Macron wants an alarm clock for Europe

French President Emmanuel Macron, in a speech to the French army on Monday as Donald Trump is returning to power, called on Europe to "wake up" and spend more money on defense, thereby reducing its security dependence on the United States.

In his New Year's speech to soldiers at the headquarters of the digital and cybernetic support of the army based in western France, Macron pointed out the expected changes in Washington's foreign policy, especially regarding the war in Ukraine, and stated that this is an "opportunity for European strategic awakening". He further stated: "What will we do in Europe tomorrow, when our American ally withdraws its warships from the Mediterranean? Or if it sends its fighters from the Atlantic to the Pacific?" The French president said according to agency AP.

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A teacher prevented a shooter in a school

In Rudolfov near Ceske Budejovice, a student returned from the bathroom armed with a firearm, which he pointed at the teacher in the classroom. However, she reacted very quickly, took the gun from him and incapacitated him. The attacker allegedly had other cold weapons with him.

"The student went to the bathrooms, came back to the class with a weapon and really wanted to shoot at the teacher, which he failed to do. The teacher reacted very quickly and promptly and neutralized the attacker. What is shocking, however, is that the student also had other weapons on him," commented the South Bohemian Governor Martin Kuba (ODS) on the spot according to CTK.

Truce in Palestine accompanied by release of hostages

On Sunday, when the expected truce between Israel and Hamas came into effect, three hostages were released from Hamas captivity in Gaza and returned to Israel. This agreement brought the first relief to the people of Gaza in more than a year and only the second since the start of the Israeli bombing. The military offensive, which Israel launched in response to Hamas attacks from October 7, has killed nearly 47,000 Palestinians and injured another 110,750 according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.

The agreement will facilitate the release of dozens of Israeli hostages in exchange for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and allow a significant increase in aid flow into the enclave whose inhabitants are struggling with dire humanitarian conditions, CNN reported.

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Cybersecurity concerns every activity in life,

"From my perspective, it is still very weakly perceived that cybersecurity is a matter of each of us. Whether we are shopping, driving through a busy intersection in a car or public transport, turning on a water tap, lighting, telephoning, going on vacation, or working as a dispatcher in a power plant. But let's keep in mind that virtually all areas of human activity are already affected by cyberspace today and that the quality and level of life as we know it without it and its safe functioning is not sustainable,"

The head of the National Office for Information and Cyber Security, Lukáš Kintr, stated towards cyber security, according to CTK.

Trump stood against the end of TikTok in the USA

TikTok is restoring services for its 170 million users in the USA after newly elected President Donald Trump declared that he will issue an executive order to restore the operation of the application after taking office on Monday. The application owned by the Chinese stopped working for American users on Saturday evening after a law banning it for national security reasons came into effect.

But after Trump promised on Sunday to delay the execution of the law and provide more time to close a deal, TikTok said it was in the process of "restoring the service". TikTok operators thanked the incoming president for his support and said the company would work with Trump "on a long-term solution that will keep TikTok in the United States," BBC reported.

Skiers in Spain were trapped on a malfunctioning cable car

At least 30 people were injured in a ski lift accident at the Spanish resort of Astún in the Pyrenees, the rescue service in the northern Spanish region of Aragon reported on Saturday. On the spot, 10 people had to be treated in hospitals, including two seriously injured. The state television TVE reported that immediately after the accident about 80 people remained trapped on the cable cars. The cause of the incident is unknown. Several helicopters were dispatched to the area, rescuing the trapped and transporting the injured to nearby hospitals, AP agency reported.

Sources: cnn.com, bbc.com, apnews.com, ČTK