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135/2018 • 16 JUNE, 2018 WEEKEND ISSUE

DAILY NEWS IN ENGLISH

UK aid charity Oxfam accuses France of migrant abuse Oxfam has claimed French police have cut the shoe soles of migrant minors, altered their age on documents and forced them back to Italy. The report comes as Italy and France exchange harsh words over migrants. French border guards have abused, detained and forcibly returned minors and other vulnerable migrants to Italy in violation of EU and French laws, the charity Oxfam said in a report on Friday.

Pakistan Taliban leader Mullah Fazlullah reportedly killed in US drone strike Afghanistanʼs Defense Ministry said Pakistani Taliban leader Mullah Fazlullah has been killed. Among other crimes, Fazlullah was behind the attempted assassination of Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai in 2012. The leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Mullah Fazlullah, was reported to have been killed in a US-Afghan drone strike in northeastern Kunar province. "I confirm that Mullah Fazlullah, leader of the Pakistani Taliban, has been killed in a joint air operation in the border area of Marawera district of Kunar province," said Mohammad Radmanish, a spokesman for the Afghan Defense Ministry, according to news agency Reuters. The airstrike was conducted at about 9 a.m. local time on Thursday, Radmanish added. A spokesman for the US forces in Afghanistan on Friday would only confirm that a "senior leader of a designated terror organization" had been targeted in a drone strike in Afghanistanʼs Kunar province. A spokesman for the Pakistani army said it could not confirm that Fazlullah was killed in the drone strike.

Boris Becker claims diplomatic immunity to avoid bankruptcy charges Becker was declared bankrupt in June 2017 over an alleged debt to a British bank

Boris Beckerʼs lawyers said his role as the Central African Republicʼs sports attache to the EU protects him from legal proceedings.

IMF: President Donald Trumpʼs tariffs pose risk to both global trade and US economy The International Monetary Fund criticized Trumpʼs tariffs plans and warned of their negative impact. The IMF also said by 2020 US economic growth will dip to lower levels than the White House predicts. A report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released in Washington on Thursday predicted that US President Donald Trumpʼs new tariff policy and its consequences could be damaging to the global trading system and the US economy. The IMF assessment comes as the White House is soon to announce its decision on whether to im-

pose 25 percent tariffs on $50 billion (€43 billion) worth of Chinese goods. For its part, China promised on Friday to retaliate immediately should the US place any tariffs the hurt Chinese interests. The IMF report warned that USimposed punitive import duties could harm the current world economic recovery by "catalyzing a cycle of retaliatory responses" and interrupting global supply chains. IMF Director Christine Lagarde urged countries to not understate the larger economic toll that retaliation from trading partners like Canada and Germany could bring.

Julen Lopetegui sacked as coach of Spanish national team The move comes just hours after Real Madrid announced that it had hired Julen Lopetegui as their next head coach. The Spanish football association (RFEF) announced the sacking of national team coach Julen Lopetegui in a press conference on Wednesday. "We thank Julen for everything that he has done, because he is a great person, who is responsible for us being in Russia," the head of the RFEF, Luis Rubiales, said. "However, we must fire him." The move comes just two days before Spain are to open their World Cup campaign against Portugal - and just hours after Real Madrid announced

that the 51-year-old Lopetegui would take over as their new head coachimmediately after the World Cup. "I understand that Real Madrid want to have the best of coaches but the national team belongs to all of Spain and this is not the way to do things," added Rubiales. Lopetegui was appointed Spainʼs coach in July 2016 and never tasted defeat in the job, leading the team through 20 unbeaten games ahead of the World Cup. La Roja are among the favorites to lift the trophy this summer but this astonishing upheaval, so close to the tournament, could have a negative effect on the players.

Gunmen kill prominent Kashmir journalist Unknown gunmen have shot dead Shujaat Bukhari, a prominent journalist and editor in Indian-controlled Kashmir. A voice of peace in the violence-wracked region, he also contributed. Veteran journalist Shujaat Bukhari and his two police bodyguards were shot dead on Thursday by unknown assailants in Srinagar, the main city in disputed, Indian-controlled Kashmir. The gunmen fired on Bukhari as he got into his vehicle outside his office in the cityʼs press enclave, leaving him and the two policemen in a pool of blood.

Female entrepreneurs tackle diversity problem Female entrepreneurs in Germany are teaming up to improve their networking and increase their influence in society. Manuela Kasper-Claridge reports from Hamburg. The Hamburg Chamber of Industry and Commerce presents an unusual picture this week: Lots of women in the big hall where youʼd usually encounter men talking business. Women tend to be in the minority here, but this week is different. The Hamburg Chamber of Industry and Commerce presents an unusual picture this week: Lots of women in the big hall where youʼd usually encounter men talking business. Women tend to be in the minority here, but this week is different.

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