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A concert by the US rapper Kanye West, who was supposed to perform on July 18 in Reggio Emilia in northern Italy, has been banned on public safety grounds, the authorities said.The prefect of the province, Salvatore Angieri, said the decision was made following requests from bodies including the local Jewish community.They had "expressed reservations" about the appearance of the rapper as part of the Pulse of Gaia Festival, the statement released on Friday evening said.Another concert by the US rapper Travis Scott on July 17 has also been scrapped."The decision... was taken for reasons of protection of public order and safety, in view of the close timing of the events and the large crowd expected within a 24-hour period," the prefecture said."In the overall assessment, the cancellation of previous concerts by the American rapper in other countries and the concrete risk of counter-demonstration also weighed in."
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US President Donald Trump talks on the phone as he departs the White House for Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia, yesterday. (Reuters) Iran's chief negotiator warned the United States is not to be trusted yesterday, saying Tehran would not agree to any deal with Washington unless it fully secures Iranian rights.Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf's remarks came as reports emerged that US President Donald Trump had sent a tougher peace proposal back to Iran, and underlined the rift that the parties still need to close.Any further tweaks to the draft could further delay an agreement to formally end the Middle East war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz after weeks of fraught negotiations marked by sharp rhetoric and occasional flare-ups of violence.The New York Times and Axios reported that Trump had sent back a "tougher" new framework to be considered by Iran, though details remain unclear.Trump has said his priorities include stopping Iran from any nuclear weapon development and re-opening the Hormuz shipping lane, over which Iran has sought to impose control since the war began."The one guarantee that I have to have is that there will be no nuclear weapons. They've agreed to that, and it was very interesting," he told his daughter-in-law Lara Trump in an interview on her Fox News show.But Tehran has previously cast doubt on Trump's assertions and the sides remain far apart on key issues."We will not approve any agreement until we are certain that the rights of the Iranian people have been upheld," Ghalibaf said, in a video broadcast on state television.According to the Tasnim news agency, "exchanges between Iran and the United States regarding the text of a possible memorandum of understanding are ongoing, with both parties regularly proposing amendments."No agreement has yet been finalised, and it is possible that any agreement will be rejected," it said.Iran has said it needs the release of $12bn in frozen assets before engaging in substantive talks on its nuclear program, dismissing earlier Trump comments that its enriched uranium stockpile would be destroyed as "baseless", according to Iranian media.Tehran has also insisted that Lebanon be included in any deal, despite ongoing fighting, with Beirut accusing Israel of a "scorched-earth policy" as it expands operations against Hezbollah.Though daily strikes throughout Iran and the Gulf halted after Tehran and Washington struck a temporary ceasefire in April and talks mediated by Pakistan, sporadic fighting has continued.Iran's Revolutionary Guards had shot down a US military drone "about to enter Iranian territorial waters", Iran's state broadcaster IRIB reported, though Washington has not confirmed the incident.
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More than 200 people were injured and one person died in Paris following Paris Saint-Germain's second consecutive Champions League win, the interior ministry said on Sunday, reviving France's heated debate about street violence. A day after PSG beat Arsenal in a nail-biting Budapest penalty shootout, cementing their place on the throne of European football, fans were taking to the Champ de Mars open space near the Eiffel Tower to hail the players staging a victory parade on Sunday afternoon. But, as last year, the celebrations were partly overshadowed by hefty street violence in the night after the game in which 57 police were injured in Paris and over 400 people taken into custody, a few of them outside the capital, authorities said. Some storefronts in Paris were destroyed while rioters also torched cars and stands of rental bikes, police said. There was some vandalism against public buildings in provincial towns such as Orleans, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said.Police were not specifically targeted in most places, but one police station in central Paris was the site of brief clashes on Saturday evening, Paris police said.One young man died following a motorcycle accident amid the unrest, the Paris public prosecutor's office said.Nunez, a former Paris police chief, oversaw a huge security operation involving over 20,000 officers, and said the violence had been systematically addressed: "The situation was, overall, under control."Politicians from the far-right National Rally, leading in opinion polls ahead of next year's presidential election, seized on the occasion to reiterate calls for firmer law-and-order policies."Only in France does a victory of a football club trigger riots," said Marine Le Pen, the movement's leader.But others highlighted deep social divides as the cause of repeated violence and unrest, saying that those who had wreaked the most havoc were not representative of football fan culture."France is living under strain. Society is becoming increasingly brutal. We are a pressure cooker ready to explode anytime," said Raphael Glucksmann, who is mulling standing in the presidential election on a centre-left ticket.Last year, similarly chaotic celebrations following PSG's first Champions League title led to two deaths. (reporting by Tassilo Hummel; Editing by Kevin Liffey)Paris, France, May 31, 2026 (AFP) -French authorities announced Sunday that 780 people were arrested across the country when overnight celebrations of Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League victory over Arsenal were marred by violent clashes, and a road accident that killed a young man.Thousands of people poured into the streets of Paris for the match and to revel in PSG's triumph in the final held in the Hungarian capital Budapest late Saturday.But some mobs clashed with police, around 22,000 of whom were deployed across France after unrest last year when PSG also won the competition.Highlighting an increased use of fireworks directed at law enforcement, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said in a press briefing 57 security forces were injured and that there had been "219 participants injured in France, including eight seriously".The Paris public prosecutor's office announced the death of a young man in his twenties after he crashed head-on into concrete blocks on a Paris ring road exit ramp on his motocross bike.Another young man was seriously injured in a knife attack in Paris allegedly over a robbery, the prosecutor's office added.Nunez said a small number of thefts and lootings had taken place in around fifteen cities across the country and incidents of violence were recorded in 71 municipalities.The 780 arrests was a 32 percent increase compared to the celebrations of PSG's Champions League win last year, the minister noted.- Victory parade -Around 100,000 people are expected to gather for a parade including the players on Sunday afternoon on the Champs-de-Mars in front of the Eiffel Tower, before being received at the Elysee Palace by President Emmanuel Macron.Nunez promised "a strong law enforcement response" during the players' return celebrations and fines for "obstructing traffic" in the event of any intrusion onto the Paris ring road.The district mayor of Paris's 8th arrondissement -- home to the famed Champs-Elysees where 20,000 people converged after PSG's victory -- called for "zero gatherings" on the iconic avenue as the only way to avoid further violence.On Saturday night, the "Champs-Elysees avenue and its surroundings ceased to be a place of celebration and became an arena of urban guerrilla warfare", the town hall said in a statement."Since it has become impossible to celebrate a match without descending into riots, the only common sense response is a new doctrine: 'zero gatherings'," it demanded.Nunez dismissed the idea saying it would "tie up almost half of the security deployment". Nearly 6,000 police and gendarmes have been deployed for security during the celebrations on Sunday.sm-hdu/sw/
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French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday said that "nothing justifies the major escalation under way in south Lebanon", calling for an end to fighting "for good".In a message on X after speaking with regional leaders, he said it was "essential" for an agreement to be reached quickly between the United States and Iran.German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul also said in a statement yesterday that the Israeli army's push further into southern Lebanon is cause for serious concern, urging all sides to cease hostilities."The Israeli army's advance further into southern Lebanon is cause for serious concern," the statement said, adding: "Any further escalation will exacerbate the already tense situation and trigger new waves of displacement within Lebanon."
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France's President Emmanuel Macron (centre) delivers a speech as during an event with Paris Saint-Germain's (PSG) players to celebrate their victory over Arsenal in the UEFA Champions League final, at the Elysee Palace in Paris
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Spain's Lamine Yamal (left) and Gavi during a training session in Las Rozas, Spain. (Reuters) Spanish national team star Lamine Yamal admitted he had been "afraid" of missing the World Cup because of the hamstring injury he is still recovering from.The 18-year-old suffered the injury as he scored a penalty for Barcelona against Celta Vigo on April 22. "Internally I was praying it was nothing, that it was just cramp or something like that, because the World Cup was very close and I knew that a hamstring injury is never a short-term thing," said the winger to the Spanish football federation's own media outlet."I was afraid it might be serious and, above all, that even if it wasn't serious, I could suffer a setback and end up missing the World Cup."Spain coach Luis de la Fuente is hopeful he will have him available for La Roja's opening game at the World Cup against Cape Verde on June 15.On Sunday, the player warmed up with his team-mates in Spain's first training session before heading to work in the gym. "It's also true that it helps knowing you're going to play a World Cup, so mentally it's like you haven't played a single game all season, and I'm really eager to make my debut (at the tournament)," he added.Yamal, who starred as Spain won Euro 2024 in Germany, said the World Cup is the "biggest thing" in football and he has dreamt "a thousand times" about lifting the trophy.If Yamal does not make the first match he is expected to play some part against Saudi Arabia in the second on June 21, and Uruguay on June 27 in the other Group H fixtures. Related Story
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Pakistan's Abdul Samad (centre, right), teammate Arafat Minhas (centre, left) and Australia's players leave the field at the end of the first one-day international (ODI) at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi on May 30,
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Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk celebrates after winning against Poland's Iga Swiatek at the French Open in Paris. (AFP) Four-time French Open champion Iga Swiatek exited Roland Garros on Sunday as the top seeds continued to fall at the start of the second week, while Alexander Zverev booked his spot in the quarter-finals.The Polish third seed endured a miserable 25th birthday as she went down 7-5, 6-1 to Madrid Open winner Marta Kostyuk.Since winning Roland Garros in her second appearance at the tournament in 2020, Swiatek had never gone more than two years without hoisting aloft the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen, but after Aryna Sabalenka ended her bid to win a fourth consecutive French Open in the semi-finals last year, she has lost her unbeatable status on clay.Indeed since last winning in Paris in 2024, Swiatek has only lifted three titles in the two subsequent seasons. "I feel, like, for sure I lost today because Marta used the opportunity, and I was super tense," she said."It is harder a bit to handle stress for me in, like, (the) last year. So I feel like today I felt off, you know, and I did mistakes that I didn't want to do, and I wanted to play safe, but the ball flew everywhere. Suddenly these feelings came back, and I tried to work on it with my dialogue inside, but it was tough today. Yeah, so it all kind of went drastically down, and I played worse and worse."After breaking Kostyuk in the first set to edge 4-3 ahead, Swiatek's serve totally deserted her and she failed to hold again as the Ukrainian hit back to claim the opener and then raced through the second frame.For Kostyuk, reaching a first quarter-final at Roland Garros was just the latest high mark in a fine clay-court season, in which she claimed the 250-level event in Rouen, as well as a first WTA 1000 title in the Spanish capital.Elina Svitolina next stands between her compatriot and the last four after she fought back to beat Swiss 11th seed Belinda Bencic 4-6, 6-4, 6-0.The seventh seed has reached the quarter-finals at the French Open on five previous occasions but has failed to ever go beyond that mark.After winning a first WTA 1000 title in eight years earlier in May at the Italian Open, Svitolina's last-eight encounter with Kostyuk will pit against each other the two winners of the main warm-up events to Roland Garros."It's exciting. Definitely she's been playing really well," Svitolina said of Kostyuk, who is on a 15-match win streak on the red dirt. "I feel like it's going to be an exciting battle for Ukraine, as well, you know, that there will be one Ukrainian in the semis. Yeah, I think it's really cool." Germany's Alexander Zverev plays a forehand return during his win over Netherlands' Jesper de Jong at the
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Ryan Moore rides Constitution River to victory in the QREC-sponsored Qatar Prix du Jockey Club in France. The QREC-sponsored Qatar Prix du Jockey Club, one of France’s premier Classic races for three-year-olds, was won by Constitution River yesterday.Hamad bin Abdulrahman al-Attiyah, QREC Chairman, presented the trophies following the Group 1 contest, also known as the French Derby, which attracted a high-class field and produced a memorable one-two-three for trainer Aidan O’Brien. Hamad bin Abdulrahman al-Attiyah, QREC Chairman, presented the trophies following the Group 1 contest. Constitution River confirmed his class with a determined success, becoming a Group 1 winner and taking his record to four wins from five career starts. The race, run over 2100m, featured a strong field, and the talented colt officially earned his first Group 1 title after already showing high-class form at two and on his seasonal return.Trained by O’Brien, ridden by Ryan Moore, and carrying the colours of M. Tabor, D. Smith, Mrs J. Magnier and Westerberg, Constitution River came into the race with a progressive profile and proved his growing credentials. Hawk Mountain finished second, with Montreal taking third, giving Aidan O’Brien a remarkable 1-2-3 in the Classic. Related Story
