NEWS IN BRIEF
HUNGARY REOPENS PROTEST-HIT BORDER POST WITH SERBIA
AFP, Budapest
Hungarian police reopened a border crossing with Serbia yesterday, a day after hundreds of migrants ended a protest demanding entry into Hungary. The protest came a week after dozens of people tried to get into Hungary at another Serbian border crossing during the night, prompting security staff to fire warning shots. Hungarian police say there has been a sharp rise in attempts to enter the country from the south since December.
PRINCE ANDREW DEFERS NAVY PROMOTION IN WAKE OF EPSTEIN SCANDAL
AFP, London
Britains Prince Andrew is to defer an honorary Royal Navy promotion after he stepped back from full royal duties over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Buckingham Palace said yesterday. The former naval officer, who saw service as a helicopter pilot during the 1982 war with Argentina in the Falklands Islands, was set to become an admiral for his 60th birthday on February 19. But a palace spokeswoman said Andrew would push back the promotion until he can resume full royal duties.
ISRAEL REINFORCES SECURITY AFTER UPTICK IN VIOLENCE
AFP, Jerusalem
Israel deployed additional forces in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank ahead of weekly Muslim prayers yesterday, a day after a deadly uptick in violence. Two Palestinians were killed in clashes in the West Bank on Thursday and an Arab Israeli was shot dead after opening fire on police near the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalems Old City. Fourteen Israelis were injured in a car ramming targeting soldiers in Jerusalem the same day. Tens of thousands of Palestinians were expected to pray at noon at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, a flashpoint in the Israeli-Palestinian crisis that is holy to both religions and known to Jews as the Temple Mount.
