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French President Emmanuel Macron condemned recent riots and looting across major cities, asserting that those responsible for the unrest will be held accountable. He urged politicians to reject violence and highlighted the distinction between peaceful protests and chaotic actions amid heightened tensions ahead of next year’s presidential election.
Pope Leo XIV led the Angelus prayer in St Peter’s Square on Sunday, following his discharge from hospital after lung surgery for a pulmonary adenocarcinoma. The Pontiff expressed gratitude to supporters and doctors, indicating he will gradually resume activities, including a planned trip to Latin America in November.
French President Macron pledged to hold accountable all individuals who incited recent chaos, reinforcing the commitment to justice for the crimes committed. Prime Minister Lecornu highlighted the unsustainability of using limited public funds to address the ongoing damage caused by vandalism.
Six airports across France were evacuated on Wednesday after emailed “threats of attack”, a police source told AFP, the latest in a series of similar threats in recent days.
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Critics of the European Commission president coming down like a ton of bricks on Ursula Von der Leyen after a visit to Israel where the former German defense minister left out language on the suffering of Palestinians. She later rectified.
An incident in Brussels, where two Swedish football fans were fatally shot and a third individual injured, is being treated by prosecutors as an act of terrorism.
Brussels shooting: Police shoot dead attacker who killed Swedes A man has been shot dead…
Video captured at the scene showed a man shooting several times near a railway station and using a large weapon.
Belgian police early Tuesday arrested a suspected gunman thought to have who killed two Swedes with stunning viciousness. The gunman, who is thought to have terrorist motives, created such fear in Brussels that authorities shut down a Belgium-Sweden soccer match and held 35,000 fans inside for several hours as a precaution.
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