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159/2018 • 14 JULY, 2018 WEEKEND ISSUE

DAILY NEWS IN ENGLISH

Vaping Air China co-pilot causes plane to plunge A passenger jet with 162 people on board was forced to descend 25,000 feet (7.620 meters) in 10 minutes when the co-pilot apparently tried to hide the smoke from his e-cigarette, Chinese media quoted the countryʼs civil aviation authority as saying on Friday. The Air China Boeing 737 was flying from Hong Kong to the Chinese city of Dalian when the incident took place on Tuesday, according to the South China Morning Post.

Italy: Migrants disembark coast guard ship following reports of earlier conflict After waiting for several hours on board an Italian coast guard ship, 67 migrants were given permission to disembark late on Thursday. The group of migrants, which included three women and six children, had been held onboard the Diciotti at a port in the Sicilian town of Trapani afterItalyʼs far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salviniblocked the ship from docking. Salvini halted their arrival amid reports in Italian media that a handful of the migrants on board violently threatened the crew of their initial rescue ship. Earlier on Thursday night, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said the group of migrants would be allowed to leave the Diciotti after identification procedures had been completed, "in particular for those who may have committed a crime." Italian media and news agency AFP reported that police escorted some of the migrants off the ship.

Turkeyʼs Gulen movement on the rise in Germany Many supporters of exiled Muslim cleric Fetullah Gulen were driven out of the country

After Turkeyʼs foiled coup attempt in 2016, many supporters of exiled Muslim cleric Fetullah Gulen were driven out of the country. But in Germany, the movement is increasingly gaining influence, writes Gunnar Köhne.

Bin Ladenʼs suspected bodyguard Sami A. deported from Germany German officials deported Sami A, an alleged ex-bodyguard of Osama bin Laden, to his homeland of Tunisia early on Friday via a charter flight from Düsseldorf, authorities said. The case surrounding the 42-year-old man hassparked a major controversy in Germany,after it was reported the man has been living in the city of Bochum for years and collecting €1,168 ($1,357) each month in welfare payments. Although his asylum request was rejected and he was de-

clared a security threat, authorities in the German state of North RhineWestphalia (NRW) stated earlier this yearthey could not deport him. The reason, according to the officials, was a 2017 ruling by a German court that found that Sami A. faced "the considerable likelihood" of "torture and inhumane or degrading treatment" if he returned to Tunisia. However, a recent ruling set a legal precedent and paved the way for the manʼs deportation. He wasdetained last month.

Genius Kylian Mbappe is ready for the biggest stage of all After 90 minutes of action, it wasFrance who were in a third World Cup final.But it had taken Kylian Mbappe less than 20 seconds to steal the show in Saint Petersburg. Straight from the kick-off in the semifinal, the 19-year-old received the ball on the right-hand side and immediately drove forward, spreading panic across the Belgian back line. His cross evaded Antoine Griezmann in the center but the message had been sent, loud and clear. If anyone wasnʼt already aware of the PSG teenagerʼs

prodigious talent, they were now. Bursting onto the stage two years ago at Monaco, Mbappe tookLigue 1 and the Champions League by storm with his blistering pace and lethal penetration. Fans of Borussia Dortmund and Manchester City will have particularly painful memories of the damage he inflicted on their teams that season – but it will have come as no surprise to the coaches in theParisian suburb of Bondy where the young Mbappe honed his skills in the gravel cage of the Stade Leo Lagrange.

France to deploy 110,000 police for the Bastille Day French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb announced massive security measures on Friday to prevent any terror attacks over the weekend, which will see France celebrate the Bastille Day on Saturday andplay against Croatia in the World Cup final on Sunday. "Everything is being done so the French can live these festive moments with peace of mind, despite the terrorist threat which remains at a high level," Collomb said.

19 injured, 1 dead in South Africa plane crash At least 19 people were injured and one killed near Pretoria, South Africa on Tuesday after a charter plane crashed near Wonderboom airport, paramedics confirmed. "Medics from ER24 and other services are at the scene of a plane crash at Wonderboom in Pretoria," said Russell Meiring, spokesman for the ER24 medical service. "We have 19 injured casualties ranging from minor to critical injuries at this stage." ER24 later said on its Twitter feed that one fatality had since been reported from the scene, and that it had occured "in the cockpit." News 19 injured, 1 dead in South Africa plane crash There was no immediate information about what caused the crash near the administrative capital of Pretoria. Pictures from the scene showed paramedics rescuing survivors from the smoking wreckage.

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