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  • Jun 29

    At least 26 men and boys drown in Germany over the hottest weekend of the year as DLRG warns on overconfidence and alcohol

    Rescue services across Germany responded to a surge of fatal bathing accidents from Friday to Sunday, with the DLRG water rescue organisation counting at least 26 dead, none of them female.

  • Jun 26

    Eight-year-old boy drowns in lake near Hannover as series of water deaths hit Germany over two days

    An eight-year-old boy was found dead in a bathing lake near Hannover after a two-hour search, while two elderly men drowned in Lake Constance a day earlier and other fatalities were reported from Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia.

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Hormuz tolls and Spanish ashes

Trump escalates in Hormuz as Europe hardens defences and heat exposes brittle systems

The Gulf moved from danger to outright economic coercion, with American strikes, Iranian retaliation claims and a proposed fee on the world's most sensitive oil lane. Europe, meanwhile, answered insecurity with missile plans, cyber protests and more rules for technology at home.

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Romania's continued political instability and the rejection of a proposed government, alongside Hungary's new legislation tightening control over civil society and the judiciary, represent incremental shifts in the institutional landscape.

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