2 day agoJoint AfD/BSW motion in Saxony-Anhalt: calls for "immediate ceasefire and the commencement of peace negotiations with Russia. Economic relations between Germany & Russia must be normalised. Sanctions must be lifted immediately. Financial support for Ukraine must be stopped
Germany's Chancellor Merz: In the state election in Saxony-Anhalt, voters gave the AfD and the BSW, two authoritarian and extremist parties, a combined absolute majority for the first time. It was a secret ballot. We do not know who exactly gave their votes to the AfD candidate. How and whether this secret ballot can ever be clarified remains to be seen. But for me, one thing is clear: Anyone who votes for a member of a far-right extremist party to become president of the state parliament must reconcile that with their conscience
Thousands of students occupy the center of Rio de Janeiro in a protest against Flávio Bolsonaro and in favor of the continuity of the Lula da Silva government in Brazil
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Lula da Silva and Flavio Bolsonaro make final appeals to voters as Brazil chooses its next president; a runoff is likely if no candidate wins over 50% of valid votes
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Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservatives won just 4.9% of the vote in the north-eastern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the party's worst result in any state election in Germany's postwar history
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Germany's Chancellor Merz: How will a possible AfD-led state government deal with minorities in Saxony-Anhalt And if boundaries are crossed there, I can tell you that, from the federal government's point of view, we will do everything to correct it
Germany's Chancellor Merz on Russia and AfD: I want to say this very explicitly: 2,500 kilometers east of here, there is particularly great joy about this election result. And that is hardly surprising when you look at everyone who tried to promote this election result and help bring it about. So, in that respect, we know who we are dealing with here
Germany's far-right AfD wins a historic 44% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt but falls three seats short of a governing majority
AfD co-leader Alice Weidel has said that if her party wins government, Germany will leave the European Union. "We will leave the European Union. We don't need the EU. We will send back illegal immigrants and increase border security
Germany's Chancellor Merz on banning the AfD: The hurdles for banning a political party in Germany are very, very high. The federal government has already failed with such an attempt once before. I feel very uncomfortable with the idea of going into a federal election while proceedings to ban the AfD are still ongoing
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France: Despite being found guilty of misusing public funds, far-right Le Pen eligible to run in 2027 election but with electronic bracelet
"We will not reconcile with the fact that fascism in Germany is gaining strength again." Tens of thousands of people are protesting against the party congress of the "Alternative for Germany" in Erfurt
Italy sees rival protests on immigration in Rome as far-right groups call for tougher measures, while left-wing activists and trade unions rally against what they describe as xenophobic policies
Police deployed water cannons in Northern Ireland as unrest continued following an attempted beheading by a Sudanese migrant that left a man seriously injured
All public transport in Northern Ireland will be suspended from 6PM due to expected protests
Several houses remain burning here off the Crumlin Road in north Belfast. I’m on the ground with fire crews as they tackle the blazes. Riot police were deployed for a time here @BelTel
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4 month agoBelfast skyline amid protests over the attempted beheading of a man
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Javier Milei enacts the labor reform that sparked protests across Argentina
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YemenHouthi-held Hodeidah airport, telecommunication networks on Mount Bard in Kusmah district, Raymah governorate and in Bani Matar in Sana'a were targeted by airstrikes. Photo from Hodeidah airport
