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Sadness and anger in Magdeburg after Christmas market attack
EPA Authorities are still trying to understand why the suspect carried out the deadly attack Magdeburg’s Christmas market is a sad sight. This should have been the busiest weekend of the season, but the whole area has been cordoned off and all the stands are shut. Police are the only people walking around the boarded-up…
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Police probe security and warnings
EPA German authorities are facing the public’s grief and anger in Magdeburg after an attacker used an access lane for emergency vehicles to drive into a Christmas market, killing five people and injuring more than 200. On a visit on Saturday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, ministers and regional political leaders were heckled by members of…
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Who is Magdeburg market attack suspect? What we know so far
Reuters On Friday evening, a man ploughed a car into a crowd of shoppers at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg. The attack killed five people, including a nine-year-old boy, and left more than 200 injured, with many in a critical condition. A judge has ordered the pre-trial detention of a 50-year-old…
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Macron visits Mayotte as thousand still missing after storm
BBC’s Mayeni Jones witnesses ‘complete devastation’ of Mayotte Landing over Petite-Terre, Mayotte’s smaller island, the level of destruction from Cyclone Chido is immediately apparent. It’s hard to exaggerate just how completely devastated the landscape is in this French Indian Ocean territory, after the storm tore through the islands on Saturday. Rolling hills previously covered in…
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Who are the men convicted in the Gisèle Pelicot rape trial
Dominique Pelicot has been found guilty and sentenced to 20 years in prison for drugging his ex-wife, Gisèle, raping her and inviting dozens of men to also abuse her over nearly a decade, along with other charges. Pelicot had admitted the charges against him. He was on trial with 50 other men, the majority of…
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Eyewitness describes German Christmas market attack
Reuters A woman who was with her boyfriend at the Christmas market in Magdeburg has told local media she had her boyfriend in her arms when the car used in the attack came speeding towards them. “He was hit and pulled away from my side. It was terrible,” 32-year-old Nadine told the Bild newspaper. Footage…
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Soldier-spies in Myanmar help pro-democracy rebels make gains
BBC The once formidable Myanmar military is cracking from within – riddled with spies secretly working for the pro-democracy rebels, the BBC has found. The military only has full control of less than a quarter of Myanmar’s territory, a BBC World Service investigation reveals. The junta still controls the major cities and remains “extremely dangerous”…
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North Korean troops in Russia not to be underestimated, ex-soldiers tell BBC
Getty Images The US and Ukraine say North Korean troops are fighting Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk region What Haneul remembers most about his time in the North Korean military is the gnawing, continuous hunger. He lost 10kg in his first month of service, due to a diet of cracked corn and mouldy cabbage. Three…
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German Christmas market suspect remanded by judge
Getty Images A man accused of murdering four women and a nine-year-old boy by driving a car into them at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg has been remanded in custody. The 50-year-old was brought before Magdeburg district court on Saturday evening following the incident on Friday when a black BMW car…
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Musk flexes influence over Congress in shutdown drama
A funny thing happened on the way to a bipartisan agreement to fund US government operations and avoid a partial shutdown this week. Conservatives in Congress – encouraged by tech multi-billionaire Elon Musk – balked. Republicans tried to regroup on Thursday afternoon, offering a new, slimmed-down package to fund the government. That vote failed, as…
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