Riots and sexual assaults overshadow a folk festival in Swabia. Women are harassed, have been pelted with bottles, the police. Police temporarily loses control of the situation – and draws parallels to the New Year’s Eve in Cologne. At a festival in Baden-Württemberg Schorndorf weekend violence has escalated: Up to 1,000 teenagers and young adults were throwing bottles at the police and festival participants. According to police, it was for many to migrants. Source Panorama
China is trying to turn Taiwan into another Hong Kong, the island’s foreign minister warned on Tuesday as he met with a senior US official making a historic diplomatic trip. Source The Guardian
Britain and France will work “at pace” to finalise a new plan for shutting down a migrant route across the Channel, British immigration minister Chris Philp said on Tuesday. Philp said President Emmanuel Macron’s government agreed the high numbers making the illegal crossing were unacceptable. Source France24
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow’s Gamaleya Institute has registered the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine for use. He said his daughter is among those already inoculated. Source Deutsche Welle
