he "will do whatever" he can "to help the country", after the FBI's raid of his Mar-a-Lago home last week, telling Fox News Digital that the "temperature has to be brought down", while stressing that the American people are "not going to stand for another scam."
Panic stricken' Kremlin official has secretly approached the West to help end the Ukraine war
The secret member of Vladimir Putin's elite is said to have revealed the Kremlin is in panic and desperate for the bloody war to end, Daily Mirror reported. Astonishing claims about the move were made in a report circulated to Western intelligence agencies. It is believed senior officers and officials close to Putin are alarmed by biting Western sanctions and the failing economy caused by war.
Ukraine is bankrupt: Moscow
Taking to Telegram, Volodin claimed that "collected taxes form only 40% of the country's budget," more than 60% of which covers military spending. Ukraine's monthly deficit amounts to $5 billion, Volodin reminded, RT reported. "Ukraine is bankrupt," he said. The same numbers were reported on Friday by the Wall Street Journal. In the speaker's opinion, "without the help of Washington and Brussels, Kiev can no longer fulfill its obligations to citizens", RT reported.
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