Global unrest unfolds: Police station shooting, protests in Armenia, and political turmoil

It happened while you were sleeping. Here's what world agencies reported overnight from Thursday to Friday.

- Shooting at a police station in Paris. Officers injured. A man shot and seriously injured two police officers at a police station in Paris - reports Reuters Agency. The incident occurred on Thursday evening. The perpetrator, who was being held at the station on charges of assaulting a woman, grabbed one of the officers' weapons - Paris police chief Laurent Nunez reported on Friday. - We have two seriously injured officers - Nunez told reporters, adding that the suspect was also seriously injured. According to French media reports, officers fired at the man after he first opened fire.

- The prime minister gave up four villages. Armenians took to the streets. Thousands of people gathered on Thursday evening for a protest in the centre of Yerevan, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan for agreeing to cede disputed villages to Azerbaijan - reports PAP. The agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, announced in April, involves handing over four villages in the Tavush province to Baku. Archbishop Bagrat Galstanian, head of the Tavush diocese, led Thursday's demonstration in the capital. Led by him, a group of faithful walked around 100 miles over several days. Participants demanded a halt to the delimitation and demarcation of the border with Azerbaijan and the end of unilateral concessions to Baku. As reported by the Echo Kawkaza portal (South Caucasian editorial office of Radio Free Europe), residents of border villages had been protesting for several days earlier. Later, the opposition joined the protest.

- Putin proposed a prime minister. It's again Mishustin. The chairman of the Russian Duma reported on Friday that Russian leader Vladimir Putin has proposed reappointing Mikhail Mishustin to the position of prime minister, according to the Reuters Agency. "President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin has submitted to the State Duma a request for the candidacy of Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin as the chairman of the government" - informed Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin through Telegram. Mishustin's approval by the Duma is almost inevitable, as there is virtually no opposition in the Russian parliament - writes Reuter.

- Lukashenko spoke about Szmyd. "I asked the police". Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko told reporters that Minsk "will consider" Tomasz Szmydt's application for asylum. - They say that the Russians and I recruit such people, that they are our agents, our employees. Complete nonsense – he argued. - I asked our police to make sure these scoundrels (from Poland - ed.) don't kill the man - he added. According to the dictator, Szmydt is "a brave man" who knew what he was risking. He stated that his escape to Belarus was "a punch in the stomach of Polish authorities." On Monday, information appeared that Tomasz Szmydt, a judge at the Provincial Administrative Court in Warsaw, had gone to Minsk, where he requested asylum. He argues that he is politically persecuted in Poland. Szmydt is one of the people involved in the so-called hater affair at the Ministry of Justice.

- The Belgian station displayed a message. "Stop genocide". Belgian television broadcast a message before the start of the transmission from Eurovision. The VRT1 station decided to condemn human rights violations by Israel. A remarkable statement was published. "We condemn the violation of human rights by the state of Israel. Moreover, the state of Israel destroys press freedom. Therefore, we pause the image for a moment. #SuspendArms #StopGenocide" - was conveyed in a short message. The second semifinal of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest started on Thursday. The song "October Rain", performed by Israeli representative Eden Golan, which contains many references to Hamas' attack on Israel, sparked great controversy.

Source: Reuters Agency, PAP, WP News