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Tunisia hit by third night of violent protests Tunisians have taken to the streets of several cities including the capital in a third night of violent protests. The government has vowed to crack down. More than 300 people were arrested and nearly 50 police officers wounded overnight on Wednesday in continued unrest in Tunisia over price hikes and austerity measures, the interior ministry said. In the town of Thala, located near the border with Algeria, protestors torched the regionʼs national security headquarters, prompting police forces to retreat and authorities to deploy soldiers. Peaceful demonstrations erupted last week, but turned violent on Monday and Tuesday as they spread to more than 20 towns including in the suburbs of the capital, Tunis. Fresh clashes were reported across several towns for a third night on Wednesday. Anger has boiled over since the beginning of the year due to a hike in value added tax and social security contributions as part of austerity demanded by international creditors.
YouTube strips back partnership with Logan Paul Youtube has cut projects and lowered the advertising profile of video blogger Logan Paul, after he posted a video of a suicide victim in Japan. Paul apologized last week, calling the videoʼs publication a "huge mistake." YouTube on Wednesday said it would remove American video blogger Logan Paul from its Google Preferred platform and put future projects involving him on hold, after Pauluploaded a video of a suicide victimat a known suicide site in Japan to the platform. "In light of recent events, we have decided to remove Logan Paulʼs channels from Google Preferred. Additionally, we will not feature Logan in season 4 of ʼFoursomeʼ and his new Originals are on hold," YouTube, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., said in a statement. In an open letter on Tuesday, YouTube had said Paulʼs video violated its guidelines and it was "looking at further consequences."
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Europeans look to EU for protection from globalization Terrorism and migration ranked as the main concerns on Europeansʼ minds
While nearly half of Europeans regard globalization as a threat, the majority also see the EU as part of the answer, according to a new study.
Easyjet takes off from Berlin Tegel as it joins crowded German market The low-cost airline has launched its first domestic flights in Germany from its new base at Berlinʼs Tegel Airport. The British carrier has added 19 new routes and joins an already crowded domestic market in Germany. Low-cost carrier Easyjet commenced its new domestic German service shortly after 10.30 CET on Friday morning from Berlinʼs Tegel airport, as it seeks to capitalize on Air Berlinʼs demise. Easyjet will add 19 destinations to its schedules from Tegel, with four of those within Germany — Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Munich and Düsseldorf — and said it aims to fly 40 times a week between Tegel
and Düsseldorf. The airlineʼs increased focus on the German market comes after theAir Berlin dealand puts Easyjet in direct competition with Lufthansa and its subsidiary Eurowings, which have been criticized in recent months for inflating its fares amid claims of antitrust. During the period of Air Berlinʼs insolvency, the price of some domestic fares have risen by 30 percent. Easyjet currently has 12 planes stationed at Tegel but plans to increase that figure to 25 within the next six months with aircraft purchased from Air Berlin, making it Easyjetʼs second largest base after London Gatwick, where the company has 37 aircraft.
Germany must allow third gender in registry of births, court rules An intersex person has won a court case to allow them to enter a third gender into the registry of births. The case was appealed to the Federal Constitutional Court after failing at lower levels. Germanyʼs Federal Constitutional Court on Wednesday called for a third gender option in the registry of births. Intersex people, who are neither male nor female, should be able to register their sexual identity as such, the Karlsruhe court ruled. The court found that the general right to the protection of personality in Germanyʼs Basic Law meant the register had to be altered to al-
low a third gender. The court ruled seven to one that lawmakers must create new legislation by the end of 2018 to allow for a third sex, providing the examples of "intersex," "diverse" or another "positive designation of sex." Another possibility raised was to scrap gender entries altogether. "Assignment to a gender is of paramount importance for individual identity; it typically plays a key role both in the self-image of a person and in the way in which the person concerned is perceived by others. The gender identity of those persons who are neither male nor female is protected,"the court ruled.
Belgian government embroiled in deportation scandal Belgian immigration minister Theo Francken is under fire for his repatriation of vulnerable migrants to Sudan. Critics are calling on him to resign. Now the government coalition is at risk of collapse over the scandal. It is not often that the trigger for a government crisis is as obvious as it has been in Belgium in recent weeks. The story begins in Brusselsʼ Parc Maximilien, where migrants have been camping out since 2015. At any given time there are usually a few hundred people waiting there in limbo until their paperwork has been processed, or taking a break on their journey to Great Britain. For many Belgians,Parc Maximilien is a symbol of the Belgian stateʼs failureto get a grip on the refugee crisis. The current debate may develop into real government crisis and even cost Charles Michelʼs job as prime minister.
US House passes bill renewing surveillance powers The bill passed with a comfortable majority though representatives from both parties voted against it. President Trump sowed confusion prior to the vote, which is expected to pass the Senate before expiring next week. The US House of Representatives, today, passed a bill to renew sweeping surveillance powers for the governmentʼs intelligence agencies. The vote on Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which must be renewed every five years and is set to expire on January 19, passed by a 256 to 164 margin. Notably, 45 Republicans voted against it.
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