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The German city of Magdeburg will hold a memorial service on Saturday for the two people - including a toddler - who were killed when a car was driven at high speed through a crowded Christmas market. The mayor, Simone Borris, said the event would be held at the city's cathedral. Dozens of people were injured, many of them seriously, in what police believe was a deliberate attack. A suspect has been arrested. Police have identified him as a Saudi national who'd been working as a doctor in Germany since 2006.

Also in the programme: The impact of the Gisele Pelicot trial in France; and searching for missing loved ones in Syria, as mass graves indicate tens of thousands may have died in prison.

Joining Gary O'Donoghue to discuss this and more are Dimitar Bechev, lecturer at the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, and Olga Oliker, programme director for Europe and Central Asia at the Crisis Group.

(Photo: At least two dead and scores injured following vehicle-ramming attack on Christmas market, Magdeburg, Germany - 20 December 2024. Credit: Filip Singer / EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)