- Oil tanker explodes off Sochi, thick smoke blankets Black Sea resort
- European Commission sets deadline for trade negotiations with China
- Student protests over school conditions spread across France as protests escalate
- Norway’s football body files complaints against FIFA chief Infantino for abuse of power
- Thanksgiving turkey prices expected to rise this year
- Trump suggests allowing Iran to target Los Angeles and San Diego at rally
- British Airways flight returns to Heathrow after rapid altitude drop
- Russia accused of sending agents to defecate in Finnish MPs’ homes
Europe
Former German intelligence chief August Hanning is under investigation by Germany’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office for allegedly obtaining classified information, including state secrets, from a former employee of the Federal Intelligence Service. Accusations involve espionage and the continued receipt of confidential documents after his tenure.
Ukrainian authorities report a surge in fake websites and social media accounts created by Russian intelligence services, impersonating government agencies and officials. These resources, identified by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), aim to disseminate disinformation and collect personal data to destabilise Ukraine’s political landscape.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is deliberating on calling an early general election after Congress rejected his government’s housing measures aimed at protecting vulnerable tenants. Following recent protests over the housing crisis, Sánchez is consulting PSOE leaders, with some advocating for a vote as soon as 29 November.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces the biggest parliamentary test of his premiership on Tuesday when lawmakers vote on his flagship migration policy of sending asylum seekers who arrive illegally in Britain to Rwanda. Sunak is seeking to revive his key plan after the UK Supreme Court ruled last month that Rwanda was an unsafe place to send those arriving in small boats on England’s southern coast, concluding it would breach British and international law.
French opposition lawmakers on Monday rejected an immigration bill without debating it, in a major blow to President Emmanuel Macron ’s government, which had championed the proposed law as one of its flagship measures. The government has yet to decide whether to keep pushing for the adoption of the bill intended to strengthen the country’s ability to expel foreigners considered undesirable or withdraw it.
Footage from the horrifying incident shows another adult and a child emerging frightened from the car.
It’s the second coming of Donald Tusk with implications well beyond Poland’s borders. Two months after a general election marked by a huge turnout comes a comeback for the center-right leader. Tusk’s first stint as prime minister was followed up by a move to Brussels where as president of the European Council, he found himself clashing with the leadership of his own country.
Poland’s parliament voted in favour of Donald Tusk becoming prime minister on Monday, putting an end to eight years of nationalist rule and setting the stage for a thawing of relations with the European Union.
Allies of the jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Monday that they had been unable to locate him for six days, and that he had likely been transferred to another facility.
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