NewsVigils in Magdeburg, backlash in Bratislava, strike in Syria. This is what happened in the news over the night
Vigils in Magdeburg, backlash in Bratislava, strike in Syria. This is what happened in the news over the night
This happened while you were sleeping. Here’s what the world agencies reported overnight from Monday to Tuesday.
- Hundreds of people gathered in Magdeburg, the site of the Christmas market attack, to pay tribute to the victims and oppose its political use by the right wing. The attendees held candles, applauded the rescuers, and shouted "thank you" to them. "These are lights for a cosmopolitan city," said Oliver Wiebe from the initiative "Don't Give a Chance to Hatred," supported by the Diocese of Magdeburg, as reported by the dpa agency.
- On Monday, a large crowd gathered outside the government building in Bratislava to voice their discontent with Prime Minister Robert Fico's recent visit to Moscow. His meeting with Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin was widely criticized, being labelled as an act of betrayal and support for Russia's aggression against Ukraine. During the protest, former Foreign Minister Ivan Korčok, representing Progressive Slovakia, called Fico's trip a major humiliation. He pointed out that the Prime Minister's actions suggest he sees Slovakia's place aligned with Putin rather than with neighbouring countries like the Czechs, Poles, Germans, or French. Korčok also emphasized that Fico's remarks in Moscow advocated for Ukraine's surrender.
- The U.S. Central Command reported that it conducted an airstrike in Syria, which killed two Islamic State militants and injured one. The Islamic State militants were attacked while transporting weapons by truck in the Deir ez-Zor province, an area formerly controlled by the Syrian government and Russians, according to a statement by the U.S. Central Command on the social media platform X.
