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☆ Turkey's Erdogan says US move of aircraft carrier closer to Israel will lead to Gaza massacre
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

FILE PHOTO: The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford on its way into the Oslo Fjord, at Jeloya, Moss, Norway, May 24, 2023. Terje Pedersen/NTB Acquire Licensing RightsANKARA, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday criticised the United States for moving a carrier strike group closer to Israel, saying that it would commit "serious massacres" in Gaza. Following a surprise attack by Hamas militants on Israel on Saturday, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Sunday that the U.S. will be moving a carrier strike group, which includes the USS Gerald R. Ford, closer to Israel. "What will the aircraft carrier of the U.S. do near Israel, why do they come? They will hit Gaza and around, and take steps for serious massacres there," Erdogan said in a joint press conference with Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer in Ankara.

Persons: Gerald R, Terje Pedersen, Tayyip Erdogan, Lloyd Austin, Ford, Erdogan, Karl Nehammer, Huseyin Hayatsever, Sharon Singleton Organizations: U.S, aircraft, Ford, Rights, Saturday, . Defense, Austrian, Thomson Locations: Oslo, Jeloya, Moss, Norway, Rights ANKARA, United States, Israel, Gaza, U.S, Ankara, Turkey

☆ Norway's Labour loses regional vote after a century on top
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/3] Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store receives the election day forecasts at the Labor Party's election vigil during the municipal election 2023, in Oslo, Norway September 11, 2023. Terje Pedersen/NTB/via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsOSLO, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Norway's governing Labour Party fell to second place behind the Conservatives in Monday's regional and municipal election, a preliminary count showed, the first time since 1924 that the leftwing group failed to finish first in a nationwide vote. With 60% of ballots counted, Labour had won 21.8% of the vote, official data showed, down from 24.8% in 2019, while the Conservative Party stood at 25.8%, up from 20.1% four years ago. While the setback deepens Labour's woes, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere has said he will continue to lead his minority coalition government regardless of the regional vote's outcome, which does not affect the composition of parliament. Labour and the rural-oriented Centre Party, in government since 2021 following a landslide for leftwing parties, next face an election for parliament in 2025.

Persons: Jonas Gahr, Terje Pedersen, Jonas Gahr Stoere, Erna Solberg, Terje Solsvik, Gwladys Organizations: Norwegian, Labor, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Labour Party, Labour, Conservative Party, Soaring, Party, Conservative, Thomson Locations: Oslo, Norway, Rights OSLO, Monday's

☆ Norway police could have prevented last year's gay bar shooting, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] People embrace near the police line following a shooting at the London Pub, a popular gay bar and nightclub, in central Oslo, Norway June 25, 2022. PST also failed to share the intelligence it had about the shooter with police officers in charge of the surveillance of radicalised individuals. "This is a devastating report," Oslo's governing mayor, Raymond Johansen, told public broadcaster NRK. PST apologised to the victims, their relatives and the nation immediately after the report. The LGBTQ+ community is preparing for the one-year anniversary of the attack on June 25 and the annual Pride celebration on June 23-July 1.

Persons: Terje Pedersen, Raymond Johansen, Beate Gangaas, Marius Dietrichson, Gwladys Fouche, Hugh Lawson Organizations: NRK, Matapour, Thomson Locations: Oslo, Norway, OSLO

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