Russia’s military is rejecting claims that Syrian government forces used chemical weapons in an attack on the rebel-held town of Douma. Maj. Gen. Yuri Yevtushenko was quoted by Russian news agencies yesterday as saying Russia was prepared to “promptly send Russian specialists in radiation, chemical and biological protection to Douma after its liberation from fighters to gather data that will confirm the fabricated nature of these statements.”
Saudi Arabia: Crown prince visits France to share his ‘new vision’
The crown prince of Saudi Arabia is making his first official visit to France, which is hoping to profit from his shake-up of the conservative kingdom. No big contracts are expected to be signed during the visit of Mohammed bin Salman, but a “strategic partnership” is to be announced Tomorrow with French President Emmanuel Macron. France is hoping for Saudi investments in technology, renewable energy, health and tourism. The influential crown prince is expected to visit the Paris startup incubator Station F.
Germany: Police – Muenster van driver acted alone
The German news agency dpa is quoting police as saying that that the driver who crashed his van into a crowd in the western German city of Muenster had no accomplices. The 48-year-old German man killed two people and injured 20 others Saturday before shooting himself to death in the van. Witnesses of Saturday’s crash had initially said they’d seen two other perpetrators flee the van after it crashed into a crowd outside the city’s traditional Kiepenkerl pub in the city’s medieval old town.
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