Georgia PM says storming of presidential palace aimed at overthrowing gov’t
Irakli Kobakhidze calls on EU envoy to condemn Tbilisi protests, saying he bears 'special responsibility' for unrest.
Georgia’s prime minister announces crackdown on dissent after Tbilisi protests
Irakli Kobakhidze accused EU ambassador of supporting ‘attempt to overthrow constitutional order’
Georgia’s prime minister, Irakli Kobakhidze, has announced a sweeping crackdown on dissent, accusing demonstrators who tried to storm the presidential palace of aiming to topple his government and blaming the European Union for interference in his country.
Kobakhidze levelled his allegations a day after protesters attempted to breach the presidential palace as local elections were being held. They were stopped by riot police using pepper spray and water cannon.
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René Magritte’s ‘superstar of surrealism’ to go on sale in Paris
La Magie Noire, bought by family of wartime resistance heroine 90 years ago, expected to fetch more than €7m
A painting by the surrealist artist René Magritte that has been held in a private collection for more than 90 years will go on sale later this month.
La Magie Noire was bought by the family of the second world war resistance heroine Suzanne Spaak, who were Magritte’s benefactors at a time when he was struggling financially and had failed to sell a single work for two years.
Continue reading...Hundreds of thousands turn out at pro-Palestine marches across Europe
Demonstrators demand immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of flotilla activists trying to get aid to enclave.
Almost 1,000 trapped on Tibetan side of Mount Everest by blizzard – Yahoo
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Conservative leader grilled over her removals proposal ahead of party conference opening later today
The polling firm Opinium has released some research this morning suggesting that some Conservative party policies are popular with voters – but that, if people are explicitly told that they are Kemi Badenoch policies, their popularity goes down.
There is some evidence that Keir Starmer’s unpopularity has the same effect – and that, once a policy is associated with him, voters are less inclined to back it.
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Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office
Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday
Ministers are to give police new powers to target repeated protests, aimed particularly at cracking down on demonstrations connected to Gaza, the Home Office has said.
The announcement, made the morning after almost 500 people were arrested in London for expressing support for Palestine Action, a proscribed organisation, could allow police to order regular protests to take place at a different site.
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Syria counts votes after indirect election for first post-Assad parliament
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Georgia Riot Police Fire Tear Gas in Clashes With Protesters – Bloomberg.com
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