By Ilan Ben Zion | AP Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority says it is backing down from a plan to encompass Christian holy sites on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives in a national park after vociferous outcry from major churches Source: Israeli authority backs down from Mount of Olives park plan
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A bridge was closed and shops were flooded after the River Wharfe overtopped its banks. Accelerated footage shows water levels rising around Tadcaster Bridge as the approach of Storm Franklin overnight caused heavy rain and flooding in North Yorkshire. There was severe flooding in parts of Northern Ireland, and more than 150 flood warnings are in […]
By Samuel Petrequin | AP The European Commission is downplaying as a “storm in a teacup” an incident last week at a EU-Africa summit in Brussels during which its president was hardly acknowledged by a foreign minister Source: EU Commission: von der Leyen unconcerned by missed handshake