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Switzerland is considering whether to open a legal investigation into the activities of the Geneva-based Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a US-backed organisation planning to oversee aid distribution in the enclave, Swiss authorities told Reuters.
The bodies of five skiers have been found by rescuers near Switzerland's luxury Zermatt resort. They were recovered a day after emergency services were alerted by a group of climbers ascending the Rimpfischhorn - a 4,199-metre peak in the Valais Alps - to several pairs of skis left unattended near the summit.
The bodies of the five skiers were found by rescue workers in the mountains near Zermatt, a luxury resort in southwestern Switzerland. Investigators are working to identify them.
A weekend of tragedy in the Swiss Alps left six people dead due to mountain accidents, including five near Zermatt and a 29-year-old alpinist in an avalanche. Authorities investigate, highlighting the dangers of outdoor sports in winter.
Five skiers were found dead near Switzerland's Rimpfischhorn mountain on Sunday, after emergency services were alerted a day earlier to some abandoned skis at an altitude of about 4,000m, the prosecutors' office in Canton Valais said in a statement.
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Switzerland’s bid for a US trade deal risks sparking a showdown with one political force at least as feisty as President Donald Trump: its own farmers.
The move follows a Swiss NGO’s request for a probe into GHF’s aid plan, which the UN opposes, citing concerns over impartiality, forced displacement, and risk to thousands of people
Authorities launched a probe and began efforts to identify the victims of the Swiss Alps tragedy, whose bodies were found near the luxury resort of Zermatt.
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