POLAND: Prime Minister Donald Tusk pledged today to push ahead with a “great modernisation programme” for his country’s military, a day after Russian drones crossed into Poland’s airspace for the first time.

The Polish Air Navigation Agency announced this morning that Poland was introducing air traffic restrictions in the eastern part of the country. 

DEPORTATIONS: Ghana has received a group of 14 west African deportees from the United States on Wednesday, the country’s president said, joining Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan as African countries continue to receive deported migrants.

Ghana is the first west African country to announce it has entered into an agreement with the US to receive deported foreign nationals.

ITALY: Rome has told Israel to respect the rights of Italians taking part in an activist flotilla that is seeking to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza, after the latest boat was attacked with incendiary devices in Tunisian waters.

Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani told parliament today that Italy would be monitoring the flotilla and providing consular and diplomatic assistance to the 58 Italians taking part, including some lawmakers.

GERMANY: Parliament today lifted the immunity on Maximillian Krah, a prominent far-right lawmaker with the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, after which authorities searched his home and offices following a court order.

Lifting his immunity as a lawmaker was a necessary step that now allows authorities to prosecute him.

Last year, the AfD banned Mr Krah from standing in the European Union elections after he told an Italian newspaper that not all members of the Nazi SS in World War II were war criminals.