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Germany has been a strong ally of Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion
Germany arrests two men accused of spying for Russia
BERLIN — Two German-Russian men have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of espionage, prosecutors said Thursday.One is accused of agreeing to carry out attacks on potential targets including US military facilities in hopes of sabotaging aid for UkraineThe two, identified only as Dieter S. and Alexander J. in line with German privacy rules, were arrested Wednesday in the Bavarian city of Bayreuth, according to federal prosecutors.They said Dieter S. had been discussing possible acts of sabotage in Germany with a person linked to Russian intelligence since October.The main aim was to undermine military support given by Germany to Ukraine, with Berlin a key European ally for Kyiv.The suspect declared himself willing to carry out bombing and arson attacks on infrastructure used by the...
April 18, 2024

Germany arrests two men accused of spying for Russia

Croatia's incumbent prime minister, Andrej Plenković
Ruling conservatives win Croatia election but with a catch
ZAGREB — The Croatian Democratic Union won parliamentary elections on Wednesday, however they will need support from the far right to stay in power.Croatia's governing conservatives won a sharply competitive election on Wednesday, according to the official vote count.The ruling right-wing Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) defeated a centrist left-wing alliance informally led by populist President Zoran Milanovic and his Social Democratic Party (SDP).However, despite their convincing win, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic's HDZ will need the support of far-right groups to stay in power.The election followed a campaign centred on a bitter rivalry between the country's president and prime minister.With more than 90% of the ballots counted, the state electoral commission said the HDZ...
April 18, 2024

Ruling conservatives win Croatia election but with a catch

Ukrainian air defense intercepts a Shahed drone mid-air in the third Russia aerial attack on the capital in the last 24 hours in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 30, 2023.
EU leaders under pressure by Zelensky to bolster Ukraine’s struggling air defenses
BRUSSELS — The EU’s 27 leaders face mounting pressure to step up efforts to protect Ukraine’s skies from Russian airstrikes, after President Zelensky took a jab at Western allies’ "flagging political will" over the weekend.Speaking ahead of a gathering of leaders in Brussels on Wednesday evening, both German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the Netherlands' caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte called for urgent steps to provide Kyiv with the air defence systems it needs to fend off the barrage of missiles launched from Russia.Both leaders suggested the bloc's countries need to look closely at their stockpiles and consider sending their own air defence systems to Kyiv."In view of all the terrible attacks that are being made from the air, you can see that it is...
April 18, 2024

EU leaders under pressure by Zelensky to bolster Ukraine’s struggling air defenses

Jan Marsalek is now believed to be in Russia
Spy scandal revives fears of Austrian exposure to Russia
VIENNA — It is being called Austria's biggest espionage scandal for decades, which began with the arrest of a former domestic security official and has led to a raft of allegations and accusations.Egisto Ott, 61, was detained at the end of March on suspicion of spying for Russia.According to an 86-page Austrian police warrant, obtained by Austrian and German media, Ott is suspected of passing information to Jan Marsalek, the fugitive executive of collapsed German payments firm Wirecard.Marsalek, 44 and also an Austrian citizen, is wanted by German police for alleged fraud and is currently believed to be in Moscow, having fled via Austria in 2020.A recent report by a group of European newspapers said he was recruited by Russian agents in 2014.The Austrian police warrant reportedly...
April 18, 2024

Spy scandal revives fears of Austrian exposure to Russia

Police made arrests in a series of raids, including this one in Bromley, south-east London
Police bust global cyber gang accused of industrial-scale fraud
LONDON — Police have taken down a gang accused of using a technology service that helped criminals use fraudulent text messages to steal from victims.They have arrested 37 people worldwide and are contacting victims.Officers say younger people who grew up with the internet were the most likely to fall for the "phishing" scam.The technology allowed scammers without technical skills to bombard victims with messages designed to trick them into making payments online.Police targeted the gang's site, LabHost, which helped criminals send the messages and direct victims to fake websites appearing to be legitimate online payment or shopping services.It had enabled the criminals to steal identity information, including 480,000 card numbers and 64,000 Pin codes, known in criminal...
April 18, 2024

Police bust global cyber gang accused of industrial-scale fraud

Ukraine gunner in action in an undisclosed location in Ukraine this week
Ukraine warns of WW3 ahead of long-stalled Congress aid vote
KYIV — Ukraine's prime minister has told the BBC there will be a "Third World War" if Ukraine loses its conflict with Russia, as he urged the US Congress to pass a long-stalled foreign aid bill.Denys Shmyhal expressed "careful optimism" that US lawmakers would pass the hotly contested measure, which has $61bn (£49bn) earmarked for Kyiv.The House of Representatives is set to vote on the package this Saturday.The proposal includes funding for Israel as well as the Indo-Pacific.Speaking to the BBC in Washington DC on Wednesday, Prime Minister Shmyhal said of the US security assistance: "We need this money yesterday, not tomorrow, not today.""If we will not protect... Ukraine will fall," he added. "So the global, the global system of security...
April 18, 2024

Ukraine warns of WW3 ahead of long-stalled Congress aid vote

Flights to Rwanda were grounded at the last minute in 2022 after legal challenges. — courtesy Reuters
UK ministers rule out concessions on Rwanda deportation bill
LONDON — The British government has ruled out making concessions to get its Rwanda deportation law through the House of Lords later.MPs are voting on the bill once again, as wrangling continues over the plan to send asylum seekers to the east African nation.Opposition peers have insisted on changes to the draft law, to make sure Rwanda is a safe destination.But No 10 says it is “not considering concessions” to ensure the bill passes.MPs are set to overturn four changes made by peers on Monday, meaning it would return once again to the House of Lords later.Labour is expected to continue pressing for a ban on sending people who have assisted the UK military to Rwanda.Another amendment backed by peers says that flights should not take off until a committee of experts set up to monitor...
April 17, 2024

UK ministers rule out concessions on Rwanda deportation bill

File photo of the TikTok Lite logo. — courtesy Getty Images
EU demands answers on money-for-views version of TikTok
BRUSSELS — TikTok has been given 24 hours to respond to the European Commission over a version of the app which pays users for viewing videos.TikTok Lite launched in France and Spain this week.European Commissioner Thierry Breton has compared it to the idea of “light” cigarettes, asking whether it was “as addictive and toxic.”TikTok said in a statement it would “respond to the request for information.”It says it does not currently have plans to launch the Lite app in other countries in Europe.A slimmed down version of the normal platform, Lite’s Task & Rewards feature pays users the equivalent of a few pence per day for watching videos and engaging on the app.The European Commission has asked TikTok for details of the risk assessment it carried out before launching the...
April 17, 2024

EU demands answers on money-for-views version of TikTok

Khan Younis lies in ruins following the withdrawal of Israeli forces. — courtesy UNOCHA/Themba Linden
Humanitarians locked in aid delivery ‘dance’ to avert famine in Gaza
GENEVA — Scaling up assistance in Gaza remains a challenge in the face of continued access denials, delays and other impediments, the head of the UN humanitarian affairs office (OCHA) in the occupied Palestinian territories said on Tuesday.Andrea de Domenico was speaking via videoconference to journalists in New York, briefing them on developments in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.He said although humanitarians welcome recent Israeli commitments to improve aid facilitation in Gaza, “we are dealing with this dance where we do one step forward, two steps backwards; or two steps forward and one step backward, which leaves us basically at the same point”.Between April 6-12, 41 percent of humanitarian requests to the north were denied, he said. A UN convoy also came under crossfire while...
April 17, 2024

Humanitarians locked in aid delivery ‘dance’ to avert famine in Gaza

Several floors of an eight-storey building were badly damaged in the Russian missile strike
Fourteen dead in Russian missile strike on Chernihiv
KYIV — A Russian missile attack has killed 14 people in the city of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials.Ukraine's interior minister said there were more than 60 injured in the attack, which hit an eight-story building in a densely populated area.Three missiles had struck close to the center of the city, officials said.The attack came hours after reports of a Ukrainian strike on a Russian military airfield in occupied Crimea.Details have yet to be confirmed, although local social media channels shared video of an apparent fire on the airfield at Dzhankoy in northern Crimea.In Chernihiv, acting mayor Oleksandr Lomako said one building had suffered a direct hit from one of the Russian missiles and several floors had been damaged. The presidential office in...
April 17, 2024

Fourteen dead in Russian missile strike on Chernihiv

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