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France assembles magistrate team to examine 'Epstein files' A team of magistrates will search the so-called "Epstein files" to identify any further possible offences. The case of French modelling agent Jean-Luc Brunel is to be thoroughly re-examined. Burglars ransack safe-deposit boxes in German bank heist Police said they had not identified the perpetrators or established what was stolen. Emergency workers found an unknown liquid on the doors of the bank but said it did not pose a health risk. Orban says EU bigger threat to Hungary than Russia Hungarian PM Viktor Orban accused the EU of propping up Peter Magyar's Tisza opposition party. Hungary's longest-serving prime minister is facing his biggest electoral challenge in years. Ukraine's Zelenskyy at MSC: Putin is a 'slave to war' Almost four years after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, peace is nowhere in sight. At the Munich Security Conference, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiyy said his country needed more weapons — fast. EU leaders welcome US tone shift in Rubio's Munich speech While European leaders cautiously welcomed a softer tone from the US at the Munich Security Conference, American independence and the "Trumpian narrative" remained top of mind for Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Navalny was poisoned by Kremlin, say 5 European countries The top diplomats of the UK, France, Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands say the analysis of samples from the late Russian opposition leader Alex Navalny conclusively proves a state-ordered killing. Paris: Knife-wielding man shot by police at Arc de Triomphe A man was shot and injured after attacking police during a ceremonial lighting of an eternal flame under the Paris landmark. Avalanche kills 3 skiers in French Alps The group was swept away by an avalanche after venturing off piste in the Val d'Isere area. Heavy snowfall brought by storm Nils has increased the avalanche risk in some French ski resorts. Sex, health, child abuse scandals threaten Orban reelection Abuse in a juvenile facility, hazardous dust from a battery factory and an alleged sex video involving the opposition leader — the run-up to Hungary's election has so far been dominated by one scandal after another. Storm Nils batters France, Spain: 3 dead, thousands without power In southern France and northern Spain, the "unusually strong" storm Nils uprooted trees, flooded roads, and left thousands without power.