Birmingham : “It is no longer able to control its expenses.” The British municipality of Birmingham declares bankruptcy

The British Birmingham Municipal Council declared bankruptcy, stressing that the municipality is no longer able to achieve a balance in its expenditures, revealing that declaring bankruptcy is a necessary step to restore the city's sound financial conditions.

On Tuesday, the British municipality of Birmingham revealed its bankruptcy, stressing that it was “no longer able to achieve a balance in its expenses.”

The city council, located in central England, said in a statement that it had "issued a notice under Section 114 of the Local Government Finance Act which limits spending to essential services," according to the BBC News Network.

The Labor-dominated council noted that the municipality was "no longer able to balance its expenditures" and that declaring bankruptcy was "a necessary step to restore the city's sound finances".

The local city council is facing legal claims of up to 760 million pounds ($953 million) owed to workers who brought equal pay claims and were awarded damages.

Other British municipalities have previously declared bankruptcy in recent years, including Croydon City Council and Tharrock City Council, as did the local and municipal authorities in the city of Slough and Northamptonshire.

Europe : Islamophobia in Austria The police are investigating the crime of hanging a pig's head on the door of a mosque

An Austrian police report stated that a severed pig's head was found and placed by unknown persons at the entrance of a mosque in the city of Graz. The city often witnesses similar incidents. On the night of May 6, 2016, a man tied two halves of a pig’s head to the outside of a mosque and poured pig’s blood over them.

An Austrian police report stated, on Monday, that a severed pig's head was found and placed by unknown persons on the door of a mosque in the city of Graz.

ORF Public Radio, citing the report, said that the police received a report from a local resident about the incident at approximately 9:40 p.m. local time (11:40 GMT) on Sunday evening that there was a pig’s head hanging at the entrance to the mosque.

After the Austrian police opened an investigation after arriving at the mosque and confirming the incident, the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution took over the investigation.

The city often witnesses similar incidents. On the night of May 6, 2016, a man tied two halves of a pig’s head to the outside of a mosque and poured pig’s blood over them. The police arrested him a short time later.

In 2021, two members of the Austrian Army's Counterintelligence Office were also accused of knowing about the 2016 incident, but they covered up their informants and did not pass their knowledge on to the police.

The two individuals were fined in January 2021 but have appealed the verdict, and this trial is still ongoing.

London : “Threatens global security.” Britain intends to classify “Wagner” as a terrorist organization

British Home Secretary Suella Braverman said that the Russian Wagner Group is a violent and destructive terrorist organization, and that it poses a threat to global security, stressing that her country seeks to ban it.

Britain is seeking to ban the Russian Wagner Group as a terrorist organization, according to media reports Tuesday, citing Interior Minister Suella Braverman.

And the Daily Mail newspaper revealed in a report that Britain intends to make the Wagner Group a "prohibited" organization under anti-terrorism laws.

"Wagner is a violent and destructive organization that acts as a military tool for Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, abroad," Braverman said.

She added: “While Putin’s regime decides what to do with the monster it has created, Wagner’s ongoing destabilizing activities continue to serve the Kremlin’s political goals.”

Braverman accused the Wagner Group of involvement in “acts of looting, torture, and barbaric killing,” noting that the organization’s operations in Ukraine, the Middle East, and Africa “pose a threat to global security.”

She stressed: "This is why we ban this terrorist organization and continue to help Ukraine as much as we can in its war against Russia."

The British Anti-Terrorism Act of 2000 gives the Home Secretary the power to ban any organization that she believes is involved in terrorism, and the ban decision makes it a criminal offense for individuals and companies to support the group.

Under the law, a draft resolution banning the Wagner Group is expected to be presented to Parliament on Wednesday.

Last July, Britain announced the imposition of sanctions on 13 individuals and companies for their links to the Russian group in Africa, and accused them of committing crimes there, including murder and torture.

It also imposed sanctions on Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of Wagner, who was killed last month in a plane crash along with several of its key leaders.