European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday Russian President Vladimir Putin should come to the negotiating table if he is serious about peace. "Just spoke with President Zelenskyy, then President Donald Trump, following the massive strike on Kyiv which also hit our EU offices," she posted on X. "Putin must come to the negotiating table. We must secure a just and lasting peace for Ukraine with firm and credible security guarantees."
NUJ assistant general secretary Seamus Dooley said journalists were being killed because they were recording what was happening in Gaza. "We gather in anger, we gather in sorrow. "But above all else we gather in solidarity, solidarity with those who have been murdered because they were journalists." He added: "That record of the Israeli government is an indictment, and we will never forget that. "We demand an end to be killing. We demand a ceasefire."
Tensions in Serbia are high. Each day, there are new reports of police violence and arrests against demonstrators, along with accusations that the Western Balkan country's government is hiring criminal gangs to attack its own population. Anti-corruption protests have been ongoing since 16 people were killed when a railway station canopy collapsed in the northern city of Novi Sad in November 2024. The demonstrations began peacefully, but in recent days, violence has escalated in the capital Belgrade and beyond.
