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The western US state has struggled to cope with wildfires that have grown in size and destructiveness in the last decade.Firefighters have made significant progress in their efforts to contain a wildfire near the San Francisco Bay Area in the western US state of California. The state firefighting agency Cal Fire said that the Corral Fire, which started on Saturday afternoon, was 75 percent contained as of Monday. One home has been destroyed and two firefighters injured. “Weather conditions became more favorable for firefighters, allowing crews to make progress constructing and improving control lines,” Cal Fire said in an update…

Jill Biden, wearing a purple blazer and scribbling on a white legal pad, sat in the first row of a drab fourth-floor courtroom on Monday, in a show of support for her son, Hunter, on the first day of his trial on federal firearms charges.The first lady, who followed hours of mundane interviews with dozens of prospective jurors with rapt attention, rose to her feet when the judge called a short break about halfway through. She walked slowly over to her son, offered a long hug, then stroked his cheek.The opening hours of jury selection in Mr. Biden’s trial on…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The starting gun has sounded on European bank consolidation, with BBVA’s hostile approach for Spanish rival Sabadell. In Italy — once expected to lead this race — the pace seems more subdued. Banco BPM boss Giuseppe Castagna last week stated that conditions were not right for a deal with state-owned Monte dei Paschi and would not be before 2026. But consolidation is coming — and BPM, also known as Bami, will be a key part of it. Castagna’s timeframe appears pessimistic. The country…

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In Georgia, protesters waving European Union flags have rallied against what they see as their pro-Russia leaders. Moldova’s government is pushing to join the western bloc, enraging citizens hoping for closer relations with Moscow. Armenia, too, has reached out to Europe, angered that Moscow, a longtime ally, is courting its enemy, Azerbaijan.Fueled in part by the Ukraine war, tensions have been mounting within some of the former lands of the Soviet Union, pitting those favoring closer relations with Russia against those orientated more toward Europe.Many of those tensions predate the war, rooted in longstanding domestic struggles over power, money and…

EXCLUSIVE: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, told Fox News Digital he is proposing an appropriations package that would “defund the lawfare activities” of state and federal prosecutors leading “politically sensitive investigations,” pointing specifically to Special Counsel Jack Smith, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. The proposal comes just days after former President Donald Trump was convicted on all 34 counts of falsifying business records, stemming from charges brought against him by Bragg. Rep. Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, leaves the Republican caucus meeting at the Capitol, Oct. 12, 2023. (AP…

জয়পুরহাটে জমিজমা সংক্রান্ত জেরে কৃষক সামছুল ইসলাম হত্যা মামলায় বাবা-ছেলেসহ ১০ জনের যাবজ্জীবন কারাদন্ড দিয়েছেন আদালত।একই সঙ্গে তাদের প্রত্যেককে ৫০ হাজার টাকা জরিমানা, অনাদায়ে আরও দুই বছরের কারাদন্ড দেওয়া হয়। আজ সোমবার দুপুরে অতিরিক্ত দায়রা জজ ১ম আদালতের বিচারক নুরুল ইসলাম এ রায় দেন। বিষয়টি নিশ্চিত করেছেন জেলা জজ আদালতের সরকারি সহকারী কৌশলী আবু নাছিম মো. শামীমুল ইমাম শামীম। দন্ডপ্রাপ্তরা হলেন, জয়পুরহাটের ক্ষেতলাল উপজেলার মহব্বতপুর গ্রামের মৃত হাফেজের ছেলে ছাবদুল, ছাবদুলের চার ছেলে হেলাল ওরফে হেলু, আলম, ইদ্রিস ও রেজাউল, ছাবদুলের স্ত্রী ফাতেমা, আলমের স্ত্রী ফারজানা, হেলালের স্ত্রী লিলিফা, আমেজ উদ্দীনের ছেলে হেলাল উদ্দীন ও আক্কেলপুর উপজেলার রুকিন্দীপুর গ্রামের জিয়াউল…

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Ghalibaf is among presidential hopefuls seeking approval to run for the June 28 snap elections.The conservative speaker of Iran’s parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has registered his candidacy for the snap presidential election on June 28. At the end of the five-day registration period on Monday evening, Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi told reporters that a total of 80 applications have been submitted. The presidential hopefuls now have to wait until June 11 to see if their candidacy is approved by the Guardian Council – a conservative-dominated, 12-member body of jurists who are either appointed or approved by Iran’s supreme leader and…