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Robert De Niro says ʼF*** Trumpʼ twice on live TV Award-winning actor De Niro denounced US President Donald Trump with expletives during the live television broadcast of the Tony Awards Sunday evening. The speech won him a standing ovation. Iʼm gonna say one thing. F*** Trump," actor Robert De Niro said as he took the stage at New Yorkʼs Radio City Music Hall on Sunday night. His task was to introduce musician Bruce Springsteen during the Tony Awards. Instead, he first took to task the US president himself. "Itʼs no longer down with Trump. Itʼs F*** Trump," he said, with the audience of actors, directors and producers shrieking and then offering De Niro a standing ovation. The actor urged the audience to vote during mid-term elections in November. He praised musician Springsteen for his own political activism, saying "Bruce, you can rock the house like nobody else and even more importantly in these perilous times, you rock the vote, always fighting for, in your own words, truth, transparency and integrity in government. Boy, do we need that now."
Lufthansa plane catches fire at Frankfurt Airport The aircraft bound for Philadelphia was empty at the time of the accident. Ten people, including ground staff and firefighters have been taken to a hospital with complaints of irritation in respiratory tracts. A Lufthansa plane was badly damaged in a fire on Monday at the Frankfurt Airport. The incident happened when a tug that was pulling the aircraft to a boarding gate caught fire. The plane bound for Philadelphia later in the day was not carrying passengers at the time of the accident. The cause of the fire was not immediately known. Nobody was seriously injured in the incident. Lufthansa said 10 people, including firefighters and ground staff, were treated for respiratory problems. Frankfurt Airport authorities said the fire, which was "immediately" extinguished, did not cause any disruptions at Germanyʼs busiest airport.
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Pope accepts resignation of Barros and 2 other bishops Chile sex abuse scandal:
Pope Francis has accepted the resignations of three Chilean bishops who offered to step down after an abuse scandal. Among them is Bishop Juan Barros, whom victims have accused of witnessing sex crimes against them.
G7 minus two: Leaders agree to ocean plastics charter Five of the G7 nations, without the US and Japan, have agreed to an ocean plastics charter. But will such non-binding measures be enough for the worldʼs industrialized countries to beat plastic pollution together? Hate crimes, discrimination, inequality and nightmare events like the deadly war in Syria can make us feel that our world is upside down. But these werenʼt the only urgent issues world leaders had to address. Climate change andplastic pollution are much quieter threats — but relentless and fierce nonetheless. In the Group of Sevenʼs (G7) closing communique
out of Charlevoix, Canada, on Saturday, the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom pledged to combat ocean pollution through aG7 Ocean Plastics Charter. The United States and Japan declined to put their names on the resolution. The charter outlines a "resource-efficient lifecycle management approach to plastics in the economy," which includes working toward making all plastics recyclable by 2030, reducing single-use plastics and promoting the use of recycled plastic. It also pledges to build out recycling infrastructure, and innovate around more sustainable technologies.
2,000-year-old burial complex discovered near Sea of Galilee Israeli construction workers unearthed a cave in Tiberias which was likely a family burial space from Roman times. Construction workers using a digger exposed what appeared to be an ancient burial site some 10 meters (33 feet) underground while working in Tiberias, a city in northern Israel located on the Sea of Galilee, a spokesperson from Israelʼs Antiquities
Authority confirmed on Monday. The space is some two meters high and includes an entranceway as well as the central chamber containing more than 10 grave niches. "The cave must have been a burial space for a family living in Tiberias or a neighboring village," said spokesperson Yair Amitsur, adding that the discovery is "virtually one-of-a-kind" for this area.
Hong Kong activist Edward Leung jailed for 6 years Hong Kong independence activist Edward Leung has been sent to prison for taking part in a violent clash with police in 2016. He was among a generation of activists supporting full independence from China. Hong Kongʼs High Court on Monday jailed prominent pro-independence activist Edward Leung for six years for his role in an all-night riot two years ago. The 27-year-old was already in custody after pleading guilty in January to a separate charge of assaulting a police officer during the riot. He was sentenced to one year in prison for the assault, with the two terms to be served concurrently. The 2016 protest began as a rally in the cityʼs Mong Kok shopping district to protect unregistered street vendors from health inspectors but quickly escalated into an outpouring of anger against authorities in mainland China. It later became known as the "Fishball Revolution" after one of Hong Kongʼs best-loved street snacks.
French farmers picket Total refineries in palm oil protests French farmers have started a threeday blockade of refineries after a decision by Total to import cheaper palm oil for its biofuel plant. The move has fanned farmer discontent over unfair competition. The Vatry fuel depot in the Marne region of northeastern France was the first to be blocked on Sunday evening as about 100 farmers set up barricades with tractors and mounds of rubble. On Monday, a total of 13 sites were being picketed by members of the French farmersʼ union FNSEA, union boss Christiane Lambert said in an interview with France Info television.
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Spain will accept migrant ship Aquarius after Italy and Malta refuse entry Spainʼs new prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, has said the Aquarius may dock in Valencia. With 629 people on board, it has been waiting for a secure place to dock amid a diplomatic standoff between Italy and Malta. A French NGOʼs rescue ship, the Aquarius, was given the go-ahead to dock in Spainʼs eastern port of Valencia on Monday. "It is our obligation to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe and offer a safe port for these people," Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchezʼs office said in a statement, adding it wanted to comply with its international responsibilities on humanitarian crises. Sanchez, a socialist, issued the instructions after Italy and Malta refused to let it dock. The French organization SOS Mediterranee said the ship was carrying 629 migrants picked up off the coast of Libya on Saturday, including 123 unaccompanied minors and seven pregnant women. Among those on board are 400 migrants rescued by the Italian navy and merchant vessels before being transferred to the Aquarius.
Thomas Delaney signs for Borussia Dortmund
Angela Merkel on Italy: Solidarity in eurozone should not lead to debt union German Chancellor Angela Merkel has congratulated Italyʼs new prime minister, Giuseppe Conte. However, she later appeared to dismiss the Italian governmentʼs calls to the European Central Bank for debt forgiveness. German Chancellor Angela Merkel held talks with Italyʼs new populist prime minister, Giuseppe Conte,on Saturday and invited him to Berlin for further discussions on the two countriesʼ future relationship. The chancellorʼs office said in a statement that Merkel had congratulated Conte on becoming prime minister. During the phone conversation, the two leaders emphasized the importance of "continued
close bilateral cooperation," the statement added. Conte, a little-known Italian law professor, has mostly kept quiet since beingsworn in on Friday, but he announced on Facebook that, along with Merkel, he had also held talks with Franceʼs Emmanuel Macron on Saturday. He said he would meet the two leaders at next weekʼs G7 summit in Canada, where he will be a "spokesman for the interests of Italian citizens."
From Africa to Germany Water pollution, deforestation and wasted energy are problems all over the world. African students are working to solve them, and theyʼre exchanging ideas with Germany to do it. Herdsmen shepherd goats, sheep and cattle through the wilds of Ghana, letting them bath in lakes as the fierce sun beats down. Itʼs an image that might sound idyllic in the West, but for many in Ghana itʼs an urgent health threat. Almost 22 percent of
Ghanaʼs 28.1 million people rely on water that collects on the ground or in ponds and lakes for their daily needs, according to US-aid organizationWater.org. That leaves them vulnerable to waterborne diseases carried by livestock, as well as industrial and domestic waste. Kofi Sarpong AduManu set out to solve the problem. "One of my friends was discussing a problem in his community of herdsmen destroying river resources and then the idea came, why donʼt we monitor the water?" he told DW.
Borussia Dortmund have dipped their toe in the summer transfer market again. Defensive midfielder Thomas Delaney joins from Werder Bremen on a four-year deal believed to be worth around €20 million. Borussia Dortmund have confirmed the signing of midfielder Thomas Delaney from Werder Bremen for a fee believed to be around €20 million ($23.6 million). The Dane joins on a four-year deal and becomes Dortmundʼs third signing of the summer after Marius Wolf from Eintracht Frankfurt and Marwin Hitz.
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Dieselgate scandal: Audi boss Rupert Stadler comes under investigation German authorities have raided Rupert Stadlerʼs home as part of an investigation into his involvement in Dieselgate. He has denied any involvement in the emissions cheating scandal. Rupert Stadler, the head of German carmaker Audi, has become one of 20 people under investigation for malpractice in the emissions cheating scandal at parent company Volkswagen, state prosecutors in the southern German city of Munich said on Monday. They said another board member at Audi was now also included among the suspects. The homes of both suspects were raided on Monday as part of the investigation, prosecutors said. "Since May 30 the chief executive of Audi Professor Rupert Stadler and another member of the current executive board have been regarded as suspects," they said in a statement.
The death of Americaʼs net neutrality and how it affects you The US and EU are changing the internet but — toward polar opposite ends. The United States has buried landmark net neutrality laws. Lindsey Rae Gjording reports from New York. The US stopped its landmark net neutrality rules on June 11.Without net neutrality, internet service providers in the US are free to manipulate or limit internet access to certain websites while favoring others. This can affect anyone who visits American websites. But defenders of net neutrality fear an even worse outcome — censorship. "Itʼs the principal that the companies we pay to get online shouldnʼt be the ones who influence our choices to what we do online," says Ryan Singel, a fellow at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society. Singel notes that ISPs are wanting to "be able go to a website like Yelp and say, nice website, for 50k a month we will keep letting you get to our subscribers, otherwise we will block you."