The ongoing fires in Madeira for several days have forced several hundred people to evacuate. Donald Tusk has spoken harshly on social media to the “patrons and initiators of Nord Stream 1 and 2” after reports emerged that the attack on the gas pipelines was supposedly approved by the presidents of Poland and Ukraine. The head of the National Security Bureau, Jacek Siewiera, commented on the post, emphasizing that there is “unanimity” in this matter. Around 25 hectares have burned in a huge forest fire near Gniezno. The fire mainly destroyed trees planted there after the storm in 2017. Here are six things worth knowing on Sunday, August 18.
1. Fires in Madeira. Several hundred people evacuated
Fire has been ravaging the central part of Madeira for several days. Several hundred people were evacuated from the town of Curral das Freiras due to the fire. On Saturday morning, the fire broke into this Portuguese municipality. Local media reported that many foreigners, including Britons, were spending their holidays in the area affected by the fire, Germany and the Poles.
Fire in Madeira, several hundred people evacuatedENEX
2. Prime Minister on Nord Stream
On Thursday, the American newspaper “Wall Street Journal” reported that The Ukrainian authorities are responsible for the attack on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines. President Volodymyr Zelensky's advisor Mykhailo Podolyak denied this.In turn, the former head of the German foreign intelligence service (BND), August Hanning, told “Die Welt” that the attack must have taken place with the support of Poland and with the approval of the highest level – the presidents. Ukraine Zelensky and Poland Andrzej Duda.
“To all patrons and initiators of Nord Stream 1 and 2” Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Saturday on Platform X“The only thing you should do today is apologize and keep quiet,” he wrote. The head of the National Security Bureau, Jacek Siewiera, responded to this post. “Bad news for the addressees: there is unanimity in Poland on this matter as well,” he said, adding a smiling emoticon to the message.
Bubbles on the surface of the Baltic Sea where gas is leaking from the Nord Stream gas pipelinesTwitter.com/forsvaretdk
3. About 25 hectares of forest on fire
On Saturday afternoon there was forest fire in the Niechanowo commune (Wielkopolska) near Gniezno. About 25 hectares of forest burned down. In the evening, firefighters managed to control the fire. Three Dromader firefighting planes were also used in the extinguishing operation. The Regional Directorate of State Forests in Poznań reported that the element mainly consumed trees planted several years ago in the place of forests destroyed by the 2017 storm.
A fire in many hectares of forest near GnieznoTVN24
A fire in many hectares of forest near GnieznoTVN24
4. “Death Flights.” A Shocking Report on Military and Police Actions
IN Mexico a shocking news was published, comprehensive report of the Truth Commissionestablished in 2021 to investigate serious cases of violations of the law in the country. It describes the practices used by the Mexican military and police between 1965 and 1990 in the fight against opposition movements and the “procedure for getting rid of opponents”, the so-called death flights.
“Those arrested on suspicion of being members of an anti-government peasant guerrilla group were seated on a long bench at a Mexican military base on the Pacific Ocean, near Acapulco. The prisoners were convinced it was for a photo op. Instead, each was shot in the back of the head. The dead were loaded onto a plane. After a short, night flight, their bodies were thrown into the ocean,” the report reads.
5. Uncertain agreement in Gaza Strip
– Optimism about achieving a ceasefire with Israel is an illusion – Hamas spokesman Samu Abu Zuhri said on Saturday, as quoted by the Times of Israel. Hamas accused Israel of “sabotaging the chances of reaching an agreement,” and United States “to support Tel Aviv in these efforts.” – We are not one step away from an agreement or real negotiations, but rather one step away from imposing an American dictate – said a representative of the Palestinian terrorist organization.
The day before, the US president Joe Biden announced that the agreement on Gaza ceasefire is “closer than ever.”
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6. The bus burst into flames and burned down completely.
In Krakow around 5 p.m. a public transport bus burst into flames. The officer on duty at the Krakow Fire Department reported that it “burned out completely”. The driver, seeing the smoke, quickly evacuated the nine passengers who were in it. No one was hurt in the incident. We received the first report on this matter on Kontakt 24.
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