Rescuers on Thursday again attempted to free a humpback whale stranded on Germany's Baltic Sea coast, employing a large suction dredger to remove sand around the animal. Two excavators were digging a trench in an attempt to free the whale, which has been stuck in shallow waters at the Timmendorfer Strand beach since early on Monday, drawing heavy media attention.

The Polish government has said that new legislation to reduce fuel prices will take effect on Tuesday, as it tries to reduce the impact on consumers of increased global oil prices due to the Iran war. The Energy Ministry is still gathering data from wholesalers in order to set the maximum permitted price on this basis, Deputy Energy Minister Wojciech Wrochna told the radio station Rmf.

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