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Vehicle was travelling through Juvisy-sur-Orge when it veered off the road into the river
Four people have been rescued from the Seine near Paris after a bus driven by a trainee driver collided with a parked vehicle before plunging into the river.
The bus was travelling through the town of Juvisy-sur-Orge, south-east of the French capital, on Thursday when it veered off the road into the Seine, prosecutors said.
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US president uses social media post to criticise chancellor over Ukraine, immigration and ‘interfering’ in Iran conflict
The Commission was also asked about yesterday’s meeting of Hungary’s incoming prime minister, Péter Magyar.
But we didn’t get much more than what we saw in yesterday’s social media posts from Magyar and the EU’s Ursula von der Leyen.
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Move comes as airline industry reacts to uncertainty over Iran war and increase in price of Brent crude
Air France-KLM has cut its capacity growth forecasts for this year as the Iran war drives up its fuel costs by billions of dollars.
The French-Dutch airline expects its fuel bill to increase by $2.4bn (£1.8bn) this year as a result of the surge in costs since the Middle East conflict began. In response, it has trimmed its expectations for capacity growth to between 2% and 4% this year, down from 3% to 5% previously.
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Sakharov prize winner was sentenced to eight years in a penal colony in Belarus in 2021
Polish-Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut, the 2025 Sakharov prize winner, has been freed from Belarusian prison.
His release has been confirmed by Poland’s prime minister Donald Tusk, who posted a picture of him on social media saying: “Andrzej Poczobut is free! Welcome to your Polish home, my friend.”
“Both have paid a heavy price for speaking truth to power, becoming symbols of the struggle for freedom and democracy.”
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© Photograph: Leonid Shcheglov/AP