A bus was attacked on Wednesday evening in Angoulême by about thirty young people armed with swords and baseball bats. A few stops later, the driver was relieved and the damaged bus replaced. No arrests have been made so far, as the thirty young people disperse quickly after the bus leaves. On Thursday morning, the city’s transport network announced that no buses would run, with drivers exercising their right of withdrawal. This is the second bus attack in a week. Source Ouest-France
OPEC+ headed for a clash with the U.S. as more members rejected President Joe Biden’s call for the group to raise oil production faster and help reduce gasoline prices. On Monday, Kuwait said the cartel should stick with its plan to increase output gradually because oil markets were well-balanced. That followed similar statements from other key members in recent days, including Iraq, Algeria, Angola and Nigeria. Source Al Jazeera
“If a state buys (weaponry) from us, it’s no longer a Turkish product. It might be manufactured in Turkey, but it belongs to Ukraine,” Cavusoglu told reporters after meeting his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, on the margins of the G20 summit in Rome. “Turkey cannot be blamed for this,” he said. Source The Defence Post
Bulgaria has sent 350 additional military personnel to its border with Turkey amid rising migration levels. Defense Minister Georgi Panayotov told Bulgarian media that the troops were arriving to “support the border police”. Source EuroNews
