Day: October 2, 2025

Police Investigate Brussels Shooting

A firearm was discharged in Saint-Gilles: with no reported injuries to date, it nevertheless points to deteriorating public safety in the Belgian capital.

One Plot Foiled, Another Enacted as Europe’s Antisemitism Problem on Full Display

One Plot Foiled, Another Enacted as Europe’s Antisemitism Problem on Full Display

Suspected members of Hamas have been arrested in Berlin. But in the UK, two people are dead following a bloody attack by a suspected terrorist.

October 2, 2025
Morocco: Police Shoot Protesters Dead

Morocco: Police Shoot Protesters Dead

Two were killed as local youth took to the streets, with violence and arrests spreading across Moroccan cities.

October 2, 2025
Credibility and Communications Crisis: Von der Leyen’s Failing Balancing Act

Credibility and Communications Crisis: Von der Leyen’s Failing Balancing Act

The ‘hollow center’ of the European People’s Party proves incapable of holding against Brussels’ ideological tensions.

October 2, 2025
Police Investigate Brussels Shooting

Police Investigate Brussels Shooting

A firearm was discharged in Saint-Gilles: with no reported injuries to date, it nevertheless points to deteriorating public safety in the Belgian capital.

October 2, 2025
Macron in Copenhagen: ‘Get Tough on Russia’s Shadow Fleet’

Macron in Copenhagen: ‘Get Tough on Russia’s Shadow Fleet’

The French President has urged European countries to step up joint action against Russia’s so-called shadow fleet—after the French Navy detained part of a tanker crew off the Atlantic coast.

October 2, 2025
Ukraine War Latest Excuse for EU Centralisation

Ukraine War Latest Excuse for EU Centralisation

Brussels is choosing to punish rather than listen to those insisting on a different approach.

October 2, 2025
Munich Oktoberfest Reopened After Gun and Arson Rampage

Munich Oktoberfest Reopened After Gun and Arson Rampage

Authorities ruled out political or religious motives behind the incident, which comes at a time of heightened tensions in Germany.

October 2, 2025
White House Rejects Pope’s Criticism of U.S. Immigration Policy

White House Rejects Pope’s Criticism of U.S. Immigration Policy

Pope Leo also reminds support for the death penalty cannot be reconciled with a genuine “pro–life” position.

October 2, 2025
Brussels Targets Hungary as Summit Exposes Deep EU Rifts

Brussels Targets Hungary as Summit Exposes Deep EU Rifts

Orbán’s opposition to scrapping the veto and funding Ukraine revealed fractures among Europe’s leaders, with France, Germany, and Greece also voicing doubts.

October 2, 2025
Netherlands Report Warns of Chatbots Crossing the Line

Netherlands Report Warns of Chatbots Crossing the Line

The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Market said people complain they no longer know if they are speaking to a human or a machine.

October 2, 2025
Knife Attack at Manchester Synagogue

Knife Attack at Manchester Synagogue

Targeted violence outside the Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester has caused multiple injuries, with the suspected assailant shot by police.

October 2, 2025
Meloni Criticises Gaza Flotilla After 22 Italians Detained

Meloni Criticises Gaza Flotilla After 22 Italians Detained

Faced with home-grown Gaza activists, the Italian PM believes “all this brings no benefit to the Palestinian people.”

October 2, 2025