A bus driver was attacked Thursday in the early evening in Kontich by a man with a knife. The man had to take ten knife stitches. Despite his injuries, the driver continued his journey to Lier. Afterwards he returned to the depot in Tisselt. The emergency services were alerted there. The perpetrator is without a trace for the time being. The public prosecutor started an investigation into an attempted murder. Source Gazette Van Antwerpen
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Two Iraqi militia groups, Kataib Hezbollah and al-Nujaba’a, have vowed to resist any attack by US forces after reports emerged in US media this week of a planned assault on Iranian proxies. Source Rudaw
Paris’s Orly airport will shut down on Tuesday in light of the collapse in air traffic amid the coronavirus crisis. France’s biggest airport for domestic flights, Orly will be closed until further notice at midnight – after hosting just ten flights and around 1000 passengers on Tuesday, as the number of people taking flights has plunged thanks to the stringent measures adopted to try and contain the transmission of the coronavirus. Source France 24
Charter flights to bring in agricultural workers from eastern Europe are needed as a matter of urgency, otherwise fruit and vegetables will be left unpicked in Britain’s fields, the government is being warned. Source The Guardian
