Rise of the far-right in Europe

Former right-wing Austrian Freedom Party (FPOe) presidential candidate Norbert Hofer (L) and party leader Heinz Christian Strache (L) shake hands as they leave a news conference in Vienna, Austria, on May 24, 2016. ©AFP

These are some of the headlines we are tracking for you in this episode of On the News Line:

Rise of the far-right

The rise of the far right continues, the latest being Austria, and the freedom party. Norbert Hofer almost became the EU’s first far-right anti-immigration president. Meanwhile, there is France’s Marie Le Pen’s National Front, and Germany’s anti-immigration party, showing that contagion now in full swing in Europe.

Saudi use of UK-made munitions 

First US made cluster bombs, now UK-made cluster bombs: Amnesty International has highlighted this, that Saudi Arabia-led coalition has used UK-manufactured cluster bombs in Yemen. Letter to David Cameron calls for urgent investigation into ‘scandal’ of UK-supplied BL-755 cluster bomb being used in village in northern Yemen. Government is asked for ‘full disclose’ over whether UK personnel have played any part in dropping banned cluster bombs from UK-supplied Tornado jets.

US terrorist support amid Syria bloodbath

A senior figure from a Syrian militant group with links to al-Qaeda was allowed into the United States for a brief visit, raising questions about how much the Obama administration will compromise in the search for partners in the conflict. Labib al Nahhas, foreign affairs director for the terrorist group Ahrar al-Sham, spent a few days in Washington in December.


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