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MadridSpain’s conservative Vox party has pledged to build an “insurmountable wall” to protect the country from illegal immigrants.

ParisThe French government has forbidden all state-employed architects to give further interviews about the fire at the Notre Dame. President Macron's credibility is now on the line.

BerlinNo other country in the EU grants protection to as many asylum seekers as Germany does.

BeijingHungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing on Thursday, ahead of the Belt and Road Forum later this week, according to a report by state news agency MTI.

BrusselsThe European Union has announced an increase in the number of Frontex border agents ahead of the European elections in May. The EU border agency will employ around 10 000 agents by the year 2027, up from 1 500 currently. 

LondonAn anti-Brexit British party, Change UK has been dragged into a huge racism row after one of its candidates was accused of peddling “anti-Muslim tropes” and “legitimising the far right”.

A decision in Britain was made not to disrespect the Muslim players, for whom the consumption of alcohol is prohibited. The Football Association (FA) will ban the tradition of awarding a case of champagne to the FA Cup winners.

MoscowRussian President Vladimir Putin has just signed an order - to be viewed on the official Kremlin site - about issuing Russian passports to the almost four million residents of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics.

Behind the world famous 16-year-old climate activist, there is a liberal oligarch and a globalist movement.

ParisSuspected of being part of a destabilisation effort, a firefighter from Val-d'Oise was arrested in Paris during Act XXIII of the Yellow Vests. He received only a suspended sentence.