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Putin is seeking to weaponise threat of mass migration, says Estonian PM

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 3 days ago - 14:29

‘Adversaries know migration is our vulnerability,’ says Kaja Kallas, spelling out negative consequences to Europe of Ukrainian defeat

Vladimir Putin is seeking to weaponise the threat of mass migration to divide and weaken Europe as supporters of Ukraine battle to maintain unity to defeat Russia, Kaja Kallas, the Estonian prime minister said on Friday.

“What our adversaries know is migration is our vulnerability,” she said. ‘The aim is to make life really impossible in Ukraine so that there would be migration pressure to Europe, and this is what they are doing”.

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French Police Kill Man Who Tried to Set Rouen Synagogue on Fire

news.movim.eu / TheNewYorkTimes · 3 days ago - 13:34

The synagogue, in Rouen, northern France, sustained “significant damage,” but nobody other than the assailant was harmed, the authorities said.

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Air Up: scent-flavoured water bottle becomes latest playground craze

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 3 days ago - 12:44

School must-have is setting pressured parents back £30 but could help keep kids off sugary drinks

From loom bands to fidget spinners, playground crazes are usually cheap and cheerful, but the latest must-have is an expensive drinks bottle that comes with scent pods that trick your brain into thinking water is cola or fruit juice.

The growing popularity of Air Up, with the cheapest bottles starting at about £30, is a dilemma for parents.

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Robert Fico’s allies warn of political war – they will use it to justify the dismantling of our democracy | Monika Kompaníková

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 3 days ago - 12:10

In Slovakia, we know what ‘restoring order’ means. After the PM’s shooting, it will be an excuse to suppress any opposition

Monika Kompaníková is a Slovakian writer and editor

Shortly after the shooting of Robert Fico , I received a phone call from my sister. She was extremely upset – not just about the shocking attack, but also about an incident on the bus on the way home from work in the moments after the news had broken. Two elderly fellow passengers reacted to the attempted assassination by blaming liberals and progressives in general, and in particular Michal Šimečka, an opposition politician and former vice-president of the European parliament. One passenger called for the death penalty to be reinstated and order to be restored.

At that point, the circumstances of the shooting were entirely unclear, information was partial, and it was too early to condemn or point the finger at anyone. My sister, who considers herself a liberal, spoke up to argue against the other passengers.

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Cop29 at a crossroads in Azerbaijan with focus on climate finance

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 3 days ago - 11:00

Fossil-fuel dependent country hopes to provide bridge between wealthy global north and poor south at November gathering

Oil is inescapable in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The smell of it greets the visitor on arrival and from the shores of the Caspian Sea on which the city is built the tankers are eternally visible. Flares from refineries near the centre light up the night sky, and you do not have to travel far to see fields of “nodding donkeys”, small piston pump oil wells about 6 metres (20ft) tall, that look almost festive in their bright red and green livery.

It will be an interesting setting for the gathering of the 29th UN climate conference of the parties, which will take place at the Olympic Stadium in November.

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Speculation Swirls in Slovakia, With Details About Fico Attack Scant

news.movim.eu / TheNewYorkTimes · 3 days ago - 10:59

The authorities have released little about the attack on Prime Minister Robert Fico, about the identity of the assailant or even about who is leading the country in the interim.

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‘Georgia is now governed by Russia’: how the dream of freedom unravelled

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 3 days ago - 10:59

‘Foreign agents’ law only one of many moves back to Moscow – made while the west looked the other way

Europe live – latest updates

The army of riot police had finally retreated from Rustaveli Avenue, the broad thoroughfare in front of the parliament building, back into the barricaded parliamentary estate.

The last hour on the streets of the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, had been violent. Snatch squads had grabbed protesters as officers, beating their shields with truncheons, surged forward to push the chanting crowds away from the graffiti-scrawled, imposing parliament building.

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French police shoot dead armed man who wanted to burn down synagogue, officials say – Europe live

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 3 days ago - 07:38

The attacker was carrying a knife and iron bar, according to local authorities

Le Figaro reports that police intervened around 6:45am due to smoke at a Rouen synagogue.

Officials saw a suspect on the roof, who then jumped and rushed at police with an iron bar and knife and tried to stab a police officer, according to Le Figaro, which cited a source.

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Russia-Ukraine war live: Ukraine drone attack in Crimea cuts power supplies in Sevastopol

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 3 days ago - 07:34

A Ukrainian drone attack on Crimea early on Friday caused power cutoffs in the city of Sevastopol and set a refinery ablaze in southern Russia, as Russian troops continue to make advances in Kharkiv

Ukrainian forces shot down all 20 drones Russia dispatched in an overnight attack, the Ukrainian military said on Friday.

The drones were shotdown over the regions of Kharkiv, Poltava, Vinnytsia, Odesa and Mykolaiv, Reuters reported.