In Greece, the opposition party SYRIZA voted with a 70% majority to pursue a political alliance with former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s new party, a move that could reshape the country’s political landscape. Separately, Turkish F-16 jets carried out nine violations of Greek airspace over the Aegean, including armed overflights and an engagement with a Greek fighter — a fresh escalation in long-running bilateral tensions.
In Germany, activists staged a provocative stunt at a hotel hosting AfD politicians, serving a breakfast tray arranged as a swastika made of vegan mett (a raw meat substitute), garnished with pickles. The far-right party reacted with outrage. And in India, Kerala was battered by heavy rains that killed a woman and child in Kuttiyadi, while a four-year-old girl died of shigellosis in Kozhikode.
