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WORLD NEWS Tuesday 27 OcTOber 2020

Tensions between EU and Turkey escalate over Erdogan insults

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Turkey have intensified in
Associated Press recent months over issues
BRUSSELS (AP) — Tensions that include the fighting in
between the European Syria, Libya and Nagorno-
Union and Turkey have ris- Karabakh, a region within
en further after Turkish Presi- Azerbaijan that is con-
dent Recep Tayyip Erdo- trolled by ethnic Armenian
gan questioned the mental separatists.
state of his French counter- In a message posted on
part, Emmanuel Macron. Twitter Sunday, the EU for-
Several EU officials harshly eign policy chief, Josep
criticized Erdogan's com- Borrell, slammed Erdogan
ments over the weekend comments as "unaccept-
and the bloc's executive able" and urged Turkey to
arm, the European Commis- "stop this dangerous spiral
sion, said on Monday that of confrontation."
the Turkish leader should European Council Presi-
change his approach if he dent Charles Michel
does not want to derail the blamed Turkey for resorting
bloc's attempts at renewed to "provocations, unilateral
dialogue with his country. actions in the Mediterra-
Erdogan said Saturday that nean and now "insults." EU
Macron needed his head spokesman Peter Stano
examined. He made the A youth holds a photograph of France's President Emmanuel Macron, stamped with a shoe mark, said Monday he did not
comments during a local during a protest against France in Istanbul, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020. exclude an urgent meeting
party congress, apparently Associated Press of EU ministers at an earlier
in response to statements announced Saturday it was sle. prophet, the Turkish leader date following Erdogan's
Macron made this month recalling its ambassador for Erdogan, who said the accused European leaders latest comments.
about problems created consultations. The French French leader has "lost his of conducting anti-Islam "We clearly expect a
by radical Muslims in France presidential office noted as way," continued on the policies. change in action and dec-
who practice what the well that Turkey had called same offensive tone Mon- "You are fascists in the true larations from the Turkish
French leader termed "Is- for a boycott of French day as he called on Mus- meaning of the world. You side," Stano said at a news
lamist separatism." Erdogan products. lim nations to come to the are veritably the link in the conference. He said there
also railed against France The move, if taken to heart, assistance of Muslims in Nazi chain," he said in refer- would be many discussions
for condoning caricatures could add a layer of eco- France. In a speech at a ence to European leaders. "to see whether we are go-
of the prophet of Islam. nomic ramifications to the ceremony marking the an- The spat comes as ten- ing to continue to wait or
In an unusual move, France deepening diplomatic tus- niversary of the birth of the sions between France and take action earlier." q

Philippines: Typhoon displaces 120,000

people, 8 missing

phoon Molave, including
a villager who drowned,
but the government's main
disaster-response agency
said it would wait to in-
clude the deaths in its ca-
sualty count until after they
are validated. At least 13
people were initially re-
ported missing, mostly fish-
ermen, but five were later
rescued separately off the
eastern island province of
Catanduanes, the Office
of Civil Defense said. The
fast-moving typhoon blew
out of the country to the
The remains of a barbershop is surrounded by floods in Pola South China Sea on Mon-
town on the island of Mindoro, central Philippines, Monday, Oct. day afternoon with sus-
26, 2020. tained winds of 130 kilome-
Associated Press
ters (81 miles) per hour and
By AARON FAVILA leaving several fishermen gusts of up to 160 kph (99
Associated Press missing and causing at mph), forecasters said. It
MANILA, Philippines (AP) least six vessels to sink or run roared overnight across is-
— A strong typhoon blew aground in storm-tossed land provinces south of the
out of the Philippines on waters, officials said. capital, Manila, which was
Monday after displacing Local authorities reported lashed by strong winds but
more than 120,000 people, at least two dead from Ty- escaped major damage.q