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Around 8,000 protests in Brussels and clash with police in protests against covid rules. Belgian police fired water cannons and used tear gas.

The Independent says Anti-racism activists were attacked at a rally to launch French far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour’s campaign.

French President Macron’s visit to Saudi Arabia signals a new era in French Saudi cooperation ahead of the inaugural Saudi Arabia Grand Prix. A joint…

The Guardian says Vaccination could become mandatory in Germany from February, Angela Merkel has said.

The Independent says Angela Merkel has urged Germans to shun hatred ahead of her farewell speech at the Grand Tattoo marking an end to her 16-years in office.

The Daily Express says GERMANY will announce a nationwide lockdown for the unvaccinated amid soaring COVID-19 cases and Omicron variant fears.

The Daily Express says THE EU will have border officials searching for migrants “day and night” starting this week.

France’s military involvement in the Sahel is encountering growing opposition in the region, with protests in Sahel that were once isolated to urban centres spreading.

French-American rights activist Josephine Baker became the first Black woman to enter France’s Panthéon mausoleum of outstanding historical figures.

At least four people have been killed after the Istanbul storm pounded the city and other parts of Turkey on Monday evening. One woman died in the city’s Esenyurt district, where strong winds tore off part of a roof and blew it onto her and her child.

France24 says Swiss voters firmly backed the law behind the country’s Covid pass in a referendum Sunday.

On Sunday an off-duty police officer stabbed and seriously wounded in Paris, after an altercation. The French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin confirmed this with a…

Swiss voters firmly backed the law behind the country’s Covid pass despite the protests in Switzerland. Following a tense campaign marked by unprecedented levels of hostility.

France24 says Britain and France were looking at new measures to limit migration across the Channel and break people-smuggling networks.

The Guardian says Sweden’s first female prime minister, the Social Democrat Magdalena Andersson, has resigned less than 12 hours into the job.

The Metro says Britain could be avoiding the current Covid wave sweeping Europe because it has used the AstraZeneca jab more widely, scientists say.

The Guardian says Slovakia’s prime minister Eduard Heger is “intensively” considering a possible three-week lockdown amid a jump in Covid-19 cases.

The Sun says A BUS carrying holidaymakers “exploded” this morning leaving 45 victims – including 12 kids – “burnt to ash” when a fire broke out.

The Independent says a bus crash in western Bulgaria has killed at least 46 people, including 12 children, after the vehicle caught fire.

France24 says Ahead of the Christmas holidays, Austria shut its shops, restaurants and festive markets Monday, returning to lockdown in the most dramatic Covid-19 restriction seen in Western Europe for months.

The Guardian says Three people were being treated in hospital in Rotterdam on Saturday after they were seriously injured when police fired shots during a demonstration against Covid-19 restrictions.

The Metro says Europe’s latest surge of Covid infections has highlighted the ‘critical’ importance of getting vaccinated, a government scientific adviser has claimed.

Austria became the first country in Europe to make vaccines mandatory by law and will face another full national lockdown from Monday and Germany has hinted it may follow join them.

The Sun says AUSTRIA will plunge itself into a nation-wide lockdown from Monday as Covid cases soar and hospital corridors fill with dead bodies.

BBC News says About 150 British army Royal Engineers will be sent to help reinforce Poland’s border with Belarus, the defence secretary has said.