Tension began to build on Wednesday as some of the 3,000 visiting Maccabi supporters had minor altercations with locals including taxi drivers and Ajax supporters in the city centre, police said.

Borrell, the first top EU official to visit Kyiv since Donald Trump's win, said that the purpose of his visit was to stress EU support for Ukraine, as its war with Russia nears 1,000 days.

In a tense standoff, a protester told Walter Rosenkranz: "We do not want you to spit in our ancestors' faces".

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in a statement carried by Iranian mediathat the claim was a "repulsive" plot by Israel and Iranian opposition outside the country to "complicate matters between America and Iran."

With Trump headed back to the White House after a campaign loaded with threats of steep tariffs on foreign goods, the European Union wants to avoid a damaging trade war with its biggest ally.

“[Trump] will come with trade ideas. We have to stand up, negotiate and make a deal. It all depends on how good, how strong we are," said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

"The times of European indecision are over," he said, declaring that he would prioritise Germany’s role in the continent "so that Europe can take action as a player at this world stage."

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The opposition Christian Democrats had pushed to hold snap elections earlier than initially planned by the German chancellor.

Violent assaults on Israeli football fans in Amsterdam took place two days before the anniversary of the 1938 Kristallnacht pogroms.

The option for new EU funds seems to stand a better chance in light of the second big development of the week: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz firing his Finance Minister Christian Lindner – a staunch fiscal hawk.

Trump’s win not only reminds Europe that it must be able to stand on its own feet in digital tech. It also illustrates the collateral damage unguided digitalisation can do to societies, writes Daniel Mügge.

The theater’s director Vassil Vassilev called the protest “censorship and open fascism.”

Will Virkkunen finally put to rest the network fees ideas to focus on what really matters for the Internet ecosystem and EU citizens? Information Labs’ research certainly points in that direction.

A US retreat at the UN could play in the hands of China, which has been building its influence in global diplomacy.

In the 6 November hearing, the would-be Commissioner remained vague on the two issues

Late Wednesday evening on the US East Coast, Google searches about emigrating were hitting all-time highs for Canada, New Zealand and Australia, according to a Google official.

"Fans who went to see a football game, encountered anti-Semitism and were attacked with unimaginable cruelty just because of their Jewishness and Israeliness," Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the Romanian prime minister being confident Romanians can cross the land border without checks by Easter, Spain stepping up the search for missing flood victims, and so much more. 

"Discussions and negotiations are still ongoing," said Interior Minister Cătălin Predoiu.