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The UK government has raised the terrorism threat level to severe following a stabbing of two Jewish men in north London, labelled an act of terrorism. Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned rising antisemitism, pledging enhanced security for affected communities amid growing fears following recent attacks.
The Socialists’ turmoil has strained relations with their far-left coalition partner Sumar and various fringe and regional separatist parties, whose backing is crucial for legislative approval. This internal discord threatens the stability and effectiveness of the current government.
German rescuers successfully transported a stranded humpback whale, nicknamed “Timmy,” into a specially designed barge on Tuesday, following weeks of efforts to save the mammal. The rescue aims to release Timmy into deeper waters of the North Sea, reflecting sustained public interest and concern.
Talking Europe hosts Austrian author Robert Menasse, the winner of the 2023 European Union book prize. The award was set up in 2007 to foster a European spirit and promote understanding of the EU from a cultural perspective. The prize has previously been bestowed on such towering figures as Jonathan Coe, Philippe Sands and Tony Judt. Menasse is the only writer to have won the award twice. We discuss his prize-winning novel “The Enlargement”, which takes places against the backdrop of the actual enlargement of the European Union. It forms the second novel in his trilogy, after “The Capital” in 2019.
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It’s thought police were on the lookout for a killer before the mass shooting after two people were found dead in a nearby forest.
A Russian drone attack hit a residential building and injured at least two people in Kyiv on Thursday, authorities said, in a rare breach of the Ukrainian capital’s air defences.
A 24-year-old student killed more than 15 people and wounded dozens more at a Prague university on Thursday in the Czech Republic’s worst shooting in decades, before authorities said the attacker was “eliminated”. The shooting erupted at the Charles University’s Faculty of Arts, which sits near major tourist sites like the 14th-century Charles Bridge. FRANCE 24’s Ian Willoughby reports.
Czech police say a shooting in downtown Prague has killed an unspecified number of people and wounded dozens of others. Police gave no details about the victims or the circumstances of Thursday’s gunfire in the Czech Republic’s capital. The shooting took place at the arts faculty of Charles University located in the centre of Prague, FRANCE 24’s correspondent Ian Willoughby said, citing police reports.
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