Also worth a quick skim this morning:

  • German police have apparently cancelled a planned training course with Interior Ministry officials that would have included sessions on monitoring the internet, in a move which is receiving much praise from Human Rights Watch. The cancellation was prompted by fears that the skills may be “used to pursue other groups,” the German government reportedly told MPs.
  • Ibrahim Halawa will “reveal all on his four-year imprisonment in Egypt” on Ireland’s Late Late Show on Friday, The Irish Independent reports.
  • Egyptian-Italian footballer Mohamed El Shaarawy “has transformed himself into one of Italy’s most in-form strikers,” and will likely play for Italy’s national team in its World Cup playoff against Sweden thanks to his recent performance, the Associated Press says.
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