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Embattled Brazil President Michel Temer exchanged furious denunciations of corruption with a leading businessman who alleges the leader was behind the bribes paid by business executives to politicians and government authorities in exchange for political favours. Meatpacking billionaire Joesley Batista, who is himself under investigation for fraud, claimed that “Temer leads Brazil’s largest and most dangerous criminal organisation”. He provided no specifics to back up his charge. Temer’s office described Batista as “the most notorious and successful bandit in Brazil’s history”. incident at Greystanes in Sydney’s west on Friday afternoon. It’s alleged the the truck and trailer was travelling parallel to the Honda when the truck driver leaned out of the window and threw an object that fractured the car’s windscreen. The truck then changed lanes in front of the Honda and its trailer collided with the car. French history, pollsters forecast his centrist Republic on the Move (LREM) party will win as many as 75-80 per cent of seats in the Lower House of Parliament. Protesters have marched in Spain’s capital demanding the conservative government fulfil its pledge to give shelter to refugees from war-torn countries like Syria. Braving temperatures that reached 40C, several thousand marchers followed a huge banner reading: “We Want To Welcome Them Now! Enough Excuses, No More Barriers.” They marched along Madrid’s Gran Via street. Spain has taken in less than 10 per cent of the refugees it had pledged to accept by last September. It has relocated or resettled 1304 refugees, while it promised in September 2015 to take in 17,337 people. The Syrian Army says it will suspend combat operations in the southern city of Deraa for 48 hours as mediators announced two separate attempts to convene new peace talks next month. The Syrian Army general command said a ceasefire was being implemented to support “reconciliation efforts”, according to a statement carried by state news agency SANA. The United Nations said it wanted to start a fresh round of peace talks between Syrian factions on July 10 in Geneva, and Moscow said it hoped to hold talks in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana on July 4-5.