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Queen Leonor V dies from heart attack in night
Monday 16 Fein 1600 CE

Queen Leonor V died overnight in a shock to the nations government. The Prime Minister Valentina de Liaño was told the news this morning with her announcing the death in a press conference at 13:00. The government released this statement to the press " It is my sad duty to inform the nation that Her Royal Highness Queen Leonor V died in the night. Doctors have reported the likely cause is a heart attack as a result of an undetected illness. We today are mourning the loss as a nation of a Queen who dedicated her life to the Gods and this country above all and was a great mother not only to her kids but the entire nation. I have had the honour of regular meetings with this inspirational Queen and she will remain in our spirits as a nation and in the heavens.

We will be holding a funeral after the medical investigation into her death to determine the cause of the tragic heart attack. While this takes place the process of selecting the new Queen or King will start. We will start the first process of Dukes and Duchesses putting in their bid to be monarch. We will then hold the debates on the issues in front of the Royal Council and the Royal Assembly. Following this we will begin the vote counting.May the Gods bless our new King or Queen whoever they may be."

The Royal Council confirmed in a statement that they will be inviting all monarchs and heads of states to the funeral to remember the head of state. It is expected the funeral will likely take place in a month with elections finishing in 3 months. The head of the Royal Council will take up the role of temporary head of state until that point. It is expected Victoria De Vaddillo who is half Dagrothan, is ahead at this point and likely to run in the election. She is seen by many as a safe pair of hands and continuity candidate with here firmly being in the Breizhighist religious camp.It is known that the Breizhighist denominations are in favour of her while the majority of governors are also of the Breizhighist League. All flags have lowered to half mast at all embassies worldwide in honour of the Queen with the country asking all United Breizhighist Duchies flags world wide to be lowered at halfmast for a period of three months in remembrance.

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Hunting and Killing of animals for meat made illegal
Today a bill passed by Liga Breizhighist and Alianza Democrática in parliament to ban killing of animals not on the pest list without a pest control license or for purposes of food was passed. The animal rights act was updated to give them the right to life unless culling was needed for pest control, putting down for humane reasons, killing for pet food or disease control. Animals were declared to be equal to humans in the bill with killing or abusing an animal to carry the equal sentence to if it was done to a human. This would mean that killing an animal illegally and intentionally would be classified as murder and given the mandatory life sentence as such with charges for animal cruelty also to face tougher punishment. Road kill would not be prosecutable as it is often unavoidable though the bill also mandated that authorities have to provide an animal crossing in rural areas for every 3 pedestrian crossings or bridges for cars and every road must be assessed to see if it has enough crossings during the planning stage. The same would apply to all transport infrastructure.

The new act also strengthens protections of animals giving them the right to personal space with increased space requirements banning any non-free range farming within the country. The act has been championed by animal rights group Amigos De Los Animales as a crucial law in protecting animal rights. The group said "animals have feelings, emotions and families like us humans and also have intelligence. They feel pain the same way and are part of nature just like us. We must respect their rights as parts of the natural world by not killing unecessarily." The act also bans any fishing in UBD waters declaring the whole waters of UBD a fishing free zone with only licensed pest control hunters and rangers allowed to kill and only for a good reason such as disease control or for environmental balance but even these must seek natural methods first like biological pest control. critics say the bill will cost the state too much money and is an extreme response. The bill also means that all meat will now have to be imported. The few places that sell meat products have warned it will increase costs and potentially drive them out of business though supporters of the bill suggest they shouldn't exist in the first place.