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☆ Murcia nightclub fire: 13 dead as rescuers search for more victims
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( Duarte Mendonca | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

“New victims cannot be ruled out,” the services said on their website. The injured are two women, aged 22 and 25, and two men, aged 41 and 45, who were all taken to the hospital due to smoke inhalation, the Murcia emergency services website said. The President of the Murcia region posted on X, formerly Twitter, “Worried and dismayed by the news coming from there (Murcia). “The General Director of Security and Emergencies, Ricardo Villalba, is on-site coordinating with the Murcia City Council the necessary means to manage this tragedy,” the emergency services said. Three days of mourning have been declared in the city of Murcia for “those who died in the fire that occurred at the Teatre de Atalayas nightclub”, Murcia mayor José Ballesta said on X.

Persons: “, ”, Ricardo Villalba, Jose Ángel Antelo, José Ballesta Organizations: CNN, Reuters, ”, of Security, Emergencies, Security, Murcia City Council, Territorial Planning, Deportes Locations: Murcia, Spain, ”, Palacio

CNN —North Korean leader Kim Jong Un received body armor and drones as parting gifts as he wrapped up a trip to Russia that has alarmed the West. North Korea is heavily sanctioned and is in need of everything from energy to food to military technology. As he left, the governor of the far eastern Russian region of Primorye gave him a bulletproof vest and a set of drones, Russian state media TASS reported. Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, called his meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong Un "very substantive" on Wednesday. Vladimir Smirnov/Sputnik/APThe North Korean leader visited an aircraft manufacturing plant in the city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur in eastern Russia on Friday.

Persons: Kim Jong Un, Vladimir Putin, Kim, Kim Jong, Sergei Shoigu, Putin, “, ” Putin, Vladimir Smirnov, KCNA, Yuri, ” Organizations: CNN, North, Russian, TASS, Russia's, Russian Defence Ministry, Reuters, RIA Novosti, RIA, Putin, Aviation, Russian Defense, Pacific Fleet, Russian Navy, Military Locations: Russia, Korea, Ukraine, North Korea, Russian, Primorye, Artyom, Khasan, Russia’s Far, Komsomolsk, Reuters North Korean, KCNA, South Korea, Japan, Europe

CNN —A Spanish aid worker has been killed in eastern Ukraine after a projectile fell on the vehicle she was traveling in, according to Spanish foreign minister José Manuel Albares. The woman has been named by Spanish public broadcaster RTVE as Emma Igual, the director of an NGO named “Road to Relief” which focuses on evacuating civilians from the Ukrainian frontline. In the post, the NGO said a Canadian volunteer named Anthony “Tonko” Ihnat was also killed in the attack, which CNN has not been able to independently verify. The remaining passengers, according to the NGO, are German medical volunteer Ruben Mawick and Swedish volunteer Johan Mathias Thyr. He added that they have been given medical assistance, with one hospitalized with head and limb injuries.

Persons: José Manuel Albares, “, RTVE, Emma Igual, Chasiv Yar, Anthony “ Tonko, Ihnat, Ruben Mawick, Johan Mathias Thyr, Ruslan Kravchenko Organizations: CNN, Spanish, Relief Locations: Ukraine, New Delhi, Spanish, Ukrainian, Sloviansk, Bakhmut, Chasiv, Canadian, Russia, Kyiv

CNN —A 10-year-old boy has been rescued near Madrid after spending the night clinging to a tree to escape severe flooding as Storm Dana lashed the country with torrential rains in recent days, killing at least three people. The Pedrera Bridge over the Alberche River in Aldea del Fresno, Spain, on September 4, 2023. The storm follows a summer of extreme weather for Spain, which has grappled with searing heatwaves and devastating wildfires. Scientists are clear that extreme weather will only get more intense and more frequent as the human-caused climate crisis accelerates. The severe rainfall eased on Tuesday, with the country’s national weather service AEMET downgrading alerts for the region from red to yellow.

Persons: Storm Dana, Alejandro Martínez Vélez, Emiliano García, Garcia, Page Organizations: CNN, RTVE, Europa Press Locations: Madrid, Aldea del Fresno, Spain, Toledo, Castilla, La Mancha

CNN —The leader of Gabon’s military junta, Gen. Brice Nguema, was sworn in as interim president by the country’s constitutional court during a televised ceremony Monday. Last week, Nguema led a coup that ousted President Ali Bongo Ondimba, a military takeover that appears to have truncated the Bongo family’s decades-long dominance over Gabonese politics. Celebrations also broke out across the tiny nation with thousands of supporters expressing solidarity with the military. Nguema, a former bodyguard for Omar Bongo, was swiftly installed as a transitional leader. He was inaugurated as interim president on Monday amid a military parade and cheers from his civilian supporters.

Persons: Brice Nguema, Nguema, Ali Bongo Ondimba, Bongo, Omar Bongo, It’s, ”, Albert Ondo Ossa Organizations: CNN, Getty, ” Reuters Locations: Central, AFP, Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Chad, Niger, Tunisia, Gabon, Gabonese

CNN —Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has praised the country’s women’s soccer team – and Spanish society itself – for taking a critical stance against Luis Rubiales for his unwanted kiss of World Cup winner Jennifer Hermoso. Speaking at an event in the city of Malaga in southern Spain on Saturday, Sanchez said he did not believe the scandal had damaged the Spanish brand abroad thanks to the Spanish women’s team. Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez with the women's team during a reception at Moncloa Palace. Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images‘Tip of the iceberg’Joining the debate was Vero Boquete, who captained Spain’s women’s national team at the 2015 Women’s World Cup. The soccer world has rallied behind Hermoso.

Persons: Pedro Sanchez, Luis Rubiales, Jennifer Hermoso, Rubiales –, –, Sanchez, “, ‘, ” Sanchez, …, Pablo Blazquez Dominguez, Vero Boquete, Spain’s, TAD, Rubiales, Sport Miquel Iceta, Hermoso, ” Hermoso, ”, Béjar Organizations: CNN, Spanish, Royal Spanish Football Federation, England, soccer team, Twitter, Moncloa, Getty, Spain’s women’s, Reuters, FIFA, of Culture, Sport, Anadolu Agency, Hermoso, Rubiales Locations: Spain, Malaga, Spain’s, Madrid

☆ Dagestan: Gas station explosion kills 35, injures dozens in Russian region
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Uliana Pavlova Duarte Mendonca Alex Stambaugh Aruzhan Zeinulla Ivana Kottasová | Uliana Pavlova | Duarte Mendonca | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —At least 35 people were killed and dozens more injured when a fire caused an explosion at a gas station in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan, local authorities said. Several children were among the dead, according to the head of the Dagestan republic, Sergey Melikov, and at least three bodies were recovered from the rubble, state media agency TASS reported. TASS reported that 80 people were wounded, citing a department of the Russian ministry of health, in an apparent revision of the injury toll that Melikov earlier put at 102. The emergency ministry said it sent a special aircraft to evacuate casualties from the blast to hospitals in Moscow. The Dagestan government declared Tuesday a day of mourning, TASS reported.

Persons: Sergey Melikov, Vladimir Putin “, ”, Abdulmuslim Abdulmuslimov Organizations: CNN, TASS, Federal Center for Disaster Medicine, Ministry of Health, Russia’s, RIA Novosti, Kremlin Locations: Russian, Dagestan, Dagestan’s, Makhachkal, Moscow, Makhachkala

Putin emphasized that an “exclusively peaceful political and diplomatic means,” was important in resolving the ongoing situation, the statement said. Putin also mentioned the situation in the Sahara-Sahel region while speaking in a pre-recorded message at Tuesday’s Moscow Conference on International Security (MCIS). Mali’s interim president Goita also reiterated Putin’s call for “a peaceful resolution” in Niger. “He (Putin) stressed the importance of a peaceful resolution of the situation for a more stable Sahel,” Goita said on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. Mali hosted a large delegation of officials from the Niger junta in early August, signaling a potential partnership between the Niger junta and Wagner mercenary group.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Assimi, Republic of Mali Assimi, ”, Putin, Mohamed Bazoum’s, ” Putin, Goita, Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin Organizations: CNN, Kremlin, West, Tuesday’s Moscow Conference, International Security, Central African, Twitter, UN, African, Niger Locations: Niger, West, “, Malian, Republic of Mali, Sahara, Russian, Russia, Africa, St Petersburg, Central African Republic, Mali, Libya, Libyan, African Union, Burkina Faso

☆ Slovenia floods kill at least six in ‘worst natural disaster to ever hit’ the country, says PM
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Duarte Mendonca | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Devastating floods and other adverse weather conditions in Slovenia have killed at least six people and caused $500 million worth of property damage, a government spokesperson told CNN on Monday. Slovenia’s Prime Minister Robert Golob said on Saturday the flooding which began on Friday has become the “worst natural disaster to ever hit” the country. The floods caused rivers to rise and break out into fields and towns, leading to the destruction of roads and infrastructure, a spokesperson for the Slovenian Environmental agency added. Borut Zivulovic/ReutersA flooded area is seen in Ravne na Koroskem, some 60 km (38 miles) northeast of Ljubljana, Slovenia. A destroyed car in the yard of a house that was flooded by the Savinja River in Nazarje, Slovenia.

Persons: Robert Golob, Golob, ” Golob, Borut Zivulovic, Gregor Ravnjak, Medvode, Matej Povse Organizations: CNN, Slovenia’s, Slovenian, Environmental, EU, Government, Cross, Caritas Slovenia, NATO, Sunday, Civil Protection, Disaster Relief Locations: Slovenia, Škofja Loka, na Koroskem, na, Ljubljana, Slovenian, Nazarje, Croatia, Republic of Slovenia, Brussels

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☆ Europe weather: Heatwave in Greece likely to become longest one country has ever recorded
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( Duarte Mendonca | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A heat wave baking Greece is likely to become the longest the country has ever recorded, experts say, as the country battles wildfires and restricts access to its popular tourist sites. He told CNN that the streak could go beyond those days, but at the moment “it’s hard to predict.”The longest continuous heatwave that Greece has faced was 12 days long, back in July 1987, Lagouvardos said. The country also experienced record-breaking heat, with capital Rome hitting a new high temperature of 41 degrees Celsius on Tuesday. Scientists are warning that the extreme weather may only be a preview of what’s to come as the planet warms. “The weather extremes will continue to become more intense and our weather patterns could change in ways we yet can’t predict,” said Peter Stott, a science fellow in climate attribution at the UK Met Office told CNN.

Persons: National Observatory of Athens Kostas Lagouvardos, Lagouvardos, Socrates Baltagiannis, ”, Peter Stott Organizations: CNN, Staff, Research, National Observatory of, Reuters, Getty, Rome, UK Met Office Locations: Greece, National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Rhodes, Europe, Veneto, Balkans

CNN —Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s trial on charges of abuse of political power and misuse of public media began in the country’s highest electoral court on Thursday in Brasilia. If found guilty, Bolsonaro could be ruled ineligible to run for public office for up to eight years. Such claims of flaws in the electoral system have all been denied by Brazil’s electoral authorities. The livestream of the 2022 meeting, which was once available through official channels, was taken down by YouTube for not complying with its fake news policy. Bolsonaro lost last year’s election by the narrowest margin in decades against current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Persons: Jair Bolsonaro’s, Bolsonaro, Benedito Gonçalves, ”, Judge Gonçalves, Walter Braga Netto, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Organizations: CNN, Former, CNN Brasil, Federal Police, YouTube, Brazil’s Democratic Labor Party Locations: Brasilia ., Brasilia

In a video shared by the ministry on Saturday, a Russian tank commander, callsign “Bernaul,” said he was assigned with the task of setting up the tank and executing the attack. Drone video shows the tank static after apparently hitting a mine close to Ukrainian lines. Drone video shows the tank static after apparently hitting a mine close to Ukrainian lines. A moment before the tank explodes, there appears to be a flash coming from Ukrainian positions, which may have been an attempt to destroy the tank. “Sending an unmanned kamikaze tank filled with 6 tons of TNT to Ukrainian positions in Mariinka.

Persons: ”, “ Voennyi, Russia “ Romanov, Osvedomitel, It’s Organizations: CNN — Russia’s Ministry of Defense, Ukrainian, TNT, Russia, CNN Locations: Russian, Romanov_92, Mariinka, Donetsk

☆ Brazil wears all-black kit for the first time in its history as part of team’s anti-racism campaign
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Duarte Mendonca | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The Brazilian men’s national team wore an all-black kit for the first time in its 109-year history during a friendly match against Guinea in Spain on Saturday as part of the team’s anti-racism campaign. Pau Berrena/AFP/Getty ImagesFIFA President Gianni Infantino visited the Brazilian delegation Thursday, announcing his full support for the anti-racism campaign. As for the match, Brazil won 4-1 with goals scored by Joelinton, Rodrygo, Eder Militão and Vinícius. Vinícius was invited by Infantino to participate in a FIFA anti-racism committee with players who will help suggest a course of action to deal with discriminatory behavior in football, the FIFA president said on Thursday. Brazil is set to play its next friendly match on Tuesday against Senegal in Lisbon, Portugal.

Persons: “, Vinícius, Pau Berrena, Gianni Infantino, Joelinton, Eder Militão, Guirassy, Pele, Infantino Organizations: CNN, men’s national, Guinea, Espanyol, FIFA, Federation, Real, Valencia, Getty, Brazilian, Brazil, Brazilian Federation, Senegal Locations: Spain, Barcelona, Brazil, Real Madrid, AFP, Lisbon, Portugal

CNN —A woman in Ecuador who was previously discovered to be alive in a coffin at her own wake has now actually passed away. Montoya was quickly transported to the Martin Icaza General Hospital when she was found alive after banging on her own coffin at the wake in Babahoyo. Likewise, the respective medical audit was carried out for this case,” Ecuador’s Ministry of Public Health said in a statement. Barberán told CNN that he has to register his mother’s death on the civil registry for a second time. The Ministry of Public Health has said an investigation is underway into the events leading up to her presumed death.

Persons: Bella Montoya, Gilbert Barberán, Montoya, Martin, Barberán, Zeneida Leal, ” Leal Organizations: CNN, Hospital, Ecuador’s Ministry of Public Health, of Public Health Locations: Ecuador, Babahoyo, “

CNN —The world’s largest kidney stone has been removed from a patient in Sri Lanka – and it’s about the size of a grapefuit, as long as a banana and as heavy as four hamsters. Guinness World Records has confirmed that both records have been broken by the Sri Lankan stone, removed at the Colombo Army Hospital. Kidney stones consist of solid pieces of material that crystallize in the kidney, ureters or bladder due to genetic and environmental factors. A 2018 study suggested that the prevalence of kidney stones is increasing among both men and women in the United States. In order to confirm a diagnosis of kidney stones, physicians may use imaging techniques such as ultrasound or computed tomography (CT) scans.

Organizations: CNN, Sri Lankan Army, Guinness World Records, Guinness, Records, Colombo Army Hospital, Mayo Clinic Locations: Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Sri, Colombo, United States

☆ Ecuador: Woman presumed dead found alive in coffin at her wake
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Duarte Mendonca | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A 76-year-old woman who was declared dead at a hospital in Ecuador was found to be alive and knocking on her coffin during her own wake in the city of Babahoyo. In the video, people could be seen waiting and supporting Montoya as emergency services arrived at the scene, taking the 76-year-old woman back to the hospital. The woman was heard knocking on her coffin. The woman had been declared dead in hospital. It said Montoya was in intensive care at the Martín Icaza Hospital in Babahoyo – the same facility that initially declared her dead.

Persons: “, ”, Gilberto Barbera, Montoya, Bella Yolanda Montoya Castro, “ Bella Yolanda Organizations: CNN, Ministry of Public Health, Health Services Quality Assurance Agency Locations: Ecuador, Babahoyo

☆ Fire kills at least 27 in Peruvian gold mine
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-07 | by ( Duarte Mendonca | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

CNN —Heavy rain caused flooding and landslides on Tuesday in western Rwanda killing at least 109 people in the Western and Northern Provinces, according to state media Rwanda Broadcasting Agency (RBA.) The Rwanda National Police warned that due to heavy rains, the roads Mukamira-Ngororero and Rubavu-Rutsiro are temporarily unavailable. Police officers are available to direct traffic,” the Rwanda National Police said in their twitter account. The Rwanda Meteorology Agency had warned in its forecast for May that many parts of the country will receive more rainfall than average this month. Last year, 205 people died from disasters across Rwanda, MINEMA said in its Disaster Effects Situation Report.

☆ Brazilian police raid former President Bolsonaro’s home, arrest former aide: CNN Brasil
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Duarte Mendonca | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Brazilian Federal Police arrested one of former President Jair Bolsonaro’s closest aides and two others, in connection to the investigation of a gang that allegedly falsified data on Covid-19 vaccination cards, according to CNN affiliate CNN Brasil. Sixteen search and seizure warrants and six arrest warrants were also served, police said in a statement. Cars of Brazilian federal police are seen in front of the house of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on May 3, 2023. Ueslei Marcelino/ReutersFormer Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro leaves his home following a search operation in Brasilia on May 3, 2023. A statement from Brazilian police says they are analyzing material seized during the searches and interviewing people they say might have information related to their investigation.

☆ What King Charles' coronation means for the UK economy
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

But the UK economy as a whole could suffer as workers take an extra day’s holiday. John Lewis' Coronation Lewis Bear. John Lewis & PartnersDepartment store John Lewis has had to limit in-store purchases of its Coronation Lewis Bear to two per household, and the teddy is out of stock online. For the coronation, UK luxury brands “have procured unique merchandise at all levels of the economy and we’re seeing people buying it, particularly Americans and EU customers,” she added. (The coronation holiday will be the third holiday Monday this month.)

CNN —The Mexican navy has seized almost 10 tons of liquid methamphetamine hidden in 11,520 bottles of tequila intended for export, it said in a statement on Monday. Already this year, the navy has seized and destroyed approximately 114 tons of meth, its statement noted. It is not the first time that authorities have seized meth hidden in creative ways. Australian border officials found $1 million worth of liquid meth inside snow globes in 2019. Meanwhile, US border officials found about $266,000 worth of liquid meth inside the gas tank of a truck in 2020.

CNN —Six Leopard 2 tanks bound for Ukraine have left the Spanish port city of Santander in northern Spain and are en route to their destination, the Spanish Minister of Defense Margarita Robles said Saturday. Robles told journalists the tanks left Santander “along with 20 heavy transport vehicles” and the trip by sea would take from five to six days. Ukraine has been reliant on outdated Soviet-era tanks throughout the Russian invasion and has appealed to the West for modern battle tanks to bolster Kyiv’s forces. In recent months, the US, along with countries such as Poland, Finland and the UK – pledged to send tanks to Ukraine. Following international pressure, Germany announced a major decision in January that it would send Leopard 2 tanks to Kyiv’s troops – raising anger from Kremlin officials who sought to cast the move as an act of aggression against Russia.

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