The June 15 to 17 summit, to be held across Lake Geneva in the French town of Evian-les-Bains, will bring together leaders from the world’s major economies, including U.S. President Donald Trump, alongside other high-level delegations

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Switzerland will deploy around 4,000 troops inside its territory to reinforce security as world leaders gather for the G7 summit in neighboring France in mid-June, the Swiss army said on Thursday.

 The June 15 to 17 summit, to be held across Lake Geneva in the French town of Evian-les-Bains, will bring together leaders from the world’s major economies, including U.S. President Donald Trump, alongside other high-level delegations.

 The scale of the event and its proximity to the Swiss border require close coordination between civilian and military authorities, the unit that plans and manages the Swiss Armed Forces said. Protests are anticipated. 

“The proximity to the border presents a major challenge for security authorities in the cantons of Vaud, Geneva and Valais. As a result, the Federal Council and Parliament have decided on a subsidiary security deployment of the army,” the Swiss army’s Defence Group said in a statement.

Military personnel will be tasked with protecting critical infrastructure, including Geneva Airport, bolstering border surveillance, and monitoring key transport routes and Lake Geneva, it said.

Switzerland’s air force will also step up air policing, with airspace restrictions in place from June 10 to June 19, and will provide counter-drone systems and protection against nuclear, biological and chemical threats, the statement added.

Reporting by Olivia Le Poidevin; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani

The assault took place on Monday in Katana, a town controlled by AFC/M23 rebels some 30 km (19 miles) north of the provincial capital Bukavu

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Residents attacked an Ebola burial team in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province this week, forcing responders to abandon a coffin and raising fears of further transmission, the health ministry said.

The assault took place on Monday in Katana, a town controlled by AFC/M23 rebels some 30 km (19 miles) north of the provincial capital Bukavu, according to the ministry and the head of a local hospital reached by Reuters.

It targeted a “safe and dignified burial team” — specialised responders trained to handle highly infectious bodies under strict protocols to prevent contagion. 

The body was subsequently handled by members of the community, a high-risk practice that can fuel new chains of infection, according to a situation report published online on Wednesday.

The health ministry and the hospital official did not specify what triggered the attack.

The incident underscores mistrust and resistance that continue to hamper response efforts as officials try to control the spread of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola. In recent weeks, burial teams and health workers have been targeted, including by relatives of victims who have questioned the cause of death.

In a similar incident on Monday in Bunia, the capital of Ituri province where the first cases of the Bundibugyo strain were confirmed, residents assaulted a response team at a cemetery, leaving at least four people injured, according to the situation report and a local aid worker.

CASES CONTINUE TO RISE

Congo has recorded 363 confirmed Ebola cases and 62 deaths since the latest outbreak, the country’s 17th, was declared on May 15, according to the latest health ministry data.

Health authorities reported 19 new confirmed cases, including two deaths, in the most recent update, with infections now spread across 17 out of 36 health zones in Ituri province.

There has been a steady increase in recent days, with cases also reported in seven health zones in North Kivu province and one health zone in South Kivu province.

The International Organization for Migration is helping set up 30 health control posts across the three Ebola-affected provinces to monitor people’s health and stop the sick spreading the virus further, the U.N. agency’s regional head Frantz Celestin told Reuters on Thursday.

The ministry noted some progress, highlighting 32 contact cases in Ituri’s Rwampara who had been monitored for 21 days and were determined not to have Ebola. 

The ministry also said officials in the city of Goma, North Kivu, were preparing on Wednesday to discharge a patient who had recovered. Freddy Kaniki, deputy coordinator for the AFC/M23 rebels, said in a post on X on Wednesday that the patient had been reunited with her family.

International supplies continue to stream into eastern Congo. Enough kits for 300 safe and dignified burials arrived in Bunia on June 3, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said on Thursday.

Reporting by Clement Bonnerot, Emma Farge and Congo newsroom; Editing by Robbie Corey-Boulet and Aidan Lewis

According to unofficial information, four people were found dead and rescuers were searching for two more people

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Several people were killed when a small plane crashed on Thursday in the northwestern Croatian region of Istria, near the Adriatic town of Medulin, state news agency Hina reported, citing police.

According to unofficial information, four people were found dead and rescuers were searching for two more people. 

Noone from the Istrian police was immediately available to comment.

The police said that emergency services, police and firefighters were at the site, Hina reported.

The plane took off from Germany, Index.hr portal reported.

Reporting by Daria Sito-Sucic; Editing by Sharon Singleton

The framework is part of the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) and the global Basel III banking standards that are to strengthen risk measurement in banks’ trading

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The European Commission will delay the introduction of a new market risk capital framework for banks for three years to see how the U.S. and Britain implement the same international standards, it said on Thursday.

The framework is part of the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) and the global Basel III banking standards that are to strengthen risk measurement in banks’ trading and make sure their capital accurately reflects the risks they take.

Pushing back the implementation of the capital requirement rules related to trading risk is meant to avoid putting European banks at a disadvantage to peers in the U.S. and Britain until it is clear how the two jurisdictions will proceed.

“Europe’s banks must be able to compete on equal terms with their international peers,” EU Commissioner for Financial Services Maria Luis Albuquerque said.

“These targeted and time-limited measures help preserve a level playing field in global financial markets while maintaining our commitment to the Basel standards.”

“They… give us the necessary time to monitor developments in other major jurisdictions before determining the most appropriate long-term approach,” she said.

Under EU law, the new capital requirement rules would have otherwise applied in full from January 2027. The Commission’s new regime, unless vetoed over the next six months by either EU governments or the European Parliament, will run from 2027 to the end of 2029.

The three-year delay has been agreed with the European Central Bank and the European Banking Authority, officials said.

Reporting by Jan Strupczewski; Editing by Jan Harvey