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University students air frustration that sit-ins motivated by peace are being shut down instead of heededJack, 22, a student in public administration, was dragged out of his university building by the arms and legs on Friday, as police forcibly removed several dozen students who had been occupying Paris’s Sciences Po university overnight in a protest against civilian deaths in Gaza.“We’ll keep going,” said the...

Move puts forces in close proximity at a time when military and diplomatic rivalry is increasing over UkraineUkraine will at some point have to enter into talks with Russia to bring an end to their more than two-year-old war, a senior Ukrainian intelligence official said in an interview published on Thursday.Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has repeatedly ruled out talks with the Kremlin, and a...

Irakli Kobakhidze tries to draw a parallel between a crackdown on protests in Georgia and police action on US campusesIn a joint statement yesterday, a group of members of the European parliament said they are “deeply worried about the situation in Georgia” and “condemn the violence against peaceful protesters and opposition politicians.”David McAllister, Marina Kaljurand and Sven Mikser said they “have already expressed our...

One tornado in Oklahoma was the first of 2024 to be rated as EF-4, the second most severe categorySevere thunderstorms affected parts of the United States last week, spawning at least 129 tornadoes across midwestern and southern states between 25 and 28 April. The majority occurred on 26 April, with most touching down in Nebraska and Iowa.Two that formed were particularly large and long-lived,...

Foreign minister says investigation found Fancy Bear group was behind attack that took down several websitesGermany has said it has evidence that Russian state-sponsored hackers were behind an “intolerable” cyber-attack last year in which several websites were knocked off line in apparent response to Berlin’s decision to send tanks to Ukraine.The German foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, said a federal government investigation into the 2023...

Israeli foreign minister strongly criticises decision by President Erdoğan, accusing him of acting like a ‘dictator’Turkey has halted all trade with Israel, citing the “worsening humanitarian tragedy” in the Palestinian territories, which prompted strong criticism from the Israeli foreign minister.“Export and import transactions related to Israel have been stopped, covering all products,” Turkey’s trade ministry said late on Thursday. Continue reading...

Progressives counting on a strong performance to rein in Robert Fico’s drift away from rule of lawAs fears grow that Slovakia is following Hungary down a path away from the rule of law, the country’s opposition says it is determined to prove that citizens want a democratic future.Since coming back to power last year, Slovakia’s populist prime minister, Robert Fico, has taken aim at...

Ahmed Alhashimi’s seven-year-old daughter Sara was crushed to death after group of men rushed on to dinghyThe father of a seven-year-old girl crushed to death on a small boat has said they tried to cross the Channel after being informed his young family would be deported to Iraq after spending years in Europe.Ahmed Alhashimi, 41, lost grasp of his daughter, Sara, on an inflatable...

Masked police also used water cannon and stun grenades against rally protesting over legislation viewed as authoritarian and Russian-inspiredMichael Roth, chairman of the German Bundestag’s foreign affairs committee, has called on Georgia’s leadership to stop the violence and withdraw the foreign agents bill.The EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said today that he “strongly” condemns violence against protesters and said use of force is...

Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu says its volume and quality of weapons should be stepped up The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) is carrying out planned counter-intelligence exercises in Kyiv, the SBU press service reported.The SBU said the main purpose of the measures is to check and strengthen “counter-sabotage protection” of important state facilities and places where large numbers of people gather. Continue reading...

Accused were arrested in Lesbos and accused of facilitating illegal entry of migrants into the country A Greek court’s decision to drop criminal charges against dozens of international aid workers accused of espionage and facilitating the illegal entry of migrants into the country has been met with jubilation.A three-member judicial council convening on the north Aegean isle of Lesbos ruled there was insufficient proof...

Police launch violent crackdown on demonstration against bill that pro-Moscow government is trying to passGeorgian security forces used water cannon, teargas and stun grenades against protesters outside parliament late on Tuesday, sharply escalating a crackdown after lawmakers debated a “foreign agents” bill that is viewed by the opposition and western nations as authoritarian and Russian-inspired.Reuters witnesses saw some police officers physically attack protesters –...

Woman detained in Netherlands for alleged role in non-fatal shooting of Alejo Vidal-Quadras in Madrid last yearA Dutch woman has been arrested in the Netherlands in relation to the shooting of a Spanish former politician in Madrid last year.Alejo Vidal-Quadras, a founder of Spain’s far-right Vox party, was shot in the face near his home in the wealthy Salamanca neighbourhood on 9 November by...

Lidia Stepanivna Lomikovska reunited with family days after fleeing frontline town in her slippers and using a caneA 98-year-old woman who escaped Russian-occupied territory in Ukraine by using a cane to walk six miles in a pair of slippers has been reunited with her family, days after they were separated while escaping to safety.Lidia Stepanivna Lomikovska and her family decided to leave the frontline...

Nine people rescued from boat sailing perilous Atlantic route that reportedly left Senegal with 60 people onboard nine days agoAt least 50 people are feared to have drowned after a boat sailing the perilous Atlantic route from west Africa to Europe began to sink 60 miles south of the Canary island of El Hierro.Nine people were rescued from the craft early on Monday after...

Four-year-old child and pregnant woman among those in a serious condition after strike on seafront park in Black Sea port cityThis live blog has been paused. For the latest coverage on Russia’s war in Ukraine, please visit our dedicated page.To keep up to date quickly with the latest in Ukraine, read our Ukraine war briefing here. Continue reading...

Series of traumatic defeats has prompted a rethink in what was once seen as the most pro-Moscow of the ex-Soviet republicsWith its waterfall, hot spring, orchards full of apricot blossom and a gorge through which the swollen Arpa River races, the town of Jermuk since Soviet times has been one of the most visited in Armenia. That was until just after midnight on 12...

Report to United Nations security council says remnants of Hwasong-11 violate arms export embargo on Russian ally The debris from a missile that landed in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on 2 January was from a North Korean Hwasong-11 series ballistic missile, UN sanctions monitors told a security council committee in a report seen by Reuters.In the 32-page report, the UN sanctions monitors concluded...

Commission president, who is seeking another term, took aim at group that includes AfD and National Rally in pre-election debateThe European Commission president, Ursula Von der Leyen, has criticised the far right as “Putin’s proxies”, while refusing to rule out working with other rightwing nationalists, as campaigning began ahead of June’s European elections.Von der Leyen is seeking a second five-year term leading the commission,...

Two women say actor assaulted them, one on a film set in 2021 and the other on another shoot in 2014Gérard Depardieu will face a criminal trial in October over the alleged sexual assaults of two women on the set of a film in 2021, prosecutors have announced.Depardieu, 75, who previously has denied any wrongdoing, was questioned for several hours on Monday by officers...

Newly deciphered passages outline Greek philosopher’s burial place and describe critique of slave musician Newly deciphered passages from a papyrus scroll that was buried beneath layers of volcanic ash after the AD79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius may have shed light on the final hours of Plato, a key figure in the history of western philosophy.In a groundbreaking discovery, the ancient scroll was found to...

Sánchez announces he will stay on days after saying he was considering resigning after attacks in rightwing media on his wifePedro Sánchez is expected to speak in a few minutes. Stay tuned.Pedro Sánchez’s big announcement will be an “institutional declaration”, which means a televised statement with no questions from the media. Continue reading...

Moscow claims another eastern village as struggling Ukrainian forces await the arrival of crucial weapons from the USHere are some of the latest images on the newswires:Polish protesters unblocked all border crossing points with Ukraine on Monday morning, a Ukraine border guard spokesperson said on a Ukrainian TV broadcast, reports Reuters news agency. Continue reading...

PP leader accuses prime minister of navel-gazing, while Sánchez’s supporters rally in MadridSpanish opposition parties have stepped up their attacks on the socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, as he prepares to announce whether he will resign because of what he describes as a “harassment and bullying operation” being waged against him and his wife by his political and media enemies.Sánchez shocked Spain on Wednesday...