Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán sat for an interview on “MD MEETS“ with Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner to discuss peace in Ukraine, Merz, Merkel, and Russia’s nuclear threat.
Orbán has been pushing for an end to the war in Ukraine since it began, for which he has only garnered harsh criticism and sanctions from Brussels. Accused by many establishment politicians in Europe as Russia’s mouthpiece, the Hungarian prime minister says he has no interest in who wins the war. “I don’t care whether Putin wins or loses or anything else. I am interested in the future of the European peoples, including Hungarians,” as cited by Welt.
As to the risk of Putin striking any NATO ally, Orbán dismissed this as “ridiculous.”
“The European Union has over 400 million people, Russia around 140 million. (…) If you add up the military capacities of the 27 EU countries, we are much stronger than Russia. The Russians have failed to completely occupy Ukraine for more than three years. How can we in Europe claim that we are weaker than Russia?”
However, Orbán also issued a dire warning, stating that a Russian defeat in Ukraine could have extraordinary consequences for all of Europe. He said that if Putin were to lose, he is “absolutely sure (…) that a nuclear risk is immediately on the table.”
Orbán used the interview to emphasize the importance of Germany’s role in bringing peace to Ukraine. “Without Germany, the European position will never be for peace. If the Germans are not immediately in favou of peace (…), then that means war.”
Dismissing that anything will improve and there would be better conditions for negotiations. “I’m willing to help the German chancellor (Merz) if I can to build peace –but he’s for war. (…) Time works more for the Russians than for us.”
Orbán criticized Merz for focusing his efforts on rearming Kyiv and risking a serious escalation. “We need to show our strength at the negotiating table, not at the front.”
On former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whom the Hungarian prime minister recently received in Budapest, Orbán was all praise, despite their fervent disagreements on migration policy and the EU’s Green Deal.
“She even yelled at me sometimes,” he said, adding that Merkel is “very smart and generally a pleasant person” to work with.
He especially praised Merkel for her Russia policy: “I agreed with her almost 100 percent. There were meetings in the European Council where it was only she and I who argued for peace and cooperation.”
Commenting on how much good she did for Germany, Orbán called current criticism of Merkel “unfair.”
“Now it’s fashionable to talk badly about her. That’s not fair. She did good things for Germany, good things for Europe – and of course some bad things. But being correct and fair is important in politics. And on the Russian issue, she was right.” If she had been chancellor during Russia’s attack on Ukraine, “She would have called Putin immediately” and initiated a dialogue, he said.
Orbán also reiterated his admiration of U.S. President Donald Trump as a peacemaker and hopes that Hungary may succeed in helping him bring peace to Ukraine.
Faysal, a night watchman in Toulouse, displayed “incredible courage” in early November when he confronted a group of men targeting a 17-year-old migrant girl, losing a finger and facing a serious blow to his skull in a machete attack. Outraged, he intends to file a complaint against the departmental council, believing it is not allocating sufficient resources to the facilities designed to protect at-risk minors.
On the night of November 3-4, two unassuming apartments in a renovated neighborhood of Toulouse, used as an annex to the emergency shelter for at-risk minors (CDEF), became a scene of bloodshed. Around 2:15 a.m., three men armed with “machetes and a butcher’s knife” burst into the hallway of the upstairs apartment. These assailants, who remain at large, were most likely looking for one of the residents, a 17-year-old girl, possibly linked to a child prostitution ring.
Upon encountering Faysal, the attackers plunged a machete into his skull, effectively scalping him.
Faysal’s account to Le Parisien is harrowing: “I managed to knock one of the guys’ machetes off his shoulder, but then the other one came into the hallway with the girl and put the machete to her throat. I saw the fear on her face.”
Faysal recognized the teenager, who had a history of running away. He realized that “the attackers came straight to her room; they seemed to know where to go.”
Faysal managed to use one attacker to throw the other off balance, luring them onto the terrace. A second blow from a blade, which he described as “60 cm long,” landed on his hand as he instinctively defended himself.
One of his fingers fell to the ground, another was severed, and a third was injured, reports Le Parisien.
Alerted by his cries and the screams of the girls, “The neighbors stuck their heads out of the windows.” The three men then fled. Faysal picked up his severed finger, applied an improvised pressure point, and called for help. Authorities activated the “severely traumatized victim protocol” for him, according to Toulouse Public Prosecutor David Charmatz, who noted that the investigation, entrusted to the organized crime division, has not yet clarified the motive.
Faysal, the only night watchman present that evening, stated: “It was barbaric; they came to kill.”
Virginie Joseph, director of the CDEF, sees the attack as the work of “criminal organizations, organized crime networks, that exploit vulnerable young people and target the professionals who work with them.”
The case may have very well had to do with the young woman owing money to the suspects, or perhaps her refusal to work for a prostitution ring.
Lucile Rozanes, director of the Action Teams Against Prostitution (EACP), expressed fury over the escalating situation: “It is estimated that there are at least 20,000 minors being sexually exploited, and at least half of them are under the care of child protection services, and whose advertisements are posted and amplified daily on well-known websites.” She added: “The phenomenon is exploding, and nothing is being done; there is no real political will to stop it.”
Faysal, who has worked for child welfare services since 2012, was aware that the cash possessed by some young people “don’t come from their families.”
“We don’t have the right to prevent minors from leaving; that would be kidnapping. When they run away, we don’t know what they do. People come to get them, and sometimes they come back the next day,” he said.
He emphasized that the apartments, located on the site of a dilapidated villa slated for demolition, “are not suitable for these young people,” due to their proximity to the street, drug dealing spots, and bad influences.
Ten days after the horrific night, Faysal, suffering from pain and anger, has “no longer felt anything” on half of his skull, which was “scalped” by the blade and required 10 stitches. He has decided to file a complaint against the Haute-Garonne department, his employer.
His lawyer, Pierre Dubuisson, stated indignantly: “My client suffered an attack that could have cost him his life, and he is completely abandoned by an institution that, moreover, has failed to grasp the seriousness of the phenomenon: this proliferation of violent acts targeting minors and those supposed to protect them.”
The departmental council, when contacted, acknowledged working collectively since 2021 “to prevent” and identify prostitution situations. The Toulouse shelter “makes no secret of its powerlessness in the face of ‘an organized crime phenomenon that far exceeds the facility’s capacity to act,’” and has hired “additional security guards through a private security company” and ensured regular police patrols.
Since the attack, the two apartments in the cream-colored building have been emptied, and the residents transferred to other shelters.
While there are concerns over the security of migrant minors and vulnerable people, France is already spending billions on housing migrants, and in some cases, millions for just a small number of migrant minors. Insecurity is growing across the country, not just for those who are vulnerable.
A family of four from Germany was on vacation in Turkey when the mother and two young children died suddenly from alleged food poisoning, with the news sparking national coverage in both Turkey and Germany. However, other potential theories behind their deaths are still being explored. Turkish authorities arrested eight suspects in the case.
The mother and two children died after consuming mussels, minced meat, baked goods, and potatoes from a variety of street vendors, with the father currently in a hospital’s intensive care unit.
The family, which has a Turkish migration background according to news reports, lives in Hamburg. They were on vacation in Istanbul when they ate food from a variety of locations, including sweets, mussels, and a dish made from calf intestines, known as kokoreo, according to state broadcaster TRT.
However, since then, an Italian and a Moroccan have also fallen ill, who were reportedly staying in the same hotel in Istanbul’s old town as the family from Germany. They only complained of nausea and vomiting, but were not seriously ill. The entire hotel was evacuated by police.
“During the investigations, investigators discovered that a room on the ground floor of the hotel had been disinfected with chemicals, and the other two newly arrested people carried out this disinfection. In Turkey, chemicals are often used to control vermin. Forensics also took samples of the drinking water to detect possible contamination,” reports German news outlet Merkur.
According to the German news outlet Merkur, “the late mother’s father also spoke out: He could never have imagined that the encounter with his daughter on Tuesday would be the last, he told the Anadolu news agency. The young family traveled to Turkey every summer and dreamed of settling there.”
Turkish Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc announced the arrest of four individuals on X after the shocking news was published in Turkish media. Since then, four other individuals have also been arrested, including a baker located near the woman’s hotel. An individual in charge of the hotel, as well as two people who were on the cleaning staff, were also arrested, according to media reports.
The two young victims were only six and three, adding to the gravity of the tragedy. The family initially went to the hospital and were treated for suspected food poisoning and then released. However, the entire family was later taken back to the hospital after being released, where both children and the mother died.
A 9-year-old boy died from having his throat slit by his Ukrainian mother in Italy, raising renewed questions about how multiple warnings from those closest to the family failed to prevent the tragedy.
The boy’s mother, 55-year-old Olena Stasiuk, killed her son on Wednesday evening in Muggia, Trieste. She had previously assaulted the child, an episode documented by authorities but ultimately not acted upon with sufficient urgency.
According to reporting from Corriere della Sera, Giovanni had previously suffered severe bruising after his mother strangled him, prompting the boy’s father to warn officials that she posed an ongoing and imminent threat.
“Don’t leave her alone with my son, she’s dangerous,” he reportedly said of his estranged former partner. That warning went unheeded, despite Stasiuk’s longstanding psychiatric difficulties and previous treatment at a mental health clinic in Trieste.
Stasiuk had arrived in Italy well before the war in Ukraine and was described by specialists as a psychiatric patient. After the couple’s separation, the court entrusted Giovanni to his father, allowing the mother only supervised visits in the presence of social workers. However, those safeguards were recently relaxed: The court authorised the 55-year-old to spend several hours alone with the boy. During the same period, Stasiuk continued to threaten her ex-husband, telling him, “If I die, Giovanni will come with me.”
Il Giornale reported how, on Wednesday night, Paolo contacted emergency services when he was unable to reach Stasiuk, who was due to return Giovanni to him at 9 p.m. When police officers and firefighters forced entry to the apartment on Piazza Marconi, they found the child on the bathroom floor with a clean wound to the neck, likely caused by a kitchen knife. Stasiuk was present, reportedly in a state of shock, “dazed, with cuts on her arm.”
The news was communicated to the father, who had already arrived at the scene. Hours later, he called Don Andrea Destradi, parish priest of the Muggia Cathedral, telling him through tears, “She killed him brutally… I’m shocked, I can’t believe it. What do I do now? How can I live without my son?”
Giovanni was a fourth-grade pupil at a Slovenian school in Trieste. “He was a blond boy, passionate about soccer, and everyone loved him,” Father Destradi said. He added that he had repeatedly urged Stasiuk to seek treatment, but “she was convinced she didn’t need it.”
It remains unclear why her specialist treatment was no longer ongoing or why social services determined she was now fit to enjoy unsupervised contact with her son.
The mayor of Muggia stated that she had been followed by municipal social services, though primarily to verify compliance with the court’s orders following the divorce rather than to conduct adequate welfare checks.
Giovanni’s youth soccer team, Muggia 1967, suspended all activities yesterday on Thursday as a mark of respect and remembrance.
Another corruption scandal is unfolding in Ukraine. In 2024, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office launched a large-scale operation, codenamed “Midas,” aimed at exposing corruption in the energy sector.
NABU uncovered a network of criminals who had created a corruption scheme designed to influence strategic public sector enterprises, particularly Enerhoatom. The suspects allegedly collected bribes from the company’s contractors, amounting to 10 to 15 percent of the contract value. The total amount of bribes paid is estimated to reach approximately $100 million, writes Do Rzezcy.
In a telephone conversation on Thursday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to address corruption problems in the country.
“The Chancellor emphasized the German government’s expectations that Ukraine resolutely continues its fight against corruption and pursues reforms, particularly in the area of the rule of law,” the chancellor’s spokesman said.
Germany has provided Ukraine with more military aid than any other European country, and Merz is concerned that public support for such support will weaken dramatically in light of such corruption. There is also the possibility that U.S.President Trump may also pull American aid altogether is also a concern.
According to Merz’s spokesman, Zelensky “is committed to full transparency, long-term support for independent anti-corruption bodies and further swift action to regain the trust of Ukrainians, European partners and international donors.”
Zelensky is clearly thankful for the military aid received from Germany, including air defense and energy infrastructure protection.
In the meantime, Zelensky is also facing a massive scandal, with his close associate and oligarch Timur Mindich being investigated by NABU for a money laundering scheme that resulted in $100 million being stolen. Mindich has since reportedly fled the country, and all eyes are on Zelensky, who had previously lobbied to have NABU dismantled altogether.
Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán, who has long pushed for peace and suffered Kyiv’s continuous bombings of pipelines used to transport oil and gas to Hungary, weighed in, posting on X: “The golden illusion of Ukraine is falling apart. A wartime mafia network with countless ties to President @ZelenskyyUa has been exposed.”
Warning against “the chaos into which the Brusselian elite want to pour European taxpayers’ money,” Orbán reiterated that he “will not send the Hungarian people’s money to Ukraine” and will not “give in to the Ukrainian president’s financial demands and blackmail.”
The golden illusion of Ukraine is falling apart. A wartime mafia network with countless ties to President @ZelenskyyUa has been exposed. The energy minister has already resigned, and the main suspect has fled the country.
Orbán listed off current domestic projects his government is funding instead, and has long told Brussels to focus EU funds and attention on the economic and migration crises in member states instead of pursuing war.
Foreign nationals now account for nearly half of all inmates in Italy’s juvenile detention centers and one third of the country’s total prison population, according to Ministry of Justice data compiled in the latest Antigone report.
As of the end of March 2025, 49.9 percent of juveniles held in Italian youth facilities were foreigners. Among adults, foreigners made up 32 percent of the total prison population as of Oct. 31, 2025 — more than triple their share of the resident population.
The data was reviewed by Italian journalist Francesca Totolo, who said the findings were “essential for predicting future security issues in Italy and for demonstrating the urgency of remigration.”
⚠️ Quasi il 50% dei detenuti nelle carceri minorili italiane è straniero
Questi dati sono fondamentali per prevedere le future problematicità sulla sicurezza in Italia e per dimostrare l’urgenza della Remigrazione. https://t.co/6MIo7wGlvX
The Antigone report, an organization that analyzes the state of Italy’s penal system, noted that 5.3 million foreign nationals currently reside in the country — equal to around 9 percent of the population. Yet within the prison system, this cohort is vastly disproportionately represented, particularly when it comes to criminal youths.
The figures highlight a marked demographic imbalance that has reshaped Italy’s overcrowded prison system. A total of 40 prisons across the country now house a majority of foreign inmates, including institutions in Sondrio, Trieste, Bolzano, Milan’s San Vittore, Padua, Florence’s Sollicciano, Verona, Modena, Cuneo, and Ravenna. In several facilities, foreign nationals constitute over 70 percent of all detainees.
The disparity is also visible in the types of offenses committed. As of the end of 2024, foreigners accounted for 32 percent of inmates convicted of crimes against the person — such as assault and robbery — and 29 percent of those convicted of crimes against property. In gender-based violence, the imbalance was even sharper. Foreign nationals made up 41 percent of detainees for sexual violence, 29 percent for assault, 27 percent for domestic violence, and 83 percent for trafficking and exploitation offenses.
Foreigners are heavily represented among those serving short and medium-term sentences: 45.5 percent of all sentences under one year, 42.6 percent between one and two years, 40.7 percent between two and three, and 37 percent between three and five. Their share decreases substantially as sentences lengthen, falling to 20.8 percent for sentences of 10 to 20 years, 12.2 percent for sentences over 20 years, and 7.6 percent of all life sentences. This suggests one of two things: either greater judicial leniency or a concentration of foreign offenders in a lower-level epidemic of socially disruptive crimes such as burglary, pickpocketing, robbery, and minor assaults.
Italy’s shifting demographic profile provides further context. Between 2011 and 2023, the number of foreign residents grew primarily among Asian and Middle Eastern communities, increasing by 23 percent, followed by Africans. Central and Eastern European residents declined by 6.5 percent over the same period. Romanians remain Italy’s largest foreign community, followed by Albanians, Moroccans, Chinese, and Ukrainians, with significant numbers also arriving from Bangladesh, India, the Philippines, Egypt, Pakistan, and Senegal.
Moroccan and Tunisian inmates have increased in recent times. Moroccans accounted for 21.5 percent of foreign inmates in 2024, up from 20.9 percent the previous year. Tunisians rose from 10.3 percent to 10.8 percent.
Age profiles highlight another divide. The foreign prison population is markedly younger than the Italian one. While Italians are concentrated in older brackets — nearly a quarter are aged 50 to 59 — foreign inmates are most often between 30 and 34, followed closely by those aged 35 to 39 and 25 to 29.
In July, the Italian government was weighing the early release of more than 10,000 prisoners as a response to severe overcrowding, with Justice Minister Carlo Nordio launching a task force to address a long-standing failure to apply existing legal provisions that allow certain prisoners to serve the remainder of their sentences outside prison.
These provisions apply to inmates with less than 24 months left to serve, convicted of non-violent offenses, and who have maintained good behavior while incarcerated.
“There are 10,105 inmates who, by law, could be serving their remaining sentence outside prison,” Nordio said in a statement.
Based on this report, such an early-release policy would disproportionately favor the foreign prison population, who are typically serving lighter sentences on average.
International cooperation between services and operational activities by officers from the Warsaw Metropolitan Police Headquarters’ Criminal Division led to the arrest of a 43-year-old Turkish citizen wanted for violent crimes.
The suspect, a member of the Istanbul mafia, had been under an Interpol Red Notice and linked to murders, kidnappings, and armed attacks on individuals in Istanbul. He has been placed in preventive custody for three months.
🇵🇱🚨A 43-year-old Turkish citizen, believed to be a contract killer for the Istanbul Mafia, was arrested by Polish police after being placed on Interpol's Red Notice list.
Counter-terrorism police found him in Warsaw with a loaded pistol and 26 rounds of ammunition. He was… pic.twitter.com/rHdsI1RImg
Police officers from the Targeted Search Team of the Search and Identification Department of the Warsaw Police Headquarters are responsible for tracking down the most dangerous criminals, according to a police website.
The same officers determined that the 43-year-old who had arrived in Warsaw was wanted by Turkish law enforcement. The cooperation between Warsaw police officers, officers from the Central Anticorruption Bureau, and international agencies proved crucial.
Warsaw police officers, with the support of the Independent Counter-Terrorism Police Unit, detained the man in front of a restaurant on Żurawia Street. Special security procedures were implemented due to the possibility that the man was armed and attempting to escape at all costs.
Police found a firearm with a loaded round in the chamber and 26 rounds of ammunition on the Turkish citizen. He was then taken to the police station on Wilcza Street. Investigators determined that he had arrived in Poland from Western Europe several days earlier.
Criminal investigators from the city’s Department for Combating Crimes Against Life and Health were involved in this case. These same officers collected evidence regarding the illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, the origin of which is being verified by investigators.
The files were transferred to the Warsaw Śródmieście District Prosecutor’s Office, where the 43-year-old was charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition without the required permit.
The case is being handled by the Warsaw Śródmieście District Prosecutor’s Office.
It remains unclear how the man made his way into Poland, and whether he entered the country legally or illegaly.
A 75-year-old Turkish national convicted of switching off her hospital roommate’s oxygen machine has lost her appeal against deportation.
The Higher Administrative Court in Mannheim confirmed the earlier ruling of the Administrative Court of Karlsruhe, finding that the woman’s removal from Germany is lawful. The decision is final, although she may still lodge a constitutional complaint.
As NTV reported, the case dates back to November 2022, when the woman was sharing a room with a 79-year-old patient in a Mannheim hospital whose oxygen machine repeatedly triggered an alarm. Inconvenienced by the noise, the Turkish woman switched off the machine. According to the court, nurses reprimanded the woman, explained to her that the machine was vital, and warned that the patient could die without it.
Nevertheless, she switched the device off a second time because she wanted to sleep.
The 79-year-old suffered severe respiratory distress and died a few days later of multiple organ failure. Medical experts were unable to determine whether the disabling of the oxygen machine directly caused her death, and thus, a homicide charge was never brought.
In 2023, the Mannheim Regional Court sentenced the woman to three years in prison for attempted manslaughter combined with aggravated assault. Judges cited “considerable criminal intent,” a lack of awareness of wrongdoing, and an absence of empathy. In August 2024, authorities ordered her deportation, prompting her legal challenge.
The court ruled on Tuesday that the woman posed a “serious danger to public safety and order” and that there were “no serious doubts about the correctness of the contested judgment,” as cited by SWR. Although she had held a permanent residence permit and lived in Germany for 46 years, the court found that the public interest in removal outweighed her personal ties. The judges noted that she came to Mannheim in 1979 to join her husband, who had worked on a visa before the family received permanent residency in 2005.
The court also concluded that returning to Turkey was reasonable given her circumstances. Three of her children live there, she owns an apartment, and she can maintain contact with relatives in Germany through video calls.
The decision means the woman must leave Germany once her prison sentence concludes.
The party leaders of ANO, SPD and Motorists agreed on a path forward at a coalition meeting to discuss various topics, including the budget and ministerial appointments.
According to the spokesman for Prague Castle, Vít Kolář, President Petr Pavel made recommendations for the program, although he did not expect the coalition to fully fall in line with his requests.
One request was to supplement the program statement with the government’s position on the Russian war against Ukraine, including a commitment to fulfill allied obligations in the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) and increasing defense spending.
However, Babiš has said that the statement is the result of a compromise between the coalition parties. “The coalition council has come to the conclusion that there is no reason to change the draft program statement,” he told press, according to Echo24.
“It is not acceptable for us to modify our program statement based on the objections of the president,” said SPD chairman Tomio Okamura, who said the statement was excellent. “There is consensus that we will not return to the program statement,” added Motorists chairman Petr Macinka.
Pavel believes that the future coalition has every right to put whatever it wants on its agenda. “It was primarily a recommendation for consideration in the area of foreign policy and security, where continuity is important, also with regard to allied commitments,” Kolář told ČTK late this evening.
Pavel, however, has insisted that Babiš should announce to the public how he will resolve his conflict of interest over his ownership of Agrofert before he is appointed prime minister. Babiš assured his coalition colleagues that he is resolving the conflict of interest and, “if the president wishes, I will say it publicly.” However, he has reiterated that he will not sell Agrofert.
The government of ANO, SPD and Motorists is to have 16 members, including the prime minister, nine seats will go to the ANO movement, three to the SPD movement, four to the Motorists. The SPD and Motorists are to submit their nominations for ministers to Babiš next week, and he will then ask the president for a meeting.
“We have agreed that we will agree on a schedule for publishing the names of ministers during the next week,” said Okamura. He added that his movement has already fulfilled its obligations, having already proposed its expert candidates to Babiš, who has also discussed them.
The coalition also wants to approve the state budget for next year so that there is no budget contingency. It believes that this can be done. The proposal, which the outgoing government sent to the Chamber of Deputies, calculates a deficit of 286 billion crowns.
“Next week, we will start talking about what changes we will prepare, what else can be changed. In the first reading, we will have to approve the budget framework so that there is no contingency. So the room for possible changes is already relatively small,” said Okamura.
Babiš has previously stated that the budget lacks 85 billion in mandatory spending.
“We have to verify the money missing in other chapters, such as education or agriculture. We are quite under time pressure,” said the deputy chairwoman of the ANO parliamentary group, Alena Schillerová, who may serve as the future minister of finance.
The parliamentary budget committee will meet on Friday to discuss the budget and is expected to approve the draft schedule for its discussion.
Remix News has seen more and more of posts and news items censored in recent weeks, likely due to the EU Digital Service Act (DSA), which was already predicted to lead to a wave of censorship across Europe. Today, Remix News had yet another post censored, this time involving French youth, Killian, who had his face slashed open into a “Joker’s smile” by a homeless migrant from Guadeloupe. The suspect told police he was The Joker. Remix News’ post on this attack was censored almost immediately.
The remarkable aspect of this censorship is that it involves a young couple subjected to a horrifying experience, including a young man who suffered a life-changing injury, who are being silenced simply because European censors do not like this story.
The young woman spoke with French journalist Tony Pittaro and detailed the case. Remix News is providing a link to the interview on Rumble since the post on X has been censored.
Authorities do not like this story because it serves as yet another bone-chilling example of their failed immigration policies, their failed security polices, and the nightmare vulnerable people now face in the heart of major European cities.
These stories are becoming too common and too horrifying for the general public, and they are boosting the fortunes of right-wing parties across Europe who want to implement tough-on-crime and strict immigration policies. The left-liberal establishment cannot do anything to stop this terror, nor do they especially desire to, so their last option is now mass censorship using artificial intelligence and draconian laws.
Young couple’s night out turns into nightmare
A young French couple was out in the center of Paris on Nov. 9 for a night out when their lives changed forever.
“For my birthday, Killian was taking me to Paris for the weekend, because we’re from Brittany, and he was taking me for a great surprise,” said Killian’s girlfriend. However, a homeless migrant, Haku H., had other plans for them. Once he confronted the couple, the situation rapidly escalated.
Suddenly, Haku H. slashed Killian’s face, carving a “smile” into the victim’s cheeks, which can be seen in this article’s headline photo. The gruesome injury required 23 stitches.
“He was the Batman’s Joker, and he wanted to reproduce the Joker’s smile on all the victims he came across,” said Killian’s girlfriend.
Killian also spoke to CNews about the incident, saying, “I never thought something like this could happen. When you see it on social networks and even on the news, you think it’s just other people, but in fact, it happens to everyone.”
🇫🇷🔴A homeless migrant did the unthinkable to this French youth's face in Paris.
"I never thought something like this could happen. When you see it on social networks and even on the news, you think it’s just other people, but in fact, it happens to everyone."
So far, this post has not been censored, but it avoided using potential keywords, such as “Joker’s smile,” and may eventually face restrictions as well.
The horror did not end there. The migrant man then allegedly fled the scene, and while he was fleeing, targeted a British tourist. He slashed the tourist in the face, resulting in the victim receiving 50 stitches. There is less information about this victim, and so far, media reports have focused on the French victim.
Then, when police tried to catch the Caribbean migrant, he tried to stab them with a knife. Eventually, they deployed a taser to subdue Haku H., who has a violent criminal history, including domestic violence, violence against persons entrusted with public authority, and other cases. Once interviewed by police, he expressed his desire to carve the “Joker’s smile” into the faces of his victims.
So far, a psychological screening indicated the man had no remorse and no mental illness, which means, at least so far, he may actually stand trial for his horrifying actions.
Haku H. has been charged with attempted murder.
Censorship
How are posts being censored on X? This post involving Killian is just one example of more and more Remix News posts being censored. How does Remix News know the post is being censored? About five minutes after the post was created, we tested the “embed” function. This is used to insert the post into a website article or link it into another app. When this does not work, it is clear that censors have targeted the post.
When you try to share the link, it does not load properly. Instead, it looks like this — a simple generic placeholder image.
Furthermore, when attempting to obtain the embed code for the article, it will not be possible on X. You will be presented with the message of “not found.”
As soon as these restrictions appear on a post, it means it is not going anywhere. French journalists referencing this story also have the same restrictions on their posts, such as Valeurs Actuelles journalist Amaury Bucco, who posted this video and has seen the same censorship on his post. These posts require age verification and appear to have a “throttle” that restricts reach.
There is nothing “hateful” about Bucco’s post. He simply shares the interview and describes the event.
What is interesting is how fast posts are now being censored. Presumably, there is an NGO, organization, or some network using AI to track all posts across X, or at least from certain accounts. As soon as a story appears that censors do not like, they can implement certain keywords to track posts that refer to the story, such as in this case, “Joker’s smile,” and “Paris.” The AI software can flag the post and censor it, as needed.
While X may have censored this story, the EU Digital Service Act may be the true driving force behind this censorship. However, the opaque process that this involves leaves many questions. Notably, claims that the DSA would target “hate speech” were clearly a cover for subduing stories authorities did not like, especially when it comes to Europe’s spiraling migration crisis.
Remix News tends to cover exactly these crimes because they have become so commonplace and represent such a glaring security issue that it is increasingly threatening people’s well-being and standard of living across Europe.
Young people and tourists should be able to go into Paris without worrying about a homeless foreign migrant with multiple violent crimes on his record running around stabbing them in the face, attempting to carve the Joker’s smile on them.
Just yesterday was the 10-year anniversary of the Bataclan attacks, which killed 130 people and wounded hundreds. The attack was a direct result of France’s open borders policy. The Islamists who attacked their victims, many of whom were the type of left-wing White liberals who back open borders, did not just kill, but also violently tortured and mutilated their victims.
“The father of one victim had told him that his son had been disemboweled and castrated, with his testicles found in his mouth,” details from the case reveal.
“They had cut off his testicles,” the investigation’s chair, conservative lawmaker Georges Fenech, said.
“The bodies have not been shown to the families because they are people who are decapitated, people who are bloated and people who have been disemboweled,” a police witness told officials.
According to media reports, when Fenech asked the panel whether mutilations were videotaped by the terrorists, the witness answered, “It seems to me.”
“There are people decapitated, swollen and disemboweled. There are signs of sexual acts committed against women and knife cuts to genitals. If I am not mistaken, some of the eyes of certain people have been removed,” the witness explained.
In many ways, the Bataclan attack and this random mutilation attack in Paris have much in common, even if the motivation of the attackers is different.
🇫🇷🔴 The French government has learned nothing from the Bataclan terror attack that killed 130 people 10 years ago today.
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Since the heinous Bataclan attack ten years ago, the left at the highest levels of power has only doubled down on their policies of open borders, utilizing censorship and lawfare to attack anyone who dares to protest. At the same time, at the “street level,” radical Antifa groups have used smear campaigns, doxxing attacks, and violent assaults to ensure nobody challenges these policies.
X was promised as a space for free speech and the free flow of disinformation. The “Joker’s smile” attack is not an extraordinary anomaly. Horrendous attacks are being perpetrated against Europeans across Europe by its growing foreign population.
French President Emmanuel Macron has said himself that in Paris, one out of every two crimes committed is committed by migrants. In fact, including those with a migration background, it is likely closer to two out of three. In Germany, nearly half a million Germans have been victims of foreigners committing crimes between 2015 and 2024, resulting in an attack nearly once every six minutes.
🇩🇪🔴Nearly half a million Germans have been victims of foreigners committing crimes between 2015 and 2024.
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Former president Andrzej Duda has released a wide-ranging memoir that offers new details on his decade in office, including a striking claim that Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky told him he learned about the Volhynia massacres only after assuming the presidency.
The 630-page book, “It’s Me,” spans 28 chapters and contains accounts of political disputes, foreign-policy negotiations, and personal experiences from his time in office.
He writes that he pressed the Ukrainian leader on the lack of marked mass graves and unresolved exhumation issues, telling him, “This is unacceptable to us. The sites of the mass graves remain unmarked to this day.” Zelensky, according to Duda, responded, “Believe it or not, I didn’t know about Volhynia for most of my life. In fact, I only heard about these crimes as president. It’s just that here in the east, they weren’t talked about at all; they weren’t taught in Soviet schools. A significant portion of Ukrainians have no idea what it’s all about.”
As reviewed by wPolityce, Duda also writes extensively about his relationship with the late president Lech Kaczyński, whom he describes as a political mentor. He says he viewed his own presidency as a continuation of Kaczyński’s vision and recalls their final conversations as decisive in his choice to run for office.
“We spent many evening hours in his office, while he explained various matters to me. He made a huge impression as a politician and visionary. When he died, I understood that my political master had passed away. I felt obliged to continue his ideas,” Duda wrote.
The memoir also outlines long-standing tensions with the Law and Justice (PiS) leadership. Duda writes that difficulties began immediately after his election and continued throughout his term, including disputes over staffing decisions and his veto of judicial reforms. He says that despite a decade marked by disagreements, he regarded PiS chairman Jarosław Kaczyński as a decisive political figure.
Duda devotes significant space to the role of the First Lady, Agata Kornhauser-Duda, describing her work over 10 years as unpaid, wide-ranging, and frequently overlooked. He writes that she carried out social and charitable activities while facing repeated criticism, particularly due to her refusal to give media interviews.
Foreign policy makes up a major section of the book. The former president describes extensive contacts with the United States during his term, including regular meetings with President Trump. He writes about negotiations over the U.S. missile-defense base in Redzikowo and says he repeatedly raised concerns about the Nord Stream 2 pipeline with former German Chancellor Angela Merkel. According to Duda, Merkel responded that she had no influence over the project.
The book highlights several strategic initiatives pursued during his presidency, including the Three Seas Initiative, the Baltic Pipe, and domestic energy and infrastructure projects. Duda writes that the Three Seas Initiative grew from an early concept focused on energy independence into a broader regional framework supported by the United States.
Duda writes that although his presidency has ended, he intends to remain active in public life.
Germany is facing a continued rise in corporate bankruptcies, with new figures showing that business failures increased again in October. According to preliminary data from the Federal Statistical Office, insolvency proceedings rose by 6.5 percent compared with the same month last year.
Final figures for August show a steeper increase. Local courts reported 1,979 corporate insolvencies, around 12 percent more than a year earlier. Creditors’ claims amounted to approximately €5.4 billion, more than double the amount recorded last August. The highest insolvency rates were found in transportation and warehousing, followed by construction and hospitality. Consumer bankruptcies also climbed by just over eight percent to 6,132 cases.
As reported by Welt, credit agencies expect the total number of bankruptcies this year to exceed 2024, when 21,812 companies filed for insolvency, the highest figure since 2015. Businesses cite high energy costs, bureaucracy, and weak consumer spending as contributing factors. Protective measures that delayed bankruptcies during the Covid-19 pandemic have also expired.
Credit insurer Allianz Trade forecasts around 24,500 corporate insolvencies in 2025, a rise of 1 percent, and says the situation may not begin to improve until 2027. The company expects insolvencies to fall to about 23,500 cases at that point. In a recent analysis, Allianz Trade also warned that the consequences of ongoing trade disputes could further test business resilience.
The Federal Association of German Industry (BDI), in a declaration published in April and signed by more than 100 associations, said the economic situation in Europe’s largest economy had “deteriorated dramatically” and described the crisis as largely “homemade” compared with other countries.
BDI general manager Tanja Gönner said, “every scope must be used to relieve companies in order for the tax burden to quickly become internationally competitive.”
Further pressure is also being seen in major company failures. Allianz Trade reported that Germany recorded 87 large insolvencies in 2024, an increase of 36 percent over the previous year. The combined turnover of these companies reached €17.4 billion. For 2025, the insurer expects around 24,400 insolvencies overall, followed by about 25,050 in 2026.
In an interview with Tagesschau in April, publicly appointed auctioneer Jürgen Philippi said the situation was now more severe than during the 2008 financial crisis. “More and more industries are affected,” he said, adding that he had turned away clients due to workload.
Philippi also noted a decline in buyers willing to take over distressed companies, citing complaints from managers about bureaucracy and tax burdens.
Italian prosecutors have launched an investigation into allegations that Italians traveled to Sarajevo on weekend “sniper safaris” to shoot at residents of the city during the 1992-1995 siege by the Bosnian Serb army, in which more than 11,000 people died.
The alleged “safaris” took place while Bosnian Serb forces were besieging the city, which became the longest siege in modern European history, Al Jazeera reports.
The Milan investigation, led by prosecutor Alessandro Gobbis, was launched after journalist and novelist Ezio Gavazzeni, working with lawyers Nicola Brigida and former judge Guido Salvini, filed a legal complaint for “murders aggravated by cruelty and vile motives” regarding the alleged Italian groups who traveled to Sarajevo.
Italian media reports say investigators are hoping to track down the people who took part in the alleged “safaris,” in addition to the five men already identified in Gacazzeni’s trial.
FILE – In this Tuesday, June 6, 1995 file photo, Sarajevo residents take cover behind a French armored personnel carrier as a Bosnian Serb sniper fires upon them on a main street in the center of Sarajevo. (AP Photo/David Brauchli, File)
Gavazzeni, who has handed over all his evidence to prosecutors, told Italian news outlet La Repubblica on Tuesday that his lawsuit “exposes a part of society that is sweeping the truth under the carpet.”
“Because we are talking about reputable, wealthy people, entrepreneurs, who paid to kill defenseless civilians during the siege of Sarajevo,” he added.
However, members of the British forces who served in Sarajevo in the 1990s have told the BBC that they never heard of any so-called “sniper tourism” during the Bosnian conflict.
They indicated that any attempts to bring in people from third countries who had paid to shoot at civilians in Sarajevo would have been “logistically difficult to accomplish”, due to the proliferation of checkpoints.
British forces served both inside Sarajevo and in the areas surrounding the city, where Serb forces were stationed and they saw nothing at the time to suggest that “sniper tourism” was taking place.
One soldier described the allegations that foreigners had paid to shoot at civilians as an “urban myth”.
What is known so far
Between 1992 and 1996, Italian citizens and others, mainly gun enthusiasts, gathered on Fridays in Trieste, in northwestern Italy, in the area bordering the former Yugoslavia, for a weekend of “hunting.” It remains unclear who organized the alleged groups’ trips.
The participants were allegedly flown by the Yugoslav/Serbian airline Aviogenex to the hills surrounding Sarajevo, where Bosnian Serb militias were paid to shoot at citizens by President Radovan Karadžić – who was later convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity for war crimes committed in the former Yugoslavia in 2016 and sentenced to life in prison after an appeal in 2019.
A Bosnian man carries black market eggs valued at over $1.50 for each egg while running through sniper zone, Sunday, April 11, 1993. (AP Photo/Michael Stravato)
According to La Repubblica, these “tourists” paid up to $116,000 to join the Sarajevo gangs to commit the murders.
Gavazzeni claims that participants were given a price list of what types of murders the foreigners they wanted to target would pay for. Children would cost the most, followed by men, women and the elderly, who could be killed for free.
“A participant left Trieste to hunt for people. Then he returned and continued his normal life, in a manner that was respectable in the eyes of everyone,” Gavazzeni said.
Gavazzeni’s 17-page submission includes the testimony of Edin Subasic, a Bosnian military intelligence officer, who claims that he and some of his colleagues informed the Italian military intelligence agency, Sismi, about reports of Italians flying from Trieste to Sarajevo in early 1994. In his testimony, he claimed that the Italian intelligence service told him a few months later that it had stopped the flights.
According to the Sismi report, the departure points in Trieste were discovered and the routes were interrupted.
Another witness cited in the petition gave Gavazzeni the details of three men currently under investigation, from Turin, Milan and Trieste. According to the Sismi report cited in the lawsuit, the Milanese man who took part in the 1993 shootings was the owner of a private plastic surgery clinic.
Benjamina Karic, the former mayor of Sarajevo, also filed a case file with the Milan prosecutor’s office about these “rich foreigners who carried out inhumane activities,” the Italian news agency ANSA reported.
Serbia has denied any involvement in the killings, but investigators believe Serbian intelligence services were aware of them.
Dag Dumrukcic, Bosnia’s consul in Milan, told La Repubblica on Tuesday that his government was “fully cooperating with the investigation.”
“We look forward to uncovering the truth in this cruel case and putting the past behind us. I have information that I will pass on to investigators,” said Dumruckic.
It is suspected that citizens of several countries participated in the attacks. In 2022, Bosnian filmmaker Miran Zupanic’s documentary Sarajevo Safari examined wealthy foreigners who participated in these trips, including some from the United States and Russia.
A notable example was Russian nationalist writer and politician Eduard Limonov, who was filmed in Pawel Pawlikowski’s 1992 documentary about the Bosnian War firing a machine gun towards the city of Sarajevo while personally escorted by Karadžić.
Moreover, in 2007, former U.S. Marine John Jordan testified before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia that “tourist shooters” had arrived in Sarajevo.
An abusive father from Bangladesh has been convicted for abusing his then 14-year-old daughter in the city of Cesena because she refused to wear the Islamic veil. The victim, now 17, said her 50-year-old father subjected her to routine beatings with a cane, insults, and social restrictions over her defiance.
Judge Ramona Bizzarri ordered the father to be given nine months of probation, perform community service, and pay €2,000 to his daughter. If the man does not reoffend in the nine-month period, he will not be sentenced to prison time.
The trial determined that the man viewed the Western world as a “dark” place with “incomprehensible customs,” according to a report from Italian newspaper il Resto del Carlino.
The daughter was born in Italy and failed to wear her Islamic veil as much as her father desired. The man routinely beat his daughter with a cane, a belt, and scolded her “for not wearing a headscarf.”
He also said she was a poor cook in the household, offended her with vulgar remarks, and prevented her from socializing with classmates.
During a beating on Dec. 19, 2022, the father assaulted the daughter so violently that she ended up in the hospital.
During the incident, he saw her leaving the house without her veil. He then yanked her by her hair, punched her on her back, and then stabbed her hand with a fork. She also suffered abrasions, swelling, and a jaw injury during the attack. Police noted she also had scratches and cuts on her face and hands.
Police responded by arresting the father and charging him with a number of crimes, including abuse and mistreatment of a minor.
A Vienna-born teen of Serbian descent is at the center of a politically charged immigration case after investigators linked him and his older brother to 2,200 criminal offenses committed across the Austrian capital and have made plans to deport him.
According to Statement Österreich, the younger brother alone, who is currently 14, is alleged to have carried out 1,500 burglaries, mostly car break-ins, before he was old enough to be held criminally responsible. Austrian authorities are now reviewing whether he can be deported to Serbia — a step that would be without precedent for a minor born in the country.
According to police, the boy holds dual Austrian and Serbian citizenship and lives with his mother in Vienna. His father has already been deported. After turning 14, he stole a Toyota, crashed it, and was imprisoned for the first time. He was released at the end of July under strict conditions, including mandatory schooling, probation meetings, and attendance at a crisis center. Officials say he has repeatedly ignored all three requirements.
The Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum (BFA) is now assessing a deportation order, with a decision expected later this year. Even the teenager’s grandparents in Serbia — who would be legally eligible to assume custody — have told authorities they are unwilling to take him, describing him as unmanageable.
The case comes amid what Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) calls an “explosion” in youth crime, in particular by what he called “problem children” between 10 and 14 years of age. Offenses committed by children in this age bracket have doubled in five years, reaching more than 12,000 cases last year. Police say Syrian juveniles are particularly prominent among offenders, and the number of young perpetrators who have reached legal age has risen nearly tenfold since 2020, reaching around 1,000.
The 14-year-old at the center of the current review is considered the most prolific juvenile offender in Austria’s recent history. His 1,500 recorded crimes place him firmly in the category that investigators have warned is spiraling out of control. Karner revealed that police forces are struggling to contain highly mobile and often uncooperative suspects.
The prospect of deporting a minor born on Austrian soil, unsurprisingly, has complications. The Federal Administrative Court applies strict standards in such cases, and successful integration — or the lack of it — is only one of several factors considered. Child-welfare authorities currently hold custody of the boy after relatives declined responsibility.
If the BFA approves the order, the teenager could be removed to Serbia before the end of the year.
Left-wing radicals carried out an Antifa terror attack on the home of Nicola Beer, vice president of the European Investment Bank (EIB), and her husband, Jürgen Illing, the honorary consul of Hungary, for being “too close to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.”
The assault involved spray-painting the house in the Preungesheim district of Frankfurt, as well as an attack on Illing’s BMW SUV. The suspects slashed his car tires, smashed the vehicle’s windshield, and sprayed a fire extinguisher inside.
“In a letter of confession, self-proclaimed anti-fascists accuse the Vice President of the European Investment Bank of being too close to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán,” reports German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine (FAZ).
The attack, on the night of Nov. 9, involved Antifa activists targeting the family’s residential area near the A661 motorway. While the occupants were asleep, the front of Beer and Illing’s house was “spray-painted… with purple paint.” Beer, an FDP politician, has held the EIB position since Jan. 1, 2024.
The attackers then focused on the BMW SUV owned by Illing, who is 67 and is known for fighting against anti-Semites as a lawyer. The vehicle sustained extensive damage.
The attack was explicitly tied to the arrest of 23-year-old Maja T.,who is currently in custody in Hungary for involvement in the infamous “Hammer Gang.” Hungarian authorities indicate Maja T. is a left-wing extremist facing charges of beating individuals, some of whom were mistakenly believed to be far-right members, and delivering extreme and life-changing injuries.
In a statement claiming responsibility, published on the Indymedia website, the Frankfurt attackers issued a demand: “Solidarity with Maja in Hungarian prison – Freedom for all antifascists.”
The statement indicated that the primary target was Jürgen Illing, asserting that he, “together with his wife Nicola Beer, the former FDP general secretary and vice president of the European Investment Bank, represents that unholy and deceitful mixture of capital and fascism that has become unbearable for us.”
The attackers further accused the couple of being “Orbán apologists” and “part of a right-wing elite.”
Illing and Beer declined to comment to Bild to avoid hindering the investigation.
Klemens Hahn, spokesman for the Frankfurt police headquarters, confirmed to Bild: “The State Security Police are investigating in this context on suspicion of property damage.”
The attack follows shortly after Alternative for Germany (AfD) politician Bernd Baumann was attacked in Hamburg by Antifa, including having his vehicle and his wife’s vehicle set on fire, with the fire spreading to three other vehicles from his neighbors.
Baumann posted about the attack on social media, stating: “Dear friends, another Antifa attack on me, 4 cars burned in front of the house. The police woke me up at around 5 a.m., another cowardly terrorist attack, my and my wife’s car completely burned out. This time, Antifa attacked in such a way that the meters-high flames spread to three other cars. They belonged to my neighbors, all total losses, all completely burned out. So many families damaged without a second thought.”
🇩🇪🔴AfD politician speaks out after Antifa burned his car to a husk outside his home in the German city of Hamburg.
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Crime in German shopping centers has risen sharply over the past year, with 75 percent of identified offenders having a migration background, according to a new internal report by the German Council of Shopping Places (GCSP).
The association, which represents around 90 percent of Germany’s shopping centers and large retail properties, warns that the situation has become significantly more acute over the past year and is continuing to deteriorate in 2025.
Across 1,105 surveyed retail properties, security staff documented 18,276 incidents in 2024, a 32 percent increase compared to 2023. Among the 13,339 categorized cases, violence and weapons were particularly notable: knives or tools were used or carried in 2,905 incidents, drug use jumped by 45 percent to 1,389 cases, and 235 people, including security personnel, employees, and visitors, were injured. Bomb threats rose to 46 and ATM explosions to 11, each up by roughly 50 percent.
There were also 945 cases of vandalism, 611 cases involving youth gangs and anti-social behavior; 458 incidents of threats against visitors; and 105 recorded cases of sexual harassment or rape. A further 4,937 disturbances, including intoxicated individuals, alarms, or violations of house rules, were logged but not categorized.
“It’s the groups that we see committing these types of offenses,” GCSP Secretary General Ingmar Behrens told WeltTV. “People who have time during the day, who are not in regular employment, who may have a tolerated-stay status, or are simply not working, and who come from a social environment that holds different values — values that are not shared by the people who shop or run businesses in the center.
“And within that environment, violence applies. The rule is: ‘I can get what I want by using a knife.’ And these rules clash with ours — the rules we have agreed on as a society,” he added.
Security costs for shopping centers rose by about 21 percent to €41 million. Stab-proof vests, once rarely used, are becoming increasingly common for guards. “If a tenant does less business and then has to pay higher service charges because security needs have increased, you eventually reach the point where they say, ‘I can’t operate my business in the city anymore. I’ll move online,’” Behrens warned.
According to the GCSP, the rise in aggression, the number of repeat offenders, and the high proportion of suspects with a migration background are cause for concern. More than 3,400 bans from premises were issued, yet repeat offending remains “consistently high” at 35 percent. The report also notes a rise in “professionally organized drug trafficking.”
Behrens emphasized that the overall statistical risk for visitors remains low given the millions who pass through shopping centers daily, but stressed that individual incidents erode public confidence. “Every single incident unsettles people,” he said, as cited by Welt. He added that many customers and employees are developing a lingering sense of fear.
Shopping center operators also warn of inconsistent prosecution, claiming that police often decline to pursue cases such as shoplifting or that complaints are not filed at all. Their concerns echo a recent report from the German Retail Federation (HDE), which estimated nationwide retail losses from theft at nearly €3 billion in 2024.
The HDE is urging lawmakers to restrict prosecutors’ ability to drop cases for efficiency reasons and to introduce tougher penalties for serious or organized theft. “It must be clear that shoplifting is not a trivial matter, but a crime often carried out with considerable criminal intent,” said HDE Managing Director Stefan Genth.
A 17-year-old migrant from the African country of Guinea along with a 13-year-old accomplice, both of which have extensive criminal records, are accused of assaulting, raping, and extorting a 16-year-old girl in Paris.
The victim was found by a passerby crying near the Cité des Sciences in Paris on September 30, 2025,. The Paris prosecutor’s office reported that she alleged being raped in the facility’s underground parking area by two teenage boys, ages 13 and 17. The two boys had stolen her phone and subjected her to a horrifying ordeal just moments before she was found.
Based on details reported by French newspaper Valeurs Actuelles, the girl had skipped school that Tuesday to visit the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie in La Villette by herself in the late afternoon, following Snapchat exchanges with one of the teens. She only vaguely knew the teen when she decided to meet him.
Due to their ages and legal restrictions, their real first names can’t be disclosed, but the younger one is referred to as Youcef (a pseudonym), while the older is called Moussa in the report from Valeurs Actuelles.
By around 5 p.m., the girl arrived at the Cité des Sciences to meet Youcef and Moussa for what she thought would be a short, casual conversation before a friend joined her. However, the situation quickly spiraled out of control.
The minors claimed she had damaged a bracelet and grabbed her phone, insisting she owend them €10 euros, which she did not have. Moussa then demanded she come with them and retrieve the money.
Moussa kept demand the money, and reportedly said: “I didn’t drive two hours for nothing… I added you [as a friend] on Snapchat and since you accepted, we’re a couple.”
The girl repeatedly tried a number of strategies to get back her phone threats of getting her cousin involved, trying jokes, appeals to empathy, and showing her fear.
However, the two teens were not deterred and they kept guiding her to a secluded spot in an underground parking lot “to work things out.”
The girl said that once at the parking spot, the 17-yea-old stated: “Either we have sex, or I won’t give you your phone.”
The girl began crying and warned she would yell. He responded by striking her face, then declaring: “I’m going to take out my phone, I’m going to film you, and you’re going to say you consented.”
The victim informed police investigators later that Moussa was aware she was no longer a virgin and thus assumed she would sleep with anyone. In a final bid for escape, the girl mentioned she was menstruating, expecting it to deter him.
He demanded verification, and upon seeing it, grew frustrated. “You’re being a pain in the ass,” he said, “it doesn’t matter, we’ll do it anally.”
He proceeded to force her onto her knees for oral sex, followed by anal penetration that caused her severe pain, while recording her the whole time which police say was his attempt to show “consent.”
He kept warning her that he would also share the footage if she did not stop resisting. After Moussa was finished, Youcef then assaulted her but halted when she expressed pain. The two perpetrators then allowed her to dress and walk back to the train station.
When she requested her phone again, Moussa reportedly replied: “If you do anything or go to the police or anything, we’ll do worse to you. My father is a policeman; I’m not going to prison, and if I get out, I’ll ambush you.”
The pair then fled, laughing boisterously, still withholding her phone.
On her way home, the victim approached a stranger to contact the police. Yet, believing Moussa’s claim about his father’s police role, she wavered on pressing charges. However, once informed of the incident, police moved forward with an investigation and the suspected attackers were arrested in early October by the Juvenile Protection Unit (BPM).
Moussa, the 17-year-old lead perpetrator from Guinea, had a prior record including armed violence, burglary, death threats, drug violations, assaults, and extortion.
His 13-year-old accomplice from the multicultural Paris suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis also has a history of crimes like weapon possession, aggravated theft, vehicle break-ins, extortion, and drug-related crimes.
When reached by Valeurs Actuelles, the Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed the duo faces charges of gang rape and gang robbery—specifically for the phone theft and the sexual assault. Investigators have compiled substantial evidence pointing to their involvement, which has permitted them to detain the two suspects.
“One, aged 17, has been placed in pretrial detention, the other, aged 13, has been placed in a closed educational center,” the prosecutor’s office stated. The suspects are presumed innocent at this point.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s fight against illegal immigration has some Poles in the U.S. living that they may be deported.
According to Do Rzezczy, 50 Polish citizens have been investigated this year by ICE, which remains a very small number compared to other group.
In 2025 so far, over 35,000 Mexican citizens were arrested, primarily for illegal border crossings, organized crime, and returning to the U.S. after deportation.
Nevertheless, 10 Poles were also arrested, 14 were placed under temporary detention, 11 were deported, and 15 were placed under the Intensive Detention Program (ATD), which allows the services to monitor compliance with the law without placing foreigners in custody.
And this has many Poles worrying that they may be next.
One of the most recent cases was the deportation of 62-year-old Irina Sobierajska, who was repatriated to Poland after living nearly 20 years illegally in the U.S.
However, Americans are broadly supportive of mass deportations of illegal migrants and Trump clearly has a mandate for such actions based on his election victory.
“Besides confirming that the deportation order was executed and she boarded a plane to Poland, we don’t know what happened to her,” Amaya Kuznicki from ClickonDetroit.com told WP.
Among the Polish American community, reports of denunciations to the so-called “immigrants” – the ICE service – are becoming increasingly common. Meanwhile, Polish online groups are increasingly offering advice on how to prepare for a possible ICE arrest – from having documents for children born in the U.S. to receiving letters from neighbors.
The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) has even developed a special informational leaflet about the rights of individuals affected by the services.
At the beginning of the year, the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs estimated that there were approximately 30,000 Poles living in the U.S. who may have violated immigration regulations.
Data from ICE indicates that 2,300 Polish citizens are on the deportation list—people for whom an immigration judge has issued a final order of removal from the United States.
As Poland seeks solutions to its demographic collapse, Poles need to consider why people are not getting married, says Polish demographer Mateusz Łakomy, author of “Demography is the Future.”
His analysis may apply to countries around the developed world, which are seeing a birth collapse at a time when owning a house and steady employment seem like distant and unattainable goals for the vast majority. Lakomy also gives his assessment at a time when Poland is generally considered to be the worst country in terms of fertility in Europe.
In an interview with KAI, cited by the Do Rzeczy news portal, Łakomy notes that the decline in birth rates is a global phenomenon that seriously prevents the proper formation and growth of societies—economic development, productivity, innovation, and even a certain level of state functioning.
“The demographic collapse isn’t just a Polish problem. It’s a challenge facing many developed countries today, while a decline in birth rates compared to 100 or even 50 years ago can be observed worldwide, including in countries where fertility rates are still very high,’ he said.
Łakomy sees little prospect of the current downtrend changing. The demographer points out, people today, unlike for most of human history, are in nearly complete control of their procreation process.
“Today, we largely decide whether, when, and how many we will have, although, of course, there are times when, for various reasons, we can’t have children,” he points out.
According to Łakomy, the vast majority of people want children, though perhaps not necessarily many children. He also emphasizes that people who are in relationships and raise children are the least likely to experience the loneliness that plagues modern societies.
The reason, the demographer explains, that young adults in Poland are failing to bear children is that they face difficulty in forming relationships. In the 18-29 age group, almost 45 percent do not even have a boyfriend or girlfriend and are not dating, let alone a husband or wife. Only 12 percent of Poles in this age group are married.
Łakomy says there are three main reasons for this: the educational imbalance between women and men, the difficult experiences young people have in their own families, and the rise of smartphones.
Once a relationship is formed, further barriers to fertility emerge for these young Poles, the primary ones being the lack of stable employment and not having their own apartment or home.
Those who are more religious do still have more children. However, the once-common belief that less educated people have more children is a myth, says Łakomy. In developed countries today, the exact opposite is true: educated people have more children because they often find it easier to overcome the challenges of forming (and maintaining) relationships and securing stable employment—and having their own living space.
Should the state or the Church get involved? Łakomy emphasizes it is crucial to reach out to young people, creating spaces for them that are not only pastoral and formative, but also social.
🇵🇱🇺🇸Poland is much safer than the US, says Polish-American supermodel Joanna Krupa.
She directly refers to the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, who was killed by a career criminal with 14 convictions.
He also highlights the importance of pre-marriage courses, which are often the only space where young people today can learn a little about the dynamics of relationships, ask themselves difficult questions, work through certain difficulties, and learn that one does not remain in the initial phase of falling in love for the rest of their lives, notes Do Rzezcy.
As to the Church, Łakomy is blunt: “If we want our children to have a better chance of having a happy family in the future and would like to have grandchildren, it’s worth raising these children with some contact with faith and a religious environment.”
A 31-year-old Syrian man was forcibly committed to a psychiatric facility on Wednesday after suddenly attacking four people, including three women and a passerby, in northern Dresden.
Police insist the incident was not religiously or politically motivated, despite witnesses reporting shouts of “Allahu Akbar” during the arrest.
The series of assaults began shortly after 10 a.m. at the Alttrachau tram stop on Leipziger Straße, where the man allegedly punched and kicked a 29-year-old woman who was standing with her toddler. A 67-year-old motorist who stopped to intervene was also attacked.
Minutes later, he approached another vehicle on the same street and struck a 64-year-old woman through the open passenger window. A 37-year-old passerby rushed to her aid and was also beaten before managing to restrain the attacker until officers arrived.
Dresden: Hier wird der Terror-Syrer verhaftet!
Erste Bilder nach dem islamistischen Angriff auf der Leipziger Straße!
Unter dem Ruf „Allahu Akbar“ hat ein Syrer am Mittwochvormittag wahllos Passanten in Dresden angegriffen – darunter eine Frau, ein Kleinkind und zwei Senioren.… pic.twitter.com/0c7QbN4GOS
Police arrested the man at the scene. Witnesses said he shouted religious phrases, but investigators stressed that the outbursts appeared to be a symptom of mental instability.
“The political statements have nothing to do with the man’s obvious mental health issues,” police spokesman Marko Laske said, as cited by TAG24. Officers confirmed he was not under the influence of drugs.
All four victims required medical treatment; the 64-year-old woman was taken to hospital, while the others were treated at the scene. The suspect was subsequently sectioned and transferred to a specialist clinic, according to the police report.
The man, a Syrian national, is now under investigation for assault. Authorities say his motive remains unclear and the inquiry is ongoing.
Claims on social media suggested the man was in possession of a knife. Remix News has been unable to corroborate this.
In fact, NIUS admits it first reported that the Syrian used a knife, but later issued a correction which read, “In our push notification, we reported that a knife was used as a weapon. In reality, however, the perpetrator attacked his victims without any other weapon.”
The European Commission has announced that several EU countries will be eligible to reduce their financial or relocation contributions under the bloc’s new Migration and Asylum Pact, but Hungary — one of the EU’s key border states — was not mentioned.
In its first Annual Migration Management Cycle report published on Tuesday, the Commission said Bulgaria, Czechia, Estonia, Croatia, Austria, and Poland could apply for full or partial deductions from their required solidarity contributions in 2026, citing “cumulative migratory pressures over the last five years.” These deductions would apply to the Solidarity Pool, the EU’s new mechanism obliging member states to either relocate asylum seekers from countries under migratory pressure or pay financial compensation.
Greece, Cyprus, Spain, and Italy were formally identified as being under “migratory pressure” due to high numbers of irregular arrivals, while Belgium, Germany, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, and several others were listed as “at risk.”
Those member states will have priority access to the EU’s Migration Support Toolbox and may receive further assistance, including from a €250 million fund for drone and anti-drone equipment to counter hybrid border threats.
One nation that was not mentioned at all in the report was Hungary, despite its position on the EU’s external border with Serbia and its heavy investment in national border security, often cited by Budapest as a vital contribution to Europe’s collective safety.
Budapest maintains that Hungary continues to face growing migratory pressure, having detained 11,400 illegal migrants who have crossed the border so far this year despite the ramped-up security measures, compared to 9,300 last year.
Last month, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister György Bakondi told M1 that “there are no illegal migrants in Hungary because the government made the right decision in 2015 to close the border.”
He criticized the European Commission for failing to recognize the efforts taken by Hungary, at considerable expense, to protect the external border of the European Union, noting that it is only because Hungary has taken the measures it has — despite the Commission’s insistence that it conform — that the country is not overwhelmed by migration like the other member states cited in the European Commission’s report.
“The Hungarian government’s position is the right one — it serves the interests of both Hungarians and Europeans,” Bakondi concluded.
The Commission noted that recorded illegal crossings fell by 35 percent between July 2024 and June 2025, compared to the previous year, but warned that Europe still faces “continued pressure from irregular arrivals, unauthorized movements within the EU, the hosting of refugees from Ukraine, and the weaponization of migration by Russia and Belarus.”
The Commission wants to make the Migration Pact operational by June 2026, but it will require the Council to approve the proposed Solidarity Pool. Once adopted, each member state will be legally bound to contribute either by taking in a mandated number of migrants or by making equivalent financial or operational contributions.
Brussels has issued the order. They are activating the Migration Pact. I want to make it clear once and for all: as long as Hungary has a patriotic government, we will not implement the Migration Pact. Ceterum censeo: we will not accept migrants and we will not spend a single…
Hungary, however, has repeatedly rejected the scheme. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, responding to the announcement on Wednesday, wrote on X: “Brussels has issued the order. They are activating the Migration Pact. I want to make it clear once and for all: as long as Hungary has a patriotic government, we will not implement the Migration Pact. Ceterum censeo: we will not accept migrants and we will not spend a single dime on them!”
Orbán’s remarks followed his recent visit to Washington, where he met U.S. President Donald Trump. Trump later told reporters that Brussels should give Orbán more respect, “because he was right on the immigration issue.”
The European Commission’s proposal now moves to the Council for adoption. Once agreed, the size and composition of the Solidarity Pool will be made public, and member states’ contributions will become binding ahead of the Pact’s entry into force in 2026.
Polish President Karol Nawrocki refused to nominate nearly 50 judges due to what he says is their disloyalty to the Polish constitution.
“I refuse to nominate 46 judges. This is not just a verbal signal, but a concrete decision to deny nominations or promotions to those judges who question the constitutional and legal order of the Republic of Poland,” he said.
Nawrocki specifically called out Justice Minister Waldemar Żurek, who was nominated by Prime Minister Donald Tusk and “encourages judges to question the constitutional and legal order of the Republic of Poland,” writes wPolityce.
Nawrocki insisted that this should not surprise anyone, as he had made clear upon taking up his presidential mandate that “judges who question the constitutional and legal order of the Republic of Poland cannot count on promotions (…) nor on nominations from the Supreme Court,” if such decisions land on his desk.
“According to Article 179 of the Constitution, it is the prerogative of the President of the Republic of Poland to nominate judges, and each subsequent judge is nominated by the President of the Republic of Poland. Each judge nominated by the President of the Republic of Poland is a judge of the Republic of Poland, who is responsible for making decisions and issuing judgments on behalf of the Republic of Poland, in accordance with the Constitution and the constitutional and legal system,” he stated.
For any nay-sayers, the president assured people that this is “a very strong constitutional power of the president,” adding that it is “a prerogative that does not even require the prime minister’s countersignature.”
Last month, the justice minister had sought to remove former 46 PiS-appointed judges “to eliminate the risk of judgments issued by illegal benches, and the citizen gains certainty that their case will be heard quickly and by an independent court.”
The head of the presidential chancellery is reportedly going after Zurek for abuse of power, already requesting that prosecutors investigate him for criminal liability for “violating a number of provisions of the basic statute.”
More than half of asylum seekers who claimed to be minors under Greece’s new verification system have been found to be adults, the country’s migration minister said on Tuesday, marking the first results of a stricter framework introduced this summer.
Migration and Asylum Minister Thanos Plevris announced that, out of 104 cases reviewed since the new procedures began in late August, 59 individuals were determined to be over 18. “The repercussions for those who filed a false statement are self-evident,” Plevris said.
The new system, jointly implemented by the migration and health ministries, requires age verification to be completed “once and on the same day” through three methods: a medical evaluation of physical development, a psychosocial assessment by a specialist, and an X-ray of the applicant’s left wrist to determine skeletal maturity. In cases where results differ, the X-ray prevails.
The testing is carried out only with the written consent of the applicant or their legal representative. However, refusal to participate is treated as evidence of adulthood, though it does not prevent the asylum claim from being reviewed. Officials say the changes are intended to reduce abuse of the system by adult migrants who claim to be minors in order to access preferential treatment and legal protections.
The new procedures form part of a wider tightening of Greece’s migration policy, launched earlier this year as the government seeks to curb illegal sea crossings and streamline asylum processing.
In July, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced a temporary suspension of asylum applications for migrants arriving by boat from North Africa, citing national security concerns and increased arrivals on Crete and the nearby island of Gavdos. “The Greek government has decided to inform the European Commission that it is proceeding with the suspension of asylum application examinations for three months for those arriving in Greece from North Africa by sea,” Mitsotakis told parliament. He added that those entering the country illegally “will be arrested and detained.”
Then, in October, the government announced cuts of nearly 30 percent to asylum-related spending, reducing annual funding from €400 million to €288 million. Rent subsidies for refugees will be phased out, direct cash payments halved, and funding redirected toward job training and Greek-language instruction.
“Those granted asylum in the future will no longer live on permanent subsidies, but will be integrated into society through work,” Plevris said, describing the reforms as both a deterrent to illegal migration and a shift toward self-sufficiency.
The conflict between Law and Justice (PiS) and the Confederation party is heating up in Poland, with leaders and top politicians trading brutal insults.
As with many other European countries, Poland features newer right-wing parties that are emerging and growing in popularity, which are eating into the establishment conservative parties.
In Poland, the Confederation co-leader, Sławomir Mentzen appeared as a guest on Polsat News, where he said those that make alliances with the establishment PiS end up dead, in exile, or suffering a nervous breakdown.
One of the hosts of the program, Marcin Fijołek, said to Mentzen that “PiS politicians can’t forgive you for suggesting that Jarosław Kaczyński is responsible for Ziobro’s situation, and Gowin before him, or what happened to Andrzej Lepper. Will you apologize?”
“Let them wait. I never said that Jarosław Kaczyński contributed to Andrzej Lepper’s suicide. I only said how his coalition partners met their end. That’s a fact that can’t be denied. Lepper committed suicide under mysterious circumstances, Jarosław Gowin suffered a nervous breakdown, and Zbigniew Ziobro is battling a serious illness,” the Confederation co-chair replied.
“They haven’t had much luck in life. And I don’t intend to end up that way,” Mentzen added.
However, Mentzen also addressed Kaczyński’s attack that appeared to allude to Mentzen’s Asperger’s syndrome.
Marcin Fijołek quoted the Law and Justice party chairman’s words from a press conference. “If someone suffers from some sort of deficiency, they should first get themselves in good health and only then enter politics. And if that’s impossible, so be it. Unfortunately, I couldn’t become a basketball player either, and I dreamed of it,” said the PiS leader when asked about a potential coalition with Confederation.
Mentzen admitted that he took this as a hint at Asperger’s syndrome, which the Confederation politician struggles with.
“Jarosław Kaczyński is not only a liar, but also a boor. He’s exploiting my condition to attack me,” he said.
There is also a third right-wing party in Poland, which the right may need to take power. Recent polls conducted by various research organizations indicate that a coalition of Law and Justice and the Confederation party would have a good chance of securing a parliamentary majority after the next elections. However, some studies indicate that a majority would also require cooperation with the Confederation of the Polish Crown, Grzegorz Braun’s party.
MEP Anna Bryłka, of the Confederation Party, was a guest on a Polsat News program, and said that PIS is attacking Confederation in the same manner it did right before national elections in 2023, which saw PiS booted from power.
“We did not start this war,” said Bryłka.
“This domination of the right wing and the domination of this right side of the political scene is the reason for such mass participation of PiS politicians, and PiS is certainly very afraid of the Confederation, but it is also afraid of Mr. Grzegorz Braun’s party, and it also seems to me that the strategy that has been implemented for many years by Chairman Kaczyński – nothing to the right of PiS can be created, it no longer works,” said the MEP.
“The entire structure on the Polish political scene looks completely different. Not only is Confederation to the right of PiS, but Mr. Grzegorz Braun’s party is also to the right of Confederation, and PiS is simply losing its monopoly on the right wing of the political scene,” she added.
Anna Bryłka also pointed to the cooling of contacts between the two parties.
“We didn’t start this war with PiS; PiS started this war with the Confederation, that’s the first thing. Secondly, PiS is making the same mistake it made in 2023. In fact, in the final weeks of the 2023 election campaign, a massive attack on the Confederation began, and we achieved a result below our expectations,” the MEP pointed out.
Following the international news that a close associate of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has fled the country shortly before a police raid, the news is only getting worse. Timur Mindich, known as Zelensky’s “cash wallet,” who has a long history with Zelensky, has left behind bundles of money and even a gold toilet, which were discovered during the course of raids by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU).
“The biggest corruption scandal in Ukraine since the start of the war is erupting,” writes Welt newspaper, arguably the most influential newspaper in Germany.
The case goes so far up into Zelensky’s regime clique, that even the justice minister, Herman Halushchenko, has been suspended.
“The Justice Minister is under forced suspension. At the center of the controversy is a close confidant of President Zelenskyy. His flight raises serious questions about possible accomplices at the very top of the state apparatus,” continues Welt.
Welt goes on to note that golden toilets have a long history in Ukraine, dating back to former President Viktor Yanukovych, who was discovered to have a gold toilet when he fled the country in 2014 to Russia.
“Timur Mindich also has one. Or rather, had one. Because Mindich, a long-time business partner of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is on the run,” writes Welt.
BREAKING: ONE MORE DARK DAY FOR ZELENSKY
Look at the pic. This is Ukraine’s Minister of Energy, Svitlana Hrynchuk on a photo, who appears in recordings by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) in a major corruption case in the energy sector. She received… https://t.co/xSlmUrDrkypic.twitter.com/5bHKF3spUh
In addition, NABU also “published a photo of bundles of unopened dollar bills, still bearing the seals and barcodes of the American banks of origin. It should therefore not be difficult to trace the origin of the money and its path out of state control,” writes Welt.
There is speculation that Mindich fled to Israel, due to his close connections in the country, including hosting his marriage and recently visiting for his birthday.
Notably, when Yanukovych fled Ukraine, the country was not involved in a war in which hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians had been dead and wounded. Mindich and those committing corruption within the Zelensky government are arguably a far more mendacious group of individuals to be partaking in such alleged corruption during a war that has decimated Ukraine.
As Remix News reported yesterday, the case involves at least $100 million in bribery kickbacks, and has shaken Ukrainian society. The Remix News article details Zelensky’s deep business involvement with Mindlich, including Mindlich even buying Zelensky a bullet-proof car in 2017.
🇺🇦 Zelensky’s “wallet” Mindich, fled Ukraine just hours before a raid by NABU and SAP.
New details now reveal that Mindich was at the center of a massive corruption network inside Energoatom. Contractors were forced to pay 10–15% kickbacks on every deal, under threat of payment… https://t.co/0OrprC0ZWZpic.twitter.com/aGCiOjDrhU
The news comes at a time when pro-war EU hawks are calling for Ukraine to be admitted to the EU, arguing it meets the criteria to begin the admission process despite being entangled in a war and abandoning democratic principles.
Welt further details how deep the case goes into, writing that “the list of allegations being investigated is extensive: improper procurement procedures, embezzled funds, parallel management structures in state-owned and semi-state-owned companies, and undeclared accounting. The damage is estimated at around $100 million. The list of potential suspects is also long, including several top managers, active politicians, a minister, and former politicians, in one case with long-standing ties to Moscow.”
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the State Prosecutor’s Office for Corruption (Sapo) conducted mass raids targeting 70 locations in regard to the state-owned nuclear energy company Energoatom, “as well as at the private residences of Justice Minister Herman Halushchenko (who served as Energy Minister until July 2025), the apartment of Timur Mindich, and other individuals,” writes Welt
This past weekend, 15 people gathered in Friedrich-Ebert-Park in Lahr, Baden-Württemberg, to commemorate Kristallnacht (“Night of Broken Glass”), a campaign of violence against Jews across Germany carried out by the Nazis in 1938.
Shops were destroyed, windows shattered, belongings were smashed, and synagogues were set on fire. Jews were forced to pay for all damages, and as many as 30,000 Jewish men were forcibly sent to concentration camps.
According to Bild, those gathered in Friedrich-Ebert-Park, many of whom were carrying Israeli flags, were met with hateful insults, and their commemoration was interrupted.
“The people gathered around 4:30 p.m. to commemorate and pray together,” a local police spokesperson said. Videos show the participants, including many elderly and a child, were singing when a man suddenly appeared with a Palestinian flag. He smiled and shouted, “Free Palestine.”
Other men arrived at the scene, shouting hate slogans against Israel and doing their best to put an end to the commemoration.
Unfortunately, the situation escalated, with one man grabbing an Israeli flag from a woman, running off with it, and trying to set it on fire.
A 17-year-old Syrian refugee was arrested soon after, accused of stealing the flag. Another 32-year-old man, reportedly a stateless Arab refugee, was also temporarily detained, according to Bild.
Both suspects are known to police.
Restaurateur Bilal Aloge, 50, had joined the memorial service and told Bild that there were 20 young men in total who arrived to disrupt the event. “It was terrible. We were constantly being called ‘sons of bitches,’ and ‘Death to Israel’ was being shouted. I estimate the number of troublemakers at around 20 young men. It was very threatening, we were afraid.”
Baden-Württemberg’s CDU Interior Minister Thomas Strobl, 65, released a statement: “It is shameful and completely unacceptable how antisemitic hatred, incitement, and violence have spread on our streets – I condemn this in the strongest terms.”
Lahr’s Mayor Markus Ibert, 57, is also shocked: “The incident has deeply shaken me. Such an act is not only an attack on a national symbol, but in the case of the Israeli flag, also on a symbol of Judaism – and last but not least, an attack on peaceful coexistence in our city.”
Author and radio host Julia Adrat reflected the shock many others are feeling as well, posting on X that refugees simply fear “no consequences. No deportation. No punishment.”
“Apart from the unacceptable antisemitism that has now flooded our country – one must realize how incredibly safe so-called “refugees” feel here: They attack a Jewish memorial event for the Night of the Pogroms, right in the middle of Germany, with women and children present, and they know full well: There will be no consequences. No deportation. No punishment. Germany will continue to pay for them. Unacceptable!”
Berlin police are investigating the alleged gang rape of a 17-year-old girl in a high-rise building on Neue Grottkauer Straße in the Berlin district of Hellersdorf.
The teenager was found in the hallway of the building at around 8 a.m. on Saturday by a neighbor who had just returned from shopping. Emergency services were called after the girl, bruised and unable to speak, collapsed nearby.
“She looked terrible. I hope she gets proper therapy and can somehow get her life back on track,” the neighbor later told NIUS, which spoke to residents and building staff. Paramedics who arrived at the scene determined that her injuries were consistent with sexual assault and immediately alerted the police.
Investigators from the State Criminal Police Office (LKA) secured evidence in an apartment on the third floor of the building. Police spokesman Martin Stralau confirmed to both BILD and Berliner Zeitung that authorities are investigating on suspicion of a sexual offense. “An arrest has been made in this case, but the man has since been released,” Stralau said, adding that no further details would be provided “out of respect for the victim.”
According to BILD, the 17-year-old was allegedly raped by two, possibly three, men who were in the apartment at the time. Neighbors described the apartment as suspicious and frequently occupied by new individuals, with many individuals often frequenting the property. Several residents said that the actual tenant had not been seen for months, with the apartment door often propped open and the mailbox overflowing.
A building manager told NIUS that the municipal housing company Stadt und Land had been unable to reach the tenant, identified as Amra R., who is believed to have sublet the flat before disappearing. “The apartment was vacated in September but left unlocked,” the manager said, adding that “dark-skinned men were later seen coming and going from the third-floor unit.”
Another resident told reporters that groups of men frequently entered the building at night. “The front door would be forced open, and men with hoods would scurry up to the third floor and disappear into that apartment,” said one elderly woman living on the ground floor.
Police have not disclosed the relationship, if any, between the victim and the suspected perpetrators, nor whether the girl entered the apartment voluntarily or was coerced.
A Tunisian man was briefly detained but later released. It is unclear if he still remains a suspect in the case.
In February, figures extracted from the state government following a parliamentary inquiry by independent MP Antonin Brousek found nearly half of all rapes and gang rapes committed in Berlin last year were carried out by non-Germans.
According to state government data, 7,475 sexual offenses were recorded in 2024, including rape and sexual harassment. Of the 754 identified rape suspects, 373 did not have German citizenship. Similarly, in cases of sexual harassment, 701 suspects were identified, of whom 353 were non-Germans.
These figures are always skewed, however, as foreign-born nationals who have since been naturalized are categorized as German.
Following the horrific assault and attempted rape suffered by Brazilian tourist Jhordana on Oct. 15 on a Paris RER C train, discussions about possible solutions to the increasing number of sexual assaults and harassment in France are growing. While many on the left are proposing women-only train cars, many women are pointing out that the true threat is “massive, uncontrolled immigration.”
On X, French MEP Marion Maréchal wrote: “83% of victims of sexual violence in Île-de-France transport are French, while 61% of those accused of these acts are foreign. The problem is not men, the problem is mass immigration.”
83% des victimes de violences sexuelles dans les transports d’Île-de-France sont françaises, tandis que 61% des mis en cause pour ces faits sont étrangers.
Le problème, ce ne sont pas les hommes ; le problème, c’est l’immigration de masse. pic.twitter.com/fNmKvoh4f6
In addition, Astrid Mae, a spokeswoman for the French feminist group Collectif Némésis, said the left’s suggestion that women-only train cars should be implemented is nothing more than a “band-aid” for a social wound.
“There is a problem of massive, uncontrolled immigration. We know that today, 62 percent of sexual assaults on public transport in the Ile-de-France region are committed by foreigners,” she said.
🇫🇷"There is a problem of massive, uncontrolled immigration. We know that today, 62% of sexual assaults on public transport in the Ile-de-France region are committed by foreigners."
The video of the Brazilian woman struggling to avoid being raped is difficult viewing, but it has thrust the role of foreigners in sexual harassment and rape into the spotlight once again.
Mae said the solution to the crisis is not segregation.
“Are we going to put a policeman behind every woman on public transport? And it’s not just public transport. It’s in the street, all the time. Unfortunately, it’s global. Are we going to create women-only parks? We’re talking about segregation. Rights are withdrawn. What’s the next step? We’re going to veil all women to prevent them from being attacked? You can really find it gets absurd,” she said.
🇫🇷🚨 Sexual violence against women on French public transport has increased 86% since 2016, according to new data released today from the National Observatory on Violence against Women (Miprof)
A petition launched on Change.org on Oct. 24 calls on Île-de-France Mobilités and SNCF to “take concrete action” against the scourge of insecurity faced by women. Tens of thousands of people have signed it.
🇫🇷🔴 "it seems he is looking for prey."
Serial groper, Tunisian migrant Nidhal O., sexually assaulted 3 different women in the Paris Metro — all on camera.
He was arrested in December 2023 and was finally sentenced to 11 years in prison on Sept. 26.
The petition’s author, Marie K., a resident of Val-d’Oise who regularly takes the RER D, said such initiatives have worked in other countries such as Mexico, Japan, India, and Dubai, where “these measures have become the norm.”
The petition also demands “strengthened surveillance and security measures” in these women-only areas and to “conduct an independent evaluation of the project by involving female passengers.”
“Safety is not a privilege, it is a fundamental right,” she wrote in her petition. “Île-de-France can become the first region in France to set an example by making public transportation a truly safe space for women. Women should not feel fear on every journey. They have the right to travel in peace and safety.”
🇫🇷‼️ A young French woman recounts her recent experience on the metro in Paris:
"I was called a whore on the metro for wearing shorts. I don't think I have to tell you the kind of people they were. What's your problem? When are you going to leave us alone?" pic.twitter.com/EAXzpqVztb
She seems to blame the issue more on men than foreigners, writing: “As long as the system doesn’t protect us, I consider this idea a temporary and necessary measure, at least to reduce the risks. And to be honest, I don’t believe in the idea of re-educating aggressive men. It’s a nice theory, but it doesn’t work in reality.”
Clearly, women do not feel safe in France. According to a study by the National Observatory of Violence Against Women published in March, it showed that 56 percent of the women did not feel safe on the Paris region’s rail network, while 80 percent stated they were on “high alert.”
As Remix News previously reported, women are increasingly changing their clothes before they enter the French public transportation system in order to avoid being targeted with sexual harassment.
🇫🇷🔴 Many young women in France have a "subway shirt" for avoiding harassment on the train system.
It has become a "reflex" to put on more clothing before getting on public transport, even in summer.
A 50-year-old woman has given a harrowing account of the torture she endured after being kidnapped and held for a week inside a drug den in Alicante’s Juan XXIII neighborhood. The interview, broadcast on Cuatro’s “En boca de todos,” came days after the National Police confirmed the arrest of an Algerian national accused of leading the attack.
In her testimony, the victim — identified only as Eva — described being tied up, beaten, burned, and raped repeatedly over seven days. Speaking from her hospital bed, she said she was awaiting surgery in the burns unit for injuries to her chest and abdomen. “Half of my body is burned,” she said, explaining that her attackers used a blowtorch to torture her. “They cut my hair with a knife, and that’s when the torture began with the blowtorch. The next day, the rapes began.”
Eva said she was taken to the apartment by a woman she knew, who told her that some “friends from San Juan” wanted to meet her. “When I got there, I went to the bathroom. I took a few puffs from a joint, and when I came out, she was gone,” Eva recalled. “Then he came in and punched me so hard he destroyed my eye. He hit me again in the ear, then tied me up with zip ties. I was on the floor when the torture began.”
“Who were these bastards?” asked the interviewer, to which Eva replied, “Three Arab Algerians.”
She said she was kept locked in a small room “lined with cardboard” to muffle her screams, where she was burned and assaulted daily. “I wanted to die from the first moment,” she said through tears. “I couldn’t understand why a person could do that without even knowing you, just by your face.”
By the seventh day, Eva said she was convulsing and feverish from her injuries. “They said they were going to put me in a car and dump me in an empty field so I’d die there,” she said. She only survived after another woman — the same acquaintance who had brought her to the apartment — briefly returned. “I told her, ‘Help me, call the police, get out of here, look what they’ve done to me. What they’ve done to me, they’ll do to you too.’”
The woman fled and contacted police the next day. When officers arrived, they found Eva lying semi-conscious on the floor, suffering from burns on her torso and legs. “When the police came in, they were like angels,” she said. “Most of them knew me, but they hadn’t recognized me because they’d cut off my hair.”
According to the National Police, the ordeal began on Nov. 1. The main suspect, an Algerian man, has been charged with kidnapping, sexual assault, and torture. Two other men — one Algerian and one Spanish citizen — were present during the assault and are accused of unlawful detention for preventing Eva from escaping. Both claimed they acted under duress.
Police said the main suspect had been arrested the previous night on an unrelated charge, which helped investigators locate him quickly once Eva’s statement was taken. He has since been remanded in pre-trial detention.
Authorities say the investigation remains open to establish the full circumstances of the crime and the degree of involvement of the other two suspects.
Poland celebrated regaining independence on Nov. 11, marking the day in 1918 that the country became the Second Polish Republic, free from the German, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Empires.
This year’s Independence March, under the slogan “One Nation, Strong Poland,” started in the capital of Warsaw with a prayer at Dmowski Roundabout.
Although no official figures have been released, Warsaw City Hall estimated that the demonstration attracted approximately 100,000 participants, with the organizer claiming that figure could be as high as 250,000.
Other events and gatherings took place in cities across the country.
President Karol Nawrocki posted a message on X, commemorating the event, emphasizing Poland’s independence from the West:
“The Fathers of Independence were diverse, representing different social groups, but they wanted a common independence and did not fail those five generations that worked for a free and independent Poland – our common home. I will never allow us to become a parrot of nations repeating what comes from the West.
“Poland first, Poles first! A free, independent, and sovereign Poland is our commitment, and that’s what this holiday is about!”
Ojcowie Niepodległości byli różni, reprezentowali inne grupy społeczne, ale chcieli wspólnej niepodległości i nie zawiedli tych pięciu pokoleń, które pracowały na wolną i niepodległą Polskę – na nasz wspólny dom.
On the eve of the holiday, Prime Minister Donald Tusk tied his message to Poland’s continued support for Ukraine, with far less emphasis on sovereignty.
“Democratic and law-abiding Poland, strong with its economy and army, rooted in Europe and Western civilization, in solidarity with Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression, proud and secure Poland – that is today our INDEPENDENCE.”
Later in the day, Tusk did reiterate that Poland would not be accepting any migrants under the EU migration pact.
“As I said, Poland will not accept migrants under the Migration Pact. Nor will it pay for them. This has already been decided. We do, we don’t talk!”
U.K. television personality and millionaire businesswoman Deborah Meaden has drawn criticism on social media after rebuking Rupert Lowe, MP and leader of Restore Britain, for suggesting Britain should create “a hostile and unwelcoming environment” to discourage illegal immigration.
Meaden replied, “Create a hostile environment… is that really the Country you want to live in? Jeez… you are not my Britain.”
“A hostile environment for unvetted foreign invaders? Many of whom are criminals? Inflicting awful crimes on the British people? Yes,” Lowe hit back. “I absolutely want a hostile environment for those people. I want them all deported. I don’t really care how that happens.”
A hostile environment for unvetted foreign invaders? Many of whom are criminals? Inflicting awful crimes on the British people?
Yes. I absolutely want a hostile environment for those people.
I want them all deported. I don’t really care how that happens.
The exchange quickly reignited debate over Meaden’s political leanings and personal background. A long-time supporter of progressive causes, Meaden has spoken frequently about environmentalism, liberal migration policies, and support for left-wing parties. Last month, she described the rise of the Green Party — whose new leadership advocates leaving NATO and dramatically increasing climate spending — as “extremely hopeful.”
“It’s sent an alternative message that it’s not all about Reform versus Labour. There’s another way,” she told This Is Money.
However, critics accused her of hypocrisy after a user pointed out that she lives in an area that is 96.9 percent White, residing in the former mansion of the 1st Earl of Chatham, with 10 bedrooms, four bathrooms, and 240 acres of land. The same user described the property as “a former earl’s mansion with 38 pets and a tennis court,” suggesting her views on migration may be shaped by privilege rather than experience of diverse communities.
Green Party Leader Zack Polanski and far-left former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn were also quick to condemn Lowe for his remarks.
Polanski told Left Foot Forwardthat Lowe’s comments were “cruel, nasty and deeply un-British,” adding that “the mask is off.” Corbyn added, “This is an utterly repulsive incitement of hatred. The hostile environment was a shameful period for this country — and it is beyond disgusting that a sitting MP would call for its return.”
Jeremy – I couldn't give a shit about defending the 'humanity' of third world conmen who have broken into our country.
I want a society where British families can live without the fear of getting stabbed by a foreigner who should never have been allowed into Britain.
Green Party Deputy Leader Rachel Millward faced accusations of double standards this week after objecting to the government’s decision to house 600 asylum seekers at the Crowborough Army Training Center in her Wealden district.
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In a letter to Migration Minister Mike Tapp, Millward and Council Leader James Partridge said the plan had been “unilaterally” imposed without consultation. They wrote that the council had received “significant concerns about the suitability of the site” and warned the decision would cause “major problems” for both asylum seekers and residents. “We simply do not have information to reassure us that the well-being and safety of both asylum seekers and local communities will be properly safeguarded,” the letter stated.
Yet, just weeks earlier, Millward had struck a very different tone in a speech to the Green Party Conference, declaring, “There will be a day when we sit our grandchildren on our knees and we tell them, ‘First they came for the immigrants, so we hung out flags from all the nations and we said refugees are welcome here.’”
Critics highlighted the contrast between that rhetoric and her subsequent letter seeking to prevent asylum housing in her district which, according to the 2021 Census, is 91 percent White.
Together, the controversies surrounding both Meaden and far-left politicians have fueled accusations of hypocrisy among affluent progressives — those who advocate open borders and multiculturalism in principle, but object when such policies are applied in their own localities.
According to the German police, it is absolutely clear: the Nord Stream 2 bombing was carried out by an elite Ukrainian military unit under the direct supervision of the then Ukrainian commander-in-chief, General Valery Zaluzhnyi. The investigation was not only complicated by the Ukrainians, but the Poles may also have contributed to the escape of one of the suspects.
For three years, a German investigative team gathered every weekday morning at the German federal police headquarters in Potsdam, Berlin, to find out who was behind the explosion of the Nord Stream gas pipelines. They quickly realized that the Ukrainians were behind the attack and continued the investigation despite pressure that finding the perpetrators could jeopardize support for Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Poland has already refused to extradite one suspect to face trial in Germany. Instead, he is being hailed as a hero for blowing up the pipeline.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk called the investigation ridiculous. The problem is not that the pipeline was blown up, he said. The “problem is that it was built.”
The September 2022 explosions released a massive amount of methane into the Baltic Sea, the largest human-caused release of the greenhouse gas ever recorded. Some American and German officials have accused Russia of carrying out the explosions. The Kremlin has claimed that the United States and the United Kingdom were behind the attack.
German police, prosecutors and others familiar with the complexities of the case, however, claimed to have a clear picture of how an elite Ukrainian military unit carried out the attacks under the direct supervision of the then Ukrainian commander-in-chief, General Valery Zaluzhnyi.
The investigation
By tracking boat rental companies, telephone numbers and license plates, the Potsdam team laid the groundwork for German authorities to issue arrest warrants for three Ukrainian special forces soldiers and four veteran deep-sea divers, sources familiar with the matter told the newspaper.
The crucial piece of evidence was a grainy black-and-white photo taken by a German speed camera. The image showed the face of a Ukrainian deep-sea diver, whom police identified using commercially available facial recognition software. Within minutes, they found social media profiles and professional websites that contained links to other suspects in the case.
The Ukrainian diver, who was tracked down by the team in Poland, was later taken to Ukraine in a black BMW with diplomatic license plates, driven by the Ukrainian military attaché in Warsaw.
The Ukrainian government declined to comment on the matter. A senior Ukrainian official said privately that Kyiv acted after being warned by the Polish government.
The commander of the operation was found in Italy, where he was on vacation.
Serhii K. may soon be extradited to the Germans by Italian authorities, but according to the Wall Street Journal, bringing him to trial could worsen Ukrainian-German relations.
However, despite the diplomatic consequences, the Germans want to bring Serhii K. to justice, who is currently on hunger strike in an Italian prison, claiming that he is not being provided with food suitable for his vegan lifestyle. Once he is in condition to be transported, the Germans have already prepared a plane to fly him to Hamburg.
A 25-year-old Algerian migrant, who was supposed to be in a semi-open detention unit, has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison for sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl at Maule station in Yvelines, France.
The assault took place on Nov. 2 while the teenager was waiting for a train home. The man, who was under an obligation to return to his facility in Villejuif that afternoon, instead remained in Maule, claiming later in court that he was “sick” and had stayed with his girlfriend.
According to the case presented at the Versailles Criminal Court as cited by Actu, the man approached the victim shortly after 6 p.m., asking for help buying a travel pass. As she assisted him, he became aggressive, asking if he could kiss her. When she refused, he grabbed her and kissed her by force. The court heard how the girl moved away to a bench, but he followed her, caressing her body and moving toward her genitals.
The assault continued briefly on the train before she managed to distance herself.
The accused, who required an interpreter in court, denied wrongdoing. He claimed he already knew the girl and that their contact had been consensual.
“I had met her before in Mantes-la-Jolie and she told me she was 19. I’m not the kind of person who attacks women,” he told the judges.
The victim contested this entirely. She told the court she had never seen him before and had not been to Mantes-la-Jolie in a long time.
“When he kissed me, I felt panic and confusion,” she said. “I didn’t understand what was happening. I just wanted it to stop.”
Her father testified that she had self-harmed after the assault, saying she wanted to erase the places on her body where she had been touched.
The man, who arrived in France in 2018, has six prior convictions, including for indecent exposure to a minor. The court heard that he consumes cannabis daily and regularly drinks alcohol, despite serving time in an open detention facility.
The prosecutor described his explanations as inconsistent and implausible, saying the victim’s account was fully supported by the evidence.
The prosecution requested a 30-month prison term and a permanent expulsion order from French territory. The judges ultimately imposed a harsher penalty: three years for the sexual assault and an additional six months for violating the conditions of his semi-open detention.
After completing his three and a half year sentence, he will be expelled from France.
French political leader, Éric Zemmour, himself a somewhat observant Jew, took direct aim at Jewish organizations in France, which he called primarily left-wing and partly responsible for the waves of Muslim migrants who are largely anti-Semitic and hostile towards Israel and Jews.
“For 30 years, I have been fighting against the Jewish institutions of France, which for the most part are left-wing and which have taken the side of Muslim immigration. They have guilt-tripped the French opposed to immigration by calling them Nazis. They have only opened their eyes since Oct. 7,” he wrote on X.
Ça fait trente ans que je me bats contre les institutions juives de France, qui pour la plupart sont de gauche et qui ont pris fait et cause pour l’immigration musulmane.
Elles ont culpabilisé les Français opposés à l’immigration en les traitant de nazis. Elles n’ouvrent les… pic.twitter.com/j9UFwghZxz
During an interview, he also stated that to Le Figaro that “for 30 years now, I’ve been fighting against the tendency of Jewish institutions in France, and I do mean Jewish institutions, the CRIF, the Jeunesses Juives (Jewish Youth) movement, etc., which are left-wing, which have left-wing leanings and which in the 1980s championed Arab-Muslim immigration.”
He added that many of these individuals have come to him in private after the Oct. 7 attacks and told him it was a mistake. It was a very serious mistake, which made the French feel guilty by telling them If you send the Muslims back, you’re going to do exactly what you did with the Jews in 1942, which was wrong and a scandal. So I said it, I said it at the time and today most of us, most of these people in private, come to tell me that I was right.”
Zemmour promotes Christians, Jews and Muslims uniting
Posting a clip from his interview on X, Zemmour stated: “Neither Nazism nor Communism succeeded in destroying Christianity. If all those who want France to remain Catholic fight side by side, we can save France by stopping the Islamization of France and Europe.”
France will soon face “a new, long-term divide between those who want France to remain France and a new version of the ‘party of foreigners,’ the Islamo-leftists led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon,” according to Éric Zemmour, the president of France’s right-wing Reconquête party.
Discussing his latest essay, “La messe n’est pas dite” (“It’s not over yet”), Zemmour told Le Figaro TV that a Judeo-Christian resurgence is needed in the face of “the Islamic invasion which is subverting Christian identity.”
He also invited, not just Jews and Christians to join together for this battle, but those Muslims who seek to “break free from the Islamic empire.”
“One cannot be French without being imbued with Christian identity,” he told viewers. While not denying he is in no way a “true believer” in Catholic doctrine, Zemmour nevertheless bemoans the direction the Church has taken since the Second Vatican Council, going so far as to blame this trend of “Protestantization of Catholicism,” placing reason over emotion for the “de-Christianization of France.”
In yet another sign of the rampant corruption in Ukraine, Ukrainian security forces raided the apartment of Timur Mindich, a businessman associated with President Volodymyr Zelensky. However, the oligarch had already left the country just hours before, likely after being tipped off by an insider.
Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) says that $100 million is believed to have been siphoned off due to a “money laundering operation,” and other associates were involved. The 15-month investigation featured 1,000 hours of wiretapping and resulted in 70 raids, according to NABU.
There are numerous reports speculating that Mindich, who has close connections to Israel and just celebrated his birthday there, fled to Israel, but so far, most media reports do not disclose his destination country.
In a statement, NABU indicated that several individuals had formed a criminal gang and built “a large-scale corruption scheme to influence strategic enterprises in the public sector, in particular Energoatom.”
The scheme involved forcing Energoatom’s counterparties to pay kickbacks of approximately 10 to 15 percent of contract values in order to avoid having payments for services or goods blocked, or possibly losing their status as suppliers, the bureau reported.
NABU indicated that the raids and arrests were a part of an operation code-named “Midas,” with the initial investigations already launched in 2024.
“Particular attention was paid to cryptocurrencies. Most operations, including cash withdrawals, took place outside Ukraine. For example, during foreign delegations of representatives of state bodies and the management of state-owned energy sector enterprises,” NABU notes.
Mindich, 46, is from the city of Dnipro in central Ukraine. He is a film producer and former business partner of Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky.
He reportedly has links to Israel. Mindich celebrated his birthday in Israel in September, returned to Ukraine in mid-October and then went to Israel again, according to Ukrainska Pravda’s sources.
Mindich is also a long-time friend of Zelensky, with whom he co-owned production company Kvartal 95 until Zelensky transferred his stake to partners after being elected president in 2019.
Mindich also co-owns Green Family Ltd, a Cypriot firm that co-founded film production companies in Russia, according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL).
Kolomoisky told Ukrainska Pravda in 2022 that Mindich had introduced him to Zelensky before he became president.
In 2019, Zelensky drove an armored car provided by Mindich, RFE/RL reported.
Notably, Zelensky ran into serious hot water with the entire European Union when he attempted to eliminate NABU’s independence, which sparked outrage in Brussels. At the time, it sparked the first large-scale protests in the city since the war broke out. Zelensky was forced to backtrack, but the investigation into his associate may have played a vital role in Zelensky’s efforts to neuter NABU.
As part of the investigation, NABU and the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP) released excerpts from audio recordings featuring conversations between individuals using the pseudonyms “Rakieta,” “Tenor,” and “Karlson.” They discussed investments in the energy sector, the distribution of bribes, and potential personnel changes within the Ministry of Energy and Enerhoatom itself.
According to reports from the website “Ukrainska Pravda,” the suspects include Mindich as well as Justice Minister Herman Halushchenko, whose home was also searched. He previously served as energy minister.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the matter in his evening address, emphasizing the need to hold those responsible accountable.
“All effective measures against corruption are crucial. The certainty of punishment is essential. Enerhoatom currently provides the largest share of energy production in Ukraine. Cleanliness at this company is a priority,” Zelenskyy said.
Already, three in four Ukrainians believe Zelensky is at fault for corruption in the country. This latest case is sure to ramp up pressure on his regime, which refuses to hold elections.
According to a survey conducted by the Foundation for Democratic Initiatives and the Kyiv International Sociological Institute, with the support of the Prague Center for Civil Society, 77.6 percent of Ukrainian respondents blame the Ukrainian leader for endemic corruption.
Notably, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is coming under fire from the EU for refusing to move forward with Ukraine’s EU membership, despite the fact that it is rife with corruption, is currently engaged in a war with Russia, and has abandoned democracy long ago, including canceling opposition parties, refusing to hold elections, and shutting down numerous media outlets.
Russia gleeful after mass raids
Russia recognizes how embarrassing the raids on Zelensky’s associate are and how potentially dangerous they are for his continued rule.
Vladimir Rogov, chairman of the Commission of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation, stated that “Mindich is one of Zelensky’s main wallets, but not the only one. Now there is a surge of panic and fear in Zelensky’s entourage. And troubled times are coming for Zelensky himself.”
He described “panic” inside Zelensky’s regime, and he said that his entourage is now accusing NABU of working with Russia.
“It will look doubly ridiculous. NABU is a purely American tool for controlling funds and combating Zelensky’s exorbitant thievish appetites,” Rogov said.
Prices in Poland are skyrocketing. In one week, the price of a shopping basket containing essential products has increased by a staggering 3 percent.
According to a report prepared by analysts from the PanParagon application, the price of the standard shopping cart increased by 3 percent in just one week, Do Rzezcy reports.
PanParagon examines 14 products considered essential to Polish consumers.
Poles now have to pay an average of 100.50 złoty (€24) for these basic grocery items, according to the app’s experts, an increase of 3 percent in one week, compared to the .7 percent increase seen in the previous week.
Analysts point out that the psychological threshold of 100 złoty has also been broken, a level not seen since July.
Red peppers have seen the biggest price increase, reaching a whopping 16.7 percent week-over-week. Currently, 1 kilogam of peppers costs 11.44 złoty. Tomato prices are also rising, up 7.7 percent. The average price per kg is now 12.21 złoty. Apples have increased their prices by 2.9 percent in a week, and carrots by 2.5 percent. Prices for milk, chicken breast, and Kaiser rolls have also increased.
There are a few bright spots. Potatoes have fallen in price by 5.8 percent, broccoli is 2.8 percent cheaper, and the price of butter has dropped 1.5 percent.
Cost increases will not be helped by the government’s new packaging fee, prepared by the Ministry of Climate and Environment in line with a requirement of the EU Packaging Directive. The government has argued that the goal is to reduce costs for local governments and producers, but industry experts say the fee will ultimately be paid by consumers via higher prices.
A group of 37 agri-food organizations appealed to the government for dialogue on the fee late last month.
The German government has sent letters offering Afghan nationals taxpayer-funded cash incentives to withdraw from resettlement programs and either return to Afghanistan or move to a third country, as reported by the German Press Agency (dpa).
The letters, distributed via the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ), offer several thousand euros in compensation and logistical support, such as transport, medical assistance, and three months of psychosocial care to Afghan nationals awaiting resettlement flights in their home country and neighboring Pakistan.
The federal interior ministry, cited by Welt, said the voluntary offer is meant to “give those who cannot expect to be accepted in Germany a future.”
Recipients were told that all local admission procedures must be completed by the end of 2025 and warned that “there is no guarantee all steps can be completed on time.” The deadline to accept the offer is Nov. 17, after which re-entry into the relocation process will not be possible.
Over 2,000 Afghan nationals are currently awaiting transfer to Germany under various protection and resettlement schemes. The current CDU/CSU-SPD coalition government suspended the previous administration’s admission programs for Afghans in May, but flights have continued to arrive since the Berlin Administrative Court ruled that the government must honor its previous commitments to admit an Afghan woman and her 13 family members in a landmark case.
The court found that previously issued admission approvals were legally binding and could not be revoked, ordering the Foreign Ministry to act immediately. While the government had the opportunity to appeal the decision, it withdrew its application in August, finalizing the ruling.
The interior ministry defended the financial incentive proposal, saying it targets those whose resettlement approvals were never finalized.
The various Afghan resettlement schemes were launched in 2021 after the Taliban retook control of the country. Applicants were required to travel to Pakistan for visa processing and security screening before entering Germany.
The government argues that the suspension of admissions is necessary due to “security and procedural concerns” fuelled by newspaper reports earlier this year that only one in eight Afghans admitted under special protection programs had undergone full security vetting before arrival. The report claimed that more than 31,000 Afghans and family members entered Germany without complete background checks.
The federal police union (DPolG) urged a total suspension of flights, citing identity-verification failures and terrorism concerns. “The current procedure, in which travel documents are issued despite identities not being fully verified, is highly risky and irresponsible,” said DPolG chief Heiko Teggatz in March.
The Polish prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation into attempts to recruit Belarusian citizens living in Poland by the Belarusian secret services (KGB).
According to the Do Rzeczy news portal, RMF FM broke the news that KGB officers had reportedly been in contact with employees of the National Anti-Crisis Directorate (NZA), part of the Belarusian opposition operating in Poland.
KGB agents are said to have attempted to persuade opposition activists, primarily via the Telegram app, to provide information about the Belarusian diaspora in Poland. The messages received by NZA members employed various forms of pressure, from blackmail and bribery to promises of a “clean slate.”
“They send messages, offering cooperation: ‘You’ll receive 3,000 złoty (€700) for information.’ Further payments depend on the initial outcome. There are also threats directed at me—’Tell Latushka that you’ll be killed,’” said Paweł Latushka, head of the National Anti-Crisis Directorate and deputy chairwoman of the United Transitional Cabinet.
Latushka emphasized that the Belarusian security services are using psychological pressure on opposition activists and threatening family members who still live in Belarus. “They are using blackmail, bribery, physical threats, discrediting, psychological pressure, and also against our families in Belarus,” he said.
According to him, the scale of the KGB’s activities is very broad, with 15 such cases already reported, and the recruitment attempts themselves could pose a threat to Poland’s security.
“The KGB is implementing its grim plans. We were forced to evacuate several families from Belarus because the services were harassing them, threatening them with detention and arrest. These are people who had to abandon their entire lives and flee. Never in the history of the Belarusian democratic movement has the regime’s services been so determined to destroy us,” Latushka told RMF FM.
The prosecutor’s office’s investigation is based on an article of the Penal Code concerning participation in foreign intelligence activities against Poland. According to the law, such an offense is punishable by a minimum of five years in prison, and after the 2023 amendment to the Code, up to 30 years in prison.
Law and Justice (PiS) leader Jarosław Kaczyński appealed for the unity of Polish patriots in the face of what he called threats to the country’s sovereignty and the actions of the current government.
During his speech on the eve of Poland’s National Independence Day, he repeatedly invoked the idea of patriotism and called for the reconstruction of a strong state.
“We need national unity, the unity of Polish patriots. Those who will never cooperate with those who currently govern Poland and who refuse to accept that people dependent on external sources can lead the country,” Kaczyński said, as cited by Do Rzeczy.
Kaczyński stressed that the only path to victory is for the opposition to cooperate against PM Tusk’s ruling coalition.
“This is fundamental today. The forces that share this view must unite—it’s the only path to victory. This system must be overthrown, because today we already hear talk of a new, dictatorial system in the works,” he said.
He also noted foreign influences and threats to Polish independence, mentioning both Germany and Russia.
“External forces, both from the West, specifically Germany—there’s no point in hiding it—and from the East, Russia, are acting against Poland. If we agree to this, we will truly be a German-Russian condominium until the end,” he stated.
The PiS leader added that Poland needs a strong state and a government that acts in the national interest. “We need good government, a good government, not the one we have today, because it’s leading us down this very path.”
Kaczyński also addressed the issue of educating the younger generation and rebuilding the national community, emphasizing his belief in an ultimate rebirth for the country. “I believe that Poles possess the strength, faith, and everything necessary for victory. I believe that this present time is only a serious but brief illness,” he said.
“Poland must be independent, free, and a homeland for Poles. And we must educate young people and children so that they grow up as Poles—so that this disease that has plagued us for decades can finally be cured,” he said.
In Bavaria, native German speakers are now in the minority in almost one in five regular school classes, according to figures released by the Bavarian Ministry of Education in response to a parliamentary inquiry from AfD lawmaker Markus Walbrunn.
The ministry said 10,555 regular classes last school year mostly comprised students whose mother tongue is not German, and 257 regular classes had no native German speakers at all.
The data covers the 2024/25 academic year. It said students without a migration background were a minority in 11,110 regular classes, equal to 18.5 percent of all classes. In 320 regular classes, every student had a migration background.
Walbrunn, as cited by Nius, called the data a “wake-up call for Bavaria,” arguing that pupils who do not speak German at home “will not only find it harder to follow the lessons themselves, but ultimately also jeopardize the educational success of their classmates due to the additional attention they require from teachers.”
He accused the state government led by CSU Minister-PresidentMarkus Söder of boasting “with empty promises of integration,” adding, “our children are becoming a minority in their own classrooms.”
In total, 13,290 classes have a majority of children with a migration background, 11,110 of them regular classes. Some 12,639 classes consist mostly of students with a non-German mother tongue, including 10,555 regular classes. In 1,064 classes — 920 of them regular — German native speakers account for exactly half. At the school level, six general education schools reported that all students have a migration background, and two schools reported no students with German as a mother tongue.
A majority of students have a migration background at 852 schools statewide, 810 of them regular schools; 807 schools are predominantly attended by students whose mother tongue is not German, including 772 regular schools.
The Bavarian Ministry of Education said “cultural diversity in the school context” is “everyday life, a challenge, and an opportunity for learners and teachers.” It said Bavaria focuses on “diverse educational opportunities tailored to children’s abilities and talents, thus promoting integration rather than segregation,” and noted that schools with a high share of children with insufficient German are “supported with various funding programs and resources.”
The debate is not confined to Bavaria. Federal Education Minister Karin Prien signaled openness this summer to exploring limits on the concentration of students with a migration background in individual classes, saying, “I think it always makes sense to look at the experiences of other countries to see whether it ends up being 30 percent or 40 percent.”
Bavaria’s overall migrant share, around 27 percent, is lower than in North Rhine-Westphalia, Baden-Württemberg, Berlin, and Bremen, where shares range roughly from the low thirties to above 40 percent.
AfD co-chair Alice Weidel, reacting to a separate report on school disorder, said last week, “Our children are paying the price for the establishment’s complete failure of migration policy!”
Hilferuf einer Ludwigshafener Realschule mit über 90% Migrationsanteil: Täglich Gewalt, Drohungen, permanente Polizeieinsätze. Lehrer, die um ihr Leben fürchten. Unsere Kinder zahlen den Preis für das migrationspolitische Totalversagen der Etablierten! ! https://t.co/B1uyp7tJtl
Concerns about classroom safety and language proficiency have been amplified by recent high-profile incidents reported elsewhere in Germany. In Ludwigshafen, teachers at the Karolina-Burger-Realschule Plus wrote a 10-page letter to authorities describing violence, threats, and severe disciplinary problems. “Ms. XY, aren’t you afraid that someone will stab you from behind when you stand with your back to the class?” one passage read, while another student allegedly shouted, “I’ll shoot you all.”
Police recorded 121 incidents at the school between 2022 and 2024, 118 of which resulted in criminal complaints, according to local reporting.
In May, a 16-year-old student threatened a teacher with a knife, for which he will face detention proceedings for attempted manslaughter next month, according to Welt.
The school in question, which has reported on average one case a week for the past three years of sexualized insults against female teachers, has a migration background of over 90 percent.
Other cases have sparked broader debate about integration, language, and school climate. In Berlin, a primary school teacher said he endured months of abuse, including “Gay is disgusting,” and reported that some Muslim students told him he was a “disgrace to the family” who would “end up in hell,” with one student declaring, “Islam is in charge here.”
In another Berlin case, the parents of a 10-year-old girl named Emilia said their daughter suffered repeated assaults and threats on school grounds and has since been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. “Someone gets beaten up every break,” Emilia told Bild.
The family said that during a mediation attempt with another student’s parents, “(the boy’s) sister, who attends the neighboring high school, had to translate because the parents hardly speak any German.”
School leaders warn that some children arrive without the German required for learning the curriculum, undermining the idea that language can simply be “absorbed” in the playground.
“No child here is swimming in German waters, they remain in their Arab, Turkish, Afghan pools,” one principal was quoted as saying, adding that some students develop a basic slang of “50–100 words” that is insufficient for academic work.
Spanish police have arrested a 27-year-old Algerian woman in Alicante for allegedly pouring an irritant liquid into the eyes of her 2-year-old son over a period of several months, leaving him partially blind and requiring months of hospital care.
The case came to light after staff at the Doctor Balmis General Hospital grew suspicious of the child’s recurring eye inflammation, which failed to respond to treatment.
As reported by Europa Press, doctors noted that the boy became visibly distressed whenever his mother was present, but calmed down when she was absent. When his mother was removed from contact with him under a court order, his condition rapidly improved.
The child had been hospitalized since August and was discharged only recently, now living with a foster family under protective custody.
Medical specialists concluded that the injuries were not caused by illness but by “human action,” prompting hospital administrators to alert the authorities, who later opened the investigation that led to the woman’s arrest.
The suspect also has a 7-year-old daughter born in Algeria, who is now totally blind, with authorities investigating whether the mother was also responsible for the rapid deterioration in her daughter’s vision.
The woman is suspected of suffering from a psychiatric condition known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy, which involves a caregiver deliberately causing symptoms in someone under their care to gain attention or sympathy.
According to the police investigation, the woman arrived in Alicante in February 2020 with her daughter, who was already experiencing severe vision loss before later being declared blind. Two Algerian medical reports confirmed that her condition was irreversible, and the child received further treatment in Spain.
While in Alicante, the woman had another child with a 44-year-old Algerian man who has lived in Spain for more than two decades. In 2023, she contacted police, saying she wished to surrender her two children because she was unable to care for them after separating from her partner. Both parents were briefly detained for suspected child abandonment, and the siblings were placed in temporary state care before the mother was later reunited with them. It is unclear why the mother was granted custody of the children.
In January of this year, the boy was again admitted to the hospital with severe keratoconjunctivitis. Medical staff later determined that his recurring injuries were caused by exposure to an irritant substance rather than infection.
A judicial restraining order against the mother was issued, and investigators say the child’s eyesight began to recover once contact with his mother ceased.
The National Police said the investigation remains ongoing to determine the full scope of the mother’s actions and her psychological condition.
While Hungarian students are still unable to participate in Erasmus programs for political reasons, Ursula von der Leyen has now announced that EU funds will be used for students from North Africa and the Middle East to freely do so, Nova24 reports.
According to the recent announcement by the head of the EC, “some North African and Middle Eastern countries, which are not part of Europe geographically, culturally or ethnically, would thus gain the status of ‘associated countries,’ which would mean full inclusion in Erasmus+.”
Nova24 highlights that this would put them on equal footing with non-EU European countries, such as Serbia and Norway.
This would also mean that more students from these countries would be travelling to the EU, receiving scholarships from EU taxpayer money, and even allowing African and Middle Eastern universities to apply for funding for their own projects.
Meanwhile, Hungarians are barred from Erasmus+ due to ongoing rule-of-law sanctions from the European Commission.
Students from Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and other countries have already been coming to the EU to study, but in a far more limited capacity. This new development would aggressively expand the opportunities open to them and lengthen their stays.
Announced as part of the Pact for the Mediterranean, announced last month in an effort to “boost jobs, energy and security in the Mediterranean,” the EU is expected to allocate as much as €42 billion to the project.
The EU is struggling with a lackluster economy, societies torn apart by migration, and a neighboring war, so the funds could easily be used elsewhere — even to help integrate the many migrants it has accepted in the last decade and make sure they are employed.
While the EU continues to freeze billions in funding for Hungary, it continuously awards non-EU member states, including authoritarian Ukraine, with tens of billions. This latest infusion of money and rights for non-EU foreigners looking to study in the EU is expected to sow further division among member states, especially Hungary.
There are even greater concerns that there is little oversight as to the students coming in, i.e., whether they could pose any clear risk. French MEP Céline Imart (Republicans) has previously spoken in the European Parliament and exposed the EU’s hypocrisy after it was revealed that radical Muslims and even heavily sanctioned Russians can participate in the Erasmus and Horizon programs.
“The Erasmus+ program is turning into a kind of Brussels version of the USAID program that Trump abolished, and will apparently become an instrument for encouraging mass migration,” Nova24 concludes.
An Algerian national has been placed in pre-trial detention in Alicante after police rescued a woman who had been kidnapped, tortured, and raped for several days inside a drug den in the city’s Juan XXIII neighborhood.
The 50-year-old victim was found on Friday morning, semi-conscious and suffering from burns on her torso and legs, according to the National Police.
As reported by El Debate, the investigation began after a young woman went to the property the previous evening to buy drugs and encountered the captive victim, who discreetly pleaded for help. The witness waited until the following day to alert authorities, who then mounted an operation that led to the woman’s rescue and the arrest of those involved.
Police said the ordeal began on Nov. 1, when the victim went to the apartment accompanied by an acquaintance who works as a prostitute. When she tried to leave, the main suspect allegedly attacked her, beating her, tying her up with cable ties, and cutting her hair. For the next week, she was kept locked in a room lined with cardboard, where she was repeatedly raped and tortured with a small blowtorch.
Two other men — one Algerian and one Spanish — were also present in the apartment. Although they did not take part in the assaults, investigators say they prevented the woman from escaping or calling for help. Both claimed they acted under duress from the main assailant and have been arrested on charges of unlawful detention.
Police sources confirmed that the primary suspect had already been arrested the night before on an unrelated matter, which enabled officers to locate him quickly once the victim’s statement was taken. He was brought before a judge and subsequently remanded to prison.
The National Police said the investigation remains open to determine the full circumstances of the kidnapping and the degree of involvement of the two other suspects.
Two young people in Paris faced potentially life-changing injuries after a migrant suspect Haku H. was arrested for slashing their faces. French media reports he told police he was “the Joker,” in reference to the character from the film “Batman.” The suspect allegedly injured their faces during a knife attack on Sunday evening, Nov. 9, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, near the Grand Palais.
The male victim in the couple appeared to have sustained the most serious injuries, including deep slash wounds to his cheeks.
The suspect kept saying: “You’re kidding me, why are you humiliating me?”
The male victim told police he was walking with his girlfriend when the aggressor, attacked them “for no apparent reason.” Police described the suspect as “African-type” in appearance with “dreadlocks”
A journalist from Actu17 also reported on the horrifying injuries on scene after the attack.
“We have just learned that several people were attacked with knives near the Champs-Elysées. The perpetrator said he wanted to reproduce the Joker’s smile on his victims.,” said Remy Buisine, who was reporting from the scene from Actu 17. “The police arrived and arrested this man, who threatened the police as he was being questioned…An investigation has been opened into attempted murder and, according to the Actu17 website, which revealed the news on Sunday evening, the two victims are currently in hospital with no vital prognosis.”
The assault occurred around 9:30 p.m. on rue François-Ier. According to information collected by French media outlet Valeurs Actuelles, the individual approached a couple from behind and stabbed the man twice in the face.
Although the woman was also allegedly attacked in her face, it is unclear what injuries she sustained, but emergency services treated both victims for injuries that were not life-threatening.
Police officers quickly intervened and managed to arrest the suspect, with the accused turning his knife on the officers as well. Officers deployed their taser before they finally managed to handcuff Haku H. The suspect is expected to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.
Valeurs Actuelles reports the man was born in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, which is an island in the Caribbean. He is 31 years old, and says his name is Haku.
🔴 [Info @Valeurs] Une attaque au couteau a eu lieu rue François 1er dans le 8e à Paris ce soir, indique une source policière. Deux victimes blessées au visage. Pas de pv engagé. Le suspect de "type africain", qui a tenté de poignarder des policiers, a été tazé et interpellé.
According to a source close to the case interviewed by Actu17 and cited by Le Journal du Dimanche, he also “claims to be the Joker from the Batman film.”
France has long been plagued by crime, often perpetrated by non-French citizens or those with a migration background. JDD claims 638 crimes and offenses are reported daily in Paris, including fraud, rape, burglary, and vehicle theft. In Paris alone, JDD reports that the number of homicides rose 36 percent in 2024 over 2023.
However, the issue has impacted the entire country. Remix News reported earlier this year that data for 2024 showed that every day, French citizens fell victim to 3 murders, 600 burglaries, 330 sexual assaults and armed robberies, and over 1,000 common assaults last year.
France’s anti-terror prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation into a suspected terrorist plot connected to Salah Abdeslam, the sole surviving member of the jihadist terror cell responsible for the November 2015 attacks in Paris and Saint-Denis.
The probe comes less than a week before France marks the tenth anniversary of the attacks, in which 130 people were murdered at the Bataclan concert hall, cafés, and the Stade de France.
According to the National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT), cited by France24, three people are now in custody, including Abdeslam’s partner.
Abdeslam, who is serving a life sentence without parole at Vendin-le-Vieil prison in Pas-de-Calais, had been briefly taken into custody earlier this week in an investigation that began in January 2025 over the illegal possession of a USB key in prison. That case has since been expanded to include suspicions of “terrorist conspiracy with a view to preparing a crime against persons,” the PNAT announced on Saturday.
After being detained on Tuesday, Abdeslam was released on Friday, though the investigation continues. The prosecutor’s office confirmed that a second person — identified by Le Parisien as Maëva B., a 27-year-old woman who maintained a long correspondence with Abdeslam before being allowed to visit him — was also detained on Tuesday. Her custody has been extended beyond the initial 96 hours under exceptional measures invoked only when there is “a serious risk of an imminent terrorist attack.”
The PNAT said Maëva B. is being held on suspicion of receiving stolen goods and criminal terrorist conspiracy. Two other individuals were arrested on Friday as part of the same investigation, also on suspicion of terrorist conspiracy. Their custody is ongoing.
Le Parisien reported on Monday that the two other suspects are Maëva B.’s new 20-year-old male partner and a teenage girl.
“These two individuals are described as particularly radicalized. One reportedly wishes to join a jihadist organization, while the other is allegedly trying to incite Maëva B. to commit an attack on French soil, a plan whose precise details were still being determined by the investigation,” it wrote.
According to a prison union source cited by AFP, “USB key connections were found” on Abdeslam’s prison computer, which he was authorized to use for coursework but under “very limited conditions.” The USB key itself, reportedly used to transfer jihadist propaganda, has not been recovered.
Abdeslam’s detention status as a “particularly dangerous prisoner” means he is subject to regular cell transfers and systematic searches of his belongings. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said on Thursday that he had ordered “systematic searches for the most dangerous prisoners” shortly after taking office at the Ministry of Justice in December 2024. “That means there have been undeniable malfunctions,” Darmanin said.
Viennese teachers are reporting growing challenges with students from immigrant backgrounds who are increasingly unwilling to learn German or adapt to local values, according to teachers’ union representative Thomas Krebs of the Christian Trade Unionists Group (FCG).
Speaking to Heute, Krebs said many of those arriving from conflict or crisis regions now bring radical beliefs that pose problems in Austrian classrooms.
“In the past, people fled from extremism. Now, many people come to us radicalized by extremism and spread these ideas here as well,” said Krebs. He cited incidents of female teachers being disrespected or assaulted by male students and parents, saying such behavior reflects imported attitudes that reject gender equality. “This disrespect ranges from refusing to shake hands to insults and physical assaults,” he added.
Krebs said the problem also affects staff relations, with reports of some male teachers refusing to shake hands with female colleagues for similar reasons. He warned that children from Western or secular families are sometimes treated as inferior by classmates, while those from conservative backgrounds who wish to integrate face pressure to conform. “Students from Western cultural backgrounds are not seen as equals,” Krebs said, adding that liberal democratic values are often dismissed in favor of religious rules.
According to the union, teachers frequently encounter resistance to Austria’s educational standards. “Our educational principles are often rejected. For example, religious content is prioritized over the content of the curriculum prescribed by Austrian law,” Krebs stated.
The FCG union is calling for new measures to address what it describes as a widening integration gap. It wants not only mandatory German-language instruction but also compulsory integration programs held outside of school, with attendance monitored by authorities.
“Effective teaching is only possible if there is also a willingness to integrate,” Krebs said. “The values of our democratic society must be conveyed in such a way that fundamental rights and culture are understood as an enrichment and not opposed.”
Recent data and testimony have reinforced concerns about language barriers and integration in Vienna’s schools. Of the roughly 16,700 first-graders enrolled in the city, more than 44 percent — about 7,400 children — do not have sufficient German skills to follow lessons. In the 2018/2019 school year, the proportion was 30 percent. Officials note that around 60 percent of these students were actually born in Austria, suggesting that many are growing up in what commentator Andreas Mölzer described as “closed parallel societies that simply refuse integration.”
“This means they grow up in families and closed parallel societies that simply refuse integration. Integration into our social system and our cultural fabric depends primarily on language acquisition,” Mölzer wrote in the Austrian daily Krone, warning that many such children risk “entering life without a qualification and with limited career prospects.”
Freedom Party (FPÖ) education spokesman Hermann Brückl called the situation “a full-blown educational emergency,” claiming that “German is becoming a foreign language in our own classrooms.” He pointed to data showing that 41.2 percent of students in Vienna’s compulsory schools now identify as Muslim, surpassing Christian students, who make up 34.5 percent. The figures were confirmed by the Austrian Integration Fund (ÖIF).
Brückl’s party argued that political leaders have failed to address “parallel societies” in schools. “Instead of demanding achievement and integration, parallel societies are being cultivated directly in our schools,” Brückl said, adding that the number of pupils in German-language support courses has grown by a third since 2019, and those in special education classes have doubled.
Last October, former principal and author Christian Klar warned of what he called a “rapid Islamization” of Austrian schools. In an interview last year, he said schools in Vienna’s northern districts now have up to 90 percent of students from migrant backgrounds, leading to “increasing pressure on non-Muslim students” and rising anti-Semitic incidents. Klar argues that Austrian schools must “take a massive stand” against fundamentalist attitudes and ensure that classrooms remain neutral spaces free of religious coercion.
Teachers’ unions report that Vienna’s schools are struggling to cope. Krebs previously said staff resignations are increasing, citing “violence, extremism, and misogyny” as the main reasons. Evelyn Kometter, chair of Austria’s national parents’ association, described classrooms where “only three out of 22 students can speak German,” forcing teachers to repeat instructions multiple times. “By then, two-thirds of the lesson is already over,” she said.
Krebs warned that expanding capacity alone will not solve the problem. “They can think of nothing better to do than to plow up the last green spaces and sports facilities for schools with excavators and construction equipment and to pave them over with containers and huge extensions without any real plan,” he said.
A majority of Germans oppose key government climate protection proposals such as banning combustion engines, restricting meat consumption, or imposing flat-rate taxes on air travel, according to a YouGov poll conducted shortly before the 30th UN Climate Change Conference in Belém, Brazil.
The survey suggests that citizens are more likely to back environmental measures that either benefit them directly or avoid placing major financial burdens on households.
As reported by Stern, 69 percent of respondents said they opposed a ban on diesel and petrol vehicles, while 68 percent were against limiting weekly purchases of meat and dairy products, while 56 percent rejected the idea of higher air travel costs through a flat-rate ticket tax.
Conversely, strong majorities supported subsidies for energy-efficient housing (69 percent), measures to strengthen domestic production (71 percent), bans on single-use plastics (69 percent), and higher taxes on high-emission companies (66 percent).
The German government has pledged to reach climate neutrality by 2045 — sooner than many industrialized nations—but its progress in reducing emissions has slowed, particularly in the transport and housing sectors. According to the survey, while most Germans agree that climate change is a serious issue and largely caused by human activity, the willingness to change personal behavior remains limited.
Only around a quarter of those surveyed said they would voluntarily reduce air travel or meat consumption, or switch to an electric car. Even fewer expressed willingness to stop eating animal products altogether or to buy only second-hand clothing. Measures that are convenient or low-cost — such as avoiding single-use plastics or adding greenery to balconies — were far more popular.
Despite a reluctance to alter lifestyles, 46 percent of Germans believe the worst effects of climate change can still be prevented if drastic changes are implemented, while 16 percent think the status quo is sufficient, and 15 percent believe it is already too late to avert the crisis.
Concern about global warming has nonetheless declined: 63 percent say they are worried about the issue, the lowest figure for two years, as global conflicts, inflation, and energy prices take center stage.
On Feb. 13 of this year, Afghan national Farhad Noori allegedly drove his Mini Cooper at 30 kilometers per hour into a Verdi union demonstration in Munich, killing a 37-year-old woman and her 2-year-old daughter.
The Federal Prosecutor’s Office has charged Noori with two counts of murder and 44 counts of attempted murder due to the scores of others injured.
The Federal Prosecutor General (GBA) claims that Noori perpetrated the crime “out of an exaggerated religious motivation” and that he is fully responsible for his actions, based on a psychiatric evaluation.
JUST IN: Multiple injuries reported after a car plows through a Ver.di demonstration in Germany.
Ver.di is the service sector union in the country.
According to Bild, Noori will stand trial starting Jan. 16 before the State Security Senate of the Higher Regional Court (OLG) in Munich.
If convicted, the Afghan faces life imprisonment, with no possibility of being placed in a psychiatric hospital.
However, Noori’s lawyer, Ömer Sahinci is contesting his liability, telling Bild that “the trial will focus on the question of his criminal responsibility.”
Shortly after the crime, the bodybuilder was placed in the psychiatric ward of Straubing Prison. However, an expert concluded that Noori was fully responsible for his actions, i.e., was not suffering from any psychological impairment and was thus, by court order, transferred to regular pretrial detention at Stadelheim Prison.
According to the defense, Noori is now “exhibiting signs of mental illness.”
“My client was only in Stadelheim for a few days. He has been back in the psychiatric ward in Straubing for several months now because he is exhibiting signs of mental illness. The Federal Prosecutor General has refused to provide a statement from the treating physicians in Straubing,” stated Defense attorney Sahinci.
Despite the current assumption of the Noori’s sanity and that he was fully responsible for his actions, the relevant authority has refused to speculate on the accused’s current state.
“The question of the accused’s placement within a prison, as well as questions regarding possible psychiatric treatment, touch upon both the core area of the accused’s right to privacy and security concerns within the prison system. I therefore ask for your understanding that no information can be provided on this matter,” Bettina Kaestner, spokeswoman for the Higher Regional Court of Munich, said.
In an unusually forceful speech, German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, of the far-left Social Democrats (SPD), suggested banning the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. His speech immediately provoked sharp condemnation from the AfD party and even led the prominent Welt newspaper to argue the speech would only bolster support for the AfD.
The AfD immediately took issue with President Steinmeier’s comments concerning the banning of a political party. Bernd Baumann, the AfD parliamentary group’s chief whip, reacted strongly to the president’s remarks, writing:
“Never has a Federal President abused his office so much. He calls for ban proceedings against the AfD, and he wants to prevent any cooperation in any parliament. He places the AfD at the same level as Nazi murderers. Because of such demonization, the Antifa burned the fifth car in front of my house – in just one year, with a call for murder against me.”
Nie mißbrauchte ein Bundespräsident sein Amt so massiv: Ruft zu Verbotsverfahren gegen die AfD auf. Will in Parlamenten jede Zusammenarbeit verhindern. Stellt AfD in eine Reihe mit Nazimördern. Wegen solcher Verteufelung verbrannte die Antifa das fünfte Auto vor meinem Haus – in… pic.twitter.com/IvM4NGZFHk
Notably, Baumann was targeted just last week in an arson attack outside his house, which led to five cars being burned, including both his and his wife’s cars. He has been the repeated victim of Antifa violence over the last year.
Baumann’s criticism stemmed from a speech given by Steinmeier to commemorate Nov. 9, focusing significantly on the 1938 pogrom against Jews.
Baumann claimed that by stating “We must act,” Steinmeier was directly advocating for a ban on the AfD. Furthermore, Baumann accused the president of trying to preclude any parliamentary collaboration with the AfD—a party which, based on current polls, is the strongest political force in the country.
Steinmeier did not mention the AfD in his speech, but political analysts across the spectrum of opinion wrote that the speech was clearly aimed at the AfD. Steinmeier said: “There must be no political cooperation with extremists. Not in government, not in parliament. If this excludes a portion of the democratically elected parliament from shaping policy, then that exclusion is self-imposed.”
Baumann also told Handelsblatt newspaper that Steinmeier had used the Nov. 9 anniversary to place the AfD “in the same category as the Nazi murderers.”
However, it is not only the AfD condemning Steinmeier, who did not directly reference the AfD but obviously alluded to the party in his speech.
As the top story on the influential Welt newspaper website, Fatina Keilani also slammed Steinmeier, casting his calls for a ban as anti-democratic.
“The Federal President wants to defend democracy – and declares war on the AfD without naming it. In doing so, he fails to recognize that a good democrat should defend dissenting opinions, not fight them.
“Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has never given a speech that was truly memorable. On Sunday, however, he delivered a speech that was so disturbingly misguided in places that it sent chills down one’s spine.
“For Steinmeier, there are right and wrong opinions, there are the good guys and the bad guys. When he says ‘militant democracy,’ it sounds like a democracy of thought control. He even invokes the framers of the Basic Law – yet, in their spirit, he should be advocating for precisely the opposite. Freedom is defended even at the extremes! This includes the Left Party and the AfD, as long as they aren’t banned.
“Ah yes, party bans. He claims this is a last resort, but if it has to be done, it has to be done, Steinmeier says.
‘We mustn’t slide first into a new fascination with authoritarianism and then into a new lack of freedom,’ only to then advocate for precisely that.”
During his address, Steinmeier advocated for a significantly “tougher legal and political fight against right-wing extremism.”
He specifically called on center-right parties to maintain a “firewall” to block cooperation with extremist forces. However, he also included a qualification, recognizing that center-left factions have a duty “not to complicate every debate with accusations of right-wing extremism and racism.”
On the issue of party proscription, Steinmeier argued that banning a political party was “no more undemocratic than excluding enemies of the constitution from running for district administrator or mayor.” He emphasized a clear legal principle: Anyone who pursues an alternative, non-liberal political system and actively pursues “aggressive hostility towards the constitution must always reckon with the possibility of being banned.”
While Steinmeier did not explicitly name the AfD — which German domestic intelligence classifies as a suspected right-wing extremist organization — he made clear that any final decision regarding a party ban rests solely with the Constitutional Court.
German citizens are feeling less and less secure in their country, and mass immigration appears to play a tremendous role in this sea trend. New survey results, while bad news for Germany, also show why the Alternative for Germany (AfD) may only continue to grow in popularity.
According to the latest ARD “Deutschlandtrend” survey, cited by t.online, only 50 percent of respondents feel very or rather safe in Germany, a drop of 5 percentage points compared to February.
Almost as many (48 percent) perceive public spaces as rather or very unsafe.
In 2017, 75 percent of Germans felt safe.
Women feel less secure in general than men, with 45 percent indicating “rather safe” compared to 56 percent of men responding. Meanwhile, 53 percent of German women perceive public spaces as rather or very unsafe.
A 2022 study by the Federal Criminal Police Office noted by t.online confirms the difference: Only 33 percent of women felt safe on public transport at night, and 61 percent in their own neighborhood at night without an escort, while this figure for men was 83 percent.
Supporters of the anti-immigration AfD party also feel significantly less safe on German streets at 79 percent, while Green Party voters feel the most secure at 81 percent, followed by Left Party voters at 72 percent and SPD voters at 64 percent.
The AfD could benefit
In the context of immigration and security, the ARD survey also looked at “views on the AfD.”
While the AfD is the most popular party in Germany currently, it still only polls at between 25 and 27 percent, well short of a majority. However, in terms of the actual policies of the AfD, there appears to be far broader voter potential for the AfD.
🇩🇪 For every well-integrated Middle Eastern migrant, you have so many of these guys causing terror across Europe.
Knife crime has skyrocketed in Germany, with nearly 30,000 knife-related crimes taking place last year.
The data shows that 47 percent agree with the statement: “I think it’s good that the AfD wants to limit the influx of foreigners and refugees more than other parties.” This represents a two-point jump compared to May 2025. Meanwhile, 47 percent still reject this statement.
Besides immigration, the AfD paints itself as a tough-on-crime party. In this category too, the AfD shows even broader support.
The ARD “Deutschlandtrend” poll asked if the AfD has better understood that many Germans no longer feel safe, with a narrow majority, 52 percent, affirming this, and 42 percent disagreeing.
🇩🇪🎄 German police are now confiscating pocket knives from elderly women at Christmas markets.
Exploding knife crime in Germany, which the police openly says is tied to mass immigration, has led to a security state at German Christmas markets. pic.twitter.com/nRTQRIOr2d
While approximately half of Germany still sees the situation differently from the AfD, the other half could potentially be pushed further into the AfD’s voting camp.
The same ARD survey also had bad news for the ruling coalition. It found that satisfaction with the black-red federal government improved only slightly by two percentage points to 22 percent. However, an incredible 76 percent of Germans are dissatisfied with the government. For the ruling chancellor, Friedrich Merz, 26 percent are satisfied with him and 71 percent are not.
According to police crime statistics for 2024, the total number of offenses decreased by 1.7 percent compared to the previous year. However, crimes against personal liberty – such as threats, stalking, or coercion – increased by 5.3 percent compared to 2023. Meanwhile, sexualized violence rose by 9.3 percent to over 13,000 registered cases.
NEW: 🇩🇪🔪 Knife crime in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia soared last year by 28 percent, and non-Germans were responsible for more than half the offenses.
Syrians, Turks, and Iraqis were the worst foreign offenders.
In terms of specific fears, 52 percent fear theft, 48 percent anticipate insults or harassment, and some 33 percent sometimes worry about becoming victims of a terrorist attack.
Regarding the fear of being sexually harassed, 38 percent of women fear this, compared to only 8 percent of men.
Despite the relatively low percentage of respondents fearing a terrorist attack, Germany has been plagued by both executed and unexecuted attacks, with the most recent attempt foiled just earlier this month. Court proceedings for the most serious threats to state security are almost all cases involving Islamic terrorism, reaching 99 percent.
Following the arrest of a 22-year-old Syrian man in Berlin who was allegedly planning a terrorist attack, Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt issued a stark warning: “The arrest in Berlin shows once again that the threat level in Germany from terrorism, while abstract, is nevertheless high. The activities of the Syrian man, who has been in Germany since 2023, which indicate preparations for an attack, were recognized in time,” said the CSU politician.
Similar surveys also found similar results. For example, the Security Trend survey from this year found that 81 percent of Germans said there were too many refugees in the country at the same time that feelings of safety hit a record low, reaching 60 percent of Germans.
However, the question also addresses whether Germans believe there are also too many foreigners. The results clearly show that Germans are not simply fed up with illegal migrants, but have also had enough of the massive number of foreigners coming to the country overall. A strong majority, 58 percent, say there are too many foreigners in Germany, with 55 percent of West Germans saying this and 74 percent of East Germans.
A month after the brutal beating of fairground operator Stefano Cena, Italian police have arrested three young people, two foreigners and one Italian citizen, but investigations continue. The brutal assault at “The Wine and Grape Festival” in Capena, just outside Rome, was caught on video and spread on social media.
The arrests are seen as a turning point in the investigation into the murder of 64-year-old Cena, known as “Luigi,” a carnival operator who died on Oct. 14 after being brutally beaten on Oct. 5. As reported by Italian newspaper RomaToday, the assault was not a simple street fight, as first reported, but rather a punitive attack, which was planned in advance.
🇮🇹🔴 Italian police have arrested 2 foreigners and 1 Italian citizen for beating elderly fairground operator Stefano Cena to death.
Cena was trying to defend his wife and son from attacks when he was murdered.
As reported by Il Messaggero, two 19-year-old foreigners and a 24-year-old Italian have been arrested. The three worked for Cena’s brother, also a fairground operator, with investigators exploring a potential family feud.
Investigators say Cena was involved in an argument with one of the perpetrators earlier in the night before the situation again escalated later in the evening. Video of the incident shows Cena trying to defend himself when at least five people attack him. Cena initially managed to get away.
However, Cena then noticed that the youths were targeting his wife and son, at which point, he approached the five men. He was thrown to the ground and suffered repeated critical blows.
During this act of defense, he suffered a “new and violent attack, falling to the ground and being hit repeatedly and brutally in vital parts.”
The police, alerted by citizens, only managed to stop the attackers when they had begun beating the victim’s son, who had also come to the aid of his parents.
Following investigations by the Italian police, coordinated by the Tivoli prosecutor’s office, the three suspects have been charged with voluntary homicide. The three are thought to have carried out the attack, but there are other perpetrators thought to be involved, with police continuing to search for suspects.
The investigation successfully “made it possible to reconstruct the exact dynamics of the aggression.” Decisive evidence came from video surveillance systems, telephone analyses, and on-site testimonies, which allowed authorities to identify and arrest the alleged perpetrators.
The U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) is officially ending funding forthe Hungarian Language Service at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), “Szabad Europa.”
In a letter from USAGM CEO Kari Lake to Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), chairman of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, Lake directly references Hungary as a strong ally of the United States and notes how USAGM funding for Szabad Europa served to “undermine” its prime minister, Viktor Orbán.
“It is the position of the Trump Administration that the original justification for adding Szabad Europa to RFE/RL’s programming lineup in 2019 is not aligned with U.S. national interests. This programming has undermined President Trump’s foreign policy by opposing the duly elected Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán. As you know, Prime Minister Orban was (and is) the leader of Hungary, which is both a strong U.S. ally and a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).”
Viktor Orbán’s political director, Balázs Orbán, posted on X to celebrate the news, along with a photo of the letter.
“Originally created to deliver free, uncensored news behind the Iron Curtain, Radio Free Europe once played a key role in promoting liberty during the Cold War,” he posted.
“Over time, however, the outlet lost its original mission, turning into an ideologically driven platform promoting liberal activism, including LGBTQ and gender campaigns, across Central and Eastern Europe. Under the Biden administration, this shift deepened further, as the service increasingly engaged in politically motivated narratives aimed at undermining Hungary’s democratically elected government.
“The Trump administration’s decision marks a return to sober, ally-based cooperation built on mutual respect and balanced partnership,” Orbán’s political director wrote.
Lake further stated in her letter that taxpayer money would only be used for content and activities that “serve the American people,” adding that “undermining staunch allies does not serve the American people.”
Ukrainians are in an increasingly difficult situation in the city of Pokrovsk. A recent video shows Russians capturing several Ukrainian drone operators who were stranded in the eastern part of the city.
The footage also shows the moment when one of the Ukrainian soldiers raises his hands and surrenders.
There is an ongoing debate surrounding who controls Pokrovsk, a strategic logistics hub for the Ukrainian army. The Ukrainian side claims there are only a few Russian units, which its special forces are already working to eliminate, according to Magyar Nemzet. Russia says it has near-total control of the city.
Moscow claims Russian troops are also actively advancing in Kupyansk, according to information from the Russian news agency RIA Novosti.
Russian troops are currently advancing on the right bank of the Oskol River, where about 130 buildings remain to be captured. In the western part of Kupyansk, the troops have advanced along three streets and captured 16 buildings. In just 24 hours, they have managed to take control of 25 buildings.
The Ukrainians are trying to retake the city, but their supply routes are now controlled by the Russians. The Russian Defense Ministry has said that Zelensky “has completely lost touch with reality.”
Meanwhile, Putin has ordered the Russians to mobilize, signing a law on Nov. 4 requiring citizens to be called up for military service throughout the calendar year.
Active reservists in Russia will now be able to participate in special training, and reservists will also be able to be deployed in occupied territory. Previously, officials in Moscow stated that reservists are only protecting the infrastructure of their own region.
Six people were killed late on Thursday evening when a car transporting illegal migrants crashed into Lake Vaya near Burgas, Bulgaria, during a police chase.
The vehicle, registered in Romania and driven by a Romanian national, was carrying 10 people at the time of the crash, including the driver.
Chief Commissioner Anton Zlatanov, director of the Bulgarian Border Police, confirmed the fatalities in an interview with broadcaster bTV. “Around 9:20 p.m., a patrol noticed the extremely aggressive and fast driving of the vehicle and tried to stop it. It did not obey,” Zlatanov said. He added that the entire incident unfolded within approximately 34 minutes.
BREAKING:
6 illegal migrants have been killed and 3 wounded after Bulgarian police placed spike strips in front of the car they were travelling in, causing it to flip into a lake.
The police chase took place near the coastal city of Burgas. A total of ten people were in the car… pic.twitter.com/5WaKSehhHu
According to Zlatanov, police had activated a coordinated response protocol designed to minimize risks after previous fatal incidents involving officers in the Burgas region. “We have a procedure in place, especially after the deaths of our colleagues in Burgas three years ago. We have trained both in simulation and in practice,” he said. “In case of disobedience, all patrols — border police, gendarmerie, and regional directorates of the Ministry of Interior — switch to one frequency so that everyone is aware of the situation and can take appropriate containment measures.”
He stressed that the top priority during such operations is public safety. “The main goal they must achieve is to preserve the lives and health of all citizens, all people, and cars that are around and on the road,” Zlatanov said.
The chase continued as the driver ignored repeated police signals to stop, changing direction twice before heading back toward Burgas, where police had set up a double checkpoint. Officers deployed a spiked barrier, but the suspect attempted to avoid it by driving closely behind another car, even making contact with it. “He drove closely behind it, even hitting it from behind once or twice. He wanted to drive closely next to him so that we wouldn’t use the spikes,” Zlatanov explained.
The vehicle subsequently lost control and plunged into Lake Vaya. Six migrants were killed in the crash, while the remaining three passengers and the driver survived and received medical treatment. The surviving migrants told police they were from Afghanistan.
Authorities have launched an investigation into the incident, including how the Romanian driver came to be transporting the group and whether a wider smuggling network was involved.
A report has embroiled the Catholic Church in a pedophile scandal, this time involving an award-winning priest targeting migrants.
Father Antoine Exelmans stands accused of sexual abuse in Morocco. He was ordained in Rennes, France, in 1993, serving as a priest in several parishes in Ille-et-Vilaine and as a chaplain to students in Rennes.
Some of his previous pro-migration statements are now seen in an entirely different light following the allegations.
“ I am leaving at a time when issues related to migrants and Islam are prominent and a source of tension. Some respond with mistrust, fear, and resistance. From my point of view, these differences are an opportunity,” said Antoine Exelmans in 2016. “This globalization, these cultural and religious divergences, are a treasure of fraternity that we must build together.”
If the allegations are true, he also saw an “opportunity” to sexually abuse migrant boys.
His charges stem from his time heading up the migrant reception service at the Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes church in Casablanca, where the news Enass revealed he had set up “a system of sexual exploitation (…) against migrant and refugee minors” for at least four years, between 2021 and 2024. The portal lists six alleged victims: one Cameroonian and five Guineans, writes FranceInfo.
Meanwhile, Le Monde states that Exelmans admitted to the acts during an internal Church investigation, according to the Diocese of Rennes.
The findings from the investigation have been sent to Rome.
Exelmans first went to the Central African Republic sometime before 2004, after which he returned to France to serve at the parish of Maurepas until 2009. He then worked at a youth ministry in Bangui until 2012.
For a few years, his whereabouts appear to be unknown. However, he served as the parish priest of Saint-Melaine-aux-Rives-du-Meu from 2016 until 2021. It was then that he helped establish the Tabitha Solidarité association to support exiled people in difficulty.
In 2016, Exelmans was sent to the diocese of Rabat, where he became vicar general. In the bulletin of the Blessed Frédéric Ozanam parish, he wrote a long letter in which he indicated that he was accompanying “in a specific way, in Casablanca, four young people who came from Oujda to live with [him] at the Casablanca presbytery, given their extreme fragility (post-traumatic stress situation with disabling somatizations to resume a normal life, depression, stress… in short a need for attention day and night).”
After a complaint was filed in May 2024, Exelmans left Morocco. The migrant reception center that he was running has since been shut down.
Exelmans was awarded the Aachen Peace Prize 2020 for having “dedicated his life to helping migrants and refugees in Morocco.” According to the InfoMigrants website, “The German award is given each year to women, men or groups who fight against injustice and for peace.”
According to Enass, three of the six victims were interviewed by the National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ) in Casablanca. The priest was questioned by the judicial police in France, according to Le Monde and is currently under house arrest in a Jesuit community in Saint-Étienne.
FranceInfo notes that despite a newsletter being sent out by the Blessed Frédéric Ozanam parish last January, in which the Archbishop of Rennes, Pierre d’Ornellas, asked anyone with information about Father Exelmans to come forward, this newsletter was not published on the website of the Diocese of Rennes and Ille-et-Vilaine.
After Italian police conducted a manhunt all night in Milan, they have made an arrest in the hit-and-run killing of 87-year-old Italian man Franco Bertolotti. Police report they have taken a 29-year-old Egyptian man into custody.
Yesterday, Bertolotti was crossing an intersection at Via Fratelli Bronzetti and Via Melloni when he was struck by a large white van, with the driver dragging his victim 10 meters. The suspect initially got out to check on the victim, then got into his vehicle and sped away.
When police and emergency responders arrived on scene, the victim was already in critical condition and suffered from multiple injuries, according to Italian news outlet Imolaoggi.it.
The elderly man died in Policlinico Hospital despite medical staff working hard to keep him alive.
Milan police say they were able to trace the man through his cell phone. They saw that someone at that intersection turned off their phone immediately after the hit-and-run, which the Italian police believed was an attempt by the perpetrator to avoid detection. The police launched a manhunt for that specific phone number and arrested the Egyptian suspect in Segrate, just outside Milan.
The Egyptian man is now being charged with vehicular homicide and failure to render aid.
No matter how much the left blusters, obfuscates, and censors, there is no denying the ongoing education disaster spreading across Western Europe due to mass immigration. As the latest figures from Vienna show, there is little hope of real improvement in the future. They have no real answer other than to hypocritically shelter their own children from the catastrophe they helped create.
The latest data shows that of the 16,700 first-graders in Austria’s largest city, Vienna, more than 44 percent do not have sufficient German language skills to follow lessons. That totals 7,400 students. The figure is incredible.
The data is also far worse than just six years ago. Then, in the 2018/19 school year, 30 percent of students fell into this category, who were classified as “special needs students” due to this serious language deficiency.
🇦🇹 Great Replacement in Austria's school system
More than 3 quarters of students in Vienna’s middle schools do not speak German at home, according to new statistics.
According to Statistics Austria's STATcube, only 8,479 of Vienna’s 26,816 middle school students use German as… pic.twitter.com/4Vf20aaLLt
The idea that these troubled students are all simply newcomers who will eventually integrate into Austrian society is met with a sobering reality.
Although the increase is in part due to the massive increase in foreigners coming to Austria in recent years due to family reunification, an incredible 60 percent of these “special needs” students who are not proficient in German were actually born in Austria.
Commentary writer for Austrian newspaper Krone, Andreas Mölzer, points out what this means in terms of future integration.
“This means they grow up in families and closed parallel societies that simply refuse integration. Integration into our social system and our cultural fabric depends primarily on language acquisition,” he writes.
Furthermore, he points out the obvious outcome of this development for the future.
“And all those children with a migration background who only learn German with difficulty and often only at a rudimentary level in school are at risk of entering life without a qualification and with limited career prospects,” writes Mölzer.
Beyond the struggles of these students, they make up such an incredibly large share of students in Vienna that they are sure to drag down the rest of the students in their classes. The obvious outcome is that more and more White Austrians are sending their children to private schools and even protesting against schools with a high proportion of foreigners — all while continuing to vote left. Many of these native-born ethnic Austrians either already live in wealthier neighborhoods, vote left, and live in districts where the migration percentage of children in the local schools is extremely low, or they send their children to private schools — while creating ample excuses as to why they are taking that route.
Meanwhile, poorer ethnic Austrians are stuck with the problems in the increasingly foreign neighborhoods that make up Vienna. For the wealthier, left-wing Austrians, these people not only do not overly matter, but if they complain, they are smeared as racist and bigoted.
Mölzer is open about this trend.
“Moreover, (students who cannot comprehend German) logically hinder the learning process and instruction for native-born children. No wonder, then, that in Vienna, if you can afford it, you can only send your children to private schools,” he wrote.
The education situation in Austria, overall, is extremely poor. In 2025, there are 46,385 students nationwide who are unable to follow lessons, which was a slight reduction from the previous school year, which had 48,450 students who could not follow lessons because they lacked sufficient German. However, the overall trend line has been disastrous over the last 10 years, dating back to when Austria truly opened itself up to mass immigration.
It is not just language issues. As Remix News has long documented, teachers are dropping out of the Austrian school system in droves due to violence, disrespect, and even serious cases of rape. In one case, seven foreign students were found guilty this year of gang raping, blackmailing, and setting their teacher’s apartment on fire.
🇦🇹🔴7 migrant youths are on trial for gang rape, blackmail, and arson against a teacher in a case that has shocked Austria.
Three of the youths are also accused of robbing the Austrian teacher and burning her apartment down in Vienna.
Recently, NEOS Education Minister Wiederkehr touted “achievements” in integration in the Austrian school system, prompting Austrian Freedom Party’s (FPÖ) education spokesperson, MP Hermann Brückl, to sharply criticized the situation.
“When one in four students now speaks a language other than German at home, and the number of students with special educational needs due to insufficient German skills is exploding, then we are no longer talking about a challenge, but a full-blown educational emergency. German is becoming a foreign language in our own classrooms because the established political parties are prioritizing their multicultural fantasies over the well-being of Austrian children. The future of our youth is being recklessly squandered here!” said Brückl.
He pointed to the situation in Vienna as “particularly dramatic.”
“Muslims already constitute the largest religious group in public compulsory schools, and in some districts over 70 percent of students do not speak German as their primary language. Instead of demanding achievement and integration, parallel societies are being cultivated directly in our schools. The result is a third more students in German language support courses and a doubling of the number of students in special education classes since 2019. The system is not on the verge of collapse, it has already collapsed,” the FPÖ MP stated.
Brückl’s data about the religious composition of Vienna’s schoolchildren is accurate. Of those enrolled at elementary, middle, and special schools for the 2024/25 academic year, 41.2% of the 112,600 students were of the Islamic faith, according to new figures from the Austrian Integration Fund (ÖIF). The data highlights the massive demographics changes Vienna is experiencing.
Brückl’s party, the FPÖ, is currently the most popular party in the country. A poll from Nov. 4 showed that 37 percent of Austrians are ready to vote the FPÖ into power, nearly double the second-place ÖVP.
🇦🇹 Austria | Legislative Election polling averages — November 5, 2025
Mothers of three in Hungary began receiving higher take-home pay this week after the government’s latest tax relief measure came into effect.
Under the new policy, personal income tax is no longer deducted from their salaries, allowing eligible women to retain their full gross income with expected average monthly gains of 109,000 Hungarian forints (€283), according to calculations by the Oeconomus Economic Research Institute.
The initiative, announced by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán earlier this year, is part of what he described as “Europe’s largest tax reduction program.” As of Oct. 1, 2025, all mothers raising three children are exempt from paying personal income tax on income earned from work. The government estimates the measure will affect between 200,000 and 250,000 mothers, amounting to roughly 200 billion forints (€519 million) in annual tax savings across the country.
As reported by Magyar Nemzet, the impact is already visible for many families. Anna, a 43-year-old local government employee and mother of three from a town near Budapest, said her October salary increased by 117,000 forints (€303.50). “We plan to put the money aside and increase our savings,” she told the newspaper.
Krisztina, 55, who works as a manager at a multinational company, reported that her net pay rose by a little over 200,000 forints (€519). Her family, which includes two high school students and one university student, intends to save the extra income toward replacing their car and strengthening household savings.
The National Tax and Customs Administration clarified that the exemption applies to any woman who currently receives a family allowance for at least three children, or who did so for at least 12 years. The benefit applies regardless of the children’s ages or whether the mother is receiving other forms of family support.
Eligible income includes wages from employment, self-employment, and primary agricultural production, but excludes capital income such as dividends, rent, or exchange rate gains. The government has emphasized that the exemption is designed to reward working mothers, reflecting what officials describe as a “value-based” message of appreciation for those raising multiple children.
The measure builds on previous phases of Hungary’s family-friendly tax policy. Since 2020, mothers of four or more children have already been exempt from income tax, while people under 25 and mothers under 30 also enjoy full exemptions. From 2026, the benefit will gradually expand to mothers with two children, starting with those under 40, before extending to older age groups through 2029.
Officials expect the tax cuts to boost household spending and support economic growth, while reinforcing the government’s long-standing demographic strategy to strengthen traditional family structures.
A 47-year-old Kosovo Albanian man who worked in home care in the Swedish town of Ronneby has been charged with raping a female care recipient, according to the indictment filed this week.
The alleged assault took place in October 2023, when the caregiver is accused of inserting his fingers into the woman’s vagina without consent. The incident was reported to the police at the time.
Despite the seriousness of the charge, the man remains free more than two years later. Prosecutor Malin Rydell Almroth confirmed to the Samnytt news outlet that the man has not been detained, even though Swedish law generally presumes pre-trial detention for rape and other serious crimes carrying a minimum sentence of one and a half years in prison.
“It is generally a bit different whether a person is detained or not. This is not a recent act, but this investigation has been going on for some time,” Almroth said. “The strongest reason for having a person in custody is that there is a danger of collusion — that the suspect could influence the investigation by contacting the victim, witnesses, or by distorting evidence.”
She added that in cases where the victim and suspect do not have a close personal relationship, the perceived risk of interference can be lower. “Depending on the relationship between the victim and the suspect, it is not always the case that deprivation of liberty is necessary,” she said.
In 2015, Sweden let in 160,000 asylum seekers into their country and quickly became the bombing capital of Europe. As a result…
– 73% of all murders in the country… done by migrants – 70% of all robberies in the country… done by migrants – 85% of all the shootings in… pic.twitter.com/I7IbOE13GT
Asked whether the crime constitutes rape of a normal degree, Almroth confirmed: “Yes.” Sweden has a broader definition of rape than other Western countries, which includes, for instance, penetration with the fingers, albeit as a lesser aggravated category.
The accused, an Albanian man from Prizren who later became a Swedish citizen, requires an interpreter to communicate in Albanian during proceedings. Court documents reveal that he has a long criminal history, with 11 prior convictions, including for assault and driving without a license.
Roughly 10 years ago, he was convicted of assault, but this record did not prevent his employment in home care. He was again convicted earlier this year of several counts of assault, a case now under appeal.
Prosecutor Almroth noted that she was not responsible for the initial decision not to detain the suspect. “It is the prosecutor who had the case from the beginning who decided not to use any coercive measures in this case,” she said.
The case is the latest in a growing series of reported assaults and abuses committed by migrant workers in Sweden’s care sector.
Last month, a 20-year-old Iraqi-born caregiver, Azhi Mahmodi, was charged with filming and mocking elderly dementia patients while working at a municipal care home in Ängelholm. Police discovered the footage — which Mahmodi shared on Snapchat — after a drug-related search in Helsingborg uncovered his phone. Mahmodi, who also faced weapons and narcotics charges, admitted to filming and sharing the clips, telling police: “There is no good excuse for it. There isn’t. I am ashamed. So extremely. It is literally shameless what I have done.”
Also in October, a 26-year-old Syrian national, Mahamad Almousa, was sentenced to one year in prison and issued a 10-year expulsion order for sexually assaulting a 67-year-old woman under his care in Vänersborg. The victim, who called her son during the attack, died weeks later under unclear circumstances. The Vänersborg District Court dismissed Almousa’s claim that the act was consensual, calling his account “completely inconsistent” with the victim’s condition.
And in January, a Somali national, 28-year-old Baasim Yusuf, was sentenced to eight years in prison by the Uppsala District Court for a series of aggravated rapes and sexual assaults against women aged 77 to 88, as well as for filming his victims. Yusuf, who obtained Swedish citizenship in 2018, also cannot be deported despite the gravity of his crimes.
Austrian authorities, investigating suspected Hamas connections since early October, say they have dismantled a terror plot after uncovering a weapons storage depot in Vienna. In response to the weapons cache being discovered, the anti-immigration Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) stated it was once again an example of multiculturalism failing in the country.
In Vienna, the State Security and Intelligence Directorate (DSN) announced that officers secured a suitcase containing five handguns and 10 associated magazines from a rented storage room. Investigators suspect that a group brought these weapons to Austria to keep them ready for “possible terrorist attacks in Europe.”
The investigation was triggered by a foiled Hamas attack in Germany at the beginning of October. German authorities arrested several people, including three suspected Hamas members, as part of a Berlin terror cell.
As part of the international investigation, a 39-year-old British citizen was suspected of being closely related to the weapons storage depot and the group, allegedly operating across Europe. The British man was arrested in London on Nov. 3, 2025.
Politicians react
Austrian Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said: “The current case shows once again: The State Security Intelligence Directorate is excellently networked internationally and takes consistent action against all forms of extremism. The mission is clear: zero tolerance towards terrorists.”
State Secretary Jörg Leichtfried added: “The DSN’s committed actions and careful investigative work have made a decisive contribution to this successful discovery of weapons – a strong sign of their professionalism and their commitment to the security of our fellow human beings.”
According to Austrian newspaper Krone, the anti-immigration Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) strongly criticized what they termed the “red-pink welcoming culture,” which they claimed “has finally made Vienna a security risk for all of Europe.”
FPÖ Vienna boss Dominik Nepp stated: “While the SPÖ and its pink (left-wing supporters) get lost in multicultural dreams, there are pistols, magazines and assault rifles being stored in the middle of our city for possible attacks.”
The SPÖ is the Social Democratic Party of Austria, seen as one of the main parties promoting open borders in the country.
He concluded with a sharp critique of Austria’s integration policies, which have been pursued by the establishment parties:
“The integration of the past few years, much praised by the SPÖ, NEOS and the Greens, has obviously failed dramatically. The reality is parallel societies where political Islam can spread freely,” stated Nepp.
Tied to German terror case
According to the German Federal Prosecutor’s Office — the highest German prosecution authority — the suspected foreign operators of the Islamist Palestinian terrorist organization, Abed Al G., Wael FM, and Ahamad I., allegedly procured “an assault rifle, pistols and ammunition from Germany, among other things.”
The authority stated: “The weapons were intended to be used by Hamas for assassination attempts on Israeli or Jewish institutions in Germany.”
It is unclear how the German case is linked to the Austrian case, but more details may emerge over the coming months as the German trial, and presumably the trial targeting this new Austrian suspect, move forward.
The Catania Public Prosecutor’s Office has requested nine years of imprisonment for three Egyptian men accused of participating in the gang rape of a 13-year-old girl in the public restrooms of Villa Bellini in Catania back in January last year.
Prosecutor Anna Trinchillo also requested a sentence of five years and four months for a fourth accomplice who cooperated with investigators in identifying the rest of the group.
The prosecutor’s sentencing requests were presented before the Second Criminal Section of the Catania Court on Tuesday.
The rape took place on the evening of Jan. 30, 2024, in the Bellini Gardens during the festivities for Saint Agatha, Catania’s patron saint. According to the indictment, the victim, aged 13 at the time, was walking with her 17-year-old boyfriend when they were stopped and surrounded by a group of seven young men. The boyfriend was restrained and beaten to prevent him from intervening, while two of the group — one adult and one minor, both of Egyptian origin — raped the girl inside a public restroom.
A total of seven Egyptian nationals were arrested following the horrific assault, as previously reported by Remix News at the time.
As reported by La Sicilia, both rapists have already been convicted in separate proceedings, but the remaining members of the gang are now being tried. In July 2025, the Catania Court of Appeal confirmed a 12-year and 8-month prison sentence for one of the adult attackers, rejecting the defense’s request for acquittal. The Court upheld the lower court’s ruling in full and confirmed compensation to the victims: the young girl and her then-boyfriend. Another member of the group, a minor convicted in an earlier trial, has since been transferred from prison to a community center to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest.
The four men currently on trial are accused not only of participating in the assault but also of private violence against the boyfriend, who was restrained and attacked. One of them, who later cooperated with investigators, provided information that helped identify the other gang members and has received a reduced sentencing request from the prosecution.
Earlier this year, the court heard detailed scientific testimony from forensic experts who described how DNA traces were collected from the scene and the victim’s clothing, linking the evidence directly to the already convicted attackers.
Investigators concluded that the assault was premeditated to some degree, as the group had followed the young couple through the park before surrounding them near the restroom area.
The parents of the victim have joined the proceedings as civil plaintiffs, alongside their lawyer, as has the girl’s former boyfriend. The courtroom has remained closed to the public throughout, due to the victim’s age.
On Dec. 2, statements from the victim’s family and the ex-boyfriend’s legal representatives are expected to be heard in court before final arguments are presented in February next year.
Prosecutor Trinchillo reportedly told the court that the evidence leaves “no room for doubt” about the defendants’ participation and that the attack represented “a coordinated and sustained act of violence against a defenseless minor.”
A French woman with a migration background is accused of participating in a barbaric killing of her Swiss landlord in the French village of Fédry, including torturing and burning him.
The 75-year-old victim, who lived in France, was found by a local fisherman near a riverbank with his body cut in half and with multiple defensive wounds on his hands. The body, overall, had signs of severe mutilation.
The 39-year-old French woman was preparing to return to her original country of origin in the Ivory Coast, according to police.
The autopsy found the man had died from hemorrhaging caused by stab wounds to the chest. In total, the woman reportedly stabbed her victim 28 times.
Investigators believe he was first killed inside his apartment. A triangular knife tip was found in the victim’s body, and when the suspect’s car was searched, they found a knife with a broken tip. Investigators say the missing knife tip found inside the victim’s body exactly matches the broken knife blade, according to French newspaper Le Parisien.
After the murder, she set the apartment on fire. Police have arrested the woman.
The woman was also found to be in possession of a pump-action shotgun that could fire rubber bullets and €6,000, which investigators believe she was going to use to fly back to the Ivory Coast.
The woman was living in a rental unit in the village, which has fewer than 100 inhabitants, and which was located near the Saône River.
According to Swiss newspaper Blick, the landlord believed his tenant was “disturbed,” and he had reportedly evicted her after he became fed up with her behavior.
The mayor said he is in shock.
“We will contact his family tomorrow, probably, to offer our support and deepest condolences,” said Mayor Yvan Pahud on Wednesday. “What happened to him is despicable. You only see this kind of thing in the worst crime novels.”
The 75-year-old man was a well-known figure in the community. A member of the Liberal Party (PLR), he had served for many years on the municipal council and had even chaired it, reports 24heures.ch.
He was also very active in the community organizations in the area and chaired a number of organizing committees, as well as managing an agency distributing high-tech products from the medical and industrial sectors.
Tristan Azbej, state secretary for the Aid of Persecuted Christians (Hungary Helps), met with Pope Leo XIV, who gave his blessing to the Hungarian Helps program. Azbej called the papal audience “a great honor and a profound recognition,” posted Secretary of State for International Communication Zoltán Kovács.
The pope was given a briefing on the program’s work, including a message from persecuted Christians in Pakistan.
“The delegation was joined by Lebanese-Christian partners, with whom Hungary has helped save 63 churches, highlighting Hungary’s commitment to supporting persecuted Christians worldwide,” Kovács also posted.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, a frequent visitor to the Vatican, was recently received by the new pope to discuss peace. “I asked His Holiness to support Hungary’s anti-war efforts,” Orbán stated at the time.
Ambassador of Hungary to the Holy See, Eduard Habsburg, also posted on X:
“Archbishop Michael Jalakh OAM from Dicastery for Oriental Churches praises Hungary’s engagement rebuilding churches in Lebanon, at opening of HOPE FROM RUINS exhibition.”
Azbej has recently also pledged solidarity with U.S. President Trump’s support for Christians in Nigeria.
“Another global cause where President Trump and the Hungarian Government stand united: helping persecuted Christians in Nigeria.”
Another global cause where President Trump and the Hungarian Government stand united: helping persecuted Christians in Nigeria. 🇭🇺✝️🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/FcjXPcfVPy
Hungary is enjoying a rebirth of closer relations with D.C. under Trump, and PM Viktor Orbán is set to meet with POTUS at the White House tomorrow to discuss major economic and trade investments and agreements.
Ahead of next spring’s election in Hungary, opposition leader Péter Magyar is facing another scandal. Sensitive personal data of more than 200,000 users who downloaded and registered for the Tisza Party mobile application was leaked to the public.
Even more embarrassing, the leaked database of the “Világ” phone app shows users included various current judges and a large number of prominent politicians and public figures of the pre-2010 left, according to Magyar Nemzet. Remix News is not publishing their names, as this list was obtained through an illegal hack. Furthermore, the presence of these names does not necessarily mean any of these individuals even necessarily supported or support Tisza.
Mandiner has also confirmed that the identities involved are reported to include numerous deposed opposition politicians, former opposition intellectuals, and “independent-objective journalists.”
An analysis out of Ellenpont also shows that the list includes several well-known figures from the Gyurcsány–Bajnai era, which may indicate that the old left-wing elite is trying to reorganize around the Tisza Party and Péter Magyar. However, again, there is no evidence that those signing up for the app were necessarily Tisza supporters.
Remix News reported back in October about the data leak, which at the time had reportedly impacted just 18,000 users. Among those exposed was the Ukrainian developer Miroslav Tokar, an admin for the system developed by the Ukrainian company PettersonApps.
The CEO of PettersonApps is Oleh Ostroverkh, a supporter of Zelensky and a member of the supervisory board of the NGO Defense Robotics UA. This NGO is known to have close ties with the Ukrainian army’s “Da Vinci Wolves” battalion, particularly in the development, deployment, and tactical testing of ground-based drones.
According to Ellenpont, the Tisza leak is the biggest data management scandal since the change of regime, with it exposing collusion between Péter Magyar and the old Gyurcsány-Bajnai guard — as well as with Ukraine.
Magyar has also actively worked with Brussels, promising to fall in line with their agenda were he to come to power. To this end, the European Parliament voted to allow the Tisza leader and MEP to keep his immunity, effectively protecting him from prosecution in three separate cases and paving the way for his run in the 2026 election in Budapest.
A young woman was brutally assaulted by a stranger on a regional train between Carnate-Usmate and Arcore in Lombardy on Monday evening and called for her attacker’s deportation in a television interview.
The victim, identified as Stephanie, described the ordeal as “endless minutes of physical and verbal aggression,” saying she was only able to escape thanks to the use of pepper spray.
“He attacked me out of nowhere, saying he would kill me,” she said. “The only thing that saved my life was my pepper spray, because people just watched without trying to help me.”
According to her account on the Mediaset program Mattino Cinque, as cited by Virgilio, the assault began when the man, a complete stranger of African origin, started staring at her and threw a bottle of water before launching into insults. “He told me to be quiet, but I wasn’t speaking. I replied, ‘I don’t have to be quiet, you have to be quiet,’ and I got up to leave,” she said. “He got angry, came at me, grabbed me by the neck. I already had the pepper spray in my hand and sprayed it. He got even angrier and came to punch me. I fell, and he started kicking me while I was on the ground. I thought it was the end of me.”
The victim recorded the incident after she had initially pepper-sprayed the man, which Remix News has translated and published.
🇮🇹❕ "Why? Tell me why!"
A young woman confronts an African migrant who randomly attacked her on a train in Italy, prompting her to use pepper spray against him in self-defense.
“Why? Tell me why!” she asks the man in the footage. Her attacker complains that the pepper spray is strong, and she notes that she can feel it too, but that it is necessary for women like her to carry it in order to protect herself from men like him.
He can then be seen lunging at her again as she screams.
Stephanie said that despite being surrounded by passengers, no one intervened. “No one did anything. They just watched,” she said. “Every day, being a woman alone in a country that’s becoming more and more dangerous, it becomes almost impossible to survive.”
FS Security and Trenord Security staff eventually recognized the suspect and handed him over to the railway police, who briefly detained him. However, he was later released, prompting widespread outrage after another woman came forward to say she had repeatedly reported the same man for stalking and threats.
“I’ve known him by sight for years because we live in the same village,” said Ilaria, another alleged victim. “For a year, I’ve been subjected to stalking and death threats. Even though I report him, he keeps showing up at my house. He even threatened my grandmother with a tool. It seems absurd to me that he’s still free.”
Regional League leader Alessandro Corbetta expressed solidarity with Stephanie and demanded stronger measures to protect commuters. “This episode demonstrates how urgent it is to increase the presence of FS operators and Trenord Security on trains and in Lombardy stations,” he said. Corbetta also called for the suspect to be expelled from Italy.
The incident comes amid a growing wave of violent attacks on Italy’s public transport network, many involving foreign nationals.
In July, a 27-year-old American tourist was stabbed in the chest and neck on a regional train from Melegnano to Milan by a group of men described as of North African origin. The attackers reportedly tried to snatch his gold chain before fleeing. The victim survived after being treated at Melegnano Hospital. Authorities confirmed the assault was one of more than 260 violent incidents recorded on Italy’s railways in 2025 — an average of more than one per day. Of the 113 cases where arrests were made, 122 suspects were foreign nationals, compared to 32 Italians.
In March, a violent altercation broke out on a Cremona public bus when two foreign teenage girls attacked an Italian passenger for eating a sandwich during Ramadan. The 52-year-old bus driver who intervened was also beaten, suffering facial injuries and broken glasses. Police arrived after the attackers fled, and local unions later demanded better protection for public transport workers.
In August, police in Novara investigated the rape of a 20-year-old woman commuting alone on a Trenord train from Trecate to Novara. The suspect, described as a North African man around 25 years old, allegedly assaulted her just minutes before arrival at Novara station. “I tried to call for help, but no one heard me,” the victim told investigators. She went directly to the railway police to file a report.
And in November last year, a 44-year-old train conductor was stabbed twice on a regional service between Genoa Brignole and Busalla by two men of North African origin after confronting them for not having tickets. The attack sparked a nationwide strike by railway unions, who condemned the “violent and repeated assaults” faced by staff. “The gravity and intolerability of these episodes urgently require firm and decisive intervention,” unions said in a joint statement.
With hundreds of violent incidents reported each year, calls are mounting for stronger security measures and stricter enforcement on Italy’s public transport network. “Boarding a train today could mean risking your life,” warned Corbetta. “This is no longer unsafe — it’s an emergency.”
One of the individuals arrested for involvement in the spectacular theft of the French crown jewels from the Louvre in Paris is Abdoulaye N., a 39-year-old resident of the multicultural Aubervilliers suburbs. Online, he is known as “Doudou Cross Bitume” and considered a “motocross legend” and a former YouTube and TikTok star.
In what is already being deemed the heist of the century, which could very well have already led to the destruction of France’s cultural history, the man was spotted in one of his videos wearing a t-shirt that read: “I’ll f**k France until she loves me.”
The line actually is a verse from a popular rap song from a popular rapper from years ago, Mac Tyer, an African migrant from Cameroon, whose real name is Socrates Petnga.
🇫🇷🔴Abdoulaye N. has been identified as one of the suspects arrested for involvement in the daring theft of the French crown jewels from the Louvre in Paris.
Online, he is known as "Doudou Cross Bitume" and considered a "motocross legend" and a former YouTube and TikTok star.… pic.twitter.com/YACypuWrAC
Abdoulaye N. is one of four men being charged with robbing the Louvre of crown jewels valued at approximately €88 million.
He was born in 1986, and remarkably, his immigrant family featured a father from Mali who had 23 children with a number of different women.
Abdoulaye N. is himself a constant recidivist, with 15 convictions on his criminal record.
At the age of 16, he was already arrested for transporting drugs. On May 31, 2014, he became engaged in more serious crimes when he, along with two accomplices, armed themselves with fake rifles. They broke into a jewelry store in Barbès, a well-known Paris district dominated by Arabs, and stole jewelry in a daring raid.
He was caught and sentenced to three years in prison, where he served time with an associate who is one of the other suspects arrested in connection with the Louvre thefts.
Abdoulaye N. is said to have several children, is known to not pay his bills, and has substantial levels of debt. He worked as a delivery driver, a security guard, and packed toys. Recently, he has been working as an illegal Uber driver.
Neighbors say he was “helpful” and “a nice boy.”
As for videos of Abdoulaye N, there are many online featuring him performing illegal stunts, along with bodybuilding videos.
The Verona Public Prosecutor’s Office has requested the dismissal of the case against an Italian State Police officer who fatally shot 27-year-old Malian national Moussa Diarra outside Verona Porta Nuova train station in October last year.
After a year-long investigation, prosecutors concluded that the officer, identified as Assistant Chief Coordinator A.F., acted in legitimate self-defense when Diarra attacked him with a knife.
According to Chief Prosecutor Raffaele Tito, the investigation found “beyond doubt” that the officer’s use of force was proportionate to the threat. “The defense was without a doubt proportionate to the offense, both because of the current nature of the danger and the unjust nature of the offense,” Tito said. “The possibility of homicide is excluded, even on an objective level, given the justification for self-defense in this specific case.”
The prosecutor’s office stated that Diarra, who was armed with a large kitchen knife, lunged at the officer from close range. “It has clearly emerged that Diarra, who was holding a kitchen knife with an 11-centimeter serrated blade in his right hand, approached A.F. with unjustified aggression, always keeping a very close distance and not fleeing, and attacked the officer while brandishing the knife,” Tito wrote.
As reported by Il Gazzettino, investigators concluded that the officer did not provoke or intentionally place himself in danger. “The police officer was attacked with a knife, which is no less lethal than a gun,” the prosecutor said, emphasizing that the officer’s response was necessary to protect his own life.
The shooting occurred on the morning of Oct. 20, 2024, when Diarra reportedly confronted railway police outside the station. Witnesses said he appeared agitated and ignored repeated warnings to drop the weapon before charging at one of the officers. A single shot was fired, fatally wounding him.
Prosecutors have now signed a formal motion to close the case, which will be reviewed by a judge in Verona. “Our sense of grief for the tragic death of a 27-year-old remains unchanged,” Tito added, as cited by Il Messaggero. “The reason why he ultimately behaved so aggressively that day has not yet been fully clarified.”
Lawyers representing Diarra’s family expressed their dismay at the decision and announced plans to appeal.
Migrant rights groups framed the murder as a racial attack, insisting the Malian refugee, whose brother said had faced time in Libyan detention centers before arriving in Europe, had been confused and deserved medical attention over a gunshot.
“Moussa Diarra was a racist murder, and although the policeman’s shot was the fatal one, it was neither the first nor the last in the crossfire that is institutional racism in this country,” wrote Osservatorio Repressione in October last year.
Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini bluntly disagreed at the time, writing on social media, “With all due respect, we will not miss him. Thank you to the police for doing their duty.”
The Christmas market in Overath, North Rhine-Westphalia, has been cancelled this year following an ongoing dispute between the city and organizers over who should bear the growing costs of counter-terrorism security.
The decision, announced by the city marketing association OVplus and first reported by Cologne Express, ends a long-running tradition of the festive market held around St. Walburga Church on the first weekend of Advent.
Association chairman Andreas Koschmann said talks with Overath’s local council had dragged on for months without success. “We have been in discussions with the Overath administration regarding who will cover the costs of the necessary counter-terrorism measures for about a year and a half now,” he stated, adding, “Unfortunately, without success.”
The city, according to OVplus, refused to take responsibility for the costs, despite a Berlin court ruling declaring that protection against terrorism is a sovereign duty of the state. Koschmann said the association agrees with that legal view, arguing that organizers cannot be expected to shoulder costs for public safety measures.
🇩🇪🎄 German police are now confiscating pocket knives from elderly women at Christmas markets.
Exploding knife crime in Germany, which the police openly says is tied to mass immigration, has led to a security state at German Christmas markets. pic.twitter.com/nRTQRIOr2d
In a press release, the city administration insisted that there was “no concrete threat” to the event, and, as such, extra funding for security was unnecessary. They also state the site is protected by a wall, and direct vehicle access is impossible.
“In principle, the responsibility for the safe conduct of an event lies with the organizer, especially if they bear the financial risk and are in charge of the organizational management,” the council added, as cited by Rundschau Online.
For Koschmann, the claims coming from the city are unbelievable.
“Even after a year and a half of discussions, nothing seems to have gotten through,” he said, while shaking his head, according to a report from Focus Magazine. The professional event organizer told Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger that a vehicle is not the only way to attack a Christmas market.
“You don’t need a vehicle to cause trouble at a Christmas market,” he said. “Without a binding commitment of support, we as the organizers can no longer bear the personal and economic risk.”
Koschmann said there is a threat of terrorism that exists throughout Germany and the appropriate safeguards must be in place. Notably, North Rhine-Westphalia’s Interior Minister Herbert Reul (CDU) was also asked about security at Christmas markets and said that “no compromises should be made” when it comes to security.
Previously, the organizing group was able to balance losses from smaller festivals with revenue from the annual “Overath Spring” event. But this year, OVplus already spent €17,000 on counter-terrorism precautions for that festival, leaving nothing to fund the Christmas market.
The organizers have also ruled out charging an entrance fee and the cancellation now also casts doubt on future events.
“This decision hurts,” Koschmann admitted. “For many years, we have organized the Overath Christmas market with the utmost personal commitment and a great deal of passion.” He warned that unless an agreement is reached with the city, no further festivities can take place.
The dispute comes against the backdrop of renewed fears of Islamist terrorism targeting public events in Germany. In December 2024, six people were killed and nearly 300 injured when a Saudi national, identified as 50-year-old Taleb Al-Abdulmohsen, drove his car into crowds at the Magdeburg Christmas market. The attack, carried out just days before Christmas, was one of the deadliest in Germany since the 2016 Berlin Christmas market massacre.
Al-Abdulmohsen, who had lived in Germany for several years, was reported to have acted alone, though prosecutors later found Islamist propaganda on his devices. The attack was condemned nationwide and prompted a review of safety measures at public gatherings.
🇩🇪‼️ German Islamist propaganda sites are sharing content threatening to attack carnival-goers across Germany and the Netherlands in the coming weeks.
In July 2025, public broadcaster MDR revealed that a friend of the attacker, 24-year-old Saudi national Ahmad A., had expressed open approval of the killings in an interview, saying he “wished more people had died.” Ahmad A., who also worked in clinical psychology and had known the attacker personally, told reporters that Al-Abdulmohsen felt persecuted by society and authorities. After the interview aired, police launched an investigation, and the man reportedly went into hiding.
The Magdeburg atrocity followed a series of thwarted or deadly Islamist plots across Germany, including a foiled attack on a Schleswig-Holstein Christmas market in November 2024, a planned bombing by Tajik extremists in Cologne and Vienna, and the Solingen Diversity Festival stabbings carried out by a Syrian Islamist in August 2024.
Police and counter-terrorism units have since intensified security around Christmas markets and carnivals, but officials warn that full protection “is not possible.”
The Swedish Parliament (Riksdag) has lifted a ban on uranium mining, with the decision taking effect on Jan. 1, 2026. The move comes as countries are looking to improve their energy mix, move away from fossil fuels, eliminate any dependence on Russian oil and gas, and adopt cleaner energy alternatives.
Sweden’s ban on uranium mining and exploration had been in effect since 2018, writes Do Rzeczy. Now, mining operations will restart to take advantage of the rich deposits of uranium, used in nuclear energy, in the central and northern parts of the country.
The new regulations mean that uranium will be incorporated into the Swedish Minerals Act, making it possible to apply for a permit to explore and mine domestic uranium deposits.
Supporters of the bill believe that if Sweden wants to develop nuclear energy, it should be open to uranium mining. Opponents, on the other hand, point to a number of environmental and health risks that resuming mining would pose.
They warn of negative impacts on agricultural landscapes and livestock farming, as well as a possible contamination of water supplies.
Under the new regulations, municipalities with large uranium deposits, such as Falköping, Östersund and Vilhelmina, are to have limited opportunities to object when issuing environmental permits for the opening of mines.
In the future, however, the government wants to go even further and completely limit the possibility of local authorities refusing to mine uranium.
Sweden currently has six nuclear power plants, which constitute about 30 percent of the national energy mix.
Back in 2023, the Swedish government announced plans to construct two large-scale reactors by 2035 and the equivalent of 10 new reactors, including small modular reactors, by 2045. The country’s energy minister, Ebba Busch, said at a press conference at that time that this was “a historic restructuring of Sweden’s energy policy” from 100 percent renewable to 100 percent fossil-free electricity generation.
Ukraine’s defense of Pokrovsk is becoming increasingly difficult, with who ends up controlling this key logistics hub a major factor in the war.
According to an analysis by the BBC, if the Russian army captures the settlement in the Donetsk region, it could be the biggest Ukrainian loss in the months-long front line. Russian troops have been trying to break through the city’s defenses for more than a year, and in recent weeks they have appeared inside the city.
“Russia has amassed tens of thousands of troops in the area,” the article reads, with Russian soldiers occupying buildings and streets and successfully pushing back Ukrainian units.
According to the BBC, Russia has assembled a force of tens of thousands in the region and has been intensively attacking the northern and western outskirts of the city in recent weeks. The fighting results in heavy casualties on both sides, but the terrain is favorable to the Russians. According to the analyses, it was used by Moscow „infiltration tactics” slow, though effective:
The Russian soldiers gradually take control of the streets and buildings, avoiding large frontal battles.
Meanwhile, Kyiv is trying to maintain morale, but soldiers fighting on the ground report that supplies are faltering and the situation seems hopeless. Ukrainian drone warfare, which used to provide advantages on several fronts, is less effective in the urban environment of Pokrovsk.
According to Attila Demkó, in the urban battles, the Russians equalized Ukrainian superiority and even took the lead at some points. Due to the autumn weather, fog and stormy winds, the deployment of drones is limited, so the focus has shifted to the infantry – and in this the Ukrainian forces suffer serious losses.
However, Kyiv continues to deny that Pokrovsk is in Russian hands. The Ukrainian military says its forces are still putting up “active resistance” and have managed to hold several key points, including the city hall, where the Ukrainian flag has been re-raised.
However, the BBC, citing several open-source analyses, reports that the Russians have already taken control of most of the city, while over 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers risk being surrounded.
“Seizing Pokrovsk would put Vladimir Putin a step closer to his goal of occupying the entire Donbas, even if Russia’s advance this year has been extremely slow,” BBC concludes.
Remix News already reported on sources claiming that as much as 85 to 95 percent of the city had already been occupied by Russian forces.
The city is of significance because it serves as the logistics hob for the eastern Ukrainian theater of operations, the city and its surroundings are home to a railway distribution hub with huge storage capacities, while the H-32 highway is the most important east-west transport axis, he says. This is used by the Ukrainian army to transport supplies, fuel and combat equipment in Donetsk. Two north-south roads also run through it, on which maneuvering troops move.
Poland has become a major player in European defense and, in particular, an essential partner for protecting NATO’s eastern flank, Slovak President Peter Pellegrini said on Wednesday following talks with Polish President Karol Nawrocki in Bratislava.
For Nawrocki, who took office in August, the trip marked his first official visit to Slovakia. Speaking at a joint press conference, Pellegrini called Poland “an important and strategic partner for Slovakia in this region,” adding that Warsaw “represents one of the strongest armies in the European Union” and “can be a guarantor of the security of the Slovak Republic within NATO.” Nawrocki said Poland “feels a responsibility for the entire region.”
Both leaders highlighted opportunities to expand cooperation in the defense and energy sectors. Pellegrini said Poland already uses Slovak facilities for ammunition production and suggested Bratislava could join Poland’s recent purchase program for South Korean tanks. Warsaw signed an agreement in August for the supply of 180 K-2GF tanks and their Polish variant, the K2PL, to be produced in Gliwice along with support vehicles.
Energy cooperation was also on the agenda. Pellegrini raised the possibility of using the Polish-Slovak gas pipeline to secure alternative natural gas supplies for Slovakia, which faces mounting pressure to end imports of Russian gas and oil. He warned, however, that a complete cutoff “is technically complicated and unlikely to be feasible in the near future.” Nawrocki noted that Poland has already eliminated Russian gas imports and aims to become a regional hub for the distribution of American liquefied natural gas.
Despite differing positions on Ukraine, both presidents sought to emphasize shared regional interests. Poland remains one of Kyiv’s strongest advocates despite somewhat waning support, while Slovakia’s current government has taken a more reserved stance. Nawrocki, a close ally of Poland’s opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party, noted that Poland “must look after its own interests even during the war in Ukraine,” referencing his earlier veto of a bill on aid to Ukrainian refugees — a move that strained ties with Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s pro-EU government.
The Polish president also commended Slovakia for its approach to illegal migration, voicing opposition to mandatory EU relocation quotas. “We disagree with the European Union deciding on migration issues instead of the member states themselves,” Nawrocki said.
Migration policy is expected to feature prominently at the upcoming Visegrád Four summit in Hungary, where leaders from Slovakia, Poland, Czechia, and Hungary will meet to discuss the region’s shared priorities.
The number of wounded and killed Russian soldiers on the Ukrainian battlefield probably exceeded 1.1 million, according to a new situational assessment presented by British military intelligence on Tuesday.
According to an intelligence estimate published by the British Ministry of Defence, approximately 1.14 million soldiers of the Russian regular forces have been killed or wounded in Ukraine since the start of the war. The service puts the number of Russian soldiers wounded or killed so far this year at around 353,000.
A British military intelligence report, based on internal information from the Ukrainian General Staff, said that “in October, an average of 1,008 Russian soldiers were killed or wounded per day, after a daily average of 950 in September.”
At the same time, the British service points out that although October was the second month in a row when daily Russian losses increased. The average daily losses of the Russian forces in the three months from August to October were the lowest since last April.
At the same time, according to British military intelligence, during intensive military efforts to encircle Pokrovsk, a key logistical hub in Ukraine, the Russian armed forces are suffering heavy losses.
Pokrovsk will probably remain the primary direction of the axis of Russian operations; this is evidenced by the fact that the Russian forces launch the largest proportion of their daily offensive operations here compared to the other front sections, according to British military intelligence’s assessment of the situation on Tuesday.
While Britain is a close ally of Ukraine, and may have an incentive to inflate Russian military losses, there is no doubt that the number of dead and wounded on the Russian side reaches into the hundreds of thousands after years of war.
Ukraine has also suffered catastrophic losses during the war. A study from July estimated that Ukraine had suffered 400,000 casualties, with between 60,000 and 100,000 deaths. It is difficult to confirm how accurate this information is.
An alleged data leak from Ukraine led Russia to claim that 1.7 million Ukrainian soldiers were dead or wounded in the conflict, but numerous Western outlets stated this amounted to a blatant “propaganda” attempt.
There are big expectations for an upcoming Trump-Orbán meeting tomorrow in Washington, with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán expected to walk away with some major economic and trade investments and agreements.
With upcoming national elections in April, Orbán is looking to cement his relationship with Trump and walk away with agreements that can translate into real economic benefits for Hungarians.
Orbán notes that under the previous Biden administration, “there were sanctions, political sanctions, that Biden introduced against Hungary. These have been eliminated in the past six months.”
“Politically based sanctions have disappeared, American support for NGOs attacking Hungary has ceased, and we can travel to the United States visa-free again,” the prime minister stated.
“The next step is to establish strategic-economic cooperation with the Trump administration. In order to achieve this second goal, we have put together a large American-Hungarian economic cooperation package,” said Orbán. “Our goal is to develop a strategic partnership that includes energy relations, investments, defense cooperation, and negotiations on the post-Russian-Ukrainian world.”
Orban turns to the US
There is little surprise that Orbán is turning to a friendly Trump administration at a time when the EU is applying extreme pressure to Budapest, including withholding at least €10 billion in frozen EU funds. Brussels is looking to unseat Orbán from power in the upcoming national elections in Hungary in April, and is hoping to turn the screws on Hungarians on the economic front.
Orbán may score some valuable economic deals on his trip to Washington, but the question is whether these deals can provide the immediate economic stimulus that can benefit the bottom line of Hungarians before the upcoming national election.
This will be the sixth personal meeting between the two. Orbán met with Trump at the White House during his first administration and another four times when he was no longer POTUS, including just after the election in 2024.
Among the topics being discussed will be the double-taxation agreement between Hungary and the U.S., which could be reinstated.
“In addition to energy and defense industry issues, (they) may also discuss the restoration of the US-Hungarian double taxation avoidance agreement,” reads Hirado.
In addition, energy, military spending, and technology investments will also be discussed between the two leaders.
A Syrian refugee has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for murdering his wife in front of their four children in the Dutch village of Mierlo.
On Wednesday, the court in ’s-Hertogenbosch found 51-year-old Mohamed B. guilty of stabbing his 35-year-old wife, Ayat, 11 times during a violent argument on March 16 last year. The victim had reportedly wanted a divorce.
The court heard how the victim fled into the street but collapsed and died in the arms of her 12-year-old son. The sentencing judge called the stabbing “a true massacre,” noting that the children tried in vain to protect their mother and were injured in the process. They added that the scene that followed was “unimaginably horrific,” as officers arrived to find the children distraught, bleeding, and covered in their mother’s blood.
The defendant claimed he acted in self-defense, saying his wife had attacked him first, initially by throwing a can at his head before grabbing a knife. However, the court rejected that account, concluding that the children’s “detailed and consistent” testimony proved that it was their father who picked up the knife and attacked.
According to the Dutch Press Agency (ANP), Ayat suffered 11 stab wounds and 18 cuts, including to the head, neck, and back.
The testimony of the children, aged six, seven, nine, and 12, was pivotal in their father’s conviction.
Last month, De Telegraaf reported how prosecutors had requested a 15-year prison term for manslaughter, but the court imposed a sentence three years longer, citing the brutality of the killing and the trauma inflicted on the children. “The defendant left the children beyond help,” the ruling stated.
The Syrian national was found shortly after the attack in an alley behind the family home with a packed suitcase and his phone in hand. He told the court he remembered little after the argument began, insisting, “I was terrified of her. I swear to God Almighty, I didn’t want to kill her. I wanted to leave her.”
Prosecutors accused him of “theatrical behavior” and said he killed Ayat because she wanted a divorce and independence. “Ayat was stabbed to death because she wanted control over her own life,” the prosecutor said, describing the murder as “domestic violence out of a compulsion to control.”
Mohamed arrived in the Netherlands from Syria back in 2021. His wife and children joined him in November 2023.
During the Center for Fundamental Rights’ International Pro-Israel Summit, Magyar Nemzet sat down with Simcha Dan Rothman, currently a member of the Israel Knesset representing the National Religious-Zionist Party.
Covering a variety of topics, Rothman had particular praise for Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán’s recognition of the threat of radical Islam, given the last decade of massive illegal migration into Europe.
The portal first addressed the aftermath of the recent Gaza peace deal reached in Egypt, about which Rothman admitted he and many other Israelis have “mixed feelings.” Not all bodies of hostages have even been returned, and there remains the matter of demilitarizing Gaza. Presently, concerns are widespread that Hamas is regrouping and that there could easily be a repeat of Oct. 7 if it is not eliminated.
Asked how he thought the relationship between Hungary and Israel could change the mainstream perspective in Europe, which has seen a strong spike in anti-Semitism, Rothman pointed to the example set by Viktor Orbán.
“I think Prime Minister Orbán is a kind of beacon in this regard. What he has done to ensure that Hungary strongly resists the jihadist Islamist powers that are taking over Europe, and also the anti-Semitism that still remains on the continent, is extraordinary,“ the Israeli politician said.
“There are still remnants of old anti-Semitism in Europe, which are combined with the new anti-Semitism coming from Islam and the red-green alliance, which is a collaboration against the values of Western civilization and Judeo-Christian values,” he added.
“I think Prime Minister Orbán has shown the world effective ways to deal with this problem, and I hope that many European countries will learn from this example, because what they are facing is not only a threat to Israel, but also to Europe,” Rothman continued, adding a stern warning for Europe if it fails to act.
“If Europe cannot stop this process, it could lead to its downfall. They need to take steps. And Prime Minister Orbán is a great example of this,” he said.
Rothman also called on conservatives around the world “to cooperate and learn from each other,” as leftist, liberal forces have been doing for a while now. “It will be easier to resist these international powers that are trying to destroy conservatism,” he said.
A 35-year-old man was arrested in Saint-Pierre-d’Oléron on Wednesday morning after he ran over several people with his vehicle, injuring 10 victims, including four left in critical condition. Depsite the man screaming, “Allahu Akbar,” according to news reports, and trying to set his car filled with gas canisters on fire, French police are reportedly currently not treating the case as a potential act of terrorism.
According to French police, several accidents were reported at around 8:45 a.m., but it quickly became clear that all of them were linked to the same perpetrator.
The man was driving a Honda Civic and was alone in the vehicle, Le Figaro reported.
🚨 ALERTE INFO – Un individu a foncé en voiture sur plusieurs piétons et cyclistes à travers l'île d’#Oléron en Charente-Maritime en criant "Allah Akbar".
10 personnes sont blessées, dont quatre en état d'urgence absolue.
Ten people were injured in the rampage, four of whom are in critical condition.
Nearly 50 firefighters were at the scene treating the victims, La Rochelle prosecutors said. Arnaud Laraize, La Rochelle prosecutor, said the driver’s actions were deliberate.
Gas cylinders were found in the trunk of the man’s car. According to the prosecutor, the suspect attempted to set his vehicle on fire before police intervened. Authorities are still investigating what role these gas cylinders may have played in the attack.
“The man shouted, ‘Allahu Akbar’ when he was arrested. His motivation is not yet known and will be clarified by the investigation,” said the prosecutor.
Alors qu'un automobiliste a foncé sur des passants ce matin, sur l'île d'Oléron, le maire de Saint-Pierre d'Oléron est sous le choc et livre son témoignage dans #MorandiniLivepic.twitter.com/sazUtfKFkX
Currently, the case is not being investigated as a terrorism case, only as an attempted murder, according to the Poitiers investigation team and the Rochefort and La Rochelle police units. The national anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office has not yet taken over the case, but this may change in the future.
The 35-year-old man lived in a fishing village on the island. The authorities already knew the man, who had previously been convicted several times for public order offenses and alcohol and drug use.
In the French city of Nice, on Nov. 4, in broad daylight, a 47-year-old Chechen national allegedly approached his ex-partner, the 39-year-old Larissa, and stabbed her numerous times in front of a number of apartment complexes.
Police say he surprised the woman from behind near her apartment on Avenue de la Méditerranée, stabbing her multiple times. When the 17-year-old daughter tried to save her mother, the man began stabbing her as well, leaving the young woman currently fighting for her life in hospital.
Police found the victim “very seriously injured after receiving several blows with a bladed weapon” and carried out first aid, said the Nice prosecutor Damien Martinelli, according to a press release.
During the brutal stabbing attack, the youngest sibling, a two-year-old girl, was in her mother’s arms and witnessed her mother being stabbed to death. The suspect was arrested shortly after the murder.
Remarkably, the man was already on trial three times for domestic violence, which all ended in acquittal, according to Nice Martin news outlet.
The area where the stabbing took place is Moulins, which features an extremely high proportion of immigrants, including a large Chechen community. Police have designated the zone a “sensitive area,” and the Chechen community is reportedly in “shock” about the killing.
The family of the victim, Larissa, also asked: “He stood trial three times! Where was the protection?”
Larissa’s friend told the press, however, that the insular Chechen community and the perpetrator’s family are also to blame.
“She was harassed by her husband’s family, and she felt enormous pressure from the community. She was afraid of revenge if she spoke out,” the friend told the press.
Imam Magamadov tried to mediate the marital conflict for three years, admitted that “he was aggressive, he wouldn’t listen.”
French social services are now responsible for the seven children, born between 2007 and 2023.
Mayor Christian Estrosi immediately reacted, posting to X about a “femicide” as well as a “terrible act which must be punished with extreme severity.”
Je veux dire ma peine, mon émotion et ma colère suite à un feminicide dans le quartier des Moulins à #Nice06. La victime a été tuée par son ex compagnon qui a été interpellé par la police. La fille de la victime est également sérieusement blessée. Notre conseiller municipal Karim…
Conservative politician Eric Ciotti wrote: “A true tragedy in Nice’s Moulins district: a mother is said to have been killed by her ex-partner with a bladed weapon, and her daughter seriously injured. I hope that all light will be shed quickly on this absolute tragedy and send all my thoughts to the victims.”
Une véritable tragédie dans le quartier des moulins à Nice : une mère aurait été tuée par son ex concubin à l’arme blanche, et sa fille gravement blessée.
Je souhaite que toute la lumière soit faite rapidement sur ce drame absolu et tourne toutes mes pensées vers les victimes.
The case has much in common with another recent case from France, involving a shocking femicide case that rocked France to the point that the country’s justice minister admitted total failure of law enforcement to protect Inès Mecellem from murder. Mecellem was stabbed to death by an Afghan refugee, Habib, who was her former partner. Now, the 36-year-old Habib remains on the run after the brutal killing.
Remarkably, he was subject to six criminal complaints, which were filed by Mecellem all within six weeks of her death, yet police never took any serious action against the man, even releasing him from custody shortly before Mecellem’s murder.
The mother of the victim, Angélique, has been appearing across the national media, and has described the man who reportedly killed her daughter as “dangerous” and an “extremist” who “did not want to integrate.”
In fact, Habib openly praised the Taliban.
“He said the Taliban were heroes,” said the mother to Le Figaro newspaper. She added that he “intended to return to Afghanistan.”
The case also has many similarities with another case from Germany from just a few months ago. There, Iraqi migrant Ayad A. is accused of murdering his 37-year-old mother of seven, Laila A., whose children are aged six to 16, on May 12, which also happened to be the same date as their 16th wedding anniversary.
The event, which occurred in the middle of a residential area in Varel, Lower Saxony, is being prosecuted as malicious murder. The last words a witness heard Laila’s eldest daughter say were: “Daddy’s just left.” Seconds later, Laila was dead.
“Reports of men killing their wives, ex-partners, or daughters because they don’t behave as they wish are increasing,” she noted.
She cited research by forensic scientist Frank Urbaniok showing that Afghans are reported for serious violent crimes five times more often than Swiss citizens, Moroccans eight times more often, and Tunisians nine times more often.
A Hungarian official is trumpeting a new report from Reuters detailing the unbelievable hypocrisy coming from the European Union due to soaring purchases of Russian oil and gas, which is funneling billions of euros to Moscow.
Parliamentary State Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Cabinet Office Balázs Hidvéghi drew attention to shocking data on his social media page. According to the Hungarian official, EU countries have significantly increased Russian energy imports.
“Hypocrisy is the rule. The five EU member states that loudly support the Ukrainian war have drastically increased the import of Russian natural gas,” wrote Hidvéghi, pointing to the investigative report from Reuters.
The Reuters report has made a mockery of EU criticisms of Hungary, highlighting that countries like France, the Netherlands, and Romania are all drastically increasing their purchases of Russian energy.
According to the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Cabinet Office, France increased its natural gas-based Russian energy imports by forty percent in 2025, the Netherlands by 72 percent, Romania by 57 percent, Croatia by 55 percent, and Portugal by 167 percent.
He notes that the pro-Brussels governments are not criticized in any way for these purchases, but Hungary and Slovakia are consistently attacked for doing the same.
The Reuters article also highlights that, due to energy purchases from Russia, which have been ongoing for years, nearly €31 billion more money has gone from Europe to Moscow than to Kyiv since the beginning of the war.
“This is a textbook example of Brussels’ duplicity! While we are being disciplined and banned from buying Russian gas, they themselves continue to buy it quietly. Principles in words, business in deeds,” added Balázs Hidvéghi.
An Afghan man allegedly plunged his knife 26 times into his manager, who ran a “New Yorker” clothing store in the downtown area of Krefeld in Germany. Another shocking femicide, but one that could have been prevented, as the man was supposed to have already been deported.
Dating back to May 7 of this year, Sayed Akbar S. is now on trial in the Krefeld Regional Court for murdering Magda M.
Sayed Akbar S. already had his asylum application rejected. However, German authorities allowed the man to stay due to a deportation ban, as Afghanistan was allegedly “too dangerous” for Sayed Akbar S. to be sent back to.
The 25-year-old Afghan man is accused of surprising his boss on the third floor of the clothing store, where he stabbed her 26 times in the chest and stomach. Sayed Akbar S. used an 8-centimeter-long knife during the attack and is described as stabbing the woman in “frenzy.” After the act, he was completely covered in the victim’s blood.
The woman was described as “popular” and had many friends, colleagues, and family who gathered at the man’s trial on Nov. 3. Magda’s mother and her partner faced the accused killer in court as well.
The Afghan suspect “remained silent” during the first day of trial, according to German newspaper Rheinische Post. The man’s lawyer “declined to comment on the charges on the first day of the trial.”
As a result, the first day of trial only involved the recording of the defendant’s details, and was then adjourned after just eight minutes. This “caused discontent” among those gathered to witness the trial, according to the Rheinische Post.
The frustration boiled over once the proceedings ended. “Some complained about the lack of results on the first day of the trial.” Another person “directed wild insults at the defendant after the opening proceedings,” leading to the man being asked to leave the courtroom.
The public prosecutor’s office assumes that the man was not criminally responsible at the time of the incident “due to paranoid schizophrenia.” Following an examination, the man was transferred from pretrial detention to a psychiatric hospital. The jury court must now decide whether the man must remain there permanently.
In yet another example of the massive foreign crime wave engulfing Europe, new data shows that foreigners in Italy are vastly overrepresented in violent crimes and predatory crimes such as robbery and sexual assault.
The 2024 data shows that a significant number of arrests in Italy are targeting foreigners, making up 34.7 percent of arrests.
However, when it comes to more serious predatory crimes, the figure is much higher. For public street robberies, foreign make up 60.1 percent of suspects and for robberies in total, it is 52.3 percent. Foreigners are responsible for 61 percent of burglaries, and 69 percent of pickpocketing cases, according to new crime data analyzed by Italian newspaper Il Sole 24.
For sexual assault, foreigners are responsible for 43 percent of all such cases.
This is despite foreigners making up only a small share of the Italian population. According to the Ismu Ets report, as of Jan. 1, 2024, there were 5.7 million foreign people in Italy. Of these, 5.3 million were residents, making up 9 percent of the Italian population. This is compared to 8.2 percent in 2014.
For drug dealing, foreigners are responsible for 39 percent of cases, 24.5 percent of car thefts, 29 percent of smuggling cases, and 23.7 percent of homicides.
Italy does not track the foreign background of Italian suspects, but in recent years, a many high-profile cases have involved exactly these type of citizens.
The data is also skewed for a number of reasons. While citizens from other European countries like Austria and France are also counted as foreigners, they make up a very small percentage of foreign criminals, with suspects from Africa and North Africa even more vastly overrepresented.
Approximately 321,000 of these foreigners were illegal migrants, making up a very small share of the overall Italian population.
Italian journalist Francesco Totolo, citing this data, wrote: “Nearly 1 in 2 sexual assaults is committed by the 9% of the resident population in Italy, foreigners. Thefts, pickpocketing and robberies: over 6 out of 10 arrested are foreigners.”
Analisi del Sole 24 sulla criminalità in Italia (e la correlazione tra criminalità e immigrazione)
👉 quasi 1 violenza sessuale su 2 è commessa dal 9% della popolazione residente in Italia, gli stranieri
Irregular immigrants — those without a valid residence document or with an expired permit — represent 5.6 percent of foreigners in Italy and are thought to have a greater impact on crime than legally resident immigrants.
One influential study on the subject (Barbagli, Colombo, 2011), which analyzed data from 1988 to 2009, found that 70 percent of crimes committed in Italy by immigrants were committed by illegal migrants.
According to Paolo Pinotti, vice-rector of Bocconi University in Milan and founder of the Clean study center on crime, this dynamic remains true today, although Interior Ministry data does not disaggregate between regular and irregular immigrants.
Pinotti suggests that if this breakdown were available, it would show that the disproportionate share of foreigners in total arrests is mainly due to illegal migrants who commit small predatory crimes for economic reasons, or even crimes such as sexual violence, https://rmx.news/crime/milan-is-out-of-control-due-to-migrant-crime-italian-conservatives-claim-after-illegal-migrant-stabs-policeman/
“Foreigners who are regularly present in the territory, however, they have a propensity for crime in line with that of Italians,” he stated.
The province with the greatest weight of foreigners in the total number of arrestees is Prato (62 percent), a figure nearly double the national average. This is partially explained by the high percentage (around 25 percent) of foreign residents in the Tuscan province.
Other areas with high percentages include the large metropolitan areas of Milan (55.8 percent) and Florence (56 percent), where street crimes like thefts and robberies have multiplied. Border territories also show high figures: Imperia (54.8 percent), Bolzano (54.7 percent), Trieste (51.5 percent), and Gorizia (48.8 percent).
Antifa has claimed responsibility on the far-left platform IndyMedia for an arson attack that destroyed the car of AfD member of parliament Bernd Baumann in Hamburg, along with his wife’s vehicle and two others.
The politician’s car was deliberately set on fire and burned to a husk outside his home on Monday night, Nov. 3, 2025. The fire subsequently spread to three other parked cars nearby.
🇩🇪🔥In Hamburg, the car of AfD politician @DrBerndBaumann was set on fire.
Antifa has claimed responsibility, writing: “All you damn MAGA freaks, you will follow Kirk to hell.”
The case has shocked Germany and laid bare the brutal and murderous tactics they are willing to use.… pic.twitter.com/tMmwi8ewbd
Baumann, no stranger to arson attacks from Antifa, took to social media to describe the attack against him.
“Dear friends, another Antifa attack on me, 4 cars burned in front of the house. The police woke me up at around 5 a.m., another cowardly terrorist attack, my and my wife’s car completely burned out. This time, Antifa attacked in such a way that the meters-high flames spread to three other cars. They belonged to my neighbors, all total losses, all completely burned out. So many families damaged without a second thought,” he said.
🇩🇪🔴AfD politician speaks out after Antifa burned his car to a husk outside his home in the German city of Hamburg.
"Dear friends, another Antifa attack on me, 4 cars burned in front of the house. The police wake me up at around 5 a.m., another cowardly terrorist attack, my and… pic.twitter.com/Vw2qrCuLIt
“The whole neighborhood is shocked. This morning I also saw the stunned, frightened children on their way to school with their parents. The school is only 200 meters away. And they all had to pass this long row of smoking rubble with the acrid smell of burning. ‘Mummy, Mummy, what’s going on here,’ they asked,” Baumann continued.
He then goes on to describe how Antifa is not only powerful on the streets of Hamburg but also amongst the political elite in both his city and the federal Bundestag, including with funding and active support from government institutions.
“Yes, what’s going on in Germany? It’s not just in my hometown, my street, my house that I have to put up with the power of the Antifa. Their arms, their power, their fervor and their zeal reach all the way to Berlin, right here in the Bundestag, right into the plenum. Here, the left-wing MP Ferat Kocak shouts the historic battle cry of the violent Antifa in the middle of the plenum with impunity,” said Baumann.
The statement, whose authenticity has not yet been confirmed by the police, claimed that Baumann’s BMW was destroyed with an incendiary device. It opened with a defiant message: “Fiery greetings to the accused, imprisoned, and fugitive Antifa members!”
Antifa publishes letter on Indymedia
The alleged reason for the attack is the upcoming trials “against Antifa in Dresden and Düsseldorf,” involving 13 individuals: “Thirteen comrades are accused of multiple attacks on Nazis and their structures in Germany and Hungary,” the statement read.
The group criticized the legal system’s increasing crackdown on militant leftists: “The harsh sentences in the first so-called Antifa East trial and against Hanna in September signal a strong will to repress and convict. Until now, the judiciary has often struggled to hand down sentences for membership in a criminal or terrorist organization against militant leftists who were not involved in guerrilla warfare. Now those in power are trying to set new standards.”
The statement emphasized the urgent need for militant action, referencing anti-immigrant and racist practices:
“In times when the everyday, murderous, racist practices of Nazis, ordinary citizens, and cops are constantly increasing, when the military sealing off of Europe, Germany, and the USA against refugees is intensified, and the US president babbles about loving the smell of deportations in the morning and uses the military against anti-racist protest and resistance, in these times it is urgently necessary to organize militantly against fascism. In other words, to do exactly what the accused antifascists are now being charged with.”
The group concluded with a specific call to action and a threat directed at certain political groups: “Form one, two, three, four hammer gangs! Antifascist alert, whether with hammers or Molotov cocktails!” and “We don’t want to see any sexists, racists, or fascists in the city! All you damn MAGA freaks, you will follow Kirk to hell!”
The message ended by expressing solidarity with the accused: “Clara, Emmi, Luca, Nele, Moritz, Paula, Henry, Johann, Julian, Melissa, Nanuk, Paul, and Tobias: much strength to you, the fight continues! Freedom for Maja, no extradition of Zaid to Hungary!”
So far, there has been no arrest of any suspects in the attack on Baumann, but he has been the victim of several arson attacks in the past, including having his neighbor’s vehicle lit on fire this year.
The authenticity of the statement published on IndyMedia also remains open, as anyone can publish on the platform. However, many statements in the past have been verified, and the platform is seen as the preeminent platform for leftist groups to publish their claims of responsibility and other manifestos.
Antifa is especially active in cities like Hamburg, where it spreads terror and fear among anyone involved in right-wing politics. Just earlier this month, Remix News reported on three AfD politicians being doxxed in an extremely dangerous manner.
🇩🇪🔴Wave of Antifa terror continues in Germany. Are there parallels with America's Antifa terror?
3 AfD politicians were doxxed in Germany, with stickers of their faces and home addresses put up around their neighborhoods in the city of Hamburg. This follows years of arson… pic.twitter.com/8w7AtqRXb4
The far-left extremist portal “Indymedia,” associated with Antifa, was used to target three politicians of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Hamburg, including the publishing of their home addresses and calls to take action against the “fascists.” The information was published both on the platform but also on stickers, which were put up all over the neighborhoods where the three politicians live.
As a result, a state investigation has been launched.
Two AfD city council members were targeted, as well as a district council member, with the stickers distributed in the neighborhoods of all three individuals. The stickers featured the address and photos of all three politicians, along with a message that read: “Attention, AfD fascists in your neighborhood.”
The new Czech government coalition will push for the renewal of Visegrád cooperation, according to a draft program statement made public in Prague on Monday.
“An important priority of our foreign policy is to renew and strengthen damaged relations within the framework of the Visegrád Group, which are based on mutual respect, common interests and effective regional cooperation,” the document reads, as cited by Mandiner.
The cooperation between the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia has been paralyzed in recent years, primarily due to differing stances on the war in Ukraine.
While the Czech Republic and Poland have been two of Ukraine’s biggest supporters against Russian aggression, including the supply of weapons and military equipment, Hungary and Slovakia have tried to distance themselves from the conflict as much as possible, with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán continuously pushing for peace.
However, now, according to the daily Pravo, the new Czech government’s program statement does not contain any “warmth” towards Ukraine. Instead, Kyiv gets one line: “We will support diplomatic steps that would lead to an end to the war in Ukraine and to removing the risks of the war spreading to Europe.”
The document also makes it clear that the Czech Republic “wants to maintain good or at least standard relations with other key global powers.”
As to Czechia’s EU and NATO memberships, the new government says these are “of key importance” and “unquestionable.”
According to the draft government program, Czech foreign policy will be “realistic and pragmatic,” with incoming prime minister Andrej Babiš telling press that he will personally take responsibility for foreign policy.
His goal is sovereignty and collaboration. “A self-aware EU is a community of sovereign nation-states that work together where it makes sense, and at the same time retain their freedom in matters that concern only them,” the draft document reads.
A key logistics hub in Ukraine’s eastern defense network, Pokrovsk, is close to falling, with a number of sources indicating between 85 and 95 percent of the city is controlled by Russian forces. One Hungarian security expert is warning that a counterattack could be disastrous for Ukraine.
With the fall of Pokrovsk in Donetsk, besides the obvious logistical and operational benefits it will provide Russia, it will also mean the loss of raw materials for Ukrainian steel production.
However, one Hungarian security expert, Attila Demkó, tells Mandiner that if Ukraine dares to launch a counterattack, it will “probably regret it very much.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has already acknowledged that Ukraine’s situation in Pokrovsk is extremely difficult, and that Russians have infiltrated the town, but he has also denied that the city had fallen into Russian hands.
Ukrainian sources are harassing Russian supply lines with drone attacks, and posting the results on X.
Ukrayna Ordusunun Pokrovsk ekseninde Rus Ordusu lojistik hattına yönelik FPV dron saldırıları.
Hatırlayacağınız üzere, dün Pokrovsk'taki durumu paylaşırken her iki tarafın da karşılıklı lojistik hatlarına baskı uyguladığını belirtmiştim. pic.twitter.com/QCaT7atmOB
Some pro-Russian sources are claiming on X that 95 percent of the city, while prominent German journalist Julian Röpcke, known for his support for Ukraine, says at least 85 percent of the city is captured. He also says there “is no sign of a counter-offensive.”
#NewsMap Russian invasion forces captured around 85% of #Pokrovsk with no signs of the Ukrainian “counteroffensive” in the north of the city changing things on the ground. Notably, there are no fighting, bombing, or droning videos nor flag-hoisting stunts in the center so far. pic.twitter.com/9o0UKZegEu
One video that is being widely spread shows Ukrainian special forces occupying three buildings, but Röpcke is also throwing cold water on this operation.
“Glimpse into the ‘battle for Pokrovsk.’ The entire video, airborne operation and battle of the GRU special unit is about 2-3 occupied buildings that are technically not even inside the city limits. Gives an impression of what ‘would’ be needed to liberate the city. Won’t happen,” he wrote on X.
Glimpse into the “battle for Pokrovsk”.
The entire video, airborne operation and battle of the GRU special unit is about 2-3 occupied buildings that are technically not even inside the city limits. Gives an impression what *would* be needed to liberate the city.
Many Ukrainian sources have lamented a pending disaster. A report out of Euromaidan reported that three Ukrainian brigades were completely surrounded in the zone around the city and that it is probably too late for an organized retreat.
At the same time, Russians have also caught up with Ukraine in drone technology.
There are worries that if the city falls, Russia will have access to key Ukrainian resources.
Attila Demkó, head of the Strategic Futures Program at the NKE John Lukacs Institute, told Mandiner that the total agglomeration zone, together with the surrounding settlements of Rogynske and Mirnohrad, was home to about 140,000 residents in peacetime. However, its real significance is due to its mines.
Mining has been suspended since January, but previously, some 3.5 million tons of dirty coal were mined there annually, the loss of which could reduce Ukrainian steel production by half, representing a massive economic loss.
With just a fraction of the $4.4 billion in revenue from 2024 possibly collected this year, the impact would be huge on Ukraine’s raw material independence.
“If the Russians capture it, it is unlikely that the Ukrainians will be able to regain it, meaning this loss will be permanent for Ukraine,” the Hungarian expert says.
The area of Pokrovsk is also a strategic logistics hub, even though many buildings were destroyed during the siege, and thousands of residents remained in place – the elderly or Russian sympathizers, Demkó adds.
Serving logistics for the eastern Ukrainian theater of operations, the city and its surroundings are home to a railway distribution hub with huge storage capacities, while the H-32 highway is the most important east-west transport axis, he says. This is used by the Ukrainian army to transport supplies, fuel and combat equipment in Donetsk. Two north-south roads also run through it, on which maneuvering troops move.
In other words, the fall of the region would be a huge blow to Ukrainian logistics, while at the same time facilitating the movement and supply of the Russians.
Poland’s National Health Fund (NFZ) has exhausted its funding limits, with some procedures postponed until 2026, and concerned patients are sounding the alarm.
According to information provided by the Supreme Medical Council, many medical facilities have been limiting the number of patients they admit for several weeks, both for elective procedures and more serious conditions such as cancer, reports Do Rzeczy.
The situation is most difficult in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, but Jakub Kosikowski, spokesman for the Supreme Medical Council, notes that similar reports are also coming in from other regions of the country.
“Since the National Health Fund hasn’t paid for several months, hospitals have begun to impose limits on their own. They are no longer able to finance treatment,” explains Kosikowski.
For example, the suspension of new patient admissions to the drug program for rheumatoid arthritis has patients being told that they will not be able to begin treatment until after the new year, when funding becomes available.
Last week, the National Health Fund received an additional PLN 3.5 billion (€820 million), reducing this year’s deficit to approximately PLN 10.5 billion.
The total amount of subsidies for the National Health Fund in 2025 has already reached PLN 31 billion, and is expected to be increased in the near future by another PLN 1 billion from bonds issued at the Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s behest.
Despite these steps, the financial situation remains difficult. According to forecasts from the Ministry of Health, the healthcare system’s funding shortfall could reach as much as PLN 23 billion by 2026, meaning that funding problems could worsen in the coming years.
German police have now alerted the public about a dangerous Algerian man who escaped on Oct. 31, 2025, Halloween night, from a psychiatric ward in the city of Leipzig.
The 34-year-old Toufik H. was sentenced to nearly eight years in prison in 2023 for stabbing the boyfriend of his German ex-girlfriend. He was being held in a psychiatric facility due to his drug addiction.
On Oct. 31, between 10:40 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. the prisoner partook in a daring escape by taking advantage of a changing of staff at the Clinic for Forensic Psychiatry in Leipzig-Dösen. While going unnoticed by security staff and supervisors, he climbed over a fuse box, over a fence, and then balanced along a wall before jumping on a steel beam and walking away towards freedom.
The man tripped a burglary alarm, but security staff thought someone had broken into the property, rather than someone escaping. The staff went nearly two hours before they noticed Toufik H. was missing.
German police have launched a nationwide search for Toufik H., and there are fears he could target his 21-year-old ex-girlfriend and try to kidnap their 4-year-old daughter, according to German news outlet Tag24.
Toufik H. attacked his ex-girlfriend in Leipzig in the summer of 2022 because he would not accept the end of their relationship. When her new boyfriend tried to intervene against the Algerian, Toufik H. stabbed him.
Toufik H. also suffers from various addictions, which led him to being admitted to a rehabilitation and psychological treatment center. Police say it is very possible he will attempt to travel to Berlin.
Police also say Toufik H. poses a serious threat, and nobody should actively confront the man if they see him. Instead, they should contact emergency services immediately.
A 22-year-old Syrian man is now in pretrial custody in Berlin following his arrest on suspicion of planning a jihadist-motivated attack, with prosecutors also alleging the main promoted videos from Islamic State (IS) before the attack.
Police arrested the man on Saturday, and a judge issued an arrest warrant against him on Sunday evening. He is accused of preparing a serious crime endangering the state. The suspect is believed to have arrived in Germany in 2023.
The investigation continues, with authorities currently focused on analyzing the evidence seized from searches at three addresses in the Neukölln and Köpenick districts, according to a report from German news media outlet Taggeschau.
Michael Petzold, spokesman for the Berlin public prosecutor’s office, stated that the next step will be the evaluation of electronic storage media and other evidence seized.
The man is accused of planning to use a homemade explosive against targets in Germany and law enforcement stated that he already required several suitable components to make such a device.
According to ARD terrorism expert Holger Schmidt, authorities were “alerted to the man by a tip from a foreign intelligence service.” The initial challenge was locating him, as he “apparently had several registered addresses in the city.”
The arrest on Saturday took place near Potsdamer Platz, shortly after the opening of the Winter Wonderland. Petzold addressed speculation about the Christmas market being a target, stating:
“Of course, the investigation is proceeding in all directions. And the target must naturally be determined, but that is all part of the investigation.”
Much remains unclear regarding the specifics of the man’s plans, including the potential attack location. It is also unknown why multiple locations were searched or whether investigators suspect accomplices.
The suspect had also drawn the attention of investigators through his activity on social media. According to the public prosecutor’s office, he allegedly shared propaganda from the terrorist organization Islamic State on several occasions. This included songs or anthems with a jihadist context, and he faces a charge of disseminating propaganda materials of unconstitutional and terrorist organizations.
The EU has a serious shortage of rare earths, which are vital for industrial and technological production on the continent. Poland may have at least a partial solution, and it has to do with Poland’s expertise in mining and extraction.
In a wide-ranging interview, Tomasz Zdzikot from the SET Foundation talks about how Europe has lagged behind in the mining of rare earth minerals for. years, with China clearly dominating the industry.
“Europe correctly diagnoses that raw materials are crucial, for example, in technological development and energy. (…) While the diagnostics have been good for over a decade, this has not translated into actions that could mitigate the identified risks,” the SET Foundation’s Tomasz Zdzikot told the DoRzeczy news portal.
A recent report from the SET Foundation addressed what the EU has identified as a key pillar of national security: the mining industry, and more broadly, the raw materials industry.
Highlighting that Europe must “join the ongoing raw materials race,” Zdzikot said, “For over a decade, Europe has been correctly recognizing that raw materials are crucial, for example, in technological development and energy.”
How can Poland help?
This is where Poland’s mining industry will play a key role, Zdzikot told DoRzeczy. The country is not just involved in coal mining but copper mining, lithium mining, and titanium mining.
Poland’s KGHM is one of the world’s largest silver producers, as well as a major copper producer. The company has mines and mining projects in Chile, the United States, and Canada, allowing it to play a significant role in ensuring Europe’s resource security.
He also emphasized that Europe must promote careers in mining.
“From 2000 to today, the number of mining graduates in Europe has fallen by 60 percent. The average age of a miner in Europe is now over 50. Fortunately, we in Poland still have miners, experts, and excellent universities that educate miners,” Zdzikot said.
“We also have excellent academic staff capable of leading complex projects,” he continued, adding that what Poland lacks “is a coherent resource policy.”
The EU as a whole must decide what raw materials to pursue to try to gain a competitive advantage. This can start in Poland, as the country can provide the continent with all the copper and coal it needs. However, Poland’s mining sector needs to be expanded to other resources as well.
The SET Foundation report also calls for a European Commodities Fund to support raw material investments worldwide, help identify deposits, and establish financial structures to acquire rights to raw materials.
The challenges are huge
Europe is, however, currently vulnerable to disruptions in the supply of almost all key raw materials.
There are plans, the expert noted, to increase extraction, simplify and shorten procedures, and diversify supply sources, but the EU — along with many other countries — remains highly dependent on outside sources, namely, China.
This is no accident. China, the report emphasizes, has been pursuing its rare earths policy since the 1980s. Today, it supplies 100 percent of global demand for 10 heavy rare earth elements.
Asked about China’s recent decision to limit exports of rare earth metals, Zdzikot confirmed that all companies (including those outside China) that export products containing at least 0.1% Chinese rare earth elements or using Chinese mining, processing, or recycling technologies will be required to obtain a license issued by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce.
It was also announced that, as a rule, approvals will not be granted if it involves building military capabilities or even developing dual-use technologies, such as artificial intelligence with defense potential.
In 2024, NATO published a list of 12 raw materials it designated as crucial to the defense industry. This is where China still enjoys a global monopoly, Zdzikot said.
Electric vehicles and other key climate-friendly developments also require increasingly larger amounts of various resources. All in all, demand will be increasing across all metals and rare earth resources.
For example, global demand for lithium is forecast to increase 40-fold between 2020 and 2040, 25-fold for graphite, and 7-fold for rare earth elements.
Mining countries have an edge
It would take years for countries to just acquire or develop the technology for extracting and processing rare earth resources. Highly advanced mining countries, such as Australia and Canada, estimate that at least six years are needed to achieve the capacity to refine rare earth elements without using Chinese technologies.
The European Union’s Critical Raw Materials Act states that the EU aims to meet at least 10 percent of its demand for strategic raw materials through domestic extraction by 2030. Its goal is a processing capacity of 40 percent of its demand for strategic raw materials and a 25 percent recycling capacity.
The Act also seeks to ensure that no country supplies the European Union with more than 65 percent of a single strategic raw material.
The key to achieving all of this is to shorten the time required to get mining production up and running, according to Zdzikot.
A new study shows that youth in Germany are becoming drastically more violent, which is a finding backed by statistics. However, German children are actually becoming more peaceful, while the complete opposite development is seen in migrant children.
The study found that more and more of the criminal suspects in the German state are children, with attacks on teachers, police officers, and emergency responders reaching alarming figures. In particular, the study shows that children with a migration background are causing significant damage.
Over the course of several months, researchers surveyed 3,800 students in grades seven through nine at 27 different schools in the area of Gelsenkirchen, Marl, and Herten. These are known as especially high-crime areas in the western German state. The same study was conducted in 2015, with dramatically different results this time around.
The study showed that violence, hatred, and disrespect are all increasing among young perpetrators.
The study leader, Professor Clemens Kroneberg, points to the growth of social media and the pandemic, as many other researchers have done before.
“During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was more experience of domestic violence, which increases the risk of becoming violent oneself,” said Kroneberg.
However, what the study does not explain is why violence is falling among German youth and rising among migrant youth, even though both groups experienced the pandemic.
The study also cites a lack of authority in the schools.
“Students today experience that rule violations go unpunished. Teachers intervene less and less,” the researcher said.
The interior minister, Reul, said that discipline is no longer a major factor in many schools.
This does not only apply to high-profile violent crimes, but also values, mores and social attitudes.
In 2015, 32.5 percent of students found it unacceptable not to do their homework, while last year, this figure fell to just 15 percent. In 2015, 80 percent of students considered truancy to be wrong, while last year, this figure fell to just under 60 percent.
Teachers are also checking out.
In 2015, 68 percent of students agreed with the statement that teachers take action when there is a fight on school grounds, but last year, this figure fell to only 39 percent.
Respect between teachers and students is also falling. In 2015, 35 percent agreed with the statement that students and teachers respect each other and get along well. Last year, that figure had dropped to only 20 percent. The study also found that students have less fear of being caught, and when they are caught, they have less fear of being punished.
“If children and young people believe they can do whatever they want, that has to change,” he said.
However, crimes among German students aged 11 to 13 actually fell 17 percent between 2013 and 2024. Nevertheless, the growing cohort of foreign students actually saw a triple-digit increase between the same period in the three cities researchers studied.
Reul pointed to an environment where violence is considered a conflict resolution method, saying it is “no coincidence that many of the suspects grow up in problematic environments.”
Reul said he believes this is all leading to a “system of impunity.” Children under 14 cannot be charged with crimes, leaving police and the courts unable to take any action.
Reul wants a debate on lowering the age of criminal responsibility; however, if that were to happen, Germany would once again be confronted with changing the nation’s entire law structure to cater to the growing problem of imported violence.
“If children and young people believe they can do whatever they want without consequences, this must change,” he said. He pointed to the Swedish model, which features juvenile detention centers for problematic and criminal youths.
Another concerning factor is the rise in violence from women. Attacks involving females under the age of 14 have grown by nearly 150 percent in the troubled cities of Gelsenkirchen, Herten and Marl, while for boys, they rose 104 percent.
“Girls seem to deal with aggression more freely – experiencing a kind of equality,” said Kroneberg.
German federal government statistics indicated that young foreigners are disproportionately represented as suspects in numerous crimes, with particularly significant differences in street crime and shoplifting.
The suspect burden figure (TVBZ) has been compiled by the Federal Criminal Police (BKA) and published in the Police Crime Statistics (PKS) starting this year. This ratio shows the total number of identified suspects over the age of eight, and is calculated per 100,000 inhabitants per population group. It examines all crimes except for immigration law violations, and the data presents a concerning trend.
For German suspects across all age groups, the TVBZ is 1,878.
In contrast, Syrian suspects have a TVBZ of 8,236, and Afghan suspects are at 8,753 — more than four times higher.
A 20-year-old man was shot dead early Sunday morning on Flying Dutchmanstraat in the Rotterdam district of IJsselmonde. Police arrested five suspects. The same street saw two explosions earlier this year at a luxury home.
Rijnmond noted the shooting was reported around 6:30 a.m. Police and emergency services responded in large numbers, with two ambulances and a trauma helicopter dispatched to the scene. The victim was resuscitated on the street and taken to hospital, where he later died. According to police, he was a 20-year-old man from Rotterdam with no fixed address.
The five suspects are reported as being three men from Rotterdam aged 18, 21, and 24, a 20-year-old man from Krimpen aan den IJssel, and a 17-year-old boy from Capelle aan den IJssel.
It was the second shooting in Rotterdam this weekend. A man was killed on the Zevenkampse Ring between Friday night and Saturday morning, prompting renewed concern about ongoing violence in the city.
Residents of IJsselmonde say the area has changed sharply in recent years. Richard, who has lived there for years, said he heard a bang on Sunday morning. “My daughter suddenly said, ‘There’s been a shot, there’s someone lying in the street,’” he told De Telegraaf newspaper. “I saw a car and boys running away. I told the police, ‘There they are, heading towards the main street.’ Then one of them came over to say hello. I thought, ‘Yes, there’s someone there.’”
Police later found a machete in nearby bushes. “They found that. I was quite shocked,” Richard said. “Bombs have already been dropped here twice at number 32. It used to be a really nice neighborhood, but since that apartment complex was built, it’s not fun anymore. It’s commonplace.”
He said he is now considering moving. “I will look into moving. Maybe to Zeeland or Brabant. Just because of this. It used to be quiet here. Not anymore.”
Other residents say the atmosphere has worsened since the construction of a nearby apartment complex. “It’s gotten worse in the last year and a half or so,” said one man who wished to remain anonymous. “This used to be a nice neighborhood. Now it’s just become a disaster.”
Mr. and Mrs. Rog, who have lived in the area for over 25 years, said similar things. “Nothing’s ever happened here in 24 years,” said Mr. Rog. “And now suddenly we have all these shady characters walking around. You don’t want to judge, but they’re just different people.”
His wife added, “Since that apartment building was built, it hasn’t been as pleasant. I don’t know who lives there; they all have expensive cars. I don’t like the feeling.”
Mrs. Rog said she woke up Sunday morning to find the street cordoned off. “I opened the curtains and everything was taped off. Then you think: What’s going on now? I really hope it doesn’t get any worse.”
The shooting adds to a growing list of violent incidents in IJsselmonde. Earlier this year, police reported that 24-year-old Sendric S. had confessed to killing three men in the district between December 2024 and January 2025.
The victims, aged 63, 58, and 81, were shot in separate attacks.
New data shows that an incredible 60 percent of those without work in Belgium were of non-Belgian background in 2023, and now new rules mean 180,000 people could lose their social welfare benefits starting next year.
Employment Minister David Clarinval found the data “rather astonishing” but also noted, according to Politico, that migrants not only do not understand the local language but can also “have difficulty understanding the institutional system.”
Clarinval added that “everyone must work, including people of foreign origin.”
🇩🇪🚨Germany's welfare costs are EXPLODING and foreigners are fueling the rise
🚨 Welfare costs, known as "citizen's money," have reached a record high of €48.9 billion.
💰 47.3% of welfare recipients are foreigners, a new record high, according to data from the German… pic.twitter.com/mK6Vu2pV8g
The Belgian government has now decided that, starting next year, unemployment benefits will end for those who have been out of work for more than 20 years, and benefits will be available for a maximum of two years. The move will see around 180,000 people lose their benefits next year, saving almost €2 billion for the state.
In addition, a huge share of those who are unemployed are non-European foreigners.
Stijn Baert, professor of labor economics at Ghent University, told another local news portal, “More than half of non-European foreigners living in Belgium have been unemployed for more than a year.”
“When we focus on migrants from countries outside the European Union, Belgium almost always ranks among the worst performers in Europe. In Belgium, more than half of unemployed non-European foreigners have been out of work for more than a year. Only Greece performs worse,” said Baert.
Although he blames the results partly on higher discrimination (based on age and disability, not ethnicity) as well as the fact that female migrants are often discouraged from higher education or employment, Baerts highlights migrant’s overall lower level of education.
“What is particularly striking is that in subsequent generations, the children of migrants are also unable to close this gap, unlike what is observed in other countries,” he added.
The investigation into what caused the Oct. 20 explosion at Hungarian energy companyMol’s Százhalombatta oil refinery is still ongoing. The detonation occurred in the AV3 plant of the Danube Refinery, and the flames were localized in time. Locals reported an explosion and heavy smoke.
During last week’s Hungarian Government Info Session, cabinet minister Gergely Gulyás told press that a thorough investigation is ongoing to discover any foul play following an explosion at a key Hungarian oil refinery. He also noted that Poland’s own foreign minister, Radoslaw Sikorski, had advised the Ukrainians to blow up the Friendship oil pipeline, writes Mandiner.
Poland has, meanwhile, also refused to extradite to Germany one of the suspects linked to the 2022 explosion of the Nord Stream pipeline, Gulyás said, further criticizing Sikorski for making light of the consequences of any attacks on energy infrastructure.
A recent article in The American Conservative also points out further connections, including that “on the same day as the Százhalombatta explosion, a mysterious explosion occurred at the Petrotel-Lukoil refinery in Romania. Both facilities process Russian crude oil, while the Romanian refinery is a subsidiary of Lukoil, which has been hit with sanctions by U.S. President Trump’s administration.”
Rumors quickly circulated that foreign interference could be involved.
On the same day as these explosions, the Council of the EU agreed to a phase-out of Russian energy purchases, which will result in a full ban in 2028. However, this has been in the works for a while.
Hungary and Slovakia have been very vocal about the severe consequences this would cause to their economies, including hardship for citizens due to higher heating bills.
Mandiner also cites American Conservative, which states that “Ukraine is the likely source of the attacks. There is also suspicion that Ukraine could not have carried out the actions without American, British or European assistance.”
The newspaper also notes that the Western media did not attach much importance to the explosions that occurred at about the same time, but that Russia has no interest in causing harm to its customers.
Business woes continue to plague Poland after Blachotrapez, the largest employer in Poland’s Podhale region, announced layoffs, and employees are worried that more are coming.
So far, only 70 people have received notice from the roofing and facade-covering manufacturer, reports Do Rzeczy, a reduction in the company’s workforce of 7 percent. However, in unofficial conversations, employees admit they fear the layoffs will affect up to 200 people.
Blachotrapez cites the reasons for the layoffs as a significant decline in orders, limited sales, and high steel costs. Currency fluctuations and a lack of access to steel from Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine are also exacerbating the situation.
Last year, the company recorded a loss of PLN 13 million (€3 million) versus PLN 10 million in 2023.
Some employees also believe that poor business decisions are responsible for the company’s financial problems.
“They opened a new plant in Myślenice, invested a huge amount of money, and left themselves no financial cushion. Pruszyński is somehow managing, while we’re sinking,” one employee told media.
By the end of September alone, employers across Poland had reported their intention to lay off over 88,000 employees, which is 53,800 more than in the previous year, although the most affected area is the capital of Warsaw.
According to Business Insider Polska, the number of people reported for layoffs
is growing year over year. “In 2022, 26,271 people were at risk of losing their jobs, 34,191 in 2024, and 88,053 in 2025, and that’s just until September 2025,” we read.
The highest number of redundancy notifications was recorded in the Masovian Voivodeship, with 68,227 cases. This is a record increase, as during the same period in 2024, 9,304 people were at risk of redundancy, compared to 12,863 employees the previous year.
High business costs, from wages to resources and materials, have contributed to the ongoing employment problem. And now, a recent report highlights that prices in Poland are so high, Germans are no longer making the trip to shop across the border.
The portal of the Berlin and Brandenburg radio station RBB, cited by Do Rzeczy, referred to data from the Polish-German Consumer Information Center, comparing prices in the border cities of Frankfurt (Oder) and Słubice.
It found that the benefits of shopping in Poland had diminished. “The reason: Prices in Poland have risen more sharply than in Germany,” the RBB website points out.
Although other data claims that meat, dairy products, and some fruits and vegetables are still worth the trip, it appears that Germans are only making the cross-border trip to fill up their cars with cheaper gas.
Four men of North African origin, aged between 20 and 33, have been arrested in Pamplona for the gang rape of a young university student during a large student party last Friday night.
Three of the suspects are in Spain illegally and were already subject to unenforced deportation orders, according to police sources cited by El Mundo and Antena 3.
The attack occurred near Media Luna Park in central Pamplona, close to the Amaya sports complex, where the annual event to celebrate the new academic year was taking place. Organized by students from the Public University of Navarre, the annual celebration drew more than 2,000 attendees.
Shortly after 10:00 p.m., several people walking through the park discovered the victim lying semi-conscious under a tree. She was visibly disoriented and showed signs of sexual assault. Her phone and several personal belongings were missing. Police officers arriving on the scene noted that her clothing was torn and that she appeared intoxicated. The young woman told them she had been raped, initially recalling only fragments of the attack.
Medical examinations later confirmed that she had suffered what investigators described as a “high-impact” sexual assault by multiple attackers. She was transferred to the University Hospital of Navarra for medical and psychological care.
Evidence gathered from the area, combined with security camera footage, led to the identification of four suspects who lived together in a makeshift encampment along the river.
All four men were arrested on Tuesday in the San Juan neighborhood of Pamplona. The suspects are acquaintances who shared the same tent in the migrant ghetto, where police believe they returned after the assault. Officers later brought them back to the encampment for a reconstruction of events.
According to Antena 3, the men are of Maghrebi nationality, and three of them are in Spain illegally with pending deportation orders.
Investigators have seized their mobile phones amid suspicions that they may have recorded the assault. DNA samples collected from the victim and the scene are being compared with biological traces from the detainees. Authorities say the results will determine whether all four participated in the rape.
Spain has seen an alarming rise in sexual violence over recent years, culminating in a record-high number of rapes, which reached 5,206 incidents in 2024, according to official statistics published by the Ministry of the Interior in May.
Last month, VOX leader Santiago Abascal posted on social media after news of two other rapes by migrants in Tenerife and Bilbao made headlines.
“Today again. Every day, our women, mothers, and daughters are attacked. Every day, the government of the PSOE and the PP remain silent. Feminism disappears when the rapist is not Spanish,” he wrote on X.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will be meeting U.S. President Donald Trump in D.C. next week to promote peace, further discuss the Budapest Peace Summit, and achieve greater economic cooperation.
He told Kossuth Radio that they have been preparing for this meeting with Trump for a long time, telling Kossuth Radio that it is “almost having a Hungarian day in Washington, economic leaders, several ministers, and the national security adviser will be present,” reports Magyar Nemzet.
“There will be a complete overview of US-Hungarian relations. Of course, the most important element of this is peace, but an American-Hungarian economic cooperation will also be established,” he said.
Speaking of the potential benefits for the Hungarian people, Orbán noted that “American investments are coming to Hungary one after another.” Still, he emphasized that investors must be assured of certain costs here in Hungary, such as energy costs and access, before deciding on a long-term investment.
“Since we have no sea, we are vulnerable to transit routes,” he said. Adding that Germany has now also asked for an exemption to Russian sanctions, even though it has a coastline, he noted that they still should have the right to seek exemption, as should every state.
He then laughed that Hungary is still being attacked for seeking an exemption despite having a serious geographical barrier to receiving oil and gas.
Reiterating his stance on peace in Ukraine, the prime minister criticized EU leaders for banging their war drums, making fun of the name, “Coalition of the Willing.”
“They are willing to send others to war to die,” he said, highlighting the continued conflict between the EU and the U.S. “Only the United States of America wants peace.”
Taking aim at the agenda of the opposition Tisza party, led by Péter Magyar, Orbán told viewers: “Since war requires money, money, and money, whoever supports Ukraine and the war at the same time also supports tax increases and the withdrawal of money from national governments, because Brussels has no money.”
Six in ten long-term unemployed people in Belgium are of foreign origin, according to newly released government figures, just as a major reform of the unemployment system is set to take effect.
The data, disclosed by Employment Minister David Clarinval in response to a parliamentary question, show that only 41.5 percent of unemployment benefit recipients in 2023 had Belgian parents.
As reported by 7sur7, nearly 13 percent of the unemployed population has North African roots, primarily from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, or Mauritania. A further fifth have origins in other European Union member states, including neighboring and southern European countries. The figures confirm a long-standing pattern observed in earlier studies: employment rates are lowest among foreigners from outside the EU.
In total, Belgium’s long-term unemployed population consists of 41.5 percent Belgians, 12.8 percent with Maghreb origins, 9.2 percent from southern EU countries, 7.7 percent from neighboring countries, 4.5 percent from other Asian countries, 4.5 percent of unknown origin, 4.2 percent from other African countries, 3.9 percent from Turkey, 3.8 percent from other European countries outside the EU, 3.4 percent from eastern EU countries, 3.1 percent from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, or Rwanda, and 1.2 percent from South or Central America. Taken together, those of non-EU origin account for roughly one third of all unemployed people in Belgium, and possibly closer to 38 percent when including those whose origin is listed as unknown.
“These figures confirm what we already knew,” Stijn Baert, professor of labor economics at Ghent University, told the Belgian news outlet. “When we focus on migrants from countries outside the European Union, Belgium almost always ranks among the worst performers in Europe. More than half of unemployed non-European foreigners have been out of work for more than a year. Only Greece performs worse.”
The release of these figures coincides with a far-reaching reform of the unemployment system that will, from January 2026, abolish the right to indefinite benefits. Under the new rules, most people under 55 will be entitled to unemployment benefits for a maximum of two years, while those over 55 can continue to receive them only if they have accumulated at least 30 years of professional experience, rising to 35 years by 2030. The National Employment Office has already begun notifying affected claimants, with the first wave of exclusions — around 10,700 people — expected early next year. More than 100,000 people will eventually lose their entitlements.
Employment Minister David Clarinval, a Liberal, defended the reform as necessary to restore fairness and encourage people to re-enter the labor market. “Unemployment is not a career plan,” he said. “The main message is that everyone must work, including people of foreign origin. There is no reason why these people should be condemned to unemployment and exclusion.”
Speaking on RTL’s morning program on Wednesday, Clarinval said, “More than one in two unemployed people who will be excluded from benefits in the coming year and the year after are of foreign origin. That’s a rather astonishing figure, as far as I’m concerned.”
Clarinval said the numbers raised questions about both oversight and support. “Do all these people actually reside within the country?” he asked, noting that 5,800 cases of home fraud were detected last year. “That applies to everyone, but it means there are undoubtedly more checks to be carried out. Although now that we’re going to limit them, the question won’t really arise anymore.”
The publication of the figures provoked sharp political debate after several Belgian media outlets reported that “six out of ten people to lose their benefits are not Belgian.” Socialist MPs accused the government of stigmatizing people of immigrant background, prompting multiple fact-checks clarifying that the data refers to origin, not nationality. Many of those included in the figures were either born in Belgium to non-Belgian parents or have since acquired Belgian citizenship through naturalization.
Starting today, benefits will start being paid under the “Active Parent” program in Poland.
The program introduces the following benefits for working parents of children aged 12 to 35 months: the so-called grandmother’s allowance, nursery subsidies, and benefits for the parent caring for the child.
Parents whose children qualify for assistance will certainly feel the impact, writes Do Rzezcy. The benefit is available regardless of income, and the primary requirement for eligibility is the applicant’s professional activity. The benefit amounts to PLN 1,500 (€353) per month for each child, and for children with disabilities, this amount will be increased to PLN 1,900.
Under the “active at work” benefit, working parents will be able to enter into an agreement with a nanny, grandparent, or other caregiver. In this case, the state budget will finance contributions to pension, disability, accident, and health insurance for the caregiver at 50 percent of the minimum wage.
Another option in the “Active Parent” program is the “Active in Nursery” benefit, aimed at parents who choose to send their child to nursery. It is intended to replace the current subsidy of up to PLN 400 for childcare fees for children under the age of three. The benefit will be available to parents of children who attend nurseries, children’s clubs, or daycare providers.
Parents who quit their jobs and want to care for their children independently will be able to apply for the “active at home” benefit, which will be available for each child in the family aged 12 to 35 months. It will be paid at PLN 500 per month regardless of the parents’ income. The parents’ professional activity will not be taken into account in this case.
Parents can choose whichever benefit best suits their needs.
A regional court in Germany has ruled that Enamullah O., the Afghan asylum seeker who fatally stabbed a two-year-old boy and a 41-year-old man who tried to intervene during a daycare outing in January, was not criminally responsible for his actions and will be permanently confined to a psychiatric hospital.
Presiding judge Karsten Krebs announced the decision on Thursday, stating that the 28-year-old suffered from a severe mental illness at the time of the attack, which rendered him incapable of understanding the nature or wrongfulness of his actions.
“The highly dangerous suspect no longer poses a threat to the public due to his confinement,” Krebs said during sentencing.
The attack took place on Jan. 22 in Schöntal Park, Aschaffenburg, when Enamullah O. approached a group of daycare children out for a walk with their teachers. Without warning, he removed a two-year-old boy’s hat and scarf before stabbing him multiple times with a 32-centimeter kitchen knife. The child died at the scene.
A 41-year-old passerby who intervened was also fatally stabbed, while three others — a two-year-old girl, a teacher, and another man — were seriously injured. Both the prosecution and the defense agreed that the suspect’s psychiatric condition made criminal punishment inappropriate, instead recommending indefinite psychiatric confinement.
As cited by Zeit Online, court-appointed psychiatrist Hans-Peter Volz testified that without medical treatment, the accused was likely to commit further “highly aggressive acts.” Volz said the man suffered from severe psychosis and delusions, claiming he had been ordered to kill children. The expert rejected any suggestion that the man was faking his illness.
Defense lawyer Jürgen Vongries described his client as “a very sick man” who selected his victims at random, saying, “Why, we do not know. We will be asking precisely this question. We cannot answer this.”
Investigations revealed that the Afghan national had already come to the attention of police several times before the killings, including for assault and property damage. He had been treated in psychiatric facilities but repeatedly discharged, as authorities did not assess him as an imminent threat.
He arrived in Germany in November 2022 after traveling through Bulgaria, Austria, and France. His asylum claim was rejected, and he had been under a deportation order since late 2024. However, he was not removed from the country. In December, he wrote to immigration authorities stating that he would leave voluntarily, but failed to follow up and remained in Germany.
Judge Krebs acknowledged the “devastating” consequences for the victims and their families, stating that while the court had done all it could, “nothing can undo what happened.”
In many of Germany’s schools featuring a high percentage of migrant schoolchildren, ethnic Germans are the targets of bullying and assault. Now, another story highlights the trend, involving 10-year-old Emlia, who was attacked and injured four different times by her classmates on school grounds. She has now been diagnosed with psychological disorders due to the constant attacks, including post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD).
The four different incidents, dating back to February of this year, resulted in the fifth grader Emilia suffering from death threats, bruises on her body, abrasions, and even a headbutting attack at the Tempelherren Elementary School in Berlin.
🇩🇪❓"Why don’t you have any German friends?"
🔺"Because they don’t belong to us. I can’t stand the Germans too much."
Thousands of German students now face discrimination and sometimes outright assault from foreigners in their school systems.
The school has a high proportion of non-native German speakers, totaling 213 out of 323 students. That means nearly 67 percent of students are non-native German speakers.
The parents have gone so far as to write an open letter accusing the school of inaction and the police of failing to act against the constant assaults and death threats.
“We demand more supervisors in the schoolyard and decisive action from the school administration to protect all children,” wrote the girl’s parents, 33-year-old Julia and the 35-year-old Robert P., while appealing to school authorities to take action.
Beaten and kicked
The parents describe the incidents first beginning at the Carnival celebration In this first incident, like many other children, she wore a costume to school and brought an inflatable baseball bat with her. According to the mother, a number of boys tried to take it from her, leading her to lock it away.
“Then she was pushed to the ground in the schoolyard and kicked several times,” Julia P. stated, adding: “There was no supervisor nearby at the time of the incident.”
🇩🇪🔴 A young German girl spoke of the nightmare she experiences from her Muslim classmates.
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The principal reportedly advised the parents to press charges, but despite filing a police report, the police dropped the investigation because the suspects were under 14 years of age.
Death threat
In April, Emelia once again became the victim of her classmates. One classmate allegedly threatened to bring a knife to school and kill the young girl.
Another police report was filed.
“On doctor’s advice, Emilia stayed home for a week,” said Julia P. “The only school-related measure for the boy was a temporary transfer to a lower grade.”
Emilia spoke to Bild about the violence rife in the school, which not only stalks her, but also stalks other students every single day.
“The bullying in the schoolyard is a sad daily occurrence,” writes Bild newspaper.
Emilia told the paper: “Someone gets beaten up every break.”
Pushed to the ground and kicked, “Shoe prints clearly visible on her body.”
It is not just fellow fifth graders targeting Emilia either. Just two weeks ago, three second-graders first insulted Emilia, with one of them saying, “I’ll f**k your mother.”
Emilia was then pushed to the ground and kicked. The girl said her classmates were egging the children on during the attack.
When she was picked up from school, there were still shoe prints on her body.
“The shoe prints were clearly visible,” said her father.
School response
Bild contacted the school, and Susanne Gonswa, spokesperson for the school board, stated: “The incidents that came to light at the school have been investigated, meetings with parents have been held, and measures have been initiated in accordance with the school law and the principle of proportionality.”
Bild also writes that “the class teacher, the school social worker, the school psychological and inclusive education counseling and support center, the responsible school supervisory authority, and the parents were all involved in the investigation. A working group on ‘violence prevention’ is scheduled to begin its work at the elementary school after the autumn break.”
Now, there are a number of police criminal complaints against numerous violent children, but police can do little against such young perpetrators.
Meanwhile, their daughter is suffering from anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD), all diagnosed by a psychologist due to the violence she has faced. She is receiving trauma therapy and is attending a self-defense class.
“How long are we going to let our children remain at risk before a serious accident, permanent psychological damage, or something worse happens?” they stated.
In their open letter, they wrote: “School must not be a place of fear – but of education and togetherness.”
The two parents note that there is a severe staff shortage at the school, and oftentimes, incidents of violence occur because nobody is watching what is occurring on the school grounds.
As with many German children, changing schools is often the only option, and that is exactly what Emilia’s parents say will be happening. In fact, it mirrors many similar cases, such as Yara, who Remix News reported on in the past, and who was bullied because she was German. She was also forced to change schools.
🇩🇪🔴 Yara was the last German in her classroom, and she ended up being bullied and stabbed.
Yara was only 6 but was "bullied and ostracized, and in the end even seriously injured."
Yara's father said that parent-teacher meetings required a translator.
This is not just an isolated incident. As Berlin’s school population has grown more diverse, it has also grown more violent.
Data shows that as of October, police officers have already been called 1,129 times to schools in the capital due to physical violence.
Over the last five years, since 2020, there has been a significant increase in such incidents. In 2020, there were a total of 1,043 incidents for the whole year.
Russia appears more and more willing to challenge NATO’s air force.
“Today, Polish MiG-29 fighters intercepted another Russian reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea,” said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.
Polish Command announced the deployment of “all available forces and resources at its disposal” in connection with Russian attacks on targets in Ukraine. According to a statement, on-duty fighter pairs and an early warning aircraft were scrambled, and ground-based air defense and radar reconnaissance systems were brought to the highest level of alert, writes wPolityce.
DORSZ announced the end of air force operations in Polish airspace after 10 a.m.
Kosiniak-Kamysz, who was in Kartuzy, reported the interception of a Russian reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea by Polish MiG-29 fighters.
He stressed that the threat to Poland comes from the east, from the Russian Federation.
“Anyone who uses anti-German and anti-Ukrainian rhetoric today, stirring up such sentiments, is acting against the interests of the Polish state,” said the deputy PM.
Poland’s Operational Command reported just yesterday that the day before, a pair of Polish MiG-29 fighters on duty intercepted a Russian Il-20 aircraft carrying out a reconnaissance mission over the Baltic Sea in international airspace without a filed flight plan and with its transponder switched off.
