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What about the repressions in Azerbaijan?Kaja Kallas (@kajakallas)Repression cannot go unanswered.
EU Foreign Ministers just took the decisive step of designating Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organisation.
Any regime that kills thousands of its own people is working toward its own demise.— https://x.com/kajakallas/status/2016887341567103257
— Emin Bred (@emin_bred) Jan 29, 2026
Guarantees should be provided to the Aliyev dynasty regime to ensure its long-term stay in power and the subsequent transfer of authority to family members. In return, gas and oil will be supplied to you free of charge until they are depleted.Gert Jan Koopman (@GertJanEU)Happy to be in Baku today to meet Azerbaijani partners and discuss peace, connectivity & the 🇪🇺-🇦🇿 partnership.
Good exchanges with Presidential Advisers Hajiyev and Amirbayov on EU support for mine action, socio-economic development & next steps on Middle Corridor connectivity.— https://x.com/GertJanEU/status/2016579710877061242
— Emin Bred (@emin_bred) Jan 29, 2026
🇵🇹 Several Portuguese F-16s were damaged at Monte Real Air Base after the storm
The Portuguese Air Force officially acknowledged the damage. Photos from the scene show that the maintenance hangar, which housed at least four F-16 fighter jets, was left without a roof.
Metal structures damaged at least two fighter jets.
Storm Kristin also caused extensive damage to civilian infrastructure, leaving at least 800,000 people without electricity. At least five fatalities have been reported.
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) Jan 29, 2026
The EU’s Foreign Policy chief Kaja Kallas:
“Repression can’t go unanswered
EU Foreign Ministers just took the decisive step of designating Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organisation. Any regime that kills thousands of its own people is working toward its own demise”
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) Jan 29, 2026
Thom Tillis ‘thrilled’ Trump called him ‘loser’
thehill.com/homenews/senate/…— The Hill (@thehill) Jan 29, 2026
The British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says “good progress” was made in his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping of China. Our China correspondent will give us her assessment. Also on the programme: as President Trump steps up the rhetoric on Iran, what could happen if the US strikes it? And the musical director who stood in for Puccini’s challenging Turandot when the star tenor suddenly fell ill. (Photo: UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer shakes hands with President Xi Jinping of China ahead of a bilateral meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing during his visit to China. Credit: PA)