International

World News  19 February
The EU is ready to punish Russia because of their treatment of Alexei Navalny, a leader who has criticised the present government. Alexei was poisoned and was very ill. He was sent to jail when he came back to Russia from Germany. The EU may not allow some top government and business people to travel to Europe and their bank accounts will be frozen.  All 27 EU countries have to agree together on the  sanctions.  Could this push Russia closer to China?
AirFrance & KLM lost a huge amount of money because of the Covid pandemic. No planes were flying to other international countries. In 2020, the airlines lost 7.1 billion euro and passengers number went down by 67%. The Dutch and French governments are supporting the airlines. The Airlines hope 2021 will be a better year.
In UAE (United Arab Emirates) Princess Latifa is in prison in a villa. Why? She is the daughter of one of the UAE rulers in Dubai. She tried to escape because she has no freedom. She was caught & taken off a boatby her father’s men.  There is a lot of pressure from around the world to have her released from detention.
On Thursday, the NASA robot landed on Mars.  The robot is called Perseverance.  It has landed in Jezero Crater with lots of high tech equipments and cameras.  Jezero was a giant lake so maybe they will find signs of life there. There is a lot of excitement.

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