Another Update, And Saturday Stuff

First up, let me again update what's going on with Voice Of Europe.  Their Twitter feed now indicates that their activity will be pretty much back to normal in two days.  This means, of course, that I will again be relaying some of their posted links.  Until then, I can still look up stuff from some of their preferred sources, to include in my list of links.  With that in mind, here are some things going on:

From the Express, a leading Brexit campaigner calls for civil servants to "step aside" if they find negotiations too difficult.

From the Evening Standard, thousands of people are stranded by floods in the southern Indian state of Kerala.

From The Guardian, former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan dies at age 80.

From the Daily Mail, the U.K. Navy launches "Big Lizzie".

From the Independent, in Beaminster, England, thieves steal a tractor and then use it to steal an ATM.

From the Metro, "Tinkerbell" and "Bob the Builder" are removed from plane for being unruly.

From Deutsche Welle, Germany has no plan for dealing with space aliens.  (Do any countries have such plans?)

From France24, French unions are dismayed that a Canadian has been named CEO of Air France-KLM.

From Ekathimerini, the father of a Greek soldier released by Turkey expresses his gratitude.

From the Greek Reporter, according to E.U. Commissioner Pierre Moscovici, the Greek economy is growing again.

From Russia Today, Russian President Putin says that the Nord Stream 2 pipeline is a "purely economic project".

From Sputnik International, the death toll from the bridge collapse in Genoa has reached 43.

From Total Croatia News, two Spaniards have been arrested for allegedly trafficking migrants through Croatia.

From The Telegraph, "has tourism killed Dubrovnik?"  (Having visited the city myself, perhaps I should accept a share of the blame.)

From YNetNews, a Jewish organization aids persecuted Christians in the Middle East.

From the Middle East Monitor, the mayor of El Kram, Tunisia wants marriage between Muslim women and non-Muslim men to be banned.

From ABC News (where "A" stands for "Australian"), an Islamic leader accused of illegal land clearing claims to be exempt from the law.

From Hürriyet Daily News, several Turks react to U.S. sanctions by destroying dollar bills and their iphones.  (Didn't Hillary Clinton and/or some of her staffers do something similar a while back?)

From National Review, President Trump was right, even if for the wrong reason, to revoke John Brennan's security clearance.

From Townhall, opinion: Brennan was a danger to national security.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of Rome: A History in Seven Sackings.

From the New York Post, Putin goes dancing in Austria.

From Check Your Fact, yes, the U.S. has the most military satellites currently in space.  (I don't know about Space Force personnel, but you could say that the hardware is in place.)

From LifeZette, chaos ensues after a Trump supporter is kicked off a CNN show.

From The Daily Caller, George Washington's "Letter to the Hebrew Congregations of Newport" will be read at the oldest synagogue in the U.S.

And from The Roanoke Times, how the new redshirt rule could help some of Virginia Tech's younger football players.