While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, July 10
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Emergency and rescue personnel working at the scene of a Russian missile strike on Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Russia under fire at UN over Ukraine strikes
Russia came under fire at the UN Security Council on July 9 for conducting “systemic attacks” on Ukraine’s medical facilities after a wave of deadly strikes across the country.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said 38 people across Ukraine were killed - including four children - and 190 wounded in the wave of nearly 40 missiles that targeted several towns and cities on July 8, damaging a children’s hospital.
“Intentionally directing attacks against a protected hospital is a war crime and perpetrators must be held to account,” Ms Joyce Msuya, acting under-secretary for humanitarian affairs, told the emergency meeting. “These incidents are part of a deeply concerning pattern of systemic attacks harming healthcare and other civilian infrastructure across Ukraine,” Ms Msuya added.
Kyiv said a children’s hospital was struck by a Russian cruise missile with components produced in Nato member countries.
Carla Bruni charged in Sarkozy campaign probe in France
REUTERS
French former first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy was charged on July 9 in connection with an investigation into the alleged Libyan financing of her husband Nicolas Sarkozy’s 2007 presidential campaign, a judicial source told AFP.
The 56-year-old was charged with hiding evidence and associating with wrongdoers to commit fraud, the source said.
She was placed under judicial control and barred from being in contact with all those accused except husband Nicolas Sarkozy, the source said.
Europe’s new Ariane 6 rocket blasts off for first time
Europe’s new Ariane 6 rocket blasted off for the first time smoothly on July 9, carrying with it the continent’s hopes of regaining independent access to space.
The much-delayed inaugural flight of the European Space Agency’s most powerful rocket yet launched from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, at 4pm local time (3am on July 10, Singapore time).
Crews on the ground at the launch site, which is surrounded by jungle on the South American coast, applauded as the rocket soared into clear skies.
New EU Parliament less supportive of green agenda
REUTERS
The next European Commission will no longer be able to rely on a broad consensus among lawmakers in support of ambitious climate change policies, with lawmakers split over whether to scrap or strengthen green measures, draft documents showed.
Following European Union elections in June, incoming lawmakers are discussing their policy priorities for the EU Parliament’s next five-year term.
Drafts of those priorities, reviewed by Reuters, show some of the biggest lawmaker groups intend to block new climate policies or roll back some existing ones.
Spain edge France 2-1 to reach Euro 2024 final
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Spain struck twice in five minutes in a pulsating first half to secure a 2-1 comeback win over France on July 9, as a record-breaking goal from teenager Lamine Yamal and a Dani Olmo effort propelled them into the Euro 2024 final.
The 16-year-old Yamal cancelled out Randal Kolo Muani’s opener with a sublime shot in the 21st minute to become the youngest scorer in a Euro or World Cup tournament before Olmo added another in the 25th for his third goal in the knockout stage.
The Spaniards, who have won every game of the tournament so far, will now face the winners of Wednesday’s match between England and Netherlands in the final in Berlin on Sunday as they hunt a record-breaking fourth European crown.
