Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi threatened to veto the EU’s budget over a lack of solidarity from European neighbours as it struggles with a huge influx of migrants.
“We give 20 billion (euros) …. and if Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia want to preach at us about immigrants, allow Italy to say that the system is no longer working,” Source The Local
Defence chiefs are investigating the deaths of three armed forces members within a fortnight last month. Source The Mirror
Britain would be a “bitch . . . asking for a beating” if its aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth challenged China’s territorial claims in the disputed South China Sea, state media have declared. Source The Sunday Times
When a mayor in Turkey’s northwest this week announced plans to charge “foreigners” 10 times more for water and waste services, his words were applauded by many across the country. Source Al Jazeera
