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A woman walks past a building tagged with Stars of David in Paris. — courtesy Reuters
Star of David graffiti in Paris — the Russian connection
PARIS —French police believe a graffiti campaign featuring Star of David stencils may have been the work of Russian intelligence.In the last 10 days around 250 blue Stars of David — similar to the one on the Israeli flag — have appeared on buildings in Paris and its suburbs.They prompted an outcry from French politicians, who presumed the signs were antisemitic. But from the start investigators were more circumspect.While politicians made comparisons with Nazi-era graffiti to “out” Jews in their homes, investigators pointed out the Stars of David were randomly distributed, with no obvious Jewish connection in the choice of buildings.Also the message in the medium was confusing. Conceivably a blue Israeli flag, or what immediately evokes it, could be seen as a pro-Jewish sign....
November 08, 2023

Star of David graffiti in Paris — the Russian connection

Thousands of protesters carrying flags and flares rallied outside Socialist party headquarters in Madrid on Tuesday night. —courtesy Europa Press News
Spanish fury at Sánchez’ controversial amnesty plan for power
MADRID — Daily right-wing protests against Spain’s acting prime minister Pedro Sánchez have become increasingly violent.They highlight mounting tensions as he attempts to negotiate a controversial amnesty law.About 7,000 demonstrators gathered outside Sánchez’s Socialist party headquarters in Madrid on Tuesday.He is preparing for an investiture vote which is expected to see him form a new government and avoid a repeat election.That can only happen if he can secure the parliamentary support of Catalan separatists.As police and protesters clashed on Tuesday night, Sánchez posted a defiant message on social media: “They will not break the Socialist Party.”Similar protests have been taking place in the Spanish capital and in other cities on a daily basis recently, although this...
November 08, 2023

Spanish fury at Sánchez’ controversial amnesty plan for power

Mikhail Filiponenko
Car explosion kills Russian official in east Ukraine
KYIV — An MP and former military figure in Ukraine's eastern Luhansk region -- currently under Russian occupation -- has died after his car blew up, local news reported on Wednesday.Mikhail Filiponenko suffered "fatal injuries" in the blast, his son Ivan told Lug-info.The media site said Filiponenko was a member of the local parliament and former leader of the Lugansk separatist army.Another MP in the region, Yuri Yurov, claimed on Telegram that Filiponenko was targetted by a car bomb in February 2022, but emerged alive "by a miracle".Yurov said Filiponenko was one of the founders of the pro-Russian Lugansk separatist force in 2014, which then waged war against Kyiv.The four Ukrainian territories Moscow claims to have annexed -- Lugansk, Donetsk Kherson and...
November 08, 2023

Car explosion kills Russian official in east Ukraine

Similar grenades were later found during the search of an army colleague’s office. — courtesy Ukrainian media
Grenade birthday gift kills Ukraine army chief Zaluzhny’s aide
KYIV —A grenade given as a birthday present has blown up and killed a close aide of the head of Ukraine’s armed forces Valery Zaluzhny.Maj Hennadiy Chastyakov, 39, had returned to his flat with presents from his colleagues and was opening them with his son when the grenade exploded.Maj. Chastyakov was killed and his 13-year-old son left seriously wounded. Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said the boy had started turning the ring on the grenade.“Then, the serviceman took the grenade from the child and pulled the ring, causing a tragic explosion.”Prosecutors clarified later that he had accidentally set off the grenade while trying to take it away from his son.The blast has been described as a “tragic accident” and the minister appealed to the public to await the outcome of an...
November 07, 2023

Grenade birthday gift kills Ukraine army chief Zaluzhny’s aide

António Costa submitted his resignation to President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. — courtesy AFP
Portuguese PM António Costa resigns over lithium deal probe
LISBON — Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa resigned after investigators searched his official residence in an inquiry into alleged corruption.He said he had not been named as a suspect but believed the inquiry was incompatible with staying in office.Prosecutors said on Tuesday they were investigating concessions awarded for lithium mines and hydrogen production.They said detention warrants were issued for five people including Costa’s chief of staff, Vítor Escária. Público newspaper reported that Escária had been detained.Infrastructure Minister João Galamba has meanwhile been indicted as part of the inquiry into energy deals.“The dignity of the functions of prime minister is not compatible with any suspicion about his integrity, his good conduct and even less with the...
November 07, 2023

Portuguese PM António Costa resigns over lithium deal probe

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks during a meeting with heads of German federal states on Mnday. — courtesy EPA
Germany agrees to consider UK-style plan on processing asylum abroad
BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has pledged to “examine” whether asylum applications could be processed abroad.It marks a further hardening of the government’s position on illegal migration, as parties seek to counter electoral gains by the far right.The idea sounds reminiscent of the UK’s deal with Rwanda, where migrants in Britain may be sent to claim asylum.But the chancellor is openly skeptical having only agreed to the proposal after a late-night meeting.It was at nearly 03:00 (2:00 GMT) on Tuesday that Olaf Scholz emerged from the marathon session with regional leaders.In the agreement cut with the leaders of Germany’s 16 states, there is a short passage on third-country deals that appears almost begrudgingly inserted into the 17-page document.“The Federal...
November 07, 2023

Germany agrees to consider UK-style plan on processing asylum abroad

Migrants crowd a wooden boat as they are towed to the port in La Restinga on the Canary island of El Hierro on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023
Record-breaking 32,000 migrants arrive in Canary islands so far this year
MADRID — Spain’s Canary Islands have set a new record for the number of irregular arrivals to the archipelago, with more than 32,000 migrants making the treacherous boat journey this year so far.Most of them are from Senegal.The islands, located near the African continent, have been used for decades as a stepping stone to Europe. Though the majority of arrivals are from Senegal, there are also boats departing from Gambia, Mauritania, Morocco and the Western Sahara.According to figures released by Spain’s Interior Ministry and local emergency services, at least 32,029 people landed on the islands from January to November this year, exceeding the previous high set during the migration crisis of 2006 when 31,678 migrants disembarked in the Canaries.Smugglers in Senegal pack young people...
November 07, 2023

Record-breaking 32,000 migrants arrive in Canary islands so far this year

Mateusz Morawiecki
Poland's president taps PM Morawiecki to form new government
WARSAW — Poland's president has tapped the current prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki of the Law and Justice party, to try to form the country's next government.President Andrzej Duda made the announcement Monday following a national election in which the right-wing Law and Justice lost its parliamentary majority to three allied opposition parties but emerged as the single biggest vote-getter.An ally of the current government, Duda had said the two candidates for prime minister were Morawiecki and main opposition leader Donald Tusk, a former Polish prime minister and top European Union official.His decision is expected to delay the establishment of a functioning government because lawmakers aren't likely to give Morawiecki the necessary approval for his Cabinet. — Euronews
November 07, 2023

Poland's president taps PM Morawiecki to form new government

Liverpool forward Luis Diaz reveals a T-shirt which reads “freedom for papa” after equalizing for Liverpool against Luton
Luis Diaz: ELN kidnappers call for ‘security guarantees’ before father’s release
LONDON — The rebel group holding Luis Diaz’s father hostage has demanded “security guarantees” before his release.The National Liberation Army (ELN) said the ongoing military and police search “will delay the release and increase the risks”, Colombian media reported.Luis Manuel Diaz was kidnapped at gunpoint along with his wife in Barrancas, Colombia on Oct. 28.Liverpool player Diaz has called on the kidnappers to free his father immediately and end a “painful wait”.His mother was abandoned in a car after the kidnapping as police closed in, but his father was taken hostage.Colombia international Diaz came off the bench to salvage a point for Liverpool with a stoppage-time goal at Luton Town on Sunday in his first match since his parents were kidnapped.The ELN reiterated its...
November 06, 2023

Luis Diaz: ELN kidnappers call for ‘security guarantees’ before father’s release

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny
Tensions grow in Kyiv over status of war with Russia
KYIV — Apparent divisions between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his military command are becoming increasingly public, after a bitter back-and-forth over the state of play in the war with Russia.Igor Zhovka, the deputy head of Zelensky’s office, on Saturday condemned an assessment by Ukraine’s military chief that the war with Russia is at a “stalemate,” deepening a feud in Kyiv which has heightened nerves about Western support for the conflict.He was responding to an interview with military chief Valery Zaluzhny, who told The Economist on Wednesday that “we have reached the level of technology that puts us into a stalemate” and “there will most likely be no deep and beautiful breakthrough” in the war.Zhovka told Ukrainian television that Zaluzhny’s...
November 06, 2023

Tensions grow in Kyiv over status of war with Russia

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