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Between Monday evening and Tuesday morning five people were hit by trains in Czechia, with four of them dying, according to information released by the Railways Administration. The police are trying to ascertain whether the separate incidents were accidents or suicide attempts.

Another person died on Tuesday after being hit by a train in the Ostrava area.

Czech Railways said on social media that people should be very careful, especially during the holidays when more people are travelling.

Czech tennis player Barbora Krejčíková has reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon after overcoming Danielle Collins of the United States 7-5 6-3 in the round of 16 on Monday evening.

Wimbledon was the only Grand Slam tournament where Krejčíková, who is 28, had never made the last eight.

The Czech, ranked 31st, will now face Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia, ranked 13th, for a place in the semi-finals.

The new European faction Patriots for Europe, which includes seven ANO MEPs, serves Russian interests, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on the social network X. “Let us call a spade a spade. Patriots for Europe serves Russia's interests, whether consciously or unconsciously. And in doing so, it threatens the security and freedom of Europe," Fiala wrote on X.

Babiš rejected Fiala's words, calling him “a pathological liar”. According to ANO deputy chairman Karel Havlíček, ANO joined the Patriots for Europe faction in search of allies for the reform of the European Union, not with regard to its stance on the war in Ukraine. ANO has repeatedly said that it considers Russia to be the aggressor in the conflict and that it sides with Ukraine, Havlíček said.

Czech politicians have expressed mixed feelings regarding the outcome of the French elections. The  Czech prime minister, Petr Fiala, said he was not happy either about the success of the far-right or that of the far-left. On a working visit to Bavaria on Monday, Fiala stressed that France played an important role in Europe and it was important for the country to form a stable government with which it would be possible to cooperate effectively. Mr. Fiala expressed the hope that this would happen in the not-too-distant future. Meanwhile, MEP Alexander Vondra of the Civic Democrats said that by his rash decision to dissolve parliament and call snap elections the French president has paved the way for communists and anti-Semitic forces to gain political influence in the country.