Poland has opened a terrorism investigation after a shooting in Krakow killed six people and injured 16. Authorities are examining whether the 24-year-old Polish suspect had an extremist motive, and the country has declared two days of national mourning.
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The shooting killed six people and injured 16.
The attack took place in Krakow.
Polish authorities launched a terrorism investigation.
The suspect is 24 years old and Polish.
Authorities are examining reports that the suspect was fascinated by far-right ideologies.
Krakow's main square remains sealed.
Poland declared two days of national mourning.
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France says it will join US-mediated talks with Ukraine and Russia in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday and Wednesday. Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said European representatives would take part and ensure Europe’s views are heard.
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The Abu Dhabi talks are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday.
The talks are aimed at ending the war in Ukraine and are being mediated by the United States.
France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said France would participate.
The talks were initially described as a meeting of officials from Ukraine, Russia and the United States, rather than national leaders.
Russia had indicated that European representatives would have no place at the talks.
US, European, Ukrainian and NATO officials met in Brussels on Thursday ahead of the Abu Dhabi talks.
US envoy Jared Kushner joined the Brussels meeting by video link and said Washington would consult European partners.
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Pope Leo XIV urged men to respect their wives during an open-air Mass in Uruguay, where he concluded the first leg of his 12-day Latin America tour. The appeal came as the region reported nearly 20,000 femicides over five years, most attributed to current or former partners, according to the article.
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Leo told fathers and grandfathers to respect their wives, ask forgiveness, and act with integrity.
More than 3,800 women were killed because of their gender in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2024, according to the UN's regional economic mission.
The region recorded nearly 20,000 femicides over the past five years, most committed by a victim's current or former partner.
Leo held an open-air Mass in Florida, Uruguay, outside a basilica associated with the country's independence from Spanish colonial rule.
The Uruguay visit was the first leg of Leo's 12-day tour of Latin America.
Leo is scheduled to travel to Argentina and meet President Javier Milei.
In Argentina, Leo's itinerary includes visits to a disability care center and a prison.
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Two men were arrested and charged after a street disturbance near Glasgow’s OVO Hydro following a bare-knuckle fighting event on Saturday night. Three police officers were injured; two received medical treatment.
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Police received reports of a large disturbance on Congress Road at about 23:10.
More than 20 police vehicles and a police helicopter responded.
Police Scotland said the arrested men were 32 and 27 and faced charges including assault, obstructing police, and threatening and abusive behaviour.
A third man was arrested and given a recorded police warning.
The two charged men were expected to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Monday.
The disturbance followed a Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship event at the OVO Hydro.
At the event, Wishaw fighter Sean Weir beat Manchester’s Leigh Cohoon after the referee stopped their bout in the first round.
Police said their inquiries were continuing and asked anyone with information to contact them.
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The Scillonian III made its final 37-nautical-mile voyage from St Mary’s in the Isles of Scilly to Penzance, Cornwall, after nearly 49 years in service. Its replacement, Scillonian IV, is expected to begin carrying passengers between the islands and mainland in March.
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Scillonian III carried islanders, visitors and birdwatchers between the Isles of Scilly and mainland Britain.
The ship sailed more than 10,000 times during its service.
Its first voyage to the islands took place in 1977.
Passengers and local singers marked the final voyage at both ends of the route.
The Isles of Scilly Steamship Group operated Scillonian III.
Scillonian IV was built in southeast Asia and is traveling to the islands via the Cape of Good Hope.
The company says Scillonian IV will carry more passengers, travel faster and have systems designed to reduce rolling and pitching.
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U.S. Central Command says Task Force Iron Gate will work to disrupt Iran’s transport of advanced weapons, dual-use technology, sanctioned materials and illicit revenue across land routes and the Caspian Sea. The announcement came as Iran’s Revolutionary Guard announced plans for underground facilities to sustain missile and drone production, while Iranian officials dismissed the U.S. initiative’s likely economic impact.
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CENTCOM announced Task Force Iron Gate on Saturday.
The task force will coordinate with U.S. government agencies and focus on Iran’s land borders and the Caspian Sea.
The unit is based in Tampa, Florida, and is expected to include about 20 civilian and military personnel, according to the article.
CENTCOM described the task force as an extension of U.S. efforts to restrict Iranian maritime supply routes.
Iranian Revolutionary Guard spokesman Sardar Mohebi called the plan “just a play on words” and said it would not collapse Iran’s economy.
U.S. media have reported that Russia sent drone components and explosives to Iran through the Caspian Sea.
Analysts cited in the article said the task force could disrupt supply networks involving Russia, though CENTCOM did not explicitly identify Russia in its announcement.
The Revolutionary Guard announced plans for underground complexes intended to support missile and drone production during bombardment.
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Poland began two days of national mourning after a gunman killed six people and wounded 15 in Krakow’s Main Square. Prosecutors opened a murder and attempted-murder investigation, treating the attack as a suspected terrorist offense; the 24-year-old suspect was wounded by police.
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The shooting took place in Krakow’s Main Square, a busy tourist area in the city’s Old Town.
Four women and two men were killed; three women and one man were Polish, while the other victims were a British man and a woman from an unidentified country.
Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński said the suspect held radical, ultranationalist views and appeared fascinated by far-right ideologies.
Police officers shot and wounded the suspect.
Two officers who intervened remain hospitalized; one was still in a coma and the other had woken from a coma, officials said.
Authorities found the bodies of the suspect’s sister, mother and father at the family home, and said they likely died from gunshot wounds.
Officials said they recovered 11 guns: seven from the family home and four from the suspect or his car.
Poland began two days of national mourning, and the traditional hourly trumpet call from St. Mary’s Basilica was paused overnight.
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King Charles led the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in London, laying a wreath before a two-minute silence and a march-past honouring people who died in conflict. About 10,000 veterans took part, including 12 World War Two veterans; Prime Minister Andy Burnham and other political leaders also laid wreaths.
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The two-minute silence began at 11:00 GMT as Big Ben sounded.
About 10,000 armed forces veterans took part in the march-past.
Twelve World War Two veterans joined the march, down from 20 the previous year.
Annie Duplock, aged 103, took part for the first time; she had served in the Women's Land Army during World War Two.
Nine former prime ministers attended, according to the article.
Nigel Farage laid a wreath for the first time as Reform UK leader, after the party gained enough MPs to qualify.
Prince William and Princess Anne attended, while Queen Camilla and Catherine, Princess of Wales, watched from a balcony.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he wanted to ensure veterans sleeping rough were offered suitable accommodation before Christmas.
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Two surgeons who were having lunch with their families in central Krakow rushed to help after a mass shooting. One surgeon treated a police officer shot in the chest, and his colleague said the action stopped the bleeding and undoubtedly saved the officer’s life.
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Six people were killed and 16 were injured in the shooting at Krakow’s market square.
The injured included police officers Jakub Kulik and Artur Morański.
Surgeons Michał Pędziwiatr and Mateusz Wierdak treated victims and the apparent attacker after the shooting.
Wierdak packed bandages into the chest wound of a police officer while waiting for an ambulance.
Pędziwiatr called John Paul II Hospital and urged that the officer be taken there for specialist care.
Police identified three people found dead in the alleged gunman’s apartment as the suspect’s parents and sister.
Poland’s National Prosecutor’s Office is investigating, with a unit that specializes in terrorist offences leading the inquiry.
Six Dublin Civil Defence volunteers also reportedly helped injured people, including by performing CPR and controlling severe bleeding.
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Iranian state media reported that authorities executed Hassan Dioband, Hamid Kazemi and Reza Zanganeh over alleged armed attacks during January’s anti-government protests in Karaj. The report said the Supreme Court upheld their convictions; the executions add to a series of death sentences linked to the protests, which drew concern from the UN human rights chief.
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Iranian state news agency Tasnim reported the executions.
Authorities accused the three men of using weapons and setting fire to public facilities in Karaj, west of Tehran.
Tasnim said the Supreme Court upheld their convictions and found them guilty of activities on behalf of Israel, the United States and hostile groups.
The protests began in December amid rising living costs and grew into nationwide anti-government demonstrations that peaked on 8 and 9 January.
Iranian authorities reported more than 3,000 deaths during the unrest and blamed the violence on acts orchestrated by the United States and Israel.
Foreign-based non-governmental organizations reported higher death tolls, and the BBC received accounts alleging security forces fired on unarmed protesters.
The article said UN human rights chief Volker Türk had raised alarm over rising use of the death penalty in Iran.
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HMRC information released under a freedom of information request shows that the UK spent at least £100m on inland border facilities planned after Brexit that were never used or did not operate at full capacity. The sites were built or prepared for checks on goods from the EU, but the government scaled back some checks and decommissioned several facilities.
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The National Audit Office previously estimated the overall cost of Brexit at £4.7bn, including changes to customs software and other systems.
Five of the seven inland border facilities in England and Wales never became operational, according to the article.
The planned Dover-area site at Guston cost £28m for land procurement and initial ground works, but remains a field.
Portsmouth’s border facility cost £23m and has never been used at full capacity; the government provided £17.1m, and the city council covered the shortfall.
Birmingham’s planned facility cost £17m, including £11m to build it and £6m in closure costs.
The Warrington site cost £17m to acquire, build and decommission, while the Ebbsfleet site cost £10m to prepare and close.
The North Weald site near Stansted cost £5m to build and close.
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A boat carrying migrants and refugees capsized off northwestern Senegal, killing at least 21 people. Senegal’s Interior Ministry said one person had been rescued, the death toll was provisional, and search efforts were continuing.
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The boat sank off the Loumpoul dunes in Senegal’s Kebemer department, according to media reports.
The capsizing reportedly happened on Saturday.
The Interior Ministry said rescuers had recovered 21 bodies and saved one person.
The ministry said it was helping victims’ families as the search continued.
Le Soleil reported that most victims came from the Leona and Thieppe districts.
Walking Borders reported that 635 people died trying to reach Spain’s Canary Islands from West Africa in the first five months of the year.
Authorities on Spain’s El Hierro declared an emergency after more than 3,300 people arrived on about 30 boats since November began.
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Egypt reopened its embassy in Tripoli after 12 years, in a move analysts say signals a change in Cairo’s approach to Libya. The shift comes amid new contacts among Libya’s rival sides and regional changes, including closer coordination between Turkey and eastern Libyan forces.
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Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty inaugurated the embassy in Tripoli on Saturday.
The embassy had been closed for 12 years because of security concerns.
Libya has remained politically divided since Muammar Gaddafi’s fall in 2011, with rival authorities in the west and east.
Egypt had been widely seen as backing eastern forces led by Khalifa Haftar.
Analysts said Cairo may be seeking more balanced relations with Libya’s rival parties and may want to discourage Haftar from acting alone.
In July 2026, Turkey and the Libyan National Army reached agreements on military facilities, surveillance systems, and training for eastern Libyan officers.
Libyan rivals recently signed a 4+4 agreement that outlines a possible roadmap to presidential and legislative elections over the next two years.
Egypt has also grown more concerned about the expansion of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces near its southern border.
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COP31 opens in Antalya, Turkey, with nearly 190 countries expected to take part. Australia will lead the formal negotiations under an unusual arrangement with Turkey, and host officials say they want concrete progress on emissions cuts and climate finance.
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The summit begins on Monday in Antalya, Turkey.
Australia’s climate and energy minister, Chris Bowen, will preside over the formal negotiations, while Turkey hosts the talks.
Bowen said the summit should deliver a tangible step forward on implementing emissions cuts and providing climate finance.
Negotiators are expected to face disputes over climate finance and the pace of greenhouse gas reductions.
Adão Soares Barbosa, chair of a negotiating group representing 44 least-developed countries, called for climate finance, adaptation support and action on loss and damage.
The United States will not send a delegation for the second year in a row, according to the article.
Twenty Democratic members of Congress traveled to Antalya, while the article says their party’s success in the recent midterm elections could help them oppose Trump administration efforts to change pollution rules and clean-energy support.
Australian climate advocates and more than 500 scientists have urged Australia to stop approving coal and gas projects.
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UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said women who report abuse in media and other public institutions are often not protected. After Russell Brand was convicted of rape and sexual assault, she urged media organisations to adopt stronger protections for whistleblowers and said the government was considering further steps.
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Nandy said power imbalances and insecure contracts can make it costly for women to speak up.
She said institutions across media, politics and public life have not done enough to protect women who allege abuse.
Nandy praised the BBC for joining the Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority, a whistleblowing body, and said it could do more.
She called on other media organisations to put protective practices in place.
Brand was found guilty of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others.
After the verdicts, it emerged that Brand was under investigation over two further rape allegations.
Nandy said the government was considering additional measures to protect whistleblowers.
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A magnitude-5.7 earthquake struck central Japan, injuring more than 20 people. Surveillance footage showed streets and apartments shaking, while broken windows and delays to trains at Nagoya Station were reported.
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The earthquake had a magnitude of 5.7.
It struck central Japan.
More than 20 people were injured.
Surveillance footage captured streets and apartments shaking.
Windows broke during the shaking.
Trains at Nagoya Station were delayed.
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A dispute between the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) over forming a government has raised the possibility of rival administrations in northern Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdish region. The KDP reactivated the regional parliament without the PUK, which then withdrew from the government; analysts say the split is serious, though the article reports no recent violent flare-ups between the parties.
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The KDP and PUK have traditionally shared power in the Kurdistan Regional Government.
The regional parliament met in Erbil without PUK participation after a two-year delay.
PUK leader Bafel Talabani withdrew his party from the government after the parliamentary session.
The KDP is strongest in Erbil and Dohuk, while the PUK’s base is in Sulaimaniyah.
In the October 20, 2024, regional election, the KDP won 39 seats and the PUK won 23.
The New Generation Movement won 15 seats, and the KDP needed an agreement with the PUK or other parties to form a government.
The region previously had separate local governments in Erbil and Sulaimaniyah during conflict between the KDP and PUK in the 1990s.
Iraq’s post-2003 constitution recognizes the Kurdish region as a federal entity with legislative, executive, and judicial powers.
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Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy rejected accusations that she politicised Remembrance Sunday by linking it to the UK’s return to the Erasmus+ student exchange scheme. The UK is due to rejoin the expanded scheme in January, and applications are set to open later this month.
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Nandy said Erasmus+ could help young people understand the wartime sacrifices made across Europe.
Conservative Party chairman Kevin Hollinrake called Nandy’s remarks “tone deaf” and urged her to apologise.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said linking Erasmus+ to Remembrance Sunday was in poor taste.
The Veterans Institute chief executive said the day should focus on honouring the fallen rather than party politics.
The UK will pay £570m to join Erasmus+, which the government says is a 30% discount.
The scheme will include year-abroad placements, cultural exchanges and train passes for 18-year-olds to visit EU countries.
Applications for Erasmus+ are due to open later this month.
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About a dozen Second World War veterans attended the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in London, possibly for the last time outnumbering the nine former prime ministers present. King Charles led the wreath-laying and two-minute silence, followed by a march-past involving about 10,000 veterans and more than 300 armed forces and civilian organisations.
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The oldest Second World War veteran at the service was Jeffrey Brereton, who served as an RAF mechanic during the Battle of Britain.
Andy Burnham took part in the ceremony for the first time, and all nine former prime ministers attended.
Nigel Farage laid a wreath for the first time after Reform UK reached eight MPs, exceeding the six-seat threshold for party leaders to take part.
King Charles, in a field marshal’s uniform, laid the first wreath and led the two-minute silence.
A soldier fainted shortly before the ceremony and was taken away on a stretcher.
About 10,000 veterans took part in the march-past, including eight-year-old Ronan Doncaster, who walked in honour of his father, a Coldstream Guardsman who died in April 2024.
Services also took place in Enniskillen and Edinburgh; the Enniskillen service recalled the 1987 IRA bombing that killed 11 people at the event and a 12th victim years later.
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Poland began two days of national mourning after a 24-year-old gunman killed six people in Krakow on Saturday. Prosecutors opened a terrorism investigation into the attack and are examining whether the suspect also killed three family members found dead at his home.
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The suspect opened fire in Krakow’s historic city centre on Saturday.
A British national was among the six people killed, police said.
Authorities said 15 people were wounded, including nationals of Austria, Britain, Germany, Portugal and Russia.
Police found three more bodies, identified as the suspect’s parents and sister, at his home in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski.
The suspect was wounded during police action and remained in critical condition in hospital.
Prosecutors are investigating the killings and attempted murders, including of police officers, as a terrorist offence.
Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski said the suspect was influenced by far-right and ultranationalist views.
Krakow’s main square and nearby streets remained closed, and mourners left candles as flags at city hall flew at half-mast.
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