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Run-over in Munich: There are already 28 injured and authorities suspect that it is an attack

The German authorities are considering the hypothesis that the run over of a group of people participating in a union demonstration in the center of the city of Munich was “an attack”, while the number of injured amounts to at least 28 and the Bavarian capital is preparing to start this Friday a high-level security conference between the United States and several countries of the European Union.

A police representative indicated in an appearance at the scene that the arrested driver was a 24-year-old Afghan citizen, while the Bavarian Prime Minister, Markus Söder, told the media that “presumably it is an attack.”

As the police spokesman explained, the vehicle approached the demonstration in the queue, overtook the police cars that escorted it and rammed against the end of the march.

The driver was then arrested, after the agents shot at his car, a Mini Cooper model vehicle, so at this time there is no longer any danger for the population.

The suspect is a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker who had a police record related to narcotics and theft, authorities said, who did not specify whether he had been injured during the arrest.

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The Bavarian Prime Minister said that first we have to investigate the details and examine the event, but the ‘modus operandi’ is similar to that of other deliberate attacks, so it is presumably an “attack”.

Söder said that it was “painful” that only last month in Aschaffenburg, also in Bavaria, there was another attack in which an Afghan citizen killed a child and an adult with a knife.

“That’s enough,” the Bavarian Prime Minister said.

The investigations have been assumed by the Central for the Fight against Extremism and Terrorism of the Munich Attorney General’s Office.

“It’s a black day for Munich,” said the mayor of the Bavarian capital, Dieter Reiter, who was affected by the fact that among the demonstrators were his colleagues from the municipal administration.

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For his part, the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, said that the perpetrator of the abuse must be punished with all the harshness of the law and subsequently leave the country.

The abuse is the second massive one that occurs in Germany in two months, after it cost the lives of six people in a Christmas market in Magdeburg on December 20.

The Munich Security Conference begins tomorrow in the Bavarian capital, where heads of state and government from around the world will meet and in ten days legislative elections will be held that have already been marked by the issues of migration and the rise of the far right.

On the margins of this conference, considered one of the most important in the world, Zelensky is expected to sign a draft economic agreement as part of the peace negotiations, with representatives of Washington.

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White House says Cuba policy unchanged despite sanctioned fuel shipment

The White House said Monday that it has not changed its policy toward Cuba, despite allowing a sanctioned Russian oil tanker to deliver fuel to the island on humanitarian grounds.

U.S. officials emphasized that the decision was made as an exception and does not signal a broader shift in policy.

The administration added that similar decisions would be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, depending on humanitarian considerations.

The clarification comes amid ongoing restrictions related to U.S. sanctions policy, which continue to limit trade and financial flows involving Cuba.

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Spain to grant citizenship to Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López

The Spanish government is expected to grant citizenship this Tuesday to Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lópezthrough an extraordinary procedure known as “carta de naturaleza.”

The decision will be approved by royal decree, an exceptional legal mechanism used in special cases that require expedited resolution due to specific circumstances.

López has been living in Madrid since 2020, after leaving Venezuela following a prolonged political and legal conflict with the government of Nicolás Maduro.

According to government sources, López currently does not have a valid Venezuelan passport and faces difficulties in having his nationality fully recognized in his home country.

As a result, he applied for Spanish citizenship via a fast-track process at the end of 2025, after previously attempting to obtain it through regular procedures.

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The Spanish government justified the move based on López’s international relevance and foreign policy considerations.

López is the leader of the Voluntad Popular party and co-founder of the World Liberty Congress, an initiative launched in 2022 alongside figures such as Garry Kasparov and Masih Alinejad.

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ICE to remain at airports amid DHS shutdown, Homan says

The U.S. “border czar,” Tom Homan, said Sunday that agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will remain deployed at airports until operations return to “100% normal,” as the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continues.

“We will maintain ICE presence until airports feel they are fully back to normal operations,” Homan said during an interview on Face the Nation on CBS.

Homan justified the deployment on security grounds, noting that the measure was ordered by President Donald Trumpamid widespread absenteeism among agents of the Transportation Security Administration, who have gone without pay for over six weeks due to the DHS shutdown.

According to acting TSA administrator Ha Nguyen McNeill, at least 460 TSA agents have resigned during the shutdown, while daily absenteeism has averaged 11%, exceeding 50% at some airports.

Homan warned that if TSA staffing levels do not recover after the shutdown, ICE agents will continue filling the gap. “ICE is there to support our TSA brothers and sisters. We will remain as long as needed to ensure airport security,” he said.

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The DHS shutdown reached 44 days on Sunday, making it the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. The impasse stems from disagreements between Democrats and Republicans over ICE funding.

A recent bipartisan Senate proposal to fund DHS without including ICE failed after being blocked by House Republicans, who insist on full funding for the agency.

Amid the deadlock, Trump signed an executive order directing Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to immediately pay TSA agents to address what he called an “emergency situation” and restore order at airports, with payments expected to begin Monday.