Saturday, October 31

Europe

Mayan pyramid hides two more in Chichen Itza
18Nov By Sumon AdminNo Comments
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Mayan pyramid hides two more in Chichen Itza

    Thousands of tourists surround the Kukulcan Pyramid at the Chichen Itza archeological site during the celebration of the spring equinox in the Yucatan state, southeastern Mexico, on March 21, 2016. The famous pyramid of Kukulkan was built over at least two preexisting structures, archaeologists claim, comparing the monument to a nesting doll. The newly discovered pyramid is centuries older than the visible one. The smallest pyramid is about 10 meters (33 feet) tall and encapsulated within a 20-meter structure which is itself covered with the 30-meter Kukulkan pyramid at the Mexican Chichen Itza site, researchers said on Wednesday. It's like a Russian nesting doll. Under the large one we get another and another, said project's chief Rene Chavez Seguro. The archaeologists us...
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EU Commission reveals plans for travel tax on British citizens after Brexit
17Nov By Sumon AdminNo Comments
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EU Commission reveals plans for travel tax on British citizens after Brexit

    The US-style visa waiver scheme is one of the first concrete signs UK citizens will not be permitted the privileges they once had to move across European borders unhindered. The EU Commission said the system of security checks is necessary to prevent terrorist entering the Schengen open-borders area, but UK Brexit critics warned it is further evidence of the hidden cost of quitting the Union. Under the Etias system, countries from outside the EU which do not require a full visa to travel to the bloc, will now pay a five euro (£4.29) fee and complete an online form. Sir Julian King, the EU’s Security Commissioner, said: "Terrorists and criminals don't care much for national borders. The only way to defeat them is by working together effectively. "Etias will help do that, by...
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Angela Merkel suggests to compromise on free movement in the wake of Brexit
16Nov By Sumon AdminNo Comments
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Angela Merkel suggests to compromise on free movement in the wake of Brexit

    Angela Merkel suggests she is willing to compromise on free movement in the wake of Brexit Angela Merkel has for the first time signalled that she is willing to compromise on the issue of freedom of movement in the wake of Britain’s Brexit vote. In comments seen as a significant shift, the German Chancellor suggested that the European Union needs to “discuss further” the rules around freedom of movement. It suggests for the first time that Britain may be able to gain full control of its borders while still retaining access to the single market, something that EU leaders including Jean-Claude Juncker have previously said would be impossible. Until now, Mrs Merkel has always insisted that there would never be any movement on the issue of freedom of movement, which gives EU c...
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European Parliament considers plan to let individual Brits opt in to keep their EU citizenship
9Nov By Sumon AdminNo Comments
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European Parliament considers plan to let individual Brits opt in to keep their EU citizenship

    EU citizenship would allow Brits to keep freedom of movement The European Parliament is to consider a plan that would allow British citizens to opt-in and keep their European Union citizenship – and its associated benefits – once the UK leaves the EU. The proposal, which has been put before a parliamentary committee as an amendment, would grant the citizens of former member states the voluntary right to retain “associate citizenship” of the EU. Associate citizens would be allowed to keep free movement across the EU as full citizens currently enjoy and would be allowed to vote in European Parliament elections, meaning they were still represented in Brussels. The proposal could potentially give Brits who live and work across borders a workaround to the disruption caused by t...
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Russian threat to UK military over intelligence issues warning
6Nov By Sumon AdminNo Comments
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Russian threat to UK military over intelligence issues warning

    Armata tank in Red Square for the May Day parade this year British military intelligence has issued a warning over a ground-breaking tank being developed by Russia, according to a leaked document seen by The Sunday Telegraph. The Ministry of Defence internal briefing paper raises doubts over the UK’s ability to combat the threat posed by the Kremlin’s new Armata tank. It also questions why the Government has no plans for a rival tank for at least 20 years. The internal document, written by a senior Army intelligence officer, states: “Without hyperbole, Armata represents the most revolutionary step change in tank design in the last half century.” It adds: “Unsurprisingly, the tank has caused a sensation,” and it goes on to question the failure of current defence strategy to...
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Eurostar direct run London to Amsterdam
4Nov By Sumon AdminNo Comments
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Eurostar direct run London to Amsterdam

    Eurostar is pressing ahead with plans for direct services between London and Amsterdam despite a drop in passenger numbers. The operators of the cross-Channel high-speed rail service suffered a 10 per cent year-on-year decline in passenger numbers during the third quarter but said plans for the new route were progressing well. The new service would provide a rival to airlines transporting 3 million people a year from London to Holland. Chief Executive Nicolas Petrovic said Eurostar was making a major investment” in its fleet, service and stations to equip the business for expansion. The launch of our Amsterdam route at the end of next year marks a key milestone and represents a significant growth opportunity for the future, he told the Financial Times.
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TV channel female interpreter sex attack in Calais Jungle
4Nov By Sumon AdminNo Comments
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TV channel female interpreter sex attack in Calais Jungle

    French police search through migrants' tents at the Jungle migrant camp before authorities demolish the site Three Afghan migrants were in custody in Paris on Thursday night on suspicion of raping a mother-of-two in the Calais Jungle. The men face criminal charges for the alleged attack on the 38-year-old woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, on October 18th. The 38-year-old is herself an Afghan who was working as an interpretor for the France 5 TV channel. She was part of a team who were shooting a documentary about unaccompanied minors and child sex abuse in the notorious shantytown. The woman was bundled to the ground and attacked as the two other assailants restrained her colleague, a 42-year-old male freelance reporter. Prosecutors confirmed the men had, like ...
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Hundreds of refugees drown in the Mediterranean Sea
3Nov By Sumon AdminNo Comments
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Hundreds of refugees drown in the Mediterranean Sea

    More than 200 refugees have been killed in two disasters off the coast of Libya as Europe's attention focuses on a landmark legal ruling on Brexit. The tragedies push the known number of asylum seekers who have died attempting to reach Europe this year over 4,000, with 2016 now officially the deadliest year on record. Carlotta Sami, a spokesperson for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), announced on Thursday that at least 239 migrants had died in two shipwrecks. She said the information was confirmed by two of the 31 survivors brought ashore on the Italian island of Lampedusa, who said their boats overturned in rough seas. An information bulletin given to search and rescue boats by Italian commanders said one rubber boat capsized off the coast of Libya on Wednesday morning whil...
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Violent clashes break out on the streets of Calais Jungle
2Nov By Sumon AdminNo Comments
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Violent clashes break out on the streets of Calais Jungle

    Migrants armed with bats and clubs clashed during a mass brawl in Paris hours after authorities cleared an illegal camp. Men brandishing makeshift weapons and attacked one another during running street battles near Stalingrad subway station on Monday night. The cause of the fight remains unknown but comes in the wake of an influx of thousands of migrants in Paris following the destruction of the Calais “Jungle” camp. Riot police were forced to push migrants back into an emergency cordon which sparked retaliations as tensions boiled over on the streets of the French capital earlier that day. The flashpoint came hours after police cleared away some tents belonging to Afghan migrants along a canal amid Government efforts to tackle the refugee crisis. Shikhali Mirzai, a young ...
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Theresa May declines to take more Calais child refugees to UK
31Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
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Theresa May declines to take more Calais child refugees to UK

    French president had called for Britain to consider its moral duty and take its fair share of the 1,500 asylum-seeking children left in Calais Theresa May has declined to make any extra commitments on receiving child refugees affected by the demolition of the Calais refugee camp, after the French president, François Hollande, rang her to ask for the Britain to consider its “moral duty”. Downing Street said the UK has already taken a “considerable number of unaccompanied minors”, and several hundred more children and young people would be arriving in the coming weeks. The government has taken about 274 child refugees this month, mostly those with family ties to the UK under the Dublin regulation. David Cameron also promised earlier this year to take an unspecified number of...
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