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A lake resort operator has claimed that lifeguards’ instructions were not understood, causing unacceptable risks A controversial move by the operator of a lakeside beach in Germany to refuse entry to swimmers who do not sufficiently speak German has sparked a fierce political row.The dispute erupted after the privately run Heidebad nature pool in Halle in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt announced earlier this month that staff may turn away visitors who are unable to understand safety instructions in German.Pool manager Mathias Nobel, who also works as a lifeguard, said the policy was introduced after repeated dangerous situations in which…

King Charles III and Queen Camilla are downsizing and leaving 775 room-Buckingham Palace as a lavish 10-year, 369 million-pound ($487 million) refurbishment program ends. Instead the couple will remain nearby in stately Clarence House, a substantially smaller residence of around a dozen rooms also in the very heart of London, where the two have lived since their marriage in 2005. The monarchy now seeks seeks to increase public access – paid for by each visitor – to the historic building that has been the center of Royal life for almost 200 years and drive a strong revenue stream for the…

Wednesday on MS NOW’s “The Briefing,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said he hopes that after the primaries are finished, every Democrat recognizes the “enemy” is President Donald Trump. Jeffries said, “I’m proud of the fact that several other of my colleagues, of course, decisively won reelection, whether that’s Grace Manning or Ritchie Torres, Yvette Clarke, just to name a few. For whatever the reason, those races didn’t catch a lot of attention. I’m also, thankful, for the fact that we finally have some resolution. We had at least two strong candidates in New York’s 17 congressional district currently…

The Bundeswehr has reached out to almost 300,000 potential recruits over the past five months, Die Zeit has reported Germany’s new military registration program has fallen disastrously short of the numbers expected by the Bundeswehr, Die Zeit has reported, citing data from the Defense Ministry.Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said in April that the size of the German military should increase from the current 184,000 to 460,000 by 2035, including 260,000 active-duty troops and 200,000 reservists.In order to achieve the goal, the Bundeswehr launched a military registration program at the start of the year, asking all 18-year-old citizens – male and…

(AP) — Russian air defenses intercepted 660 Ukrainian drones in a major nighttime attack on 12 Russian regions as well as the Russia-held Crimean peninsula, the Black Sea and the Azov Sea, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Friday. It appeared to be one of the biggest drone attacks on Russia and the illegally annexed Crimea since Russia´s full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than four years ago. The previous biggest Ukrainian attack over the past year was 556 drones on May 17. In an effort to turn the tables on Russia´s grinding war of attrition, Ukrainian long-range drones have for months been…

President Donald Trump highlighted how America’s 250th anniversary was “a time to be proud” of the nation’s past, along with a time to “expand our ambitions, and raise our expectations of what America can be.” While speaking at a kick-off celebration for the Great American State Fair on Wednesday, an event organized by Freedom 250, Trump highlighted how “the great civilizations of history did not wallow in aging ruins of the past.” Trump also vowed that future generations of Americans would be left “nothing less than the richest inheritance,” and the “most advanced civilization.” “From Athens to Rome, from London…

The ICE detention center has fulfilled its role in an immigration crackdown after 21,000 deportations, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has said Florida has shut down a controversial immigration detention center dubbed ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ after it processed around 21,000 deportations, Governor Ron DeSantis has announced. The makeshift facility was hailed by the administration of US President Donald Trump but condemned by civil rights groups.The detention center of tents and trailers was built in a matter of days on a remote Everglades airstrip and opened in July 2025. Nicknamed ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ because of its isolated, swamp-surrounded location, it was designed to hold…

Prosecutors in the case involving the killing of a French teenager that shocked the nation have said that while a motive has yet to be determined, they have apparently been able to rule out a racial motive. On Tuesday, 17-year-old Louis died in hospital after being brutally beaten to death in the Mediterranean town of Narbonne by a group of youths who ambushed him near a construction site last Friday. After being beaten by the group, Louis was left for dead, and his near-lifeless body was only discovered over 14 hours later by a worker. Footage of the savage beating of…

The Department of Education (ED) on Tuesday announced new investigations into the Maryland State Department of Education and several Maryland school districts over policies that allegedly favor gender ideology over biological reality, at the expense of female students.  ED’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) opened the probes on the 54th anniversary of the signing of Title IX into state department of education, as well as Montgomery County Public Schools, Prince George’s County Public Schools, and Frederick County Public Schools (the Districts). OCR is looking to determine if the entities have violated Title IX by allowing boys to access girls’ intimate facilities…

President Donald Trump handed Speaker Mike Johnson a lifeline Thursday to get Republicans’ agenda back on track next week. But hard-liners’ festering discontent over Trump’s stalled election bill could jam the chamber again. For now, members plan to return Monday and press forward on a long list of major legislation before Independence Day recess, including fiscal 2027 funding bills, the annual defense policy bill, a kids online safety bill and negotiations for a third reconciliation measure lawmakers want to stuff with party priorities. Trump on Thursday instructed the band of GOP hard-liners to lift their procedural block of House floor…