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The Metropolitan Police deployed 4,000 officers, along with horses, dogs, drones, and helicopters, to manage far-right activist Tommy Robinson’s “Unite the Kingdom” march and a pro-Palestinian rally marking Nakba Day. The extensive security measures underscore concerns over public order during these events.

Russian forces conducted hundreds of strikes across Ukraine overnight, impacting 15 locations with drone attacks, according to Ukraine’s Air Force. Additionally, the bodies of 528 Ukrainian soldiers were returned following a recent prisoner of war exchange between Russia and Ukraine.

Talking Europe discusses European security with Gitanas Naus?da, the president of Lithuania. Ahead of next month’s NATO summit in Vilnius, Naus?da urges a collective response to likely Wagner troop movements in Belarus. He also highlights the deployment of a permanent “full-fledged German brigade” in Lithuania and promotes a gradual approach towards European strategic autonomy.

At Denmark’s police headquarters, cops are glued to their computers playing the popular video game Counter-Strike. But they’re not kicking back on a break — they’re tracking crimes on the internet. The online patrol unit is on Twitch, Discord, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok, openly letting their presence be known with the aim of making the internet a safer place for both children and adults.

The first thing that hits you is the smell. The pea-sized n?r? pods from the n?r? tree may be small but they pack a powerful olfactory punch. Once transformed into mouth watering Soumbala, they’re a crucial addition to a host of traditional meals eaten all across West Africa.

Divisions between the Kosovan ethnic Serb minority and ethnic Albanians resurface bringing violent clashes with Nato forces. Is a full-fledged conflict a possibility? What led to this and what are the consequences? Monica Pinna went to Northern Kosovo to find out.

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