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Four stabbed at Amsterdam Centraal – attack livestreamed on TikTok

A personal trainer and influencer is suspected of stabbing three men after a fight near Amsterdam Centraal. Several media outlets identify him as Angelo Bryson, who they say has an immigrant background, recently converted to Islam and is an avid pro-Palestinian activist. Watch the video of the attack.

AfD gives CDU/CSU another cold shower

In Germany, the Union parties received a real cold shower in June, when a YouGov poll showed support for the AfD at 29 per cent, compared with 20 per cent for the CDU/CSU. Now the INSA poll shows the same result. This boosts the AfD’s morale one week before the state election in Saxony-Anhalt. Angela Merkel is now also attempting to discredit the AfD.

Finland cuts all funding for UNRWA

Finland is ending all funding for the UN agency UNRWA after the organisation’s employees took part in Hamas’s 7 October attack on Israel. The €5 million in funding will instead go to more deserving organisations.

Iceland: No side wins by 52.8% to 47.2%

The final figures from South-West Iceland were a long time coming, but now that they are in, it is clear that the No side won the referendum on EU negotiations by 52.8 per cent to 47.2 per cent. This was reported by Iceland’s public broadcaster RÚV. The reason it took so long to obtain the final result was that some votes had to be recounted.

Boris Pistorius (SPD) and Cem Özdemir (Greens) want to ban the AfD

Germany’s Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, together with Baden-Württemberg state minister Cem Özdemir, is calling for a process to be launched that would ultimately lead to a ban on the AfD. They are making the proposal just before the state election in Saxony-Anhalt, where the AfD is on course to win 40 per cent.

Democratic senator dismisses immigrant crime as a ‘fake problem’

Senator Chris Murphy (D) is one of several who use false reports to claim that immigration has only positive consequences for people in the United States. Activist groups manipulate the figures and lump legal migrants together with illegal migrants to portray open borders as an unqualified boon.

Iceland says No

A majority is saying no to Iceland opening new negotiations with the EU. This also dims hopes that Norway might follow suit.

Four men admit targeted arson attack on Jewish ambulances in London

The Iran-linked Islamist group Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiyah (HAYI) claimed responsibility. The attack was one of several against Jews after the United States and Israel went to war with Iran on 28 February. The damage is estimated at £1 million. The synagogue and neighbouring flats were also damaged.

Father of doctor who certified Shada’s death worked for police district that closed the case

– Far below the threshold for transferring the case to another district, says a police inspector. At least two former employees of the South-Western Police District have private connections to the Shada case.

Norway’s LO trade union officials tried to stop patriotic meeting: Hotel put its foot down

Senior LO officials in Fellesforbundet asked Quality Hotel Edvard Grieg to stop an event organised by Bevar Norge (‘Preserve / Protect Norway’) and threatened large-scale cancellations. But the hotel said no.