Coronavirus: EU leaders reach recovery deal after marathon summit
EU leaders have struck a deal on a huge post-coronavirus recovery package following a fourth night of talks.
It involves €750bn (£677bn; $859bn) in grants and loans to counter the impact of the pandemic in the 27-member bloc.
The talks saw a split between nations hardest hit by the virus and so-called "frugal" members concerned about costs.
It is the biggest joint borrowing ever agreed by the EU. Summit chairman Charles Michel said it was a "pivotal moment" for Europe.
German Jewish leaders fear rise of antisemitic conspiracy theories linked to Covid-19
Opponents of lockdown holding Jews increasingly responsible for spread of virus
A leader of Germany’s Jewish community has expressed alarm at the spread of antisemitic conspiracy theories relating to coronavirus in the country, including attempts to downplay the Holocaust.
Josef Schuster, the president of the Central Council of Jews, said Jews were increasingly being held collectively responsible for the spread of the virus and compared the situation to narratives around the plague in the Middle Ages.
At high-profile demonstrations against coronavirus measures, figures such as the Hungarian-born financier George Soros have been blamed for starting the pandemic with the help of the German government in order to gain power and influence.
Police officer who fired rubber pellets at journalists faces felony charges
‘There are no explicable reasons why the alleged actions were taken,’ says prosecutorAimee Ortiz
A Detroit police corporal is facing felony assault charges amid accusations that he shot rubber pellets at three photojournalists who covered a protest in May against police brutality in the city.
Corporal Daniel Debono was charged on Monday with three counts of felonious assault, which carries a maximum penalty of four years, in the “unprovoked” shooting, the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office said.
“The evidence shows that these three journalists were leaving the protest area and that there was almost no one else on the street where they were,” Kym Worthy, the county prosecutor, said in a statement.
Strawberry pickers' plight exposes 'modern slavery' in Spain
Thousands of migrant strawberry pickers from Morocco are trapped in Spain. Local groups call it a humanitarian crisis. Meanwhile, companies are trying to end their dependence on Moroccan workers.
Around 17,000, mostly female, Moroccan seasonal workers were supposed to come this year to the southern Spanish province of Huelva for the strawberry harvest. Only 7,200 of these so-called temporeras made it there after the borders with Morocco were closed on March 13 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
But once the harvest season finished and their contracts expired, most of them have found themselves trapped as their home country kept its doors closed and refused to repatriate them.
Sudan adjourns trial against ousted president Bashir and allies over 1989 coup
Ousted Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and some of his former allies went on trial on Tuesday on charges of leading a military coup that brought the autocrat to power in 1989.
A Sudanese court had already handed Bashir a two-year sentence in December on corruption charges. He also faces trials and investigations over the killing of protesters.
State TV broadcast the judge opening the hearing at a court in Khartoum without showing footage of Bashir, who has been jailed since he was toppled in April last year following mass protests against his 30-year rule.
Luxury homes in Australia are falling into the ocean due to coastal erosion
Updated 0718 GMT (1518 HKT) July 21, 2020
In a coastal neighborhood in Australia's New South Wales state, luxury beachfront homes are in danger of collapsing into the ocean.
Residents in more than 40 houses along Wamberal Beach, located in the central coast north of Sydney, have had to evacuate over the past few days as coastal erosion threatened to damage or destroy the homes.
The multi-million dollar properties sit on a cliff above the water, but days of strong swells have eaten away at the land, causing the cliff face to crumble. Videos from last Friday show white waves surging up the cliff, almost reaching the houses, leaving broken staircases and debris in the sand as the tide pulls away.
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