A suspected extremist is on the run after a shooting which left four people dead near a Christmas market in the French city of Strasbourg.France 24 - Live coverage
French authorities have launched a terror investigation into the shooting, which left several others injured, some seriously.
The 29-year-old alleged gunman has a criminal record and, according to the prefect of the Strasbourg region, was known by the security services as a suspected extremist.
MEPs stranded. France 24:
The European Parliament in Strasbourg was under lockdown late Tuesday after a deadly shooting near a Christmas market rocked the eastern French city, shocking and stranding hundreds of MEPs, staff and officials.ISIS celebrates Strasbourg shooting. The Express:
No terrorist group has officially claimed responsibility yet, but ISIS supporters have boasted the attack happened just “days after our threats.”- - -
Detained Huawei exec granted bail - The International News:
A Canadian judge granted bail Tuesday [Meng Wanzhou,] a top Huawei executive after her arrest on a US warrant, in a case that has frayed relations between the North American allies and China.Hong Kong Free Press: China detains Canadian, believed to be former diplomat:
[She] is is wanted by US authorities for violating Iran sanctions but Beijing has expressed outrage over her detention and is holding a former Canadian diplomat in China, intensifying the row.
“We are aware of the situation of a Canadian detained in China. We have been in direct contact with the Chinese,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters, adding that Ottawa was taking his arrest “very seriously.”- - -
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Web Financial Group - May tours "like a child":
ITV: May fights, critics circle.May toured European capitals like a child presenting a parent with a new toy broken on Christmas morning. She gained plenty of sympathy but also stern reminder that there would be no renegotiation or quick fixes.
Aspen Daily News: May heads to Ireland.
The Irish Times: Ireland "collateral damage" in Brexit.
New Statesman: May in Tory Trouble.
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China.org: Church shooting in Brazil leaves five dead.
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Stuff (NZ/AU)- Bodies scattered, truck veers into pedestrians.
Police were told the truck, carrying bricks, was travelling south on Botany Road when it veered into northbound lanes before hitting a power pole, a bus stop, a building and pedestrians.- - -
The Independent (IE) - A street paved with milk chocolate:
...a tonne of chocolate flowed out of a factory and solidified.
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After hitting the chilly pavement, the milk chocolate quickly hardened.
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