US President Donald Trump said that the United States “will take control of the Gaza Strip”. A shootout took place at a school in the Swedish city of Örebro. In turn, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that Poland would not implement the migration pact. Here are five things that are worth knowing on Wednesday, February 5.
1. Trump wants the US to take control of the Gaza Strip
– We will be responsible for dismantling all threats, bombs and other weapons in this area, level the area with the ground and get rid of damaged buildings. We will create an economic development that will provide an unlimited number of jobs and apartments for the inhabitants of this area – said Trump.
He announced that America would equalize this area with earth and create a “unlimited number of jobs” there. When asked if he would send American soldiers to Gaza, he added that “he would do what is necessary.”
Donald Trump PAP/EPA/SHAWN THEW/POOL
2. Shooting at a school in Sweden
In the Swedish city of Örebro, about 200 kilometers west of Stockholm, came to shootings. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said that “this is the worst mass shooting in the history of Sweden.”
The police said that about 10 people were killed in it, but they could not yet give a “more precise” number of fatalities. Among them is also the attacker.
Swedish investigators after the shootingPontus Lundahl/PAP/EPA
3. Poland does not implement the migration pact
Prime minister Donald Tusk He announced on Tuesday that “Poland will not implement any migration pact Nor any record of this type of projects that would lead to forced acceptance of migrants by Poland. ”
He reminded that “Poland has its own problems” related to the war behind our border and “is a country that requires migration assistance and support from the European Union, not any new weights.”
Prime Minister Donald Tusk during a press conference in WarsawPAP/Leszek Szymański
4. USA freeze financing the fight against gangs in Haiti
The United States turned to the United Nations to immediately freeze American measures intended for financing the international mission on Haiti – Stephane Dujarric, a spokesperson, informed on Tuesday UN.
This mission aims to help the Haitian police in the fight against gangs, which control about 85 percent of the capital of the country.
Police patrol after a gang attack on a hospital in HaitiPAP/EPA
5. Halep announced the end of his career
Simona Halep announced unexpectedly end of tennis career. The former leader of the world ranking did it on the court, addressing the emotional words to the fans who supported her in the match of the first round of the WTA 250 tournament in Kuj-Napoce in Romania.
– I don't want to cry. It's a beautiful thing. I was number one in the world, I won the great Slam. That's all I wanted – Romanian emphasized in a post -match speech. “Of course, I will continue to play tennis, but being a competitive rival is impossible at the moment,” she added.
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