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Calls for police to shoot down drones after Munich airport disruption – as it happened

europeOctober 3, 2025
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Calls for police to shoot down drones after Munich airport disruption – as it happened
Bavarian PM joins calls to strengthen Germany’s air defences after latest incident. This live blog is closed

Bavarian PM joins calls to strengthen Germany’s air defences after latest incident. This live blog is closed

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Voters in the Czech Republic go to the polls today and tomorrow in what protagonists and analysts describe as a pivotal parliamentary election that could lead to clashes with the EU on issues from migration to climate policy.

My colleague Jon Henley has this helpful primer for you:

The vote will be keenly watched in Brussels, which is nervously considering the possibility of a third anti-EU agitator in central Europe alongside Hungary and Slovakia, with potential implications for the bloc’s support for Ukraine.

Four years after losing to an unwieldy coalition united against him, the billionaire former prime minister Andrej Babiš – the “Czech Trump” – and his Action of Dissatisfied Citizens party (ANO, or Yes in Czech) seem assured of first place.

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Source: Guardian - World News

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