Europe

LONDON, Feb 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The British government promised sweeping changes to the system for dealing with convicted terrorists released from prison, after police shot dead an extremist who stabbed two people in a busy south London street on Sunday.

AIX-EN-PROVENCE (France), Feb 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Around 20 of the 250 people flown back to France from China on Sunday because of the coronavirus outbreak are presenting symptoms of the virus, the country’s health minister said.

“About 20 people who presented symptoms have stayed on the tarmac” at Istres airport in the south of France, Agnes Buzyn told journalists. They included French and non-European nationals.

Army medics there were carrying out tests to establish whether or not they actually had the coronavirus.

VALLETTA, Feb 3 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Armed Forces of Malta rescued 47 migrants from rough seas between Malta and Libya and brought them to land on Sunday.

The meteorological situation is worsening as wind speeds pick up due to a low pressure system forming over Italy.

The rescue came after another group of 77 migrants was brought to Malta on Thursday.

MOSCOW, February 1. /TASS/: Delegates from 58 Russian regions have voted to form a new party For the Truth and elected the writer Zakhar Prilepin as its leader, TASS reported on Saturday.

"There is nothing surprising, much less inappropriate, in the fact that, of course, the Movement for the Truth needs an organization that will implement the things related to the constitution, to social, political and cultural life, as all these will be brought to life. For this purpose, we are setting up the party For the Truth," Prilepin said.

MOSCOW, February 2. /TASS/ /TASS/: All the members of Russia’s cabinet that resigned in January have already been placed in new jobs, Russian president’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday.

"All have been placed in other jobs," he said in an interview with the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin program on the Rossiya-1 television channel.

MOSCOW, February 2. /TASS/: Russian diplomats aided the efforts of the First Russian Antarctic Expedition (1819-1821) under the direction of Fabian Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev, which proved the existence of Antarctica, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview for the documentary "Antarctica: 200 years of peace," published on the ministry’s website.

MOSCOW, February 2. /TASS/: The US ‘deal of the century’ on ironing out the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is not fully compliant with the UN Security Council’s resolutions on the issue, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with the program "Moscow. Kremlin. Putin" on Rossiya-1 TV channel.

"There is a whole number of respective resolutions of the UN Security Council," Peskov said. "It’s obvious that certain points of this plan are not in full compliance with the UNSC resolutions."

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The head of the European Union’s foreign service, Josep Borrell, will travel to Iran next week to meet the country’s leaders in a bid to reduce tensions in the Middle East, the EU said in a statement on Sunday.

During in his trip on Monday and Tuesday, Borrell will meet Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Javad Zarif among others.

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and the European Union should not set such rigid red lines before talks on a trade deal because that could make it more difficult to secure an agreement, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Sunday.

After British Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out a tough position before talks with the EU begin, Varadkar said it was possible for Brussels to offer a Canada-style trade deal but it would need to establish a level playing field.

PRISTINA (Reuters) - Kosovo’s two biggest parties reached a deal on Sunday to create a new government almost four months after the Balkan country held snap elections following the prime minister’s resignation.

Albin Kurti, the 44-year-old leader of the leftist Vetevendosje (Self Determination) party said he would become prime minister under the deal and work with the centre-right Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) and other groups.

“We have signed the deal,” Kurti told a joint press conference with LDK leader Isa Mustafa.