Tear gas fired at migrants in border clashes
Greece: Fresh clashes erupted on the Greekturkish border yesterday as migrants attempted to push through into Greece, while the European Union’s foreign ministers held an emergency meeting to discuss the situation on the border and in Syria, where Turkish troops are fighting.
Greek authorities used tear gas and a water cannon to repulse an attempt by migrants to push through the border from Turkey in the morning, while Turkish authorities fired volleys of tear gas on to the Greek side of the frontier.
Thousands of refugees and other migrants have been trying to get into Greece through the country’s eastern land and sea borders over the past week, after Turkey declared its previously guarded borders with Europe were open.
Turkey has said it is deploying 1,000 special forces police on its side of the border to prevent Greek authorities from pushing back migrants who manage to cross into Greece.
Many have been camping out on the Turkish side, hoping to cross despite Greek insistence its border is closed.
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said his country will no longer be the gatekeeper for Europe. He wants Europe to shoulder more of the burden of caring for refugees, but the EU says it is abiding by a deal in which it disbursed billions of euros for care in return for Turkey keeping the refugees on its soil.
Tunis: Five police officers were wounded after suicide bombers blew themselves up near the American Embassy in the Tunisian capital, Tunis.
A ministry statement said the attackers said to have been on a motorcycle, both died in yesterday’s incident while a civilian was slightly injured.
Police taped off the area around the blast site, which was littered with debris. The US flag could be seen fluttering in the background.
Dozens of people have been killed in multiple attacks by Islamic extremists in Tunisia, notably in 2015 when the famed Bardo Museum outside the capital and a luxury beach hotel were attacked, killing 60 tourists, most of them British.
Wisconsin: A gruyere from Switzerland has been named the world’s best cheese, chosen from a record number of entrants from 26 nations in the World Championship Cheese Contest in Wisconsin.
The cheese from Bern, Switzerland, made its maker, Michael Spycher of Mountain Dairy Fritzenhaus, a two-time winner. He also won in 2008.
Another product from Switzerland, a hard cheese made from cow’s milk called Gallus Grand CRU and made by Hardegger Kase AG, was runner-up.
The contest is the largest technical cheese, butter and yogurt competition in the world and started on Tuesday in Madison with a record 3,667 entries.