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Tourists scramble to leave Santorini amid quake fears
Schools have been closed and search and rescue teams have been sent to the Greek island in advance, after more than 200 tremors in three days sparked concern a bigger earthquake is coming.
- by Derek Gatopoulos
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The smashed window, the bank account and swearing at cops: Key moments from Sam Kerr case
Matildas captain Sam Kerr has appeared in a London court to face the charge of intentionally causing racially aggravated harassment, alarm or distress to a police officer in January 2023.
- by Rob Harris
Starmer in the middle: Trump wedges British PM
Keir Starmer is stuck between a rock and a hard place in the growing transatlantic spat between the US and the European Union.
- by Joe Barnes and Ben Riley-Smith
Expletive-laden video of Matildas star Sam Kerr’s arrest played for UK court
The court was played about 30 minutes of police bodycam footage where Kerr could be heard using expletives and saying: “You guys are stupid and white.”
- by Rob Harris
Trump pressures Europe to fix its own defences
Europe knows after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that it needs to spend more on defence. Donald Trump’s election has only made that imperative more urgent.
- by Jeanna Smialek and Steven Erlanger
Zelensky’s office deems US push for truce, elections a ‘failed plan’
Kyiv has repeatedly said it does not want a ceasefire without obtaining security guarantees that would stop Moscow regenerating its forces and launching another invasion in the future.
- by Tom Balmforth
Ukraine, Russia accuse each other of deadly strike on boarding school
The bomb killed at least four people in a dormitory in a part of Russia’s Kursk region held by Kyiv forces.
- by Oleksandr Kozhukhar
Italian ski resort overrun with 10,000 day trippers after TikTok video
A TikTok post from an influencer with 1.7 million followers has created mayhem in an Italian ski town, after thousands of extra visitors descended on it in one day.
- by Josephine McKenna
Mona Lisa will have her own room under a major renovation of the Louvre
The most visited museum in the world is also the most overcrowded, and then there are problems in the roof and outdated facilities.
- by Sylvie Corbet
Shoplifting suspect in wheelchair evades police chase
Officers twice tried to block her motorised chair during the chase in Sheffield, England, to force it to a halt. But the suspect escaped both times.
- by Timothy Sigsworth
Sheffield shoplifter in wheelchair evades police chase
Police in England had trouble catching a crime suspect despite having a more powerful vehicle. SOURCE: TIK TOK @bnidniz