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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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Crime News

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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KLM, the dutch airlines have made a turbulence recently on Twitter regarding their ‘Breastfeeding policy’, that provoked many people.

The airlines told a customer it might ask mothers to cover themselves while breastfeeding. This policy of the airlines has sparked a backlash on Twitter, with many people criticising the policy.

Reports said that a lady named Shelby Angel, who was travelling on a KLM flight from San Francisco to Amsterdam last month had been asked to cover herself up while breastfeeding her baby. A flight attendant gave her a blanket and warned her to cover up if she planned to breastfeed her baby.

Shelby Angel said in her Facebook post, “Before we even took off, I was approached by a flight attendant carrying a blanket. She told me (and I quote) ‘if you want to continue doing the breastfeeding, you need to cover yourself”.

Angel said that she denied the flight attendant’s words telling that her baby will not be comfortable with a blanket while breastfeeding.

This Twitter post of the KLM airlines has provoked many people. The Twitter users asked other airlines, such as British Airways and EasyJet, about their breastfeeding policies.

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Soon after the France’s annual Bastille Day military parade, the yellow vest protesters had a clash with the Paris police. The police have fired tear gas at the protesters near the Champs-Elysées.

Shortly after the parade on Sunday, the boulevard in central Paris was reopened to traffic. A group of so called “Yellow vest” protesters rushed to the region and tried to occupy it.

The police said that about 150 people were banned from attending the parade since they tried to stage some unauthorised demonstration. The yellow vest protesters were also included in this.

The protesters were chanting anti-government slogans, and they knocked down the security barriers set for the parade. They threw objects at the police who tried to disperse them. Reports said that these protesters set fire to bins and portable toilets.

As the police put restrictions on people (protesters) to wear he yellow vest, some had carried yellow balloons instead. Reports said that this violence on Sunday was the worst one in central Paris since March.

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A large group of undocumented migrants, mainly from West Africa, have rushed in and occupied the Panthéon in Paris demanding the right to remain in France.

The protesters referred themselves as “the undocumented, the voiceless and the faceless of the French Republic”, in a statement.

The incident happened around midday (11:00 GMT) on Friday. The protesters demanded talk with the prime minister Édouard Philippe on regularising their status.

The tourist were evacuated from mausoleum due to the incident. There were reportedly around 700 migrants, along with their supporters who started invading into the historic complex.

Resembling the term ‘Yellow vest protest’, these groups calls themselves ‘Black vests”. The yellow vest protest had been spreading in France earlier this year.

The protest demonstrators waved papers in the air, chanted, and demanded to hold talks with Prime Minister.

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News Politics

Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro has offered his son the job of US ambassador.

Eduardo Bolsonaro (35), the younger son of Jair Bolsonaro has been offered with this post amid a heated debate in the US about the role and influence of President Donald Trump’s family, particularly his daughter Ivanka.

Eduardo Bolsonaro has told reporters that he would accept the post if nominated.

“If it is a mission given by the president, I would accept” – Eduardo.

Eduardo Bolsonaro is currently serving as a congressman and advises his father on foreign affairs.

Ivanka, the daughter of Donald Trump drew widespread scorn late last month after her prominent appearance at the G20 summit in Osaka alongside her father.

Mr Bolsonaro is highly hopeful about his son that he said that Eduardo would make a good ambassador to the US with his good language skills and strong relationship with the Trump family.

The Brazil’s president said, “He is a friend of the children of Donald Trump, speaks English and Spanish and has great global experience. He would be able to convey our message perfectly”.

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A survey has been conducted by the researchers of Norway about a Soviet-era nuclear submarine that went down 30 years ago. According to them, a radiation level which is 800,000 times higher than normal is being emitted by the submarine.

The submarine had been sank in the Norwegian Sea in 1989, caused by a fire on board that caused the death of 42 sailors.

In a sample, it is seen the leaking of radioactive caesium from a ventilation pipe. According to the researchers it was “not alarming”, since the Arctic water quickly diluted it.

The research team said that the device was found deep down, at 5,512 ft and there were a few fish in the area.

Reports said that the vessel is known as Komsomolets, whose hull was made of titanium, allowing it to operate at depths of more than 3,000 feet. This is a limit which is far below what U.S. submarines could achieve at the time.

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Accidents Health News

The life of Vincent Lambert (42), the severely brain-damaged French patient who became the centre of France’s right-to-die case, came to an end on Thursday.

His death occurred after the doctors removed his life supporting aids, says his family. Lambert had came up with a road accident in 2008 and had been suffering from severe brain damage after that accident. At the time of accident, he was just of age 32 and had recently become a father.

He was the subject of a long term legal war between his parents, who wanted to keep him alive, and his wife Rachel, who believes he should have the right to die with dignity.

“He is minimally conscious but he is not a vegetable”, said his mother. “Keeping him artificially alive and totally dependent? For him, that would be unacceptable”, said his wife.

The painless killing or so called Euthanasia is not legal in France. But the law allows the doctors to put the severely and terminally ill patients into deep sedation.

The issue of Lambert, apart from his own family, has been taken up by the whole country, with different opinions and street demonstrations.

His death was reportedly marked at 08:24 (06:24 GMT) on Thursday, nine days after his life aids were removed.

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News Politics

Donald Tump has raised an order for investigation on the planned taxation of tech giants, which would seriously affect the American tech companies. This could be a move that results in retaliatory tariffs.

Robert Lighthizer, the US representative said, “The United States is very concerned that the digital services tax… unfairly targets American companies”.

The unfair trade practices could pave the way for Washington to impose punitive tariffs. Trump had repeatedly done this since taking office.

The parliament of France would be approving the tax implementations on Thursday.

Reports said that the tech giants like Google and Facebook will be charged with a 3% levy on revenue made inside France.

An estimated amount of around half-a-billion euro a year would be brought in with the new tax rule.

The new tax rule insists that any digital company with a revenue of more than €750m – of which at least €25m is generated in France – would be subject to the tax.

Republican Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Senator Ron Wyden, the senior Democrat on the panel have welcomed the latest inquiry.

In a joined statement, they said, “The digital services tax that France and other European countries are pursuing is clearly protectionist and unfairly targets American companies in a way that will cost US jobs and harm American workers”.

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News Video

The Mineo migrant reception centre in Sicily, which was the largest migrant reception centre, once in Europe has been officially closed down.

Matteo Salvini, the Interior Minister marked his presence at the closure of Mineo centre. He was reportedly considered as the biggest critic of this migrant centre. This migrant centre had accommodated more than 4000 people at a peak time.

On shutting down this migrant centre, Salvini said, “We’re saving quite a bit of money, we’re working to find new jobs for the centre’s ex-workers, but Sicily, Catania and Mineo cannot base their future on immigration”.

On Tuesday, he had live-streamed a walkabout tour of the empty migrant centre.

WATCH THE VIDEO HERE…!! – ( Posted by Matteo Salvini in his Facebook)

For the migrants, reaching Europe from North Africa, by crossing the Mediterranean, Italy is the major entry. The populist government of Italy has been trying to reduce the number of migrants, by banning of the migrant carrying ships at their ports.

The closing of this centre and arrival of Salvini has been protested by the former workers at the centre. The banners in their hands read, “Today we celebrate the funeral of Mineo”.

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