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Europe records their highest ever temperatures

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The European regions of Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands have marked their highest temperatures ever in an extremely severe heatwave.

Kleine Brogel in Belgium have experienced the highest temperature since 1833 ( 39.9C ). Eindhoven, the southern Dutch city hit the highest temperature of 39.3C, which is a national record of 75 years.

The weather service of Germany said that a new record of 40.5C – just 0.2C higher – had been set in Geilenkirchen, near the Belgian and Dutch borders.

Confirmation regarding the new German record has to be obtained. A warning has been given by their team that it could get even hotter on Thursday.

As a result of this extremely hot climate, a Eurostar train broke down, creating trouble for passengers.

People, cooling off in the water atomisers, in Paris

At least 600 passengers has reportedly been stuck in the Eurostar train, near the Belgian town of Halle for two hours. Some carriages of the train were inside the tunnel and the other were outside, in the sun.

The reports said that the tigers in the zoos are being fed with chicken ice-cubes.

The Notre-Dame de Paris is said to be in the risk of collapse on Wednesday, due to the severe hot climate.

5 recorded deaths in France have been doubted for being linked with this hot climate.

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Maxim Dadashev – The dashing Boxer dies after sustaining injuries during fight

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Maxim Dadashev (28), the Russian boxer has died due to the injuries he suffered in his IBF light-welterweight fight against Subriel Matias. Reports said that this young promising boxer has been in a coma state after undergoing a brain surgery following the boxing match.

His death has been reportedly occurred in a in a US hospital. Reports said that Dadashev was unable to to walk himself to the dressing room, at the end of the 11th round on Friday, after Buddy McGirt, his trainer has stopped his bout.

He was suffering from bleeding in the brain, and was immediately taken to the hospital. But his surgery was not a success. An investigation has been opened by The Russian Boxing Federation.

Reports said that his death has been confirmed by coach Donatas Janusevicius, and trainer Buddy McGirt. To ESPN, they told, “It just makes you realize what type of sport we’re in, man,” said McGirt. He did everything right in training, no problems, no nothing. My mind is like really running crazy, right now. Like what could I have done differently? But at the end of the day, everything was fine (in training). He seemed OK, he was ready, but it’s the sport that we’re in. It just takes one punch, man”.

The Secretary general Umar Kremlev, in a statement, said that there was “some kind of violation”. “We lost Maxim Dadashev. He was our young prospect.

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Cristiano Ronaldo will not face rape charges in US

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The US prosecutors said that he Football star Cristiano Ronaldo will not face charges after being accused of sexual assault. It is reported that they do not have enough evidence to proceed with the case.

Kathryn Mayorga (34), a former model claims that she had been raped by Cristiano Ronaldo in a Las Vegas hotel in 2009.

Mayorga claimed that the Ronaldo initially used “fixers” to stop her pursuing criminal charges, including paying her $375,000 to keep quiet.

Reports said that she had made an out-of-court settlement with Ronaldo in 2010, but finds to reopen the case in 2018. Ronaldo had denied all the allegations.

Las Vegas prosecutors on Monday said that the claims could not “be proven beyond reasonable doubt”.

The Clark County District Attorney’s Office said that Mayorga had submitted a report to them on 13th of June 2009, saying that she had been the victim of a sexual assault. She refused to state where the incident happened or who the attacker was.

Police said that they were unable “to conduct any meaningful investigation”, due to this reason. The criminal investigation is now reportedly closed.

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US military criticized Venezuela aircraft for ‘unsafe approach’

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The military of United States has denounces a Venezuelan fighter aircraft, claiming that the aircraft has made an ‘unsafe approach’ to US aircraft. US said that the Venezuelan aircraft has endangered the crew of US navy plane in international airspace.

The US Southern Command said that the Venezuelan plane made an “unsafe approach” and “aggressively shadowed” the US reconnaissance aircraft over the Caribbean Sea.

The US Southern Command said that, on Friday, a “Russian-made” SU-30 Flanker Venezuelan fighter aircraft and a US Navy EP-3 Aries II aircraft has been conducting a “detection and monitoring” mission. In his twitter, he said that the incident happened in international airspace over the Caribbean Sea.

Venezuela said that the US aircraft had entered the Venezuelan airspace without their permission. The relations between these two countries have been worse for years.

The reports of US military said that Venezuelan strategic high command “proceeded to intercept the aircraft through two airplanes of the Bolivarian Air Force with the intention of applying the international protocols established by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). As the US aircraft did not comply with such protocols, it was forced to vacate (the Venezuelan airspace)”.

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French submarine found in Mediterranean after 50 years

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A French submarine named La Minerve, that has been missing since 1968 has been located by a search team. The vessel vanished with 52 sailors on board, near the port of Toulon, on the French south coast, in January 1968.

The submarine was on a particular military mission at the time of its disappearing.

The vessel was located on the seabed in the Mediterranean off the port of Toulon. French Defence Minister Florence Parly tweeted, “It’s a success, a relief and a technical feat. I am thinking of the families who have waited for so long for this moment”.

The crew of La Minerve in 1965. Photograph: STF/AFP/Getty Images

The vessel was discovered at a depth of nearly 1½ miles. There had been several moves before for finding this submarine, but all were unsuccessful.

The submarine was discovered by a boat belonging to the private US company Ocean Infinity, a senior French naval officer told Agence France-Presse.

The submarine has sunk within four minutes, and the cause of this accident has never been established. The families of the missing crew hope that the wreckage will give answers to all these questions.

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US and Canada under dangerous heatwave

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Most parts in the US has been hit by extremely hot weather, with temperatures set to peak over the weekend, as per the opinion of meteorologists.

About about 200 million people, who lives in the major cities like New York, Washington and Boston in the East Coast, and the Midwest region would be affected by the heatwave.

Some places are reportedly being closer to very high temperature of 100F (38C). The temperature is expected to be exceeding this soon. Parts of Canada are also affected by this temperature waves.

According to the new data by experts, the world experienced its hottest June on record this year, with an average temperature worldwide of 61.6F (16.4C).

In the starting of July, the US state of Alaska, part of which lies inside the Arctic Circle, registered record high temperatures.

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25 arrested after attacks on first LGBT march in Eastern Poland

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Polish police have arrested 25 people after homophobic attacks on a city’s first LGBT march.

The recently released videos in social media showed one woman (an LGBT activist) and several men being attacked by a group of people. The victims were taking part in the Pride march in the city of Bialystok on Saturday. Some among the attackers were found wearing football club t-shirts.

Poland is expecting the general elections on October. The LGBT rights has became a sensational topic in the country, ahead of this election, with the conservative party depicting campaigners as a threat to traditional Polish values.

Elzbieta Witek, the interior minister said, “Officers ensure security regardless of the ideas, values and beliefs proclaimed by citizens”.

The Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights has been pictured widely as a threat to traditional Polish values, by the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party.

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Philip Hammond of UK to submit resignation if Boris Johnson becomes next PM

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Philip Hammond, The British Chancellor of the Exchequer declared on Sunday that he would resign if Conservative leader candidate Boris Johnson is elected as next British prime minister on Wednesday (July 24).

On BBC’s Andrew Marr Show, Hammond said, “I intend to resign after Prime minister’s questions on Wednesday”.

It is expected that Hammond would be stepping down as soon as Boris Johnson, who have obtained the highest priority to be the Britain’s next prime minister, takes his charge.

Johnson will be required to obtain a “loyalty pledge” for all his future cabinet members to accept a possible No Deal Brexit on 31st October.

Hammond said to media, “I am sure I am not going to be sacked because I am going to resign before we get to that point”.

“Assuming that Boris Johnson becomes prime minister, I understand that his conditions for serving in his government would include accepting a no-deal (EU) exit on the 31st of October. That is not something I could ever sign up to”, he added.

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Scandinavian tourist murder : Death penalty for three

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Three Islamic State group supporters,Abdessamad Ejjoud, Younes Ouaziyad and Rachid Afatti, have been sentenced to death for murdering two Scandinavian hikers in Morocco.

The three follow petitions on social media calling for their execution. The murder has been done since these men wanted to impress Islamic State. They confessed to the murder at a court in Salé, near Rabat.

The 25-year-old street vendor, Abdessamad Ejjoud told the court, “I beheaded one of them… I regret it”

Abdessamad Ejjoud, Younes Ouaziyad and Rachid Afatti

Maren Ueland (28) from Norway and Louisa Vesterager Jespersen (24) from Denmark were found beheaded in the High Atlas mountains in December.

This will be the first in Morocco since 1993, if the executions go ahead.

Maren Ueland and Vesterager Jespersen

“The most just thing would be to give these beasts the death penalty they deserve”, reads a letter from Jespersen’s mother.

The bodies of tourists were found on 17 December in an isolated area near Mount Toubkal, Morocco’s highest peak, and a popular destination for hikers.

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Instagram to hide the number of likes to ‘remove pressure’

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Instagram is hiding the Instagram likes’ numbers in some countries to “remove pressure” of the app users, considering their mental health. The countries includes Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Italy, Japan and Brazil.

A similar test move had been occurred in Canada in the month of May. The younger people are being severely affected by the social media ‘likes’, and hence may be lead to some mental stress.

Facebook, the Instagram owner is now on a try to reduce this situation by hiding the total number of likes obtained for a particular post on Instagram. Instagram is testing the new approach with users in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Italy, Japan and Brazil.

In the current situation, the Instagram post shows a total number of likes gained. But when the trial is on, the users will see a user name “and others” below posts.

The new system allows the users to see the number of likes of their own post, but the followers will not be able to see the like numbers. In the same way, you won’t be able to see other’s post likes.

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