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The Man City star and his partner Sasha Attwood live in a US$7.5 million Cheshire mansion with a swimming pool, a vegetable plot, a tennis court and a lake – but where might he buy a home next?

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Eastern Orthodox leadership has been united in opposing recognition of same-sex relationships, but there are signs of change with small majority-Orthodox countries of Montenegro and Cyprus authorising same-sex unions in recent years, as did Greece in 2015.

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Opinion polls indicate most Greeks support same-sex marriage but oppose surrogacy, even as the issues remain strong taboos for a large part of society.

Though the demonstrations have wound down in France after government concessions, the movement has taken hold in Germany, Greece, the Netherlands and elsewhere.

Mykonos and Santorini may be pretty, but they can get overcrowded to the point of not being enjoyable. To beat the crush of tourists, head further afield in Greece and try some new luxury accommodation.

The Palace of Aigai, a United Nations World Heritage site, where Alexander the Great was proclaimed king, has reopened to the public after a 16-year, US$22 million renovation.

The top US diplomat, making his fourth such trip since the start of the conflict, says the border between Israel and Lebanon is ‘one of the real concerns’.

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The US secretary of state will also visit Turkey, Greece, Jordan, Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt for a week of diplomacy on Israel’s war in Gaza.

The reform includes speedier vetting of irregular arrivals, creating border detention centres, accelerated deportation for rejected applicants and a mechanism to take pressure off countries experiencing big inflows.

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The package focuses on a Russian-origin diamond import ban as well as imposing additional import and export bans on Russia, the European Commission said on Monday.

Greek police are investigating a hoax targeting foreign visitors – fake posters have been going up around Athens claiming there is a bedbug infestation to scare them out of using short-term rental flats.

The monarch wore the tie when he delivered a speech at the event as London is involved in a dispute with Athens over the sculptures displayed at the British Museum.

Rishi Sunak triggered a diplomatic spat with Greece over the repatriation of the Parthenon Marbles by cancelling at the last minute a one-on-one in London.

The death toll from floods that hit villages in central Greece has risen to 11 with seven missing, as authorities rescue hundreds more people, bringing the total to more than 2,850.

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis blamed recent wildfires and current storms on climate change, while conceding that his government ‘clearly didn’t manage things as well as we would have liked’ on the wildfire front.

Germany, Sweden, Croatia and Cyprus have sent aircraft to help fight the flames, while Romania, France and Bulgaria are among those nations to send manpower.

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The deal will help New Delhi become a bigger exporter, while the UK gets wider access for its whisky, premium cars and legal services.

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The bodies were thought to be of migrants because the area is a popular route crossing from Turkey. Blazes are also being battled in Spain, Italy and Portugal.

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They attempted to block construction of a controversial road in the buffer zone – the line that slices between the Greek and Turkish sides of the island.

Chinese-owned fleet reached 249.2 million gross tonnage, or 15.9 per cent of the market share, to edge ahead of Greece, according to Clarksons Research.

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