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EU to target Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in new sanctions on Russia
The tenth bundle of European Union sanctions towards Russia will ban exports of crucial industrial items price €11 billion, blacklist propagandists and, for the primary time ever, goal entities linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps for aiding the Kremlin to wage conflict on Ukraine.
“Putin just isn’t solely waging a brutal conflict on the battlefield however he’s additionally viciously focusing on civilians,” European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen mentioned whereas asserting the proposal on Wednesday morning.
“The aggressor has to pay.”
It comes as NATO warns {that a} main new Russian offensive is already underway in japanese Ukraine, with the town of Bakhmut enduring relentless artillery hearth.
The Fee’s proposed exports ban will cowl electronics, specialised autos, spare components for vans and jet engines, in addition to development instruments, resembling antennas and cranes, that is likely to be redirected to the conflict, von der Leyen defined.
The bloc believes Russia won’t be able to acquire these important Western-made merchandise from different suppliers like China and the military will ultimately undergo from crippling shortages.
New restrictions will likely be positioned on a complete of 47 new digital parts, in addition to uncommon earth supplies and thermal cameras, that may be employed to construct Russian weapons.
In a primary, the EU will add seven entities linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards to the prevailing sanctions on dual-use items, these that may be employed for each civilian and army functions.
A number of experiences have discovered Western parts within the Iranian-made “kamikaze drones” that Russia has used to destroy Ukraine’s important infrastructure and plunge the war-torn nation into darkness.
The findings precipitated alarm and threw into query the effectiveness of a long-standing sanctions regime on Iran imposed by the United Nations.
“This could act as a powerful deterrent to different corporations and worldwide merchants,” von der Leyen mentioned.
The bundle will now must be mentioned and accredited by member states by way of a unanimity vote, with the intention to have it in place by the point the conflict marks its one-year anniversary on 24 February.
As soon as adopted, the EU could have banned “all tech merchandise discovered on the battlefield,” von der Leyen mentioned.
The brand new raft of penalties will even have a marked deal with closing up loopholes to crack down on circumvention by oligarchs and establish the situation and precise worth of the property owned by the Russian Central Financial institution.
The EU intends to take a position the financial institution’s frozen property that are protected against confiscation beneath worldwide regulation, and funnel the proceedings into Ukraine’s reconstruction, however the unprecedented plan faces a myriad of authorized obstacles.
The efforts to curb circumvention will likely be executed in coordination with the G7 and different worldwide companions, von der Leyen mentioned.
“Collectively, we’re tightening the screws on Russia increasingly more.”
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- One person was killed after a portion of the canopy at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport’s departure terminal collapsed on Friday.
- The collapse occurred due to monsoon rains that lashed the Indian capital, officials say.
- Six others were injured during the collapse.
A portion of a canopy at a departure terminal at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport in India collapsed Friday as monsoon rains lashed the Indian capital, killing one person and injuring six others, officials said.
All flight departures from Terminal 1 were temporarily suspended as rescuers cleared the debris to rescue anyone trapped there, the airport authority said.
Terminal 1 is used for domestic operations at New Delhi’s main airport.
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The fire services control room said the injured were taken to a hospital.
A crew inspects the damage to a part of a departure terminal canopy at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport that collapsed in heavy pre-monsoon rains in New Delhi, India, on June 28, 2024. (AP Photo)
“Due to heavy rain since early this morning, a portion of the canopy of the old departure forecourt” collapsed at around 5 a.m., an airport authority statement said.
In addition to the roof, some support beams also collapsed, damaging cars in the pickup and drop-off area at the terminal, the Press Trust of India news agency said.
One of the six injured people was rescued from a car on which an iron beam had fallen, PTI said.
Anees Khan, a taxi driver, said he was sleeping in his car. “Around 5:30 in the morning there was a very loud lightning sound. When I got out, I saw that the roof had collapsed and there were around eight to 10 cars under it.”
Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu visited the airport and said boarding operations at the damaged terminal were being shifted to two other terminals.
He told reporters that a thorough inspection of the damaged structure was being carried out.
An IndiGo airline official said passengers inside the terminal had already boarded their flights and those booked on flights later in the day would be offered alternatives.
Friday’s rain was the first big shower of the monsoon season in New Delhi, the India Meteorological Department said. It flooded New Delhi streets, causing traffic snarls. The monsoon season lasts until the end of September.
According to the department, as much as 9 inches of rain fell in New Delhi in the past 24 hours, nearly three times the amount the city usually receives in the entire month of June. The intense rain follows a punishing heatwave that claimed at least 100 lives across India, including in New Delhi.
India is among the most vulnerable regions in the world to the effects of climate change. A report by the Reserve Bank of India earlier this year found it could cost more than $1 trillion by 2030 for the country to adapt to the changes. Climate experts say monsoon rains have become more erratic, resulting in extreme rainfall events that cause landslides and flooding.
According to the Brussels-based NGO ILGA-Europe, Norway this year ranks the 8th best state in Europe for the LGBTQ community.
Revellers took to the streets of central Oslo this weekend to celebrate the city’s annual pride parade as June’s Pride Month draws to a close.
The two-hour march ended on Saturday at the so-called Pride Park, in the central Sofienbergparken.
Oslo Pride is Norway’s largest celebration of love and diversity and focusses on equal rights and human dignity.
It’s created by around 80 year-round volunteers with around 300 extra getting involved during the nine-day festival.
According to the Brussels-based NGO ILGA-Europe, Norway this year ranks the 8th best state in Europe for the LGBTQ community. The index takes into account the legal, political and social environment for LGBTQ people in each country in Europe.
However during 2022’s festival, a homophobic gunman opened fire in Oslo’s nightlife district, killing two people and wounding 20 others.
Heavy police presence at Pride parade in Greece
Meanwhile, in Greece, around 15,000 people attended the annual EuroPride parade on Saturday, police said, in support of the LGBTQ+ community in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki but police had to come out in large numbers to keep the parade safe.
“This participation from across Europe sends a message,” parade participant Michalis Filippidis told reporters. “It is very, very good. We are all united like a fist and, despite many things happening, we are all here to fight for our rights.”
There was a heavy police presence to prevent demonstrations against the parade. In the end, police said, 15 people were detained for shouting obscenities at parade participants and, in one case, trying to throw eggs at them.
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