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AFP via Getty ImagesBeaufort is among the French cheeses to be covered by temporarily relaxed rulesFrance has temporarily relaxed rules for making some of its best-known cheeses after the summer drought drastically reduced the amount of grass available to feed milk herds.Government decrees to grant dispensations to manufacturers of Abondance, Beaufort and Comté cheeses – which come from mountains in eastern France – appeared on Wednesday.Several other cheeses are expected to receive similar waivers, allowing farmers to feed livestock with grass and hay brought in from outside their strict geographical zone.These include Cantal, Bleu d’Auvergne, Fourme d’Ambert, Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage,…
ReutersBosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladić, dubbed the “Butcher of Bosnia” for his actions during the Balkan wars of the 1990s, has died in prison.BBC special correspondent Allan Little was there throughout the breakup of the former Yugoslavia, and met Mladić in the early months of the Bosnian war.At night, you could watch the fires of ethnic cleansing across the landscape. The flames provided the only light under the night sky and the black valley would glimmer with flecks of orange.You could watch the men of our village move about silently in the shadows of their homes, each armed with some…
Watch: Trump signs executive order renaming Lake Ontario to Lake AmericaUS President Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America. The move comes after trade talks between the US and Canada collapsed late last week, and the US imposed new 50% tariffs on $20bn (C$28bn) worth of Canadian goods. Canada will implement “dollar for dollar” counter tariffs next month.Trump has repeatedly posted threats about renaming the lake, one of the five Great Lakes that straddle both countries, on social media amid the trade dispute. He said on Thursday the move was “official, effective…
Getty ImagesUN human rights head Volker TürkAll of social media should be designed to be safe for children, the UN human rights chief has said after Meta settled a massive court case in the US.Part of the deal the tech giant struck with almost all US states was to add more child safety measures – but Meta also called on TikTok and YouTube to add the same features.The UN’s high commissioner for human rights Volker Türk said governments needed to “step up rather than wait for courts and companies to act”.He added: “Children should not have to wait for a…
Jury considering verdicts for US mother accused of murdering her three children Lindsay Clancy does not dispute killing her three children, but her lawyers say she had postpartum psychosis at the time.
ReutersMladić went on the run after the Bosnian war for 15 years before eventually going on trial at The Hague Convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladić has died in a UN prison at The Hague aged 84. He was jailed for life in 2017 for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity during the wars in the former Yugoslavia in 1992-95.After the Bosnian war, he went on the run for 16 years until he was finally tracked down in rural Serbia in 2011 and put on trial in the Dutch city.The sentence for the man known as the “Butcher…
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Israel PoliceThe nun suffered bruising when she was attacked from behind by Yona SchreiberAn Israeli court has acquitted a Jewish man who attacked a nun in Jerusalem, in an incident caught on CCTV which drew widespread condemnation.Jerusalem Magistrates Court said Yona Schreiber was experiencing a psychotic episode when he pushed over and kicked the French nun in the Old City in occupied East Jerusalem in April. It ruled that he was not criminally responsible for his actions and ordered him to be sent to a psychiatric hospital for up to six years.Video of the attack caused outrage, and deepened concerns…