The FARC, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, a Marxist and the country's biggest rebel group, has been waging a civil war has lasted 52 That year and has killed over 220,000 people. On Monday, an underwhelming majority voted "no" to peace That deal would have ended the civil war in Colombia. The decision of the referendum occurred with a slim victory, only a half percentage point triumph. The voters felt That the peace deal was too lenient on the rebels, and That stricter and harsher punishments should be Implemented into the peace deal. The outcome of the referendum has not only Caused a state of shock throughout the whole country, but has also left a lot of uncertainty for Colombia's future.

This weekend an agreement about migration between the EU and Afghanistan has been signed, which has now been made public. It enables the EU Member States to deport Afghan refugees easier to their homeland. Afghans constitute the second largest group of asylum seekers in Europe with 196,170 applying last year. This agreement gives the EU the right to deport Afghans who do not fulfill the conditions to stay in the EU and Afghanistan reaffirmed its commitment to readmit its citizens who entered into the EU or are staying on EU territory irregularly.

US suspended talks with Russia on a Syrian truce and accused Moscow of not respecting the ceasefire agreement commitments. Russian-Syrian aerial bombing on civilian areas has intensified and prevented ensuring humanitarian aid to besieged communities. State Department spokesman John Kirby said: “Unfortunately, Russia failed to live up to its own commitments,” and added: “Rather, Russia and the Syrian regime have chosen to pursue a military course, inconsistent with the cessation of hostilities, as demonstrated by their intensified attacks against civilian areas, targeting of critical infrastructure such as hospitals, and preventing humanitarian aid from reaching civilians in need.”

In Sunday's referendum more than 98 percent of Hungarian voters rejected the EU's plans to relocate refugees and migrants among member states but less than 50 percent turned out for the votes. Turnout stood at 43.9 percent, below the 50 percent threshold for the vote to be valid. Because more than 90 percent of participants sided with Prime Minister Victor Orbán by voting against the admission of refugees to Hungary, he claimed the result as an "outstanding" victory. Still more than half of the electorate stayed at home, rendering the process constitutionally null and void.

Thousands of people protested outside the national parliament in Warsaw against a controversial law that would entail a complete ban on abortion in Poland. With this new law, women who have terminated the pregnancy would be liable and could be sent to jail up to five years for causing the death of a conceived child. Additionally, doctors could be charged for carrying out abortions. Legislators are expected to start debating tougher rules on Wednesday, with the backing of the Catholic Church and the Law and Justice (PiS) governing party. To support this, a petition has been signed more than 450,000 times.

The US Department of State proclaimed that talks with Russia on Syria are “on life support […] but not flat-lined yet”, commenting on the lack of progress on bringing a halt to fighting in Aleppo. Both sided are trading accusations over recent fighting, with the US and Syrian opposition arguing that Russia and Damascus are conducting a ground offensive and massive bombardment in Aleppo, to which they reply with allegations of aiding terrorist groups. A ceasefire that had started on 12^th September broke down a week later after a flurry of violation accusations, including claims of blocking humanitarian aid to cities besieged by government forces and an accidental air strike by anti-ISIS coalition on a Syrian army base.