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On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Three Irish nationals have died in a “devastating” car crash in southern Spain, a minister has confirmed. The fatal incident, which also left another Irish person injured, occurred in […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Eleven people, including five novice jumpers and their instructors, have died after a skydiving plane crashed in northeastern France on Sunday, with some victims’ families reportedly witnessing the horror […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch A 4.1 magnitude earthquake struck Portugal’s popular tourist Algarve region on Sunday, though initial reports indicate no injuries or significant damage. The country’s sea and atmosphere institute (IPMA) confirmed […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Eleven people ⁠were killed in a plane crash in the ⁠town ​of Tomblaine ⁠in northeastern France ⁠on Sunday, the local ​prefecture ⁠said. The plane ‌belonged to a parachutist school. […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Burkina Faso’s military government severed diplomatic ties with France, its former colonial ruler that had been a key security partner for the West African nation before relations fractured. The […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Hungarian police have arrested a man who investigators say collected human body parts that he’d gathered from abandoned cemeteries and from his workplace at a hospital. Hungary’s National Bureau […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Two young children have been found dead inside a car in a residential parking lot in France, prosecutors have said, as a 40C heatwave sweeps across the country. The […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Pope Leo on Monday accused world leaders of “feeding” wars instead of the hungry, declaring global priorities “badly skewed”. The pontiff, who has been outspoken on political issues in […]