Protesters breach Iraqi parliament for second time in a week

Loyalists to influential Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr broke into the parliament building in Baghdad on Saturday, the second time they have done so this week, and started a sit-in protest, an escalation of a months-long political impasse. A rival group …

Germany’s Bühl ruled out of Euro 2022 final

Germany winger Klara Bühl has been ruled out of Sunday’s Euro 2022 final against England because of coronavirus. She is yet to test negative and so will be not be in the squad. “She doesn’t have any symptoms. If she tests negative, she can come to the …

Orbán’s ‘mixed-race’ remarks prompt EU backlash

European Union officials have slammed recent remarks by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán widely viewed as racist, arguing on Saturday they have no place in the bloc. During a visit to Romania last weekend, Orbán said: “There is the world in which …

No relief in sight for forest fire in German national park

Despite light rain, there is still no relief in sight for the forest fires in eastern Germany’s Saxon Switzerland National Park: “It’s too little,” district spokesman Thomas Kunz said on Saturday morning. On Friday evening, new fires had been discovere…