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Poland on Sunday launched a terror probe into the mass shooting in Krakow the day before, in which six people were killed and many more were injured. Authorities have said that the 24-year-old suspect, who used a semi-automatic rifle in his killing spree, was “fascinated by far-right ideologies”. He is currently in critical condition in hospital.
Poland woke up shocked on Sunday, the day after the killing in Krakow by a young "fascinated" by far-right ideas, which killed six people and injured fifteen. The Polish prosecutor's office has announced that it has opened an investigation for "terrorism".
Bomb hoaxes and supermarket cyberattacks are heightening security fears.
French prosecutors are investigating a series of fake bomb threats that targeted commercial flights in Europe this week, including trying to establish whether foreign powers may be involved. Those responsible for the bogus threats have not been identified.
While dozens of commercial flights have been targeted by bomb alerts in Europe since the beginning of the week, the Paris Public Prosecutor's Office has opened an investigation, he said on Saturday. The purpose of the investigations is, in particular, to identify the authors of the e-mails at the origin of these false alerts and to determine whether they have any connection with "foreign powers".
Scientists have uncovered evidence that Europe was dominated for more than 20 million years by open woodlands, colorful meadows, and large grazing animals, not the dense forests long considered its natural state. The surprising discovery challenges modern reforestation strategies, suggesting that planting thick forests could actually harm the biodiversity conservationists hope to protect.
A series of false bomb alerts shake Europe on Friday, after dozens of similar warnings this week, targeting commercial flights but also media and mobilising security forces.
Several hundred activists, opposed to the construction of a Microsoft data centre in Amsterdam, took up work on Friday, responding to a two-day call to protest in Europe.
Daryna, 25, began her adult life in a Ukraine at war. Since the Russian invasion on a large scale, his daily life has fluctuated between air alerts, underground nights and power outages. Despite the uncertainty of every day, she strives to preserve a normal life in Kiev. France 24 met this young woman, a symbol of a generation that learns to live under bombs.
Democrats are also calling for tighter regulation of AI data centres, a concern shared across Europe. In Amsterdam, several hundred activists occupied the site of a planned Microsoft data centre as part of a two-day protest taking place across the continent. Jennie Shin reports.
Fusion energy has the potential to provide abundant, clean power. Now, the race is on to develop the world’s first commercial plant.
Russian strikes have caused significant damage to a road bridge and energy infrastructure in Kiev and its region, disrupting the capital's supplies, said Mayor Vitali Klitschko on Saturday.
Moscow carried out missile and drone attacks on Kyiv and the surrounding region overnight Friday to Saturday, targeting energy infrastructure and killing at least one person while wounding eight, authorities said. Russia recently stepped up air strikes on Ukraine, worsening living conditions for residents who have limited access to power and water.
The "weakest point of aviation is targeting it in-flight," analysts say — but any change to procedures will be a lengthy process.
The series of hoax bomb scares sent to several Irish media outlets and European airlines are likely part of a coordinated campaign of disruption, according to the Irish government. Dozens of commercial flights have been targetted by email with threats said to be over and above the typical hoax in specificty. Ireland's broadcaster RTE who's staff evacuated the premises this morning and several Italian airlines, say they received a mesage cliaming to be from a Russian extremist group calling itself the Fighters of the Male State, which denied its implication. France 24's Jean-Emile Jammine speak
Data centres face protests across Europe due to the massive amounts of computing power and water they use.
A World This Week ‘Mid Terms Special’ Gavin Lee is joined by panel of four distinguished international correspondents to assess the aftermath of the worst Republican election result since the 1970s, post Watergate. We ask, is peak MAGA over? What will now change at home and abroad? And who ends the week in pole position as Presidential frontrunner for 2028? We also consider the scale and scope of Europe Wide Protests: This week housing organisations, trade unions and activist groups from seven countries met in Paris issuing a joint call for demonstrations. Are the national protest movements be
The Republican Party's crushing defeat in midterm elections has left Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky optimistic about future support for Kyiv and stronger transatlantic relations. But with US President Donald Trump retaining broad foreign policy powers, the Democratic majority in Congress may have limited scope to bring about substantial change.
Dozens of European flights have been disrupted this week after bomb threats were sent in to various airports, with fighter planes escorting many civilian aircraft after threats were called in mid-flight.
Protesters are demanding a pause in data center construction in Europe. Campaigners planning protests in 16 countries say the AI building boom threatens water supplies, power grids and climate goals.
