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Georgia’s prime minister has claimed that the protesters who stormed the presidential palace were attempting to overthrow the government and that the EU has meddled in international politics.

Irakli Kobakhidze claimed on Sunday that demonstrators in opposition were trying to “overthrow the constitutional order” and that EU Ambassador Pawel Herczynski, who he claimed supported the rally, lacked “special responsibility.” Kobakhidze urged Herczynski to “distance himself and vehemently condemn everything that is happening on Tbilisi’s streets,” according to Georgian news agency Interpress.

Kobakhidze also pledged to “completely neutralize foreign agents.”

As the opposition staged a sizable demonstration on the day of local elections, Georgian riot police detained five activists and used pepper spray and water cannons to pelt demonstrators out of the presidential palace in Tbilisi’s city center on Saturday.

According to local media, the Georgian Ministry of Labour, Health, and Social Affairs reported that six protesters and 21 security personnel were hurt in the incidents.

Nearly 7, 000 people, according to Kobakhidze, took part in the protest in the city’s capital, which has 3.7 million people in South Caucasus.

They “started the overthrow attempt,” and then “they moved on.” They then began distancing themselves from it after it failed,” Kobakhidze said. No one can escape responsibility. Political responsibility is included in this.

The two main opposition blocs call the claim that the ruling Georgian Dream party, which critics claim is close to Russia, has won majorities in all municipalities a sham.

Kakha Kaladze, a former player for AC Milan, has been elected mayor of the city.

Opposition organizations organized a “peaceful revolution” against the Georgian Dream and organized rallies to support the outcome. In what the organizers described as an act of resistance, thousands of people gathered in Freedom Square and Rustaveli Avenue in central Tbilisi to protest against the riot police who had set fire to adjacent streets.

Senior Georgian Dream party members have consistently denied Kremlin connections. Kobakhidze described the country’s desire to join the EU as “steady and irreversible” in an opinion piece for Euronews last week.

Georgia’s course is “European, peaceful, and principled.” We are playing our part. We are unwavering about reform, steadfast in our obligations, and focused on delivering results, Kobakhidze wrote.

Since Georgian Dream won parliamentary elections in October of last year, which the opposition claimed were “rigged,” the country has experienced a political crisis. Salome Zourabichvili, the pro-Western president of Georgia, said at the time, “This was a total rigging, a total robbery of your votes,” adding that the nation had been swept up in a “Russian special operation.”

Since then, opposition figures have been organizing demonstrations, which have resulted in strong government protests. Police have frequently clashed with demonstrators and made numerous arrests.

Pro-Palestinian rallies across Europe have attracted a large turnout, with many calling for the release of activists on board a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to the area.

After Israel intercepted the 45-boat flotilla trying to reach Gaza last week, according to Rome police, about 250, 000 people showed up for a fourth day of protests on Saturday.

As many demonstrators carried Palestinian flags and wore black-and-white keffiyehs, many of them from the Italian capital, including children’s families, shouted “We are all Palestinians,” “Free Palestine,” and “Stop the genocide.”

The police reported that nearly 92, 000 people marched in Barcelona on April 7, 2018, while the government in Madrid reported that almost 70, 000 people did the same.

The Global Sumud Flotilla, which was intercepted on Wednesday, left Barcelona in early September and had been attempting to break the Israeli-backed Gaza blockade, which a UN-backed hunger monitor claims has become a reality. According to Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares, who spoke to the media on Saturday, about 50 Spaniards on the flotilla have been detained by Israel.

A 65-year-old pensioner who marched in Barcelona and carried a Palestinian flag on her back said Israel’s policy has been “wrong for many years and we need to take to the streets.”

Several thousand people also marched through Dublin’s craziest district to mark what organizers dubbed “two years of genocide” in Gaza. Spain ranks among the most vehement critics of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza, along with Ireland.

Speakers in Ireland demanded that Israel be subject to sanctions, a resolution of the conflict, and Palestinian involvement in any ceasefire plan.

At least 442 arrests were reported at a gathering in support of the proscribed Palestine Action group in London, according to police.

A Sumud Flotilla spokesperson, Helene Coron, said to the crowd in Paris that “we’ll never stop.” There were about 10,000 people there.

“Faced by this flotilla, it didn’t reach Gaza.” But she continued, “We will send another until Palestine and Gaza are free,” she said.

The right-wing Italian government led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has been criticized for its inaction in relation to the Gaza siege. In front of Rome’s main railway station on Saturday, Meloni accused demonstrators of graffitiing a statue of Pope John Paul II, calling it a “shameful act.”

Around 100,000 pro-Palestinian protesters on September 14 ordered the suspension of the Israeli team’s participation in the final stage of the Vuelta a Espana cycling race in the Spanish capital. According to Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, Israel should not be allowed to compete in international sports because of the conflict in Gaza, just as Russia has been punished for its invasion of Ukraine.

At the Indonesia Grand Prix, rookie MotoGP champion Fermin Aldeguer won the first victory of his young career while Marc Marquez, who had just been crowned champion, collided with Marco Bezzecchi and crashed out.

On the 10th lap, Gresini Racing’s Aldeguer held the lead before Pedro Acosta, who had previously finished second, to win the race on Sunday.

Aldeguer will now be able to recover from his agonizing second-place finish in the Saturday sprint, where he led for the majority of the 13-lap race before coming in second behind Bezzecchi.

Aldeguer’s teammate Alex Marquez completed the podium with Acosta coming in second.

Aldeguer won the first MotoGP race as a rookie since 2021’s Jorge Martin at the Austrian Grand Prix. With his victory at the Indonesian Grand Prix, he becomes the second youngest MotoGP winner in history.

Marc Marquez collides and injures his collarbone

Bezzecchi, the pole-sitter, had a bad start to the race, finishing in sixth place after the first two turns, and the Aprilia rider made a desperate effort to regain the lead.

Bezzecchi nudged Marquez’s Ducati as he returned to the fray, and the pair crashed into the gravel at high speed, with Marquez claiming to be in great discomfort after the fall.

The Spaniard, who won last week’s Japanese Grand Prix with his andnbsp; seventh and seventh; MotoGP , championship , hunched over the track for a short while before stomping on his shoulder and scurrying away.

Marquez has never been able to complete a Grand Prix at the Mandalika International Circuit after four unsuccessful attempts, which is a terrible series of luck.

However, Bezzecchi and Marquez didn’t seem to have any verbal exchanges because they exchanged a quick handshake just before Marquez was taken to the hospital.

Following the race, it was revealed that Marquez had been injured by a collision with Bezzecchi and had a collarbone injury.

Marc Marquez has a right collarbone injury as a result of today’s crash at the Indonesian Grand Prix, according to Ducati’s social media statement.

The rider will travel to Madrid (Spanien) tonight to decide whether to continue receiving medical care.

Marquez fractured his shoulder during the Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez in the opening weekend of the 2020 summer season, which extended his eligibility and required several surgeries.

After a few laps, Ducati’s afternoon turned from bad to worse when two-time champion Francesco Bagnaia’s bike slipped out of his lap and dumped him onto the asphalt.

As the Italian looked up at the sky and gestured furiously with folded hands, the Italian cut a frustrated figure after a rough campaign this year.

Jose Antonio Rueda of KTM Ajo won the Moto3 race in Indonesia earlier on Sunday to claim the 2025 title.