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HORROR FLOODS: Thursday served as a reminder of how broad and unforeseeable the range of tasks in politics is. On a visit designed to make up for some dark years in bilateral relations with the U.S., German Chancellor Angela Merkel asked for her host Joe Biden’s understanding when she addressed the extraordinary heavy rains and floods in Germany and Western Europe first. People’s “houses houses were literally death traps,” Merkel said at a joint press conference with the U.S. president after 11 p.m. our time.
‘My empathy and heart go out to all those who in this catastrophe lost their loved ones,” Merkel said, adding she included Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands when she said she was “feeling with the ones who suffered” and would like to “send a message to the people that we will not leave them alone.” Biden offered his condolences, too.
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DRIVING THE DAY
THREE LIONS: England’s heartbroken heroes left Wembley last night having accomplished two remarkable achievements that might have seemed impossible just a month ago: securing the country’s best performance at a major tournament since 1966, and uniting a nation ravaged by the nightmare of the past 16 months behind a new wave of optimism for the future. In years gone by, Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka the three players who missed penalties in the ill-fated shootout against Italy might have been scapegoats for the gutting defeat. But in the age of Gareth Southgate, this morning’s newspapers are unanimous in their superlatives for the three young lions who were brave enough to step up, and who will again in years to come. There are so many positives to take from England’s momentous run over the past few weeks, and there’s not long to wait until this group of players can go one better in the one that really matters: the World Cup is only a ye
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