The Latest: Navalny In Court, Pfizer Profits, Canadian Candyologist A major winter storm is hitting New York City where 13 inches of snow have fallen, the biggest winter storm in five years - Bryan Smith/ZUMA 2020-02-02
Welcome to Tuesday, where global calls are issued for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, Navalny shows up in court and there s real-life drama at the French opera. Le Monde also goes to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky s hometown to report on the disillusions, two years into his term.
• COVID-19 latest: Japan set to extend its state of emergency for another month as Tokyo Olympics loom. The U.S. administered more doses of the COVID-19 vaccine yesterday for the first time than those who have tested positive. Both Italy and South Africa have eased restrictions as the rate of infection eases to a more manageable level.
Far-Left Anarchist Extremists Indicted Over Terror Plot To Kill Police
15 Dec 2020
French officials indicted seven far-left Antifa anarchist extremists in Paris for forming a criminal terrorist organisation, after security services foiled an alleged plot to commit violence against police and soldiers.
The seven ultra-left extremists, six men and one woman, are aged between 30 and 36. Five have been kept in custody while two others were released under judicial supervision.
The domestic French security service, the General Directorate of Internal Security (DGSI), dismantled the network, with arrests taking place in Toulouse, Cubjac, Vitry-sur-Seine, and Rennes last week,
Le Parisienreports.
Far-Left Antifa Militants in Syria Vow to Fight French State Following Evictions of Anarchist Groups https://t.co/JuaHU24xvS
Following the beheading of Paty, it was revealed that Anzorov had been in contact with at least one actual jihadist in Syria prior to the attack as well, communicating with him through the social media app Instagram.
Investigators say that the jihadist was likely located in the Idlib province of Syria, a known stronghold for jihadists with links to terrorist organisations such as al-Qaeda.
The two had conversations about jihad and Islamic theology for several days in September and Anzorov is said to have sent a direct message to the jihadist immediately after the killing of Paty, sending him a picture of the teacher’s decapitated head.