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Blackout 'compromises safe operation' of Ukraine nuclear plant: IAEA

A blackout caused by fresh shelling near Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has compromised the site's safety, the UN atomic watchdog warned Friday, adding the plant's operator is considering shutting down the sole remaining reactor.. "Shelling has caused a complete blackout in Energodar (town) and compromised the safe operation of the nearby Zaporizhzhia (plant)," International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi tweeted, calling it a "dramatic development".

Fri, Sep 9, 2022 2 mins read
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Sombre Edinburgh readies to receive the queen

Sadness, drizzle and a strange frisson filled the Edinburgh air as the Scottish capital prepared to receive the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II this weekend.. - 'Right monarch for the times' - Holyroodhouse is expected to receive Queen Elizabeth's coffin over the weekend. 

Fri, Sep 9, 2022 3 mins read
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Denmark's Margrethe now Europe's longest serving monarch

Denmark's popular Queen Margrethe II is now Europe's longest-serving monarch and also its only reigning queen after the death of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.  The artistic and chain-smoking 82-year-old, always impeccably coiffed with her white hair swept up in a bun and hailed for unifying and modernising the Danish monarchy in her 50 years on the throne, has scaled back golden jubilee festivities this weekend following the death Thursday of Britain's head of state.. At 50 years and seven months on the throne, she is now the longest-reigning monarch in Europe following the death of her third cousin, Queen Elizabeth.

Fri, Sep 9, 2022 3 mins read
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Buckingham Palace becomes shrine for a grieving nation

A stream of mourners laid flowers and tributes outside Buckingham Palace on Friday, as it became the focal point of a country grieving the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Stony-faced soldiers in red coats and bearskin hats stood guard by the palace, the late queen's London headquarters during her 70-year reign.. Mourners stood silently and watched, while some placed bouquets in the black railings of the landmark residence.

Fri, Sep 9, 2022 2 mins read
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Death of Queen Elizabeth II: What happens next?

The death of Queen Elizabeth II sets in motion a finely choreographed plan honed and planned to the last detail over decades.. - Saturday, September 10 - Day 1: The 10-day plan for the days after the queen's death begins with the Accession Council convening for Charles to be formally proclaimed king.

Fri, Sep 9, 2022 3 mins read
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From Covid to carbon emissions: Charles III in numbers

Charles, who on Friday marked the first full day of his reign following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, has spent a lifetime waiting to take on the top job.. - 3 - Age at which Charles became first in line to the throne after his grandfather, King George VI, died in 1952 and his mother became Queen Elizabeth II. - 4 - Age at which he acquired the impeccable side parting that became his personal style signifier.

Fri, Sep 9, 2022 2 mins read
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'Our hearts are broken': UK newspapers mark queen's death

Poignant photographs of Queen Elizabeth II dominated the front pages of Britain's grieving newspapers on Friday, charting her journey from coronation to matriarch of the nation.. A picture of the 27-year-old Elizabeth taken at her 1953 coronation, full of regal splendour clasping the Sovereign's Orb and Sceptre in the vaulted walls of Westminster Abbey, covered the front pages of The Times, Guardian, Daily Star and Independent.

Fri, Sep 9, 2022 2 mins read
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Crime, far-right set tone in Swedish nail-biter vote

Sweden's right-wing parties hope to unseat the ruling Social Democrats in Sunday's general election, relying for the first time on far-right support in a tight race where crime tops the agenda.. To form a government the Social Democrats can rely on support from the Greens, Left and Centre parties, while the Moderates, Christian Democrats, Liberals and Sweden Democrats make up the right-wing bloc.

Fri, Sep 9, 2022 3 mins read
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Heatwave batters Spain's Mediterranean mussel crop

"There's nothing left here," sighs Javier Franch as he shakes the heavy rope of mussels he's just pulled to the surface in northeastern Spain.. And this extreme summer, when Spain endured 42 days of heatwave -- a record three times the average over the past decade, the AEMET national forecaster says -- has also left its mark below the surface of the water. 

Fri, Sep 9, 2022 4 mins read
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