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It's a pleasure to be here.\\n\\nThe Norwegian press has celebrated the achievement, with Verdens Gang calling it a \\\"Norwegian masterpiece\\\". Traeen's team principal is Thor Hushovd, himself a former yellow jersey wearer.\\n\\n## Pogacar surrenders yellow with relief\\n\\nPogacar had taken the yellow jersey only 24 hours earlier with his stage win in Les Angles, but was not unhappy to relinquish it. The Slovenian noted that the podium and media obligations of the race leader can consume up to two hours after a stage, and on Monday he estimated he gained an hour and a half of recovery time by avoiding them.\\n\\nWhen the stage started I had really terrible headaches and I thought: this is going to be a long day. But then we kept dousing each other with water, and it got better.\\n\\nThe UAE Team Emirates-XRG leader remains tied on time with his chief rival Vingegaard. Thursday brings the next mountain stage to the Tourmalet and an arrival at the foot of the Cirque de Gavarnie, where Pogacar is expected to attack.\\n\\n\\n\\n## Extreme heat protocols under fire\\n\\nThe UCI and Tour organisers ASO implemented emergency measures to combat the heatwave, softening provisions governing rider feeding on a trial basis. Pascal Chanteur of the professional riders union criticised the response as insufficient, describing it as \\\"the least worst option\\\" that does not fix the problem. Pedersen defended the conditions, stating that if the heat were dangerous or unhealthy there would be no racing. 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Spain's Raul Garcia Pierna of Movistar finished third. The 181.9km stage from Carcassonne featured four classified climbs and saw an early breakaway of 34 riders build an unassailable lead over the peloton. Temperatures touched 40 degrees Celsius in south-west France, prompting emergency heat measures from organisers including extra water bottles and additional drinks motorbikes.\n\nA reduced front group formed over the latter climbs, with Jan Tratnik, Mathias Vacek and Alex Kirsch driving the pace before Pedersen, Simmons, Sean Quinn and Traeen bridged across on the Category Two Col de Montsegur. Lidl-Trek's numerical advantage proved decisive: Vacek set a fierce tempo under the flamme rouge, and although Kevin Vauquelin swept through the final corner in front, Pedersen unleashed a powerful sprint to secure his third career Tour stage win.\n\nThis was I would say a masterpiece of teamwork.\n\nPedersen also moved into the lead of the points classification, taking the green jersey from defending champion Tadej Pogacar. He dedicated the win to his manager Luca Guercilena, who is departing the team.\n\n## A Norwegian in yellow\n\nTorstein Traeen of Uno-X Mobility became only the third Norwegian to wear the Tour de France's yellow jersey, following Thor Hushovd and Alexander Kristoff. The 30-year-old started the day five minutes off yellow and, once it became apparent the peloton would not chase, his only rival for the race lead was Sean Quinn, also in the front group but 28 seconds down. He now leads Quinn by 28 seconds and holds a 7:53 minute advantage over Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard, who remain level on time.\n\nIt is, of course, a bit of a boyhood dream coming true. A good day at work, as one would say.\n\nTraeen spent four days in the red jersey at last season's Vuelta a Espana and was ninth overall in that race. He described the experience of taking the maillot jaune as surreal, saying he did not fully understand what was happening and that it might sink in after a couple of days.\n\n## Cancer diagnosis to yellow jersey\n\nTraeen's path to the race lead passed through a testicular cancer diagnosis in 2022. The illness was discovered after a routine anti-doping test showed abnormalities linked to a hormone that stimulates testosterone production. He underwent surgery and returned to racing four months later with a clean bill of health.\n\nMost of all I am grateful to perform at the Tour. It's a pleasure to be here.\n\nThe Norwegian press has celebrated the achievement, with Verdens Gang calling it a \"Norwegian masterpiece\". Traeen's team principal is Thor Hushovd, himself a former yellow jersey wearer.\n\n## Pogacar surrenders yellow with relief\n\nPogacar had taken the yellow jersey only 24 hours earlier with his stage win in Les Angles, but was not unhappy to relinquish it. The Slovenian noted that the podium and media obligations of the race leader can consume up to two hours after a stage, and on Monday he estimated he gained an hour and a half of recovery time by avoiding them.\n\nWhen the stage started I had really terrible headaches and I thought: this is going to be a long day. But then we kept dousing each other with water, and it got better.\n\nThe UAE Team Emirates-XRG leader remains tied on time with his chief rival Vingegaard. 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Undecided voters stand at 11% in Pulse and 18% in MRB.\\n\\n\\n\\n## ELAS narrows the gap\\n\\nCompared with the previous Pulse measurement in late May (27–31), ND gained half a point in vote intention while ELAS added 1.5 points, reducing the margin by one point. The trend is reinforced by the MRB numbers, where the difference is 11.4 points. Tsipras's party draws heavily from former SYRIZA voters: 55% of current ELAS supporters say they voted for SYRIZA in the last election, and 74% come from left and centre-left backgrounds.\\n\\n## Leadership ratings\\n\\nWhen asked who is most suitable for prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis leads with 30% (Pulse) and 25.1% (MRB). Tsipras follows at 17% and 15.1% respectively, while PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis gets 7–8.6%. The \\\"none/other\\\" option remains high at 16–17%, reflecting dissatisfaction. MRB also finds that 69.5% of respondents believe the country needs a change of government, although only 25.8% think ND deserves a third term.\\n\\n## Election timing\\n\\nAlmost half of voters (46%) want national elections to be held within 2026, while 33% prefer the government to complete its term in 2027 and 16% express no preference. Among ND supporters, 72% back a full four-year term; among ELAS voters, 78% demand a ballot this year. Supporters of Elpida (64%) and Elliniki Lysi (60%) also favour an early poll.\\n\\n\\n\\n## Coalition arithmetic\\n\\nA single-party majority government is the preference of 45% of respondents, while 38% would opt for a coalition. If no party wins an outright majority, 52% of ND voters would like PASOK as a partner, though the latter's leadership has ruled out such a deal. Within PASOK, 32% reject any coalition, 20% favour cooperation with ND and 18% with ELAS. 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MRB also finds that 69.5% of respondents believe the country needs a change of government, although only 25.8% think ND deserves a third term.\n\n## Election timing\n\nAlmost half of voters (46%) want national elections to be held within 2026, while 33% prefer the government to complete its term in 2027 and 16% express no preference. Among ND supporters, 72% back a full four-year term; among ELAS voters, 78% demand a ballot this year. Supporters of Elpida (64%) and Elliniki Lysi (60%) also favour an early poll.\n\n\n\n## Coalition arithmetic\n\nA single-party majority government is the preference of 45% of respondents, while 38% would opt for a coalition. If no party wins an outright majority, 52% of ND voters would like PASOK as a partner, though the latter's leadership has ruled out such a deal. Within PASOK, 32% reject any coalition, 20% favour cooperation with ND and 18% with ELAS. Almost half of ELAS voters (45%) name PASOK as their ideal governing partner.\n\n## Voters' top concern\n\nHigh prices and inflation are the country's biggest problem, cited by 49.5% in the MRB survey and by 89% as either the most or one of the most important issues. Health and social care follow at 34.7%, low wages and incomes at 33.5%, transparency and corruption at 24.5%, and housing at 17.1%. The Pulse poll confirms the same hierarchy, with cost-of-living pressures dominating everyday life.\n\n## Greek-Turkish relations and the Samaras factor\n\nWorries over Greek-Turkish relations are expressed by 55–56% of citizens. On the domestic political scene, 13% say they would probably or definitely vote for a new party if launched by former prime minister Antonis Samaras, up from 11% in the previous survey. 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The water gauge on the Orla reached 4.6 metres, the highest level since measurements began in 1987. Emergency shelters filled through Thursday night in the hardest-hit district of Nordholm, while authorities downstream in Esteby and Varn prepared for the flood crest to arrive. The civil protection agency said it was too early to estimate the total number of displaced residents, as evacuation counts shifted hourly and some people were tallied in more than one district after moving between shelters.\\n\\n## Evacuation across three districts\\n\\nThe civil protection agency moved 340 residents from low-lying parts of Nordholm and 280 from Esteby after the Orla overflowed. A further 190 residents of Varn were taken to shelters as a precaution when inspectors detected seepage in a local levee, raising fears of a breach. The agency declined to issue a single combined evacuation total. District-level figures were provisional and overlapping, officials said, because some evacuees had been registered at one shelter and later moved to another, causing them to appear in more than one count. By Thursday night, the Nordholm shelters had filled beyond their normal capacity, and aid workers were distributing blankets and food. Authorities described the registration numbers as a live estimate that would be revised once the situation stabilised.\\n\\n\\n\\n## Infrastructure and agriculture\\n\\nTwo bridges spanning the Orla remained closed throughout Thursday, cutting transport links between several villages and the provincial centre. Transport officials gave no reopening date, stating that structural inspections could not begin until water levels dropped. In the Esteby lowlands, farmers reported livestock losses after pastures were submerged. 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The employment rate climbed to 62.8% in the first quarter of 2026, a record driven by strong growth over the previous two years. Unemployment fell to 5% in May, a historic low that brings Italy in line with the OECD average of 4.9%, down 1.5 percentage points from a year earlier. However, the report notes that the employment rate still sits 9.3 points below the OECD average of 72.1%, placing Italy among the lowest in the 38-member bloc. The gap is particularly pronounced for women and young people, and employment growth has slowed significantly over the past year while other Southern European countries such as Spain, Portugal and Greece continued to improve.\\n\\n## Real wages: the heaviest blow in major economies\\n\\nDespite the jobs recovery, Italians are earning less in real terms. Real wages grew 1.3% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2026, buoyed by low inflation at the time, but remained 6.1% below the level of the first quarter of 2021. That 6.1% decline is the worst among major OECD economies, according to the Paris-based organisation. Andrea Garnero, senior economist at the OECD's Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, told Adnkronos that the gap corresponds to roughly 20 working days of lost purchasing power compared to five years ago.\\n\\nThe point is that nominal wages in Italy are lower, so as soon as the inflation tide rises, wages end up underwater. Despite improvements from contract renewals, the real wage gap has narrowed but remains the largest among OECD countries, equivalent to about 20 days of free work since 2021.\\n\\nNon-compete clauses further stifle wage growth and mobility, binding nearly one in five private-sector employees.\\n\\n\\n\\n## Forecast: more pain ahead\\n\\nThe OECD warns that the recent surge in energy prices, linked to tensions in the Gulf region, is again pushing up inflation and eroding real wages. 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The employment rate climbed to 62.8% in the first quarter of 2026, a record driven by strong growth over the previous two years. Unemployment fell to 5% in May, a historic low that brings Italy in line with the OECD average of 4.9%, down 1.5 percentage points from a year earlier. However, the report notes that the employment rate still sits 9.3 points below the OECD average of 72.1%, placing Italy among the lowest in the 38-member bloc. The gap is particularly pronounced for women and young people, and employment growth has slowed significantly over the past year while other Southern European countries such as Spain, Portugal and Greece continued to improve.\n\n## Real wages: the heaviest blow in major economies\n\nDespite the jobs recovery, Italians are earning less in real terms. Real wages grew 1.3% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2026, buoyed by low inflation at the time, but remained 6.1% below the level of the first quarter of 2021. 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War-risk insurers urged owners to reconsider any planned transit.\\n\\nTanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has essentially come to a halt, which says more about risk perception than any statement from Washington or Tehran.\\n\\n\\n\\n## Political pressures mount\\nTrump, speaking at the NATO summit in Ankara, insisted the latest flare-up would end \\\"very quickly\\\" and described his war management as an \\\"enormous military success\\\" that had decimated Iran's military capacity. But a June 23 Reuters/Ipsos poll puts his approval rating at 34%, the lowest of his second term, with November's midterm elections looming. In Tel Aviv, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu views the breakdown as an opportunity: his government is preparing fresh strikes on Iran, seeing the collapsed ceasefire as a chance to pursue its own objectives.\\n\\nTrump has put himself in a box. 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The vessels included a Qatari LNG tanker and a Saudi oil tanker, both traversing a route that Tehran had not approved. The US responded first with renewed oil sanctions, then launched more than 80 overnight air strikes against Iranian coastal defences, radar sites, command centres and dozens of small boats operated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Trump revealed that the Pentagon also struck the Kharg Island oil terminal, warning that American forces could seize it.\n\n## Tit-for-tat strikes and casualties\nIran retaliated with missile and drone salvoes against US military installations in Bahrain and Kuwait and claimed to have shot down an MQ-9 Reaper drone. The IRGC said it fired ten ballistic missiles at the Azraq airbase in Jordan; Jordan reported intercepting eight projectiles with no casualties. A second US wave on the night of July 8–9 hit roughly 90 targets, including a facility near the city of Bushehr close to the country's only operating nuclear power plant. Iran's health ministry counted at least 14 dead and 78 wounded in the two-day bombardment, while earlier strikes killed eight Iranian soldiers.\n\n\n\n## Hormuz shipping grinds to a halt\nThe renewed fighting has paralysed the world's most critical oil chokepoint. Data from ship-tracking service Kpler, cited by AFP, showed only six freighters had passed through the strait by 16:30 CEST on July 9, down from 21 the day before. Reuters counted just two tankers early on Thursday. Even that was a fraction of the recent average of 40 ships per day and a world away from the pre-war norm of 125 to 140 daily transits. Many vessels have switched off their transponders, turned back or anchored outside the danger zone. 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Regional governor Anders Velmi later said three more had died in hospital, though the operator has not confirmed the higher total.\",\n \"summary\": \"## Tunnel collapse at Kirovska mine\\nA ventilation tunnel collapsed at the Kirovska copper mine early on Wednesday, trapping 34 workers underground. Norgran, the mine's operator, confirmed that rescue teams recovered the last of the bodies by mid-afternoon. The site produces approximately 60,000 tonnes of copper concentrate per year, and operations have been suspended pending an investigation. Norgran shares closed 4.2% lower after the accident was reported.\\n\\n## Casualties rise overnight\\nInitial reports from Norgran stated that 12 miners were killed and 8 injured. Governor Anders Velmi told reporters on Thursday morning that three of the injured had died in hospital overnight, bringing the death toll to 15. The operator has not confirmed the higher figure. 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Professor Peter Roosenboom of Erasmus University had predicted the possibility in de Volkskrant.\\n\\nIf the bid is really too low, we might see other bidders who get woken up.\\n\\n## Market response\\neasyJet shares jumped 13.7 percent to £6.69 in London on Friday, still below both offers. The gain signals investor expectation that the final price could climb further, with the stock well above the depressed levels that had attracted Castlelake. easyJet had reported a wider first-half loss in May, weighed down by Middle East instability.\\n\\n## Apollo's plans and obstacles\\nApollo pledged to back easyJet's low-cost model, accelerate fleet upgrades, grow ancillary revenue from extras like seat selection and loyalty programmes, and expand the EasyJet Holidays division. 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That outbids the £6.90 per share proposal from rival suitor Castlelake, which the easyJet board had accepted in principle only days earlier. The Apollo cash bid is roughly 3.6 percent richer.\n\n\n\n## Board switches sides\nOn Friday the easyJet board withdrew its recommendation of the Castlelake deal and unanimously agreed that Apollo's financial terms merit putting to shareholders if a firm offer is lodged. The board had recommended the Castlelake offer on 5 July after rejecting four earlier approaches as inadequate. 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Samsung, the world's largest memory chipmaker by volume, remains a domestic competitor.\\n\\n\\n\\nSK Hynix leads on share and Nvidia proximity, Micron competes on power efficiency, US positioning, and momentum from third place.\\n\\n## Volatility, leverage and market appetite\\nInvestor enthusiasm has already prompted fund managers to seek approval for leveraged products tied to the ADRs, amplifying the daily swings that have characterised SK Hynix's Seoul stock. The shares have moved over 5 percent in either direction on more than 50 occasions this year. The listing arrives as chip stocks face a recent pullback, with SK Hynix's Seoul price down roughly one quarter in the past fortnight, partly on worries about the pace of AI spending.\\n\\n## What the listing buys\\nProceeds from the sale will finance new factories and equipment to meet surging AI chip demand. 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The four affected plants employ around 40,000 workers.\\n\\n\\n\\n## Board defers decisions, sparking anger\\nThe supervisory board, which includes worker representatives and Lower Saxony's state premier, took no binding votes. Works council chief Daniela Cavallo reacted with fury. She demanded that Blume address the workforce on Friday and put an end to what she called disrespectful treatment.\\n\\nIt's enough! The barrel has overflowed. The way the management board is treating the workforce cannot be surpassed in disrespect. Oliver Blume is now obliged to at least limit this massive damage.\\n\\nLower Saxony's premier and board member Olaf Lies, whose state holds 11.8% of VW's capital and 20% of voting rights, reiterated his opposition to factory shutdowns. He described the meeting as 'very intensive' and said decisions would take time. 'The closure of plants is no future concept,' Lies stated. Industry analyst Ferdinand Dudenhöffer noted that no concrete decisions were communicated, 'not a word about plants, not a word about employment.'\\n\\n## Business pressure mounts\\nVolkswagen's drive for radical restructuring comes as the group faces severe headwinds. In the first quarter of 2026, deliveries fell 4% year-on-year to 2.05 million vehicles, dragged down by weak sales in China and the United States. The group's profit margin has halved between 2021 and 2025. Porsche, another VW brand, reported a 16% drop in half-year deliveries to 122,306 vehicles, the lowest figure since 2020.\\n\\nThe company is grappling with overcapacity in Germany, rising competition from Chinese automakers, and new U.S. import tariffs. Blume told shareholders on 18 June that the business model which had served the company for decades no longer works.\\n\\n## Protests and political fallout\\nAs rumours of plant closures spread, around 400 workers demonstrated outside the Wolfsburg headquarters on Thursday amid a heavy police presence. IG Metall, the powerful German metalworkers' union, warned of a major social conflict if forced redundancies are pursued. The union insists on voluntary departures, as agreed during the 2024 restructuring.\\n\\nPolitically, the crisis is adding to pressure on the federal government and the state of Lower Saxony. The far-right Alternative für Deutschland is polling at around 26%, ahead of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's CDU and the SPD. 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Industry analyst Ferdinand Dudenhöffer noted that no concrete decisions were communicated, 'not a word about plants, not a word about employment.'\n\n## Business pressure mounts\nVolkswagen's drive for radical restructuring comes as the group faces severe headwinds. In the first quarter of 2026, deliveries fell 4% year-on-year to 2.05 million vehicles, dragged down by weak sales in China and the United States. The group's profit margin has halved between 2021 and 2025. Porsche, another VW brand, reported a 16% drop in half-year deliveries to 122,306 vehicles, the lowest figure since 2020.\n\nThe company is grappling with overcapacity in Germany, rising competition from Chinese automakers, and new U.S. import tariffs. 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