Europe

NEW: A 34 year old Iranian man and a 31 year old Romanian woman have been arrested after attempting to break into a UK nuclear missile base in Scotland.

A man snapped a selfie with Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and declared he would vote “no” in a referendum she backs with a “yes.” Meloni replied coolly: “It’s democracy, that’s fine.”

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Denmark was ready to blow up airfields to stop a U.S. invasion of Greenland – New York Times

A woman on a German public TV show said: “Iranians are afraid of the bombs. But even more afraid that the bombing will stop.”

Spanish PM Sanchez: ‘I am angry about the situation the world is experiencing and the situation that certain people are leading us to.’

Two suspected Iranian spies were arrested Thursday while attempting to access Britain’s nuclear submarine base, reports say.

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French Navy boards oil tanker Deyna in the western Mediterranean; vessel, flying a Mozambican flag, had departed from Russia, a French official says.

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New footage likely shows the secretive U.S. RQ-180 stealth drone in flight over Greece.

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez:

"My stand is clear, i can't support war, and i am with people of Gaza & Iran. I am getting letters from across the world praising the stand of Spain."

Spanish PM: "Not just Spain, all of Europe is against this illegal war in Iran. We won't join it, no matter what"

A French naval officer exposed the location of aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle by posting a workout on Strava. The run revealed the carrier’s exact position in the Mediterranean near Cyprus, creating a major security risk. - Le Monde.

Spaniard MP Ione Belarra:

"The U.S. and Israel are the greatest threat to the security of humanity.

Spain should leave NATO without delay."

Macron says France will “never” join operations to secure the Strait of Hormuz: “We are not a party to the conflict.”

AfD leader Alice Weidel:

“Trump is now asking for help for Iran, it suggests they launched this mission without a clear plan.

They should have thought this through earlier, and I would warn against invoking Article 5 of the NATO treaty.

Obviously the Americans didn’t think about an exit strategy or how this is supposed to continue.”

Belgium defense minister:

“To protect our Jewish community, we are deploying military personnel to support security on our streets. The safety of every citizen must be guaranteed.”

Iranians in Copenhagen celebrating Chaharshanbe Suri, the traditional Persian fire festival held on the eve of the last Wednesday before the Persian New Year.

UK MP Priti Patel:

The IRGC is a threat to the United Kingdom.

Our allies have designated the IRGC as a terrorist organisation, why haven’t we? Conservatives will work with the government to proscribe the IRGC.

Germany’s foreign minister: controlled regime change in Iran is not realistic, and chaos in Iran is not in our interest.