News: Europe
IS leader who recruited UK terrorists has been ‘shot dead in battle’ (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Legal
Surprises and similarities as Paris attacks suspects reveal their backgrounds
(Radio France) The past week of the Paris attacks trial has been devoted to an examination of the family backgrounds and personalities of the men accused of involvement in the 2015 massacres which cost 131 people their lives. There have been surprises. […]
Government & Politics
Cyprus: France to help migration talks with African nations
(AP) France has agreed to help initiate talks between Cyprus and French-speaking African countries for a deal to take back their citizens whose asylum applications have been rejected, the Cypriot interior minister said Saturday. Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said his French counterpart […]
Legal
Lives and livelihoods: Backgrounds of Paris attacks suspects come to the fore
(Radio France) Friday was the 40th day of hearings in the trial of those suspected of involvement in the November 2015 Paris attacks which cost the lives of 131 people. The investigation into the personalities of the final four accused was completed, […]
Children & Teens
Three arrested in migration racket
(Kathimerini) Police in Athens have arrested three men accused of being part of a racket that helped undocumented migrants fly to other parts of the European Union for a fee ranging from €4,500 to €6,000 per person. Police said Saturday the suspects […]
Health & Medicine
Germany: Several injured in knife attack on train The attack took place on an Intercity Express (ICE) train between the southern German cities of Regensburg and Nuremberg. Police have reported several injuries.
(Deutsche Welle) German Federal Police on Saturday said there was a knife attack on a train in the southern German state of Bavaria, resulting in several injuries. The train was traveling near Neumarkt between the cities of Regensburg and Nuremberg at the […]
News: Europe
Westminster Bridge terror attack: Survivor launches counter-radicalisation plan
(BBC) A survivor of the 2017 Westminster Bridge attack is using voice recordings of terror victims as a way of trying to prevent people from being radicalised. Travis Frain, of Darwen in Lancashire, set up the Resilience in Unity Project while working […]
Government & Politics
Athens wants to extend Evros border fence
(Kathimerini) The government wants to extend the fence on the Greek-Turkish border in Evros, recent diplomatic initiatives by Greek officials in Brussels have demonstrated. Kathimerini understands that Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis sent a letter to the European Union’s home affairs commissioner, Ylva […]
Immigration
Record 853 migrants cross English Channel in small boats in single day (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Convicted terrorist locked up for breaches (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Investigation into ISIS suspect stepped up after he names others involved
(Kathimerini) The investigation into the case of the 34-year-old Iraqi man arrested on suspicion of being a member of the Islamic State last month … has been stepped up as he has named other individuals who were involved in ISIS and who […]
Government & Politics
Sir David Amess murder suspect to enter plea next month
(BBC) A man accused of fatally stabbing Southend West MP Sir David Amess is expected to enter pleas to the charges next month ahead of a trial in March. Ali Harbi Ali, 25, is charged with the murder of the Conservative politician […]
Legal
Personalities of Islamic State’s international brigade paraded before French court
(Radio France) The parade of personalities continues at the special criminal court in Paris, with four more suspects … Adel [Haddadi], Mohammed [Amri], Muhammed Usman and Osama Krayem … describing their family and personal backgrounds in Algeria, Belgium, Pakistan and Sweden. For […]
Academics & Education
Sweden: Muslim school head allegedly scammed millions and sent it to Somalia
(Breitbart) The former head of a Muslim school in Sweden is accused of scamming millions of Swedish kronor from taxpayers and funnelling the cash to Somalia where it funded an Islamist group. Abdirizak Waberi, a former MP for the centre-right Moderates and […]
Legal
Mother of Bataclan attacker faces trial in Paris for ‘financing terrorism’
(Euronews) The mother of one of the 2015 Bataclan concert hall attackers is facing trial in Paris, accused of “financing terrorism.” Fatima Hajji, 53, is charged with sending €13,000 to her son and his partner while they were in Iraq and Syria, […]
Government & Politics
Lithuania starts building first European wall to ward off migrants from Belarus
(Reuters) Lithuania has built the first stretches of a steel wall on its border with Belarus since migrants from the Middle East and other areas began entering from Belarus this year. The European Union accuses Belarus of deliberately encouraging the migrants to […]
Legal
Stable family backgrounds, minor criminal careers: Histories of the Paris attacks accused
(Radio France) Mohamed Abrini, Yassine [Atar], Hamza Attou, Mohamed Bakkali, Sofien Ayari and Abdellah Chouaa … those accused of involvement in the November 2015 Paris attacks continue to give evidence about their personal backgrounds, a litany of small-scale crime and human tragedy. […]
Citizenship
Justice ministry wants permanent right to strip Dutch nationality from terrorists
(Dutch News) The government wants to make temporary rules giving ministers the right to remove Dutch nationality from people suspected of terrorism offences permanent, a move which has been criticised by both MPs and regulators. In addition, ministers want to stop the […]
Government & Politics
One-third of Austrians fear terrorist attacks
(Euractiv) 34% of Austrians believe there is a high risk the country could be hit by another terrorist attack a year after the Islamist terror attack shook Vienna, a poll conducted by the Market Institut has found. Supporters of the right-wing FPÖ and […]
Government & Politics
English Channel: Priti Patel accused of ‘incompetence’ as crossings pass record of 20,000 this year (LINK ONLY)
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Clothing
Council of Europe removes hijab diversity campaign tweets amid backlash
(Euronews) The Council of Europe has withdrawn images from a social media campaign promoting diversity among women and their freedom to wear the hijab. Posters featuring young women wearing Islamic headscarves were removed from Twitter just days after the project’s launch. The […]
Demonstrations
German public broadcaster declines to work with Palestinian science journalist accused of antisemitism
(Algemeiner) One of Germany’s leading broadcasters confirmed on Tuesday that it would not proceed with the employment of a journalist with a record of anti-Zionist and antisemitic comments, citing issues around trust as the reason. In a statement, the West German Broadcasting […]
Legal
The changed face of Salah Abdeslam, former ‘soldier of Allah’
(Radio France) The rhythm and atmosphere at the Paris attacks trial changed dramatically on Tuesday, with the opening of the examination of the personalities of the accused. Since the 14 men before the court testify in alphabetic order, Salah Abdeslam, the sole […]
Immigration
More than 20,000 people have crossed Channel to UK this year, figures show (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Usman Khan attack: Coroner urges improved data-sharing by undercover police (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
France offers accommodation to migrants in Calais after hunger strike pressure
(Radio France) The French government will “systematically” offer accommodation to migrants at the Calais migrant centre after three activists staged a collective hunger strike for 23 days. “We will systematically offer accommodation, which will be mainly in Pas-de-Calais, in Hauts-de-France, but not […]
Legal
Suspects in Paris attacks on stand after victims’ testimony
(AP) The lone survivor of the cell of Islamic State group extremists who attacked Paris in November 2015 came under public questioning Tuesday for the first time in France, describing a close family life and his neighborhood acquaintance with many of the […]
Children & Teens
German charged with membership in foreign terror groups
(AP) Federal prosecutors have charged a German woman with membership in two foreign terrorist groups, violating weapons law and committing her son as a fighter to a foreign terrorist group. German federal prosecutors said Tuesday that Stefanie A., whose last name was […]
Law Enforcement
French police shoot knifeman at Paris station: sources
(AFP) French transport police shot and gravely wounded a man at a Paris railway station who threatened them with a knife while shouting “Allahu Akbar” (God is greatest) in Arabic, police and prosecutors said on Tuesday. The man rushed at police just […]
Government & Politics
Vienna honors victims of terror attack 1 year later Austrian leaders have taken part in a memorial service to remember the people killed during a shooting spree in central Vienna in 2020. Criticism remains over the government's actions in the run-up to the violence.
(Deutsche Welle) Vienna marked one year on Tuesday since a deadly terror attack that left four people dead. On November 2, 2020, a sympathizer of the so-called Islamic State (IS) group shot and killed four people in the Austrian capital before he himself was […]
Immigration
Channel crossings continue as more migrants arrive in Kent (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Boris Johnson accused of ‘insult to British Muslims’ after failing to respond to Islamophobia concerns for a year (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Britain’s top al-Qaeda terror chief Rangzieb Ahmed has parole bid turned down (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Manchester Arena inquiry: Plea for MI5 co-operation at secret hearings
(BBC) Families of those killed in the Manchester Arena bombing have told MI5 “please don’t let us down” as inquiry evidence starts to be heard in private. Closed hearings, where only the inquiry chairman, legal team and Home Office lawyers will be […]
Immigration
Germany: Over 5,000 migrant arrivals from Belarus in October
(AP) German police said on Monday that they registered more than 5,000 unauthorized border crossings last month by people who had arrived from Belarus, marking a significant uptick in the number of arrivals through a new and politically sensitive migration route. Federal […]
Immigration
Bulgaria sends troops to tackle migrant influx from Turkey
(AFP) Bulgaria on Monday deployed 350 soldiers to the border with Turkey to help police cope with the growing influx of migrants, the defence minister announced. “Soldiers arrived at the Bulgarian-Turkish border since today to back up the border police,” Georgi Panayotov […]
Clerics & Preachers
Hate preacher Anjem Choudary mocks attempts to reform him with government’s Prevent programme (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
‘Unacceptable’: Boris Johnson ignores MP’s Islamophobia concerns for a year (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Calais migrants facing ‘very dangerous’ conditions as temperatures drop (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
‘Honour-based’ offences soared by 81% in last five years (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Mother of Manchester Arena suicide bomber pocketed more than £17,000 in benefits after leaving Britain (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
France: Police and firefighters attacked at school named after teacher murdered by jihadist
(Breitbart) A mob attacked police and firefighters lured to a school in Béziers, France, named after murdered teacher Samuel Paty. The incident took place on the evening of October 26th after police and firefighters were lured to the area to respond to […]
Crime
‘Allahu Akbar’-yelling man arrested after strangling woman on French street
(Breitbart) Police arrested a 31-year-old man in Nice, southern France, on Friday after witnesses saw him strangling a woman in the street. The attack allegedly happened in downtown Nice along the Rue Trachel at around 3am on Friday, with witnesses claiming that a […]
Government & Politics
Polish lawmakers approve Belarus border wall
(AFP) Polish lawmakers on Friday gave the go-ahead to build a controversial wall on the EU member’s eastern border with Belarus, in response to an unprecedented wave of migrants, mostly from the Middle East. The wall will cost an estimated 353 million […]
Children & Teens
Parents convicted of cruelty to child (9) left with catastrophic brain damage (LINK ONLY)
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Citizenship
Missing IS terrorist sentenced to life in prison, loses Belgian nationality
(Brussels Times) Islamic State (IS) terrorist and former head of Islamic radical group Sharia4Belgium, Hicham Chaib, was sentenced to life in prison in absentia and has been stripped of his Belgian nationality. After one hour of deliberation by the Antwerp Assize Court — […]
Health & Medicine
The police medics forced to make life-and-death choices on the Bataclan floor
(Radio France) The work of the special police units sent to face armed killers is so dangerous that they have their own medical specialists with them during every operation. At Thursday’s session of the Paris attacks trial, two of the doctors who […]
Law Enforcement
Londoners must be alert to pre-Xmas terror attack, says Cressida Dick (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Manchester Arena inquiry adjourns for secret hearings
(BBC) The Manchester Arena bombing inquiry has been adjourned for three weeks of secret hearings. Closed hearings, where only the inquiry chairman, legal team and Home Office lawyers will be present, will start next week at an undisclosed location. Bereaved families, their […]
Children & Teens
Five youths suspected of planning Islamic State-inspired attack in Germany
(Reuters) German anti-terrorism forces on Thursday raided the homes of five young people west of the city of Bonn who were suspected of planning an attack inspired by the Islamic State militant group, prosecutors said. None of the five suspects — aged […]