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By Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy increased pressure on the United States to let Kyiv strike military targets deep inside Russian territory after his representatives met senior U.S. officials in Washington on Saturday. Washington has provided Ukraine with more than $50 billion worth of military aid since 2022, but has limited the …

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By Alan Baldwin MONZA, Italy (Reuters) -Italian Kimi Antonelli will replace seven times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes next season in a deal announced at the 18-year-old’s home grand prix on Saturday. Team boss Toto Wolff told reporters at Monza he had decided on Antonelli within minutes of Hamilton, 39, informing him …

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By Ali Sawafta JENIN (Reuters) -Clashes broke out between Israeli troops and Palestinian fighters in the occupied West Bank on Saturday as Israel pushed ahead with a military operation in the flashpoint city of Jenin. Israeli troops searched areas around Jewish settlements after two separate security incidents on Friday evening. In Jenin itself, drones and …

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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Mohammad Salem CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli strikes on Saturday killed at least 48 people in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian health authorities said, as clashes took place in central and southern areas of the enclave ahead of the planned start of a polio vaccination campaign. The United Nations is due to start …

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ROME (Reuters) – A crew member on Mike Lynch’s yacht has spoken of being thrown into the water and efforts to rescue passengers as a storm sank the vessel off Sicily this month, in a disaster that killed the British tech tycoon and six other people. Matthew Griffiths, who was on watch duty on the …

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OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s Princess Martha Louise married her long-term partner, American spiritual guru Durek Verrett, on Saturday in a ceremony attended by the Norwegian king and other royalty but marked by what critics saw as commercialisation of the event. The wedding was the culmination of three days of festivities to honour Martha Louise, 52, …

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By Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) – The far-right Alternative for Germany is predicted to come first in at least one of two elections in eastern states on Sunday, piling pressure on Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s federal coalition over the economy, immigration and support for Ukraine. The 11-year-old AfD, which has greater support in the formerly communist-run …

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