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Otago Daily Times
6 days ago
- General
- Otago Daily Times
Mass evacuation after wartime bombs found
An area was cordoned off opposite Cologne Cathedral after the discovery of World War 2-era bombs. Photo: Reuters TV Thousands of people have been evacuated from central Cologne in western Germany following the discovery of three wartime bombs, in what the city authority called the largest such operation since the end of World War 2. An evacuation zone with a radius of 1000 metres was cleared from 8am on Wednesday (local time), affecting about 20,500 residents along with many workers and hotel guests in the city's old town and Deutz district. Three American bombs, each with impact fuses, were found during construction work on Monday in Deutz, a bustling area on the bank of the River Rhine. Bomb disposal experts planned to disarm the ordnance. Unexploded bombs are often found in Germany, where many major cities sustained heavy damage during the war. The evacuation area includes one hospital, two retirement homes, nine schools, and many hotels and museums. "Everyone involved hopes that the defusing can be completed in the course of Wednesday. This is only possible if all those affected leave their homes or workplaces early and stay outside the evacuation area from the outset on that day," the city authority said in a statement. The measures caused major transport disruptions in the city of over 1 million people, with Germany's national rail operator warning that many trains would be diverted or cancelled. A stretch of the Rhine would be blocked off before the bomb disposal operation begins. The Rhine, which runs from the Swiss Alps to the North Sea via Cologne, is one of Europe's key waterways for the transportation of commodities such as grain and coal. Private television station RTL, whose main office is located in the evacuation zone, interrupted its morning news programme. "We have to leave," the news anchor said, grabbing his bag as the lights were turned off.
Japan Today
26-05-2025
- Politics
- Japan Today
Macron plays down apparent shove from wife in Vietnam
French President Emmanuel Macron stands near the door of a plane, as a hand appears and pushes his face away, in Hanoi, Vietnam, May 25, 2025, in this screengrab from a video. Reuters TV/via REUTERS By Thinh Nguyen and Elizabeth Pineau French President Emmanuel Macron played down on Monday an incident in which his wife, Brigitte, pushed him in the face as the couple arrived in Vietnam to begin a tour of Southeast Asia. In a video, Brigitte Macron appeared to shove her husband before he descended from the presidential plane late on Sunday, causing him to step back before he recovered and waved to the cameras on the tarmac below. She remained momentarily hidden behind the plane's fuselage, blocking any view of her body language. The couple, who have been married since 2007, then descended the steps together, with Brigitte refusing her husband's arm. "I was bickering, or rather joking, with my wife," Macron told reporters in Hanoi. "It's nothing." He cautioned that this was not the first time in recent weeks that the content of videos of him had been twisted by people he described as "crackpots". Macron cited a video shared on social media that showed him removing a crumpled white object from a table on a train during a visit to Ukraine. Some social media users suggested - without providing evidence - that the object was a bag of cocaine. Macron said it was a tissue and his office accused France's enemies of spreading fake news. Earlier on Monday, an Elysee official said of the latest video: "It was a moment when the president and his wife were relaxing one last time before the start of the trip by having a laugh." "It was a moment of closeness." © Thomson Reuters 2025.
TimesLIVE
26-05-2025
- Business
- TimesLIVE
French President Macron plays down apparent shove from wife in Vietnam
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday played down an incident in which his wife, Brigitte, pushed him in the face as the couple arrived in Vietnam to begin a tour of Southeast Asia. In a video, Brigitte Macron appeared to shove her husband before he descended from the presidential plane late on Sunday, causing him to step back before he recovered and waved to the cameras on the tarmac below. She remained momentarily hidden behind the plane's fuselage, blocking any view of her body language. The couple, who have been married since 2007, then descended the steps together, with Brigitte refusing her husband's arm. Image: Reuters TV 'I was bickering, or rather joking, with my wife,' Macron told reporters in Hanoi. 'It's nothing.' He cautioned that this was not the first time in recent weeks that the content of videos of him had been twisted by people he described as 'crackpots'. Macron cited a video shared on social media that showed him removing a crumpled white object from a table on a train during a visit to Ukraine. Some social media users suggested — without providing evidence — that the object was a bag of cocaine. Macron said it was a tissue and his office accused France's enemies of spreading fake news. Earlier on Monday, an Elysee official said of the latest video: 'It was a moment when the president and his wife were relaxing one last time before the start of the trip by having a laugh. 'It was a moment of closeness.' Macron's visit to Vietnam, the first by a French president in almost a decade, comes as he aims to boost France's influence in its former colony. Vietnam, which has a heavily export-driven economy, has made concessions to the US in trade talks in a bid to avoid 46% tariffs. But Brussels has concerns that Vietnam's efforts to buy more American goods could come at Europe's expense. US President Donald Trump threatened on Friday to impose 50% tariffs on imports from the EU, but softened his stance two days later, restoring a July 9 deadline for talks between Washington and Brussels.
Straits Times
26-05-2025
- Business
- Straits Times
Elysee plays down apparent shove on Macron from wife in Vietnam
France's President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron react as they pose for photos during a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on May 26, 2025. NHAC NGUYEN/Pool via REUTERS French President Emmanuel Macron stands near the door of a plane, as a hand appears and pushes his face away, in Hanoi, Vietnam, May 25, 2025, in this screengrab from a video. Reuters TV/via REUTERS HANOI - French President Emmanuel Macron's office on Monday played down an incident in which his wife, Brigitte, appeared to push him in the face as the couple arrived in Vietnam at the start of a Southeast Asia tour. In a video, Brigitte Macron appeared to shove her husband before he descended from the presidential plane late on Sunday, causing him to step back before he recovered and waved to the cameras at the foot of the stairs of the aircraft. She remained momentarily hidden behind the plane's fuselage, blocking any view of her body language. The couple then descended the steps together. An Elysee official played down the moment, denying it showed an argument between the couple, who have been married since 2007: "It was a moment when the president and his wife were relaxing one last time before the start of the trip by having a laugh." "It was a moment of closeness," the official said. Macron's visit to Vietnam, the first by a French president in almost a decade, comes as he aims to boost France's influence in its former colony. Vietnam, which has a heavily export-driven economy, has made concessions to the U.S. in trade talks in a bid to avoid 46% tariffs. But Brussels has concerns that Vietnam's efforts to buy more American goods could come at Europe's expense. U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Friday to impose 50% tariffs on imports from the European Union, but softened his stance two days later, restoring a July 9 deadline for talks between Washington and Brussels. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Residents of Pakistani Kashmir say they fled into hills during Indian strikes
By Tariq Maqbool MUZAFFARABAD (Reuters) - Residents of Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, said they fled their homes and ran into surrounding hills as India launched airstrikes early on Wednesday in a part of the city. Mosque loudspeakers told people to seek shelter as the ground shook repeatedly and the sounds of explosions reverberated, they said. "We came outside," said Muhammad Shair Mir, 46, describing the events of the night. "Then another blast happened. The whole house moved. Everyone got scared, we all evacuated, took our kids and went up (the hill)." Many people gathered after sunrise near a mosque that had been hit in the strikes, its roof smashed and minaret toppled. Security forces had cordoned off the area. The district commissioner, a senior local official, said three people were killed near the collapsed mosque. In total, Pakistan's military said 26 people were killed and 46 wounded in Indian attacks across Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir. India launched the strikes early on Wednesday, saying it was targeting "terrorist camps" that served as recruitment centres, launchpads, and indoctrination centres, and housed weapons and training facilities. Pakistan called it a "blatant act of war" as tensions spiralled between the nuclear-armed rivals after a deadly attack by Islamist gunmen on tourists in Indian Kashmir. It said none of the targeted areas were militant camps. District officials said that at the Line of Control that divides Pakistani and Indian Kashmir, mortar and light arms fire between the two armies continued into the morning and had killed at least six civilians on the Pakistani side. Police in Indian Kashmir said at least 10 people were killed and nearly 50 injured there. In Muzaffarbad, hospitals were operational and some small businesses opened in the morning but schools were closed and examinations cancelled, according to local authorities. Shair Mir said he and his family spent four hours in the open. Some of his neighbours had gone to hospital with injuries and the rest were shaken, he said. "This is wrong ... poor innocent people, our poor mothers are sick, our sisters are sick .. our houses were rattled, our walls have cracked," he said. (Reporting by Tariq Maqbool, Akhtar Soomro and Reuters TV in Muzafarrabad; writing by Charlotte Greenfield; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan)
