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“KHAN YOUNIS; Gaza Strip: Palestinians who lost their homes in the Gaza war are seen near their tents in’
: Khan Younis, in southern Gaza Strip on Monday.—Wire photo

~ Spanish PM faces pressure
as wife Begona Gomez,
ordered to stand trial

‘| PM’s wife faces charges including embezzlement, influence peddling,
‘corruption in business dealings and misappropriation offunds —

[NEWS WIRE:
MADRID


Prime Minister Pedro


'S -Spani

; S4nchez is facing growing po-:
litical pressure after a judge:
fordered * his wife, Begona”
Gomez, to stand trial on cor=:


;Tuption-related ‘charges ‘and

banned her from leaving the:
‘ country.: According to CNN,”

: Judge Juan Carlos Peinado
_ dered Gomez to surrender he!

‘ passport’and report to court;
:                          “Pro: in snd enppr of,


ceedings continue. She faces  .

charges Including embezzte-
ment; ‘influence; peddling,”
corruption (in business” deal-

funds.,Both Gomez and San-
chez have denied any wrong-
doing. The prime minister has
repeatedly described the in-
vestigation as politically moti-

vated and an “obscene farce."

The case began in 2024 after
anti-corruption group Manos
Limpias filed a complaint al-
leging influence peddling. ~~”
‘Sanchez... briefly. stepped
away from public duties at the
time as the investigation gath-

ered pace. Responding to the.

latest ruling, Justice Minister


‘Félix Bolaiios ‘wrote on X: “To-

day is a dreadful day for those
of us who believe in justice.”
adding “truth will ultimately
prevail. CNN reported that
the case fs one of several in-
vestigations involving figures
close. to: Sanchez, ‘including
former allies and members of
his party. Although the prime
minister has not been accused
of any offence, the Investiga-
tions. have placed additional

‘strain on his minority coali-
Hon government,


“NEWS WIRE.
SYDNEY

“An Australian’ man has béen”

; charged with murder after the

‘body of a 17-year-old girl was”
* found ina suitcase in Thailand. :
“Police in the coastal city. of.

: Pattaya said they found Tun-.

, chanok Donhomla “stuffed” in:
ithe bag, which had been dis-'

“carded

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in the eaiiy ‘hours of Soeur.
“Thal police sald they arrested
: Simon Peter Carman at Bang-:
kok’s Suvarnabhumi’. Airport:
in connection with the death’
as he was allegedly “preparing
to flee the country”. He denies

the charges. In a message is--
sued to the victim's family af-'

ter his arrest, Carman said: “I
feel bad for what happened to’

control”,    “Piya  City  Police
sald the 17-year-old had been
reported missing at 17:00 lo-
cal time (12:00 GMT) on Friday.
Ina statement on social media,
the force said It reviewed CCTV
footage that allegedly showed
Carman entering a condomini-
um with Donholma at 03:34 on
Thursday. Late that evening, he
emerged alone “carrying a large


loaded: the! bag onto. a amevorbihe
before driving towards a railway
line. Officers questioned and ar-

‘rested Carman ‘at the airport

in Bangkok, some“150km (93
miles) north of Pattaya, at 01:15
on Saturday. Carman denied
murder and further charges re-
lated to moving or concealing

‘a body and taking a minor for

sexual purposes, and claimed he


cradle her son, thinking inwould be  “only

DR Congo bans mass.
gatherings i in, capital to
prevent spread of Ebola

; NEWS WIRE.


Mass gatherings have been  banned
in the Democratic Republic of Congo
capital, Kinshasa, as well as three oth-,
erareas, in order to halt the spread of
Ebola, the interior minister says.:

‘The current outbreak of the deadly:
disease has'so far been detected in:

three provinces in the east = some

1,800 km (1,100} miles from Kinsha-,

sa- but the authorities fear It spread-.
ing to the city of 18 million people.
*Thethree other prov-- 4
inces affected by the ban. y
+ Tshopo, Haut-Uele and
Bas-Uele “ -border ; those
where Ebola has been [@
confirmed, Prominent. ff
figures from DR. Congo's
opposition parties have
criticised the order, alleg-:-
ing that it has been put in place to
stifle a protest march scheduled for

8 July. Prince Epenge, spokesperson’

for the opposition Lamuka coalition,

said the government's decision was.

“political”, ‘as no. cases have been

confirmed in». Kinshasa... He. con<:

demned the order, telling the BBC

on Monday; “It is not legitimate. We_

cannot accept this decision,
Rodrigue.. Ramazani, .

urged protesters to ignore the ban’

and attend ‘the: march, saying the.


“‘secretary-:
general of opposition party Envol,:

directive “reeks” of ‘a political ma-"
noeuvre rather than a public health’:
measure”, DR Congo's government:
has not responded to this criticism.”
: The “demonstration was-.org:
ised by the C64 coalition, an'a
ance: against a proposed Jaw that,
‘critics say, could sée President Felix”
Tshisekedi stay In power beyond
his two-term limit; While no cases:
have yet been confirmed in Kinsha-2
sa, a doctor who has tested positive,
for Ebola in France, passed through :
the city as he returned home from


one of the towns at the epicentre:

of the outbreak, where he had been .

working at an Ebola treatment cen-;
tré, The day after his test was made:

public; the Congolese government.
ordered’ a “21-day” quarantine for:
travellers going from Ebola-affect«:
ed areas to other parts of the coun:
try. According to the health minis-::
try, the Ebola outbreak ts currently!
confined to three provinces - Ituri,:
North Kivu and South Kivu. Mass‘
gatherings have been.  banned  in:
these regions for weeks.


Andy Bur nham’ rules out.
Cabinet’appointments until
leadership race concludes

NEWS WIRE |
"~ LONDON


‘UK's likely next leader Andy Burne;

ham says he will not announce Cabi-:

net picks until the leadership selec-:
tion process ends. The frontrunner is:

currently urging the party to remain’
unified while he outlines his “10-year.
mission” for the British public and his

new “No 10 North” plan. Andy Burn-:
ham, the Labour lawmaker expected _
to. replace. Keir Starmer as’ British.
prime minister, said he will not an-*

nounce who would fill senior govern:

ment roles such as finance minister
until the end of the leadership selec-:

tion process. Burnham was elected as.
the Labour Member of Parliament for
Makerfield in’ @ by-election held on
June 18,2026, The newly selected La-"
bour MP was making his first speech.
in Manchester on Monday June 29,
since he returned to Westminster af-:
ter winning a parliamentary seat. :
Burnham has said he will not an-,
nounce his cabinet until after he is”
mally installed as prime minister.


: The Labour leadership nomination :
period is expected to begin in early:
July, with cabinet decisions therefore ;
postponed until the leadership. pro-«
cess is complete. He is currently the’,
only declared candidate to take over:
from Starmer and could be made PM :
within weeks, until mid July. By refus-:
ingtoname ministers, heissuccessful-:
ly avoiding the distraction of internal :
lobbying and keeping the focus en-;
tirely on his policy agenda for Britons,
Media reports are already swirling.
about who is “in or out’ This decision:
forces the media to focus entirely on’
his policy platform “Manchesterism”=::
@ political and economic philosoph:
associated with Andy Bumham, par.
ticularly during his time as Mayor of”


Mum rescued from Venezuela rubble with
newborn, baby tells BBC: how he helped her survive

heard


rother calling her name..  nue


A mother who was pulled from the rubble
of her wrecked home in Venezuela with her’.
18-day-old baby has told the BBC of how“
her son helped keep her alive. Dayana Pa-

tino said herson Juan David gave her“moti- »_

vation to be awake and alert”. “As long as he
was alive, | was going to be alive, Every now

“a light tremor’. "1 felt like f was fying. Af-:

“ter that, { felt like I was sinking ja water

cand dirt, and then I fell into the pit where’

L remained. J don’t know how [ didn't let,

“go of my baby because I was flying. ! got.

crushed against furniture,” she said. ~
Instantly; she said she started to scream

but soon realised that no one could hear’

“helt “I said to’ myself I’m not going to’

“*] sald to myself, this is my only chance. :
From the top of my tungs I cried out.. 1
‘screamed ‘Here 1 am’ with all my might, .
and he said ‘I found you, and I promise:
you that I won't leave until I get you o1
Ile kept that promise, and a delicate rescue :
operation followed to bring both mother:
and baby out of the rubble on Thursday :
night. Dayana suffered injuries to both of:


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and then | was touching his nose for proof
that he was still breathing," she said. Foot-
age of the rescue has been shared around
the world, with Juan David becomingasym-
bol of hope in Venezuela, which has been
devastated by the twin earthquakes that
hit the country on Wednesday’ killing at
least 1,450 people. Tens of thousands more
are missing in what the country's interim
president has described as the “most brutal ©

her legs when the'earthquake hit, while?
Juan fortunately only sustained minor in-*
juries. Dayana’s husband Gerson had just’
returned home and parked the: car when:
the earthquakes hit. He managed to jump :
over a fence'to safety, When he. saw what
had become of their apartment building, he:
feared the worst. The moment of his baby ©
and wife's rescue was “a miracle’, he said.’
~ Inwidely shared footage of the rescue, Ger-?

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