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Added on the 20/05/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
After a vote in the Bundestag, Germany will be joining the anti-IS mission in Syria, in what will be the country's biggest mission abroad since Afghanistan. 30 aircraft, one frigate and 1,200 soldiers will be send to the region to fight the IS militants.
Thousands gather in Berlin to take part in a "Free Palestine" protest and to call for an end of the conflict in Gaza. The demonstration in Alexanderplatz is Berlin's biggest pro-Palestinian gathering since the start of the latest Israel-Hamas war. IMAGES
Thousands of Iraqis pour onto Tahrir Square in Baghdad in support of Palestinians amid Israeli air strikes on Gaza in reprisal for a surprise Hamas attack. IMAGES
Several hundred people gather in support of Israel outside the Council of Europe two days after Hamas's surprise attack. IMAGES
Images show Berlin's Brandenburg Gate splattered with orange paint after activists from the "Last Generation" ("Letzte Generation") environmental collective spray-painted the six pillars of the emblematic monument to warn of the urgency of global warming and demand a change in the German government's policy. The movement is calling for a phase-out of fossil fuels by 2030 at the latest. Police arrested around ten activists near the gate, some of whom were still sitting on the ground, handcuffed. IMAGES