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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations Security Council on Thursday will start negotiations on a U.S.-drafted resolution to endorse President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, said a senior U.S. government official, and authorize a two-year mandate for a transitional governance body and international stabilization force. The U.S. formally circulated the draft resolution …

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By Alison Withers, Kate Abnett and Simon Johnson COPENHAGEN/BRUSSELS/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Concern about the capacity of Europe’s forests, degraded by wildfires and droughts, to absorb CO2 emissions was a key reason European Union governments agreed to water down their new 2040 emissions-cutting goal this week.     EU countries on Wednesday backed a target to cut their net …

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By Johan Ahlander GOTHENBURG, Sweden (Reuters) -A drone incident that prompted a sabotage investigation and halted traffic at Sweden’s second-largest airport ended on Thursday night with flights preparing to resume. Drones have caused major disruption across Europe in recent months, forcing temporary airport closures in several countries. Some officials have blamed the incidents on hybrid …

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By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Hamas fighters holed up in the Israeli-held Rafah area of Gaza would surrender their arms in exchange for passage to other areas of the enclave under a proposal to resolve an issue seen as a risk to the month-old truce, according to two sources familiar with the talks. U.S. special …

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PARIS (Reuters) -A Frenchman who injured several people when he rammed his car into a crowd on a holiday island in western France is suspected of “self-radicalisation” and had “explicit religious references” at home, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on Thursday. “Based on a number of factors that exist with this individual, and the fact …

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