In the American city of Saint Louis, riots broke out in the early Saturday after a white former police officer was released from murder of a black suspect. The police put tear gas and rubber bullets in collisions with the protesters.
A white ex-police officer from the United States of Saint Louis, Jason Stockley, was released on Friday by the judge for assassination of an African-American suspect. Stockley was then agent in the Ferguson district, claiming self-defense in December 2011, the 24-year-old black Anthony Lamar Smith died after a chase.
The management of the affected slaughterhouse Verbist says to be shocked by seeing the images of heavy animal abuse within the company.
The Flemish Inspectorate of Animal Welfare is being checked in the cattle slaughterhouse in Izegem on Tuesday morning. This confirms the spokesman for Minister Ben Weyts to the Belgian media. The minister remembers being shocked by the shocking imagery of animal abuse that captures and brought out animal rights organization Animal Rights with a hidden camera.
To discuss the effects of Hurricane Irma for the Windward Islands, there is an additional National Council of Ministers on Tuesday. The Ministers of Aruba, Curaçao and St. Maarten will then attend the Cabinet meeting.
The European Commission will immediately make available 2 million euros for aid to the Caribbean islands affected by Hurricane Irma. The money is intended to support the recovery of vital facilities, such as health, water and sanitation.
The devastating hurricane Irma was toned down to the category 1 on Monday above Florida. The still very heavy storm has wind speeds of up to 135 kilometers per hour. Irma draws across land northeast of Tampa to the north.
After spending days in fear of apocalyptic Saint Maarten, Dutch tourists finally went to safe Curacao. They are relieved, but also worried: how about the poor people who are left in hell?
In the islands of Saba and Saint Eustatius, which was also hit by Hurricane Irma on Wednesday, the cleanup and repair work is under way. The roads on both islands are made feasible, the national service of the Caribbean Netherlands reports on Facebook.
'The message I have for Sint Maarten residents is the following: We realize what happened to you and we will do our best to help anyone who needs help. Trust the help. '
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, travels on Tuesday to the island of Saint Martin, affected by the hurricanes Irma and José. The French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb informed Sunday after consultation with the head of state.
Feed, medicines, horse decks, emergency kits and building materials: Irma Neijman from The Hague collects necessary goods for animals on St. Maarten. 'Animal help is not the priority for many,' she says. 'I understand, but if we do not deliver these things as quickly as possible, many animals on the island will not save it.'
Hurricane Irma has once again become a hurricane of the fifth category and has landed at Cuba. According to the American National Hurricane Center, Irma is on Sunday morning (local time) in the United States, where the cyclone will provide more damage.
While criticizing Dutch aid for Sint Maarten, the French rescue services do not contain an inverted word. On the affected islands of Saint Bartholomew and the French part of Saint Maarten, there are a thousand soldiers, firemen and agents active from Saturday.
In the French part of the Caribbean island of Saint Maarten and on the island of Saint-Barthélemy, nine deaths were caused by Hurricane Irma. Seven people are still missing. This is what the French Interior Minister Gérard Collomb said on Friday. He said there were 112 injured.
The French minister of overseas territories, Annick Girardin, visited the island of St. Maarten, struck by Hurricane Irma. Girardin said to French media during an inspection of the damage in the northeast of the island that she was shocked. She said 'to hear about the amount of damage, but seeing it with her own eyes is very shocking.'
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Pierre Bergé, the former partner of French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, died on Friday. That says the French newspaper Le Monde, where he was in the supervisory board. Bergé has become 86 years old.
Saint Maarten will be hit by the next Hurricane, José. Most wind is expected at the end of the night. In the Netherlands it's noon.
Hurricane Irma has demanded three lives on the American Virgin Islands. The death toll is now thirteen.
The storm damage on the Dominican Republic seems to fall on Thursday night. This is evidenced by reactions from Dutch tourists and hoteliers on the spot, after Hurricane Irma.
The Netherlands and Great Britain will coordinate the aid to the Hurricane Irma-affected Caribbean.
A website has been launched to register all missing Hurricanes Irma: ww.irmatracker.com.
The French authorities have downsized the number of victims on the French part of Saint Maarten.
The situation on St. Maarten is becoming increasingly serious. There is anarchy threatening according to eyewitnesses. The robberies increase by the hour. Police are nowhere to be recognized and there is a shortage of soldiers. 'They are waving here with machetes on the street.'
French soldiers and firefighters gather in Guadeloupe. This island becomes the base for help with the islands affected by hurricane Irma.
Hurricane Irma has potentially affected US President Donald Trump. He owns a luxury estate on the French part of Saint Maarten, heavenly two kilometers from the border with the Dutch part. In addition, the hurricane drives off at its resort in Mar-a-Lago, Florida.
The inhabitants of Saint Maarten should still take into account heavy rain showers in the coming hours. In some places, it may be 50 millimeters or more, according to the KNMI. The worst storms are over.
The eye of Hurricane Irma approaches the Virgin Islands, Wednesday, reports the American National Hurricane Center. 'Irma's extremely dangerous core will soon go over parts of the Virgin Islands, and arrive in the afternoon or evening near or north of Puerto Rico,' said the NHC.
