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Syrian refugees in Germany have celebrated the downfall of Bashar al-Assad
Germany's one million Syrians at center of fierce debate over their future
BERLIN — Across Germany Syrians have been celebrating in the streets the downfall of former president Bashar al-Assad. But now many will be feeling less euphoric, as some politicians question their future in Germany.There are around a million people with Syrian passports in Germany. Most of them came from 2015-16, after Angela Merkel's government made a decision not to close Germany's borders to refugees fleeing Syria's civil war.The mood at the time was that Germany would manage. The climate now is rather different.Within hours of the news of Assad's fall, a fierce political debate erupted in Germany over whether Syrian refugees should go back to Syria.Snap elections are being held in Germany on 23 February. With migration topping surveys of voters' concerns, some...
December 11, 2024

Germany's one million Syrians at center of fierce debate over their future

Calin Georgescu cast his vote in the first round of voting last weekend
Romanian court annuls result of presidential election first round
BUCHAREST — Romania's constitutional court has annulled the result of the first round of voting in the presidential election just days before the second round was due to take place.It means the process will be restarted from scratch, with the government due to decide a date for a new vote.The first round was won by Calin Georgescu, an almost unknown far-right Nato-sceptic who has previously praised Vladimir Putin.The court's decision comes after intelligence documents were declassified, suggesting Georgescu benefitted from a mass influence operation – conducted from abroad – to interfere with the result of the vote.Outgoing Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said the court's decision to annul was "the only correct solution after the declassification of the...
December 06, 2024

Romanian court annuls result of presidential election first round

A close-up shot of the top of a Polizia car
Catholic nun among 25 arrested in mob bust in northern Italy
ROME — A Catholic nun with the Sisters of Charity Institute in Milan was among 25 people arrested early Thursday morning for a litany of mafia-related crimes, including aiding and abetting extortion, drug trafficking, receiving stolen goods, usury, tax crimes and money laundering.Sister Anna Donelli, 57, was known among prison inmates as “Sister Collina” when she volunteered at several prisons in and around Brescia, a city in the northern region of Lombardy, where anti-mafia police said she did more than just offer blessings and comfort.In this January 2023 photo, police and military patrol Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Mexico. With Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán serving a life sentence, his sons steered the family business into fentanyl, establishing a network...
December 06, 2024

Catholic nun among 25 arrested in mob bust in northern Italy

Calin Georgescu is leading the presidential race in Romania
Romania's far-right presidential frontrunner vows to end Ukraine aid
BUCHAREST — Calin Georgescu, the fringe nationalist politician leading the presidential race in Romania, has told the BBC that he would end all support for Ukraine if elected.He is facing a second-round run-off in the elections on Sunday, where he will run against Elena Lasconi, a former TV presenter who is campaigning on a firmly pro-EU platform.Georgescu, whose only election campaigning has been on social media, said he would make "the Romanian people" his priority.But he denied that his surprise success so far was the result of a Russian-backed influence operation, saying he did not care about the "lies" of his country's intelligence agencies as he was working with God and the people.On Wednesday, in a highly unusual move, Romania's outgoing president...
December 06, 2024

Romania's far-right presidential frontrunner vows to end Ukraine aid

The French government fell after parliament backed a motion of no-confidence in Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Wednesday
Macron to address nation after Barnier government collapse
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron will address the nation on Thursday night, a day after Prime Minister Michel Barnier was ousted in a no-confidence vote.Names for a new prime minister were swirling before Barnier even tendered his resignation on Thursday morning, including Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu, Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau and centrist former presidential candidate François Bayrou.But finding a name that would not immediately be shot down by one of the large parliamentary factions could take some time, as it did in the summer, when former PM Gabriel Attal stayed on as caretaker for two months.Barnier is likely to be asked to remain in post in the interim.Barnier's government collapsed after MPs voted overwhelmingly in support of the motion against him,...
December 05, 2024

Macron to address nation after Barnier government collapse

The French government has fallen, after parliament backed a motion of no-confidence in Prime Minister Michel Barnier
French government collapses in no-confidence vote
PARIS — The French government has collapsed after Prime Minister Michel Barnier was ousted in a no-confidence vote.MPs voted overwhelmingly in support of the motion against him – just three months after he was appointed by President Emmanuel Macron.Opposition parties had tabled the motion after the former Brexit negotiator controversially used special powers to force through his budget without a vote.It marks the first time the country's government has collapsed in a no-confidence vote since 1962.The development will further France's political instability after snap elections in the summer led to no single group having a majority in parliament.MPs were required to either vote yes or abstain from Wednesday's vote, with 288 votes needed for the motion to pass. A total of 331...
December 05, 2024

French government collapses in no-confidence vote

Robert F Kennedy Jr speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at Macomb Community College, 1 November 2024
Robert F Kennedy Jr denies any link with far-right Romanian presidential candidate
WASHINGTON — A representative of Robert F Kennedy Jr has denied any connection between US President-elect Donald Trump’s health secretary nominee and the far-right Romanian presidential candidate Calin Georgescu.The response followed days of intense speculation that RFK Jr would travel to Romania to support Georgescu in Sunday's decisive presidential election runoff.Meanwhile, the alleged RFK Jr endorsement sparked a furor as it matches the same sophisticated social media campaign tactics that propelled the ultra-nationalist candidate from obscurity to the top of the race, earning him the label of TikTok Messiah.On Wednesday evening, the Romanian presidency unsealed the intelligence services reports about Georgescu, showing that some 25,000 accounts on the Chinese-owned social...
December 05, 2024

Robert F Kennedy Jr denies any link with far-right Romanian presidential candidate

Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze vowed action would be taken against protest organizers
Georgia's opposition comes under attack as leader is dragged from HQ
TBILISI — A Georgian opposition leader has been dragged from his party office by police and others have been physically attacked after the prime minister vowed that organizers of a week of pro-EU protests, which he called "violent actions", would face justice.Nika Gvaramia, 48, a leader from one of four opposition groups, was carried by his arms and legs by police from his party HQ in a side street next to parliament in the capital Tbilisi.Other leaders were later ambushed after they met at a hotel and decided to push for a general strike.Nightly demonstrations have been held since last Thursday, after the ruling party Georgian Dream said it was halting the country's bid to start talks on joining the EU.More than 330 protesters have been arrested and rights groups say many...
December 05, 2024

Georgia's opposition comes under attack as leader is dragged from HQ

Calin Georgescu, who has praised Vladimir Putin, was almost unknown in Romania until he won the first round of voting in the presidential elections
Romania hit by major election influence campaign, amid Russian cyber-attacks
BUCHAREST— Authorities in Romania have revealed details of what appears to be a major attempt to interfere in the country’s presidential elections using the social media platform TikTok and a series of cyber-attacks.Romania's domestic intelligence service says there are signs the effort was "co-ordinated by a state-sponsored actor".Calin Georgescu, a far-right Nato-sceptic who has previously praised Vladimir Putin, was almost unknown in Romania until he won the first round of voting in the presidential elections two weeks ago.Now Romanian intelligence says his sudden and surprise surge in popularity is down to a "highly organized" and "guerrilla" campaign on social media, sharing identical messaging and using influencers.They say it was conducted from...
December 05, 2024

Romania hit by major election influence campaign, amid Russian cyber-attacks

Protesters crowd around a military vehicle in front of the National Assembly building
Fear, fury and triumph: Six hours that shook South Korea
SEOUL — Nineteen-year-old Hwang was watching the protests in Georgia on Tuesday night's news when the images on TV suddenly changed — the spotlight was on his country after South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol announced martial law."I couldn’t believe what I was seeing," said the 19-year-old student, who wished to be identified only by his surname.By Wednesday afternoon, he was among the protesters standing before the National Assembly, still stunned about what had happened the night before."It's important for me to be here to show that we are against what Yoon tried to do," Hwang said.In a little less than six hours, Yoon was forced to walk back his shock announcement after lawmakers scrambled to block it.But those were chaotic hours, sparking...
December 04, 2024

Fear, fury and triumph: Six hours that shook South Korea

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