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    Varenna on Lake Como fines tourists up to €200 for walking in swimwear, caps tour groups at 25

    The Lake Como village of Varenna has introduced fines of up to €200 for walking around shirtless or in swimwear, and capped guided tour groups at 25 people, in a bid to manage mass tourism and protect residents' quality of life.

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Drones sink ships off Bulgaria

Drone strikes widen war risks as Europe tightens politics and markets punish France

The war around Ukraine spilled further into commercial shipping, while Kyiv braced for a larger Russian aerial assault and Yemen's Red Sea fighting intensified. In Europe, governments tried to harden institutions against both security threats and market pressure, with France becoming the week's financial worry.

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    WHO contacts Russian authorities after reports of a fatal incident in Siberia, assessing the global risk as very low.

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    Increased the number of injured to eight in the school knife attack in Ostrołęka. The 19-year-old suspect remains in custody.

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    Russian air strikes kill at least 15 people across Ukraine as missiles hit residential buildings and energy infrastructure, Ukrainian officials report.

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China and the West: decoupling

EU prepares a new safeguard instrument targeting Chinese hybrid imports and Germany blocks a Cosco acquisition, both following the established de-risking playbook without altering trade flows fundamentally.

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