Ten Things: Did You Know...?

Two-thirds of European Jewry were murdered by the Nazis/BBC.

News nuggets from the press.

1. A group of aurora enthusiasts have found a new type of light in the night sky and named it Steve.
2. Rome's rubbish is helping to power Austrian homes - and it gets to Austria by train.
3. A London Marathon runner who helped a competitor finish said he was just lending a hand to a "guy in need", while a woman has broken the world marathon record for the "fastest witch" - a year after being disqualified because her skirt was too short.
4. A baby toy and other items stolen from a couple whose son had recently died were returned to a police station.
5. An Italian prosecutor says he has evidence some of the charities saving migrants in the Mediterranean Sea are colluding with people-smugglers, while hundreds of migrants, including children, have died trying to cross from Turkey to Greece since 2015.
6. Six million Jews were murdered by the Nazis and their accomplices, such as pro-Nazi Hungarian troops, during World War Two. In many cases entire towns with Jewish populations were wiped out, with no survivors to bear witness - part of the Nazis' plan for the total annihilation of European Jewry.
7. The Republic of Ireland currently has strict abortion laws, which only allow a pregnancy to be terminated if there is a serious risk to a woman's life, while in another "rape clause", the deputy leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Jackson Carlaw, has admitted the UK government's policy over exemptions to cuts in child benefits for non-consensual pregnancies is "awkward".
8. North Korea is "ready to sink" a US aircraft carrier heading for the peninsula, state media have said, as a BBC report shows support for Trump amongst his supporters is stronger than ever.
9. Ray Davies' new album contrasts the America of his childhood dreams to the reality he discovered while living in New Orleans.
10. A burka ban or full veil prohibition on Muslim women is being considered in the UK.

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