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BrestThe seven terror suspects in Brest, arrested on Monday January 20, were placed in pre-trial detention. They were targeting two locations in the city.

BolognaOpposition League leader Matteo Salvini said he would not uphold the presumption of innocence for drug-related crimes.

The social network now makes it possible to connect smugglers and candidates for illegal immigration to Europe.

ZagrebAustrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) has confirmed Austria's refusal to redistribute migrants to the EU member states. Looking at the situation on the Greek islands, Nehammer spoke out against it at a meeting of EU interior ministers in Zagreb.

PragueAustria is a “natural partner” of Hungary and the Visegrad Group, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said at a news conference in Prague after a summit of the leaders of the V4 countries and Austria on Thursday.

BaghdadThe Iraqi capital city of Baghdad was rocked by mass protests on Friday, as hundreds of thousands of demonstrators marched against the presence of American troops in the country.

In question, according to Matignon, is the possible radicalization of the 16 people concerned, or that of those around them.

BerlinAfter massive threats from Antifa, the Berlin AfD party conference planned for the coming weekend cannot take place. On Thursday, the Berlin district court announced its decision that the landlord of the Pankow ball room could not be forced to house the AfD despite a valid lease.

The regional arbitration court of the Berlin SPD has excluded the author and former finance senator Thilo Sarrazin from the party.

GenevaThe United Nations Human Rights Committee has ruled that global warming can serve as a reason for asylum seekers to stay. Governments should not deport people who are exposed to "life-threatening risks" due to climate change in their home countries, the committee said.