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The post Bernie Marsden, Original Whitesnake Guitarist, Dead at 72 appeared first on Consequence. Bernie Marsden, the original guitarist for Whitesnake, has died at the age of 72. He passed away on Thursday (August 24th), according to a social media post from his family. “On behalf of his family, it is with deep sadness we announce the death of Bernie Marsden,” read the announcement on Marsden’s Facebook page. “Bernie died peacefully on Thursday evening with his wife, Fran, and daughters, Charlotte and Olivia, by his side. Bernie never lost his passion for music, writing and recording new songs until the end.” Whitesnake frontman David Coverdale issued his own statement, writing, “I’ve just woken up to the awful news that my old friend & former Snake Bernie Marsden has passed. My sincere thoughts & prayers to his beloved family, friends & fans. A genuinely funny, gifted man, whom I was honored to know & share a stage with RIP, Bernie XXX.” After a brief stint in the band UFO, Marsden became a founding member of Whitesnake in 1978, as part of an original lineup that included Coverdale, guitarist Mick Moody, bassist Neil Murray, and drummer Dave Dowie. He appeared on the band’s first five albums, from 1978’s Trouble through 1982’s Saints & Sinners. FULL ARTICLE

Liam Neeson's got a brand new action vehicle to show off his particular set of skills. "Retribution" is out now, exclusively in theaters. (20th Century Fox) When it comes to being an action star, Liam Neeson has a very particular set of skills. The Northern Irish actor, also known for his roles in blockbusters like Love Actually, Silence, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace and the Oscar-winning Schindler’s List, has been expertly portraying gunslinging heroes since stepping into the role of ex-CIA agent and protective father Bryan Mills in the 2009 film Taken. Now, Neeson’s back behind the wheel of a new action thriller, Retribution, which rolls into theaters today. Here’s what you need to know about the new Liam Neeson movie, plus where it falls in the ranking of Liam Neeson’s top 10 action movies (and how to watch all of them). When does Retribution come out? Retribution premieres exclusively in theaters today, August 25, 2023. Retribution plot The new Liam Neeson movie follows a father who receives a strange phone call while commuting with his kids one day. The mystery caller has rigged the car with bombs, sending the family on a high-speed, high stakes chase across the city completing confusing tasks to appease the attacker. Retribution cast Alongside Neeson, the Retribution cast includes Noma Dumezweni, Lilly Aspell, Jack Champion, Embeth Davidtz and Matthew Modine. Liam Neeson’s top 10 action movies.......... MORE ON THIS

A majority of Americans in a new Gallup poll disapprove of President Biden’s handling of immigration, the economy and relations with China and Russia as he campaigns for another term in the White House. The poll found Biden’s overall job approval rating at a relatively steady 42 percent, with 53 percent disapproving and 5 percent with no opinion. Less than a third approve of his job on immigration and relations with China, at 31 and 32 percent, respectively. Just 37 percent each approve of his handling the economy and relations with Russia. His economy rating has ticked up five points since March as the country recovers from stress over the debt ceiling and potential default, but it’s still down from 54 percent at the start of his term. On the other hand, Americans’ approval of his handling of the situation in Ukraine, race relations and education are higher than his overall approval score — at 47, 46 and 44 percent, respectively. Biden’s overall approval rating is up five points since a low of 37 percent in April, but is still significantly lower than the 57 percent logged at the start of his first year in office. Nearly nine in 10 Democrats approve of the president’s job performance, while just 3 percent of Republicans say the same, highlighting a stark partisan divide on the question. Thirty-nine percent of independents approve of his handling of the presidency. Taken Aug. 1-23, the Gallup poll surveyed 1,014 U.S. adults and had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. FULL STORY

Spain’s women’s soccer team said they will not play any games until the president of their country’s soccer federation leaves his post in a statement Friday. Jenni Hermoso, a player for the Spanish national team, said she did not want to be kissed by Spain FA president Luis Rubiales during celebrations after winning the World Cup in the statement released by her and co-signed by her teammates via a union, according to multiple sources. According to the same outlets, Rubiales has said the kiss was consensual. “I do not tolerate it when my word is put into doubt and less so when words that I have not said are invented,” Hermoso wrote in the statement, according to Reuters. This statement comes amid a refusal by Rubiales to step down. He reportedly defended himself Friday at an emergency meeting of the country’s federation. “I won’t resign,” Rubiales said four times in a row at the meeting, to an audience which was “overwhelmingly male” according to The Associated Press. He added that the backlash is a result of a witch hunt by “false feminists.” Hermoso’s teammates are coming to Hermoso’s defense, with several expressing their disdain over the situation on X. “This is unacceptable,” Alexia Putellas reportedly wrote on X, notes the AP. “I’m with you, my teammate, Jenni Hermoso.” FULL STORY

It is the only known photograph of Capt Francis Crozier An original portrait photograph of a famous Arctic explorer, taken shortly before the doomed Franklin expedition, will be auctioned in London next month. Capt Francis Crozier and 13 other senior officers were photographed in May of 1845. The complete set of 14 portraits will be auctioned by Sotheby's. Two images in the set, including Capt Crozier's, are missing from the only other original collection of these portraits known to exist. Sir John Franklin's expedition to find a Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic became one of the best-known maritime mysteries of all time after the ships HMS Erebus and HMS Terror disappeared without a trace in the summer of 1845. At the request of Sir John's wife Jane, Lady Franklin, at least two sets of 14 daguerreotypes, or early photographs, were taken on board HMS Erebus in the days before the ships' departure. The portraits were made by the Beard Studio, founded by pioneering photographer Richard Beard. FULL STORY

Russia says 10 bodies and flight recorders have been recovered from the scene of a jet crash presumed to have killed Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin. "Molecular-genetic tests are now being carried out," investigators say. The plane crashed near Moscow on Wednesday, prompting speculation that a bomb or a missile was to blame. Claims that the Kremlin gave an order to kill Prigozhin were a "complete lie", Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman told the BBC earlier. Prigozhin - once a Putin loyalist - led an aborted armed revolt by his mercenary fighters in June. Mr Putin at the time described the mutiny as "treachery", but a deal was later struck for Wagner mercenaries to either join Russia's regular army or go to Belarus - Moscow's ally. Even so, in the wake of the rebellion, many observers described Prigozhin, 62, as a "dead man walking", arguing that the Russian president would never forgive the Wagner boss. During Friday's conference call with journalists, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the BBC there was "lots of speculation" around the "tragic" deaths of all 10 people in Wednesday's air crash in the Tver region, north-west of the Russian capital. FULL STORY

The photo of Donald Trump scowling defiantly into the camera in the Fulton County Sheriff's office will go down in history. The mugshot, the first of a former US president, came after his fourth arrest in five months. Mr Trump posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, for the first time since January 2021 to share the address of his website and the mugshot with an all-capital letters caption: "Election interference. Never surrender!" Within hours, his campaign website was selling mugshot-branded mugs, t-shirts and drink coolers. John Bolton, who served as national security advisor under Mr Trump, said the image was likely carefully staged. "I think it's intended to be a sign of intimidation against the prosecutors and the judges," he told CNN. "He could've smiled. He could've looked benign," Mr Bolton added. "Instead he looks like a thug." FULL STORY

Hundreds of people are set to join what has been described as the biggest search for the Loch Ness Monster in more than 50 years. Two hundred volunteers are to help record natural - and any unusual - sights on Loch Ness from vantage points on land. Almost 300 have signed up to monitor a live stream from the search, which is taking place on Saturday and Sunday. It is 90 years since the modern myth of Nessie began. In April 1933, hotel manageress Aldie Mackay said she had seen a whale-like creature in the loch. Nessie hunter: I thought this job would be easier Loch Ness Monster may be giant eel, say scientists Is Nessie just a tourist conspiracy? The Inverness Courier newspaper reported the sighting and the editor at the time, Evan Barron, suggested the creature be described as a "monster". Since then the mystery of Nessie has inspired books, TV shows and films, as well as sustaining a major tourism industry. This weekend's search has been organised by the Loch Ness Centre in Drumnadrochit and a volunteer research team called Loch Ness Exploration. Drones fitted with infrared cameras are to be flown over the loch, and a hydrophone is to be used to detect unusual underwater sounds. FULL STORY

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Just this week, an Atlanta college announced that they will reinstate mask mandates for students and faculty at their university. The Lionsgate film studio in Los Angeles has told their crews to wear masks again. The Biden administration is buying Covid equipment and hiring pandemic “safety protocol” officers. And the federal government is also sending $1.4 billion to defense contractors and pharmaceutical companies for more Covid “countermeasures” and vaccines. Does the lunacy ever stop? The Covid fanatics’ nonsense never seems to end. In 20 years, we will still probably be prepping for our next lockdown and queuing for our 100th booster shot. And why would it end? Biden’s Project NextGen proves that no lessons have been learned from the last set of pandemic restrictions. Even the British government – certainly not one you could accuse of failure to lock down and vaccinate – is doing none of this. We the people are sick of it, and are starting to resist. Only 17% of Americans got their Covid booster shot according to CDC data. Americans constantly read alarmist stories about new variants and potential future lockdowns, and have started saying “hell no” to the tyranny. But it is easy to say things online, and much more difficult to muster the strength to refuse to comply in the face of shame, vitriol, and the admonishment of those around you. I know just how hard it can be. I lived in Los Angeles for the bulk of the Covid pandemic, one of the cities where the draconian hammer stroke of the law fell the hardest. Everyday was a test of my patience. Every grocery store employee told me to wear a mask. Every bartender told me I couldn’t enter without a vaccine card. Every person walking down the street kept their six feet distance and wouldn’t look at you. It was truly a miserable place to live, for not just people like me who stood up to the mandates and tyranny, but for the people who complied as well. And now Biden wants to bring all this back again? FULL ARTICLE

Poll: Trump could be in big trouble for 2024 if convicted of crimes So far, the fact that former President Donald Trump has been criminally indicted four times this year has done little to dent his support among Republican voters. But what if he’s eventually convicted? A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll has found that in that scenario, even some current Trump supporters could start to have second thoughts about casting their ballots for him in 2024. The survey of 1,665 U.S. adults was conducted from Aug. 17 to 21 — after the news of Trump’s most recent indictment, for allegedly orchestrating a racketeering ring to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia, had some time to sink in, but before he surrendered Thursday at the Fulton County Jail. The results are striking. A Trump conviction could upend the GOP primary Asked about their current preference for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, a full 52% of potential Republican primary voters — that is, voters who identify as Republicans or Republican-leaning independents — select Trump. That makes him the party’s undisputed frontrunner, with the next closest candidate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, trailing by 40 percentage points. But when the same voters are asked a new follow-up question — “If Trump is convicted of a serious crime in the coming months, who would you vote for in your state’s 2024 Republican primary?” — support for the former president suddenly plummets by 17 points (to just 35%). Support for DeSantis, on the other hand, rises by 8 points (to 20%). Another 17% say they’re not sure (up from 14%). No other candidate gains more than a point or two. Biden also stands to benefit Asking registered voters who they would vote for in next year’s general election “if Trump is convicted of a serious crime” produces a similar (though smaller) shift. In that case, support for President Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, holds steady at 47%. But support for Trump falls by 3 points, from 41% to 38%, while the overall number of voters who say they're not sure (9%) or that they would not vote (6%) increases by 3 points. That gives Biden a 9-point lead. FULL ARTICLE

Eighty-eight people in the UK died after buying a poisonous substance from a seller in Canada, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has said. The NCA says it cannot confirm the chemical was the direct cause of the deaths in the UK but is investigating potential criminal offences. British police have been making welfare visits to hundreds of addresses to trace buyers across the country. Kenneth Law was arrested in May and is accused of assisting suicide in Canada. Mr Law, 57, is thought to have run a number of websites selling equipment to assist suicide. That also included a poisonous chemical which he sent to customers in more than 40 countries. Peel Regional Police said they began investigating the case in April following the sudden death of an adult in the Toronto area. Since Mr Law's arrest, police forces across the UK have been making checks on everyone who ordered the substance. The NCA, which was coordinating the checks, said that 232 people in the UK had been identified as buying from Mr Law over a two-year period. The agency says 88 of them later died but it could not confirm a direct link with the death. NCA deputy director Craig Turner said: "Our deepest sympathies are with the loved ones of those who have died. They are being supported by specially trained officers from police forces. "In consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service, the NCA has taken the decision to conduct an investigation into potential criminal offences committed in the UK. This operation is under way." FULL STORY

The announced expansion of the five-nation Brics club of emerging economies was described as "historic" by Chinese President Xi Jinping, but it is still not clear how far the countries' common interests stretch. The growth of Brics "will… further strengthen the force for world peace and development" the president said while addressing the leaders gathered at a conference centre in South Africa's commercial hub, Johannesburg. The Brics countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - are often seen as a counterweight to the Western-led world. The six new countries - Argentina, Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates - are set to join in January. China was the state pushing hardest for group expansion as a way to counter Western dominance. Steve Tsang, director of London's Soas China Institute, says though the Brics members do not have much in common on the surface, President Xi was trying to show his fellow bloc members that they all want a similar future: none of them want to live in a Western-dominated world. "What the Chinese are offering is an alternative world order for which autocrats can feel safe and secure in their own countries," says Prof Tsang. "They can find an alternative direction of development without having to accept the conditionalities imposed by the democratic Americans and European powers." FULL STORY

A catastrophic die-off of emperor penguin chicks has been observed in the Antarctic, with up to 10,000 young birds estimated to have been killed. The sea-ice underneath the chicks melted and broke apart before they could develop the waterproof feathers needed to swim in the ocean. The birds most likely drowned or froze to death. The event, in late 2022, occurred in the west of the continent in an area fronting on to the Bellingshausen Sea. It was recorded by satellites. Dr Peter Fretwell, from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), said the wipeout was a harbinger of things to come. More than 90% of emperor penguin colonies are predicted to be all but extinct by the end of the century, as the continent's seasonal sea-ice withers in an ever-warming world. "Emperors depend on sea-ice for their breeding cycle; it's the stable platform they use to bring up their young. But if that ice is not as extensive as it should be or breaks up faster, these birds are in trouble," he told BBC News. "There is hope: we can cut our carbon emissions that are causing the warming. But if we don't we will drive these iconic, beautiful birds to the verge of extinction." FULL STORY

Former President Trump has surrendered to authorities in Georgia on Thursday evening following an indictment by a grand jury on 13 criminal counts stemming from his efforts to overturn the 2020 election in the state. Trump will not enter a plea at this time. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) has requested arraignments for the 19 co-defendants in the election interference case just after Labor Day. Trump’s bail is set at $200,000, and the order also places rules on his social media use and his ability to talk to co-defendants and witnesses about the case. Trump arrived at the jail just after 7:30 p.m. ET, spending about 22 minutes inside being booked before his release. A massive motorcade and police presence accompanied him to the jail from the Atlanta airport and back. FULL STORY

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Japan has begun its controversial discharge of treated waste water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean, sparking protests in the region and retaliation from Beijing. China is the biggest buyer of seafood from Japan, and on Thursday it said it would block all such imports. Japan say the water is safe, and many scientists agree. The UN's nuclear watchdog has also approved the plan. But critics say more studies need to be done and the release should be halted. More than a million tonnes of water stored at the nuclear plant will be discharged over the next 30 years. China, which has been the most vocal of opponents since the plan was announced two years ago, called the water discharge an "extremely selfish and irresponsible act" and said Japan was "passing an open wound onto the future generations of humanity". Shortly afterwards, China's customs office announced that an existing ban on seafood imports from Fukushima and some prefectures would be immediately extended to cover the whole of Japan to "protect the health of Chinese consumers". The move is calculated to inflict economic damage, and Japan has admitted that businesses will take a "significant" hit. Mainland China and Hong Kong together import more than $1.1bn (£866m) of seafood from Japan every year - making up nearly half of Japan's seafood exports. Burt analysts say that the reactions from China in particular, are as much motivated by politics as they are by genuine concerns. Tokyo's relationship to Beijing has deteriorated in recent years as it draws closer to the US and also shows support to Taiwan, an island which sees itself as independent but which China claims as its own. FULL STORY

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Transition at St. Andrews Sathorn. Transition at St. Andrews Sathorn At St. Andrews Sathorn, we believe that smooth transitions are vital to ensure our children feel safe and secure when changing year groups. Changing year groups can be an exciting time for children as they face new opportunities. Like all changes, it can also be a time of uncertainty, so at St. Andrews Sathorn we invest time and effort into ensuring our children feel prepared and reassured when facing change. At St. Andrews, we value the importance of connecting with parents and believe that regular interactions between teachers and parents are vital to ensure our children have a smooth transition to their new year groups. We also recognise that transition can be a worrying time for parents, so we provide lots of opportunities for parents to meet their child’s new class teacher and classroom. During the school INSET day at the start of the year, parents are invited into school with their child to drop in and meet their child’s new class teacher. This is a great opportunity for parents and teachers to meet so that any worries or questions can be addressed. In the first few weeks of term, class teachers also invite parents into school for a curriculum meeting. This meeting is designed to inform parents about the learning that will take place in the term ahead. It is an opportunity for teachers to share teaching strategies that are used and inform parents how best to support their child at home. We encourage parents to attend these meetings so that they are aware of school life and can ensure their child settles into their new year group smoothly. Transition from Early Years to Reception An important transition we prepare our children for is the transition within the Early Years, such as from Kindergarten (KG) to Reception. Despite the KG and Reception classrooms being next door to each other, we recognise that having a new class teacher and a new classroom can be overwhelming for a 4-year-old, so we spend time preparing the children for this. For example, children interview older children to ask questions about their new year group. Children also visit their new classrooms for story time and other activities to explore their new surroundings and feel re-assured. As the children grow and progress through the year groups, we continue transition activities to prepare them for their new classroom environments. Each year, children move to a different year group with a new class teacher. At St. Andrews Sathorn, we are fortunate to be a small community, which enables our children to frequently interact with teachers from across the school. For example, teachers undertake lunch duties and extra-curricular activities every week, which is an opportunity for children to get to know teachers from different year groups. This enables the children to build relationships with teachers who are different to their class teacher, and aids transition to other year groups. When teachers know which children are in their class, they will meet each child’s previous class teacher to discuss individual needs and ensure they can be supported during their transition. Transition Morning In Term 3, we have a dedicated whole school ‘Transition morning’, where children spend time with their new class teacher in their new classroom. The aims of this morning are to ensure children get to know their new class teacher and don’t worry over the summer. This is also a chance to address any worries to reassure and excite the children about the year ahead. “Get to know you” activities will take place, which involves children undertaking a whole class art project linked to their new class name. This activity aims to promote a sense of community and belonging for the children within their new class, which help to build their confidence when transitioning to the next year group. Secondary School Transition The final transition we prepare the children for is the move to secondary school. Most of our children move to our sister campus St. Andrews Sukhumvit 107. We have a close relationship with this school and in order to build the children’s confidence, children visit the campus to take part in special activities from Year 4 to Year 6. These days are designed for children to experience secondary school life and enable children to take part in lessons from specialist teachers, such as Film, Chemistry, Drama and Design Technology. At St. Andrews Sathorn, we believe that these transition days are vital to build children’s confidence and reassure them about any worries they may face when moving to secondary school. Our sister campus: St. Andrews Sukhumvit 107 also recognises the worries parents may have when their child moves to secondary school, so when the children are in Year 6, they offer frequent coffee mornings and workshops to enable parents to connect with each other and ask any questions they may have. We recognise that moving to secondary school is a significant change that can often be daunting for children. Therefore, in Year 6 the children undertake a personalised curriculum to prepare them for this transition. This curriculum is split into two parts. The first section encourages children to reflect on their feelings about moving to secondary school. We encourage the children to share any worries that they have, as well as things that they are excited for! We use this information to personalise the second part of this curriculum, where we share strategies for dealing with these feelings and have practical lessons to help prepare the children for secondary school. These practical lessons involve researching their secondary school online and learning how to read and use a timetable, where the children go on a classroom hunt around the school! Preparing our children for transition is an ongoing process that happens throughout their time at St. Andrews. By constantly building our children’s self-esteem, resilience and giving them strategies to cope with change, we believe that our children are well-prepared and have the skills and resources to have positive transitions throughout their school life and ultimately their future. You may also read other articles about transition here: Thought Leadership Article: Back to School the https://www.cognita.com/thought-leadership/back-to-school-the-3-rs-for-a-smooth-transition/ Written by Miss Charlotte Rawlinson Year Six Teacher St. Andrews Sathorn

When the Republican presidential candidates gather for their first debate this week, the encounter is likely to center on the legal problems of the man all of them are chasing. Former President Donald Trump has solidified his lead in the GOP race by convincing most Republican voters to view his four criminal indictments as a politicized “witch hunt” aimed not only at him, but them. Trump’s success in selling that argument to GOP voters has some immediate causes, key among them the choice by all of his leading competitors in the race, as well as most prominent voices in conservative media, to echo rather than challenge his contention. But the inclination of so many Republican voters to dismiss all of the charges accumulating against Trump also reflects something much more fundamental: the hardening tendency of conservatives to believe that they are the real victims of bias in a society irreversibly growing more racially and culturally diverse. From the outset of Trump’s political career, he has channeled that sentiment into his seemingly unbreakable bond with his core supporters. Now, Trump has transformed his multiple indictments – particularly from Black prosecutors he has repeatedly called “racist” – into just the latest proof point for the widespread belief within the GOP base that the biggest victims of discrimination are the groups most of them belong to: Christians, men and Whites. “Victimhood is embedded in every part of Trump’s campaign, personality, communications, and strategy,” says Tresa Undem, a pollster for progressive causes. “The only thing that shifts is the topic and the object of blame.” The choice by most GOP leaders and voters alike to rally around Trump amid 91 felony charges underscores again how much protection that sense of victimhood provides him against behavior previously considered fatal for any political leader. But, as this week’s debate will almost certainly demonstrate, it also shows that Trump’s belligerent approach toward all the forces he says are threatening conservatives – from the “deep state” to the media and entertainment industry, to protesters in the Black Lives Matter and #metoo movements – will remain central to the GOP message, whether he stays the party’s principal figure or not. FULL STORY

President Biden on Wednesday suggested Russian President Vladimir Putin could be behind the plane crash in Russia that had Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin listed as a passenger. “There’s not much that happens in Russia that Putin’s not behind,” Biden told reporters. “But I don’t know enough to know the answer. I’ve been working out for the last hour and a half,” he added. The president was briefed on the crash shortly after Russian media outlets confirmed Prigozhin was on the passenger list, as well as nine other people, who were all reportedly killed. State-run media service TASS reported the plane crashed in the Tver region, about 100 miles northwest of Moscow. The plane was a business jet on its way from Moscow to St. Petersburg, according to reports. The Hill has not confirmed the authenticity of the reports or that Prigozhin was aboard the plane. Biden — who is on vacation in Lake Tahoe, which spans California and Nevada — also reminded reporters of his previous remarks about Prigozhin following the so-called “March of Justice” that aimed to topple Moscow’s military leadership earlier this summer. “You may recall, when I was asked about this by you, I said I’d be careful what I rode in. I don’t know for a fact what happened, but I’m not surprised,” Biden said. FULL STORY iN OTHER NEWS: Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin presumed dead after Russia plane crash https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66599733 Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list of a jet which crashed killing all on board, Russia's civil aviation authority has said.

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson asked former President Trump if he’s worried someone is going to try to have him killed during an interview slated to be published Wednesday evening. In a short clip previewing the discussion between the two men, Carlson asked Trump, who remains under Secret Service protection and is the current front-runner for the GOP nomination for president, if he’s worried for his safety. “It started with protests against you and then it moved to impeachment twice and now indictment,” Carlson told Trump. “Are you worried that they’re going to try and kill you? Why wouldn’t they try and kill you? Honestly.” “They’re savage animals; they’re people that are sick,” Trump responded. Instead of attending the debate, the former president agreed to sit for the interview with Carlson, which is slated to be published in full at the same time as Fox News is broadcasting the first GOP debate Wednesday in Milwaukee. Trump has cited his large lead in most GOP primary polls and a “hostile” relationship with Fox as reasons for his skipping the event. Trump has been indicted four times this year in connection with his personal business dealings, handling of classified documents and efforts to overturn the 2020 election. He has argued the charges against him are political in nature and meant to keep him from winning a second term in the White House. Carlson was fired by Fox in April and has since launched a version of his popular prime-time program on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. FULL STORY

Fires that have claimed 20 lives in Greece are still burning out of control in foothills near Athens and the Evros region near the border with Turkey. Eighteen of those killed are thought to be refugees and migrants who crossed the border recently, hiding in forests north of the city of Alexandroupolis. Greece has expressed its deepest sorrow for the deaths in the Dadia forest close to the Turkish border. For five days, fires have burned near the city and west along the coast. Firefighters are also trying to stop a fire spreading from the slopes of Mount Parnitha, to the north-west of Athens. Their efforts are being hindered by strong winds whipping up the flames and searing heat of up to 40C (104F). The victims were found on Tuesday by the fire service near a shack outside the village of Avantas, to the north of Alexandroupolis. "Unfortunately, their stay in the Dadia forest proved fatal," said government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis, pointing out that the alarm had been raised in the area where they were found and evacuation messages had been sent on the mobile 112 emergency service. FULL STORY