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Indonesia may buy four more Airbus A400M military planes, president says

JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia may start negotiations to buy four more units of Airbus’ A400M military aircraft, President Prabowo Subianto said on Wednesday, as the country continues to revamp its ageing military through a string of hardware deals.   The purchase of military equipment has picked up since Prabowo, a former special forces commander, became defence minister …

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Trump says UK royals suffered ‘terrible thing’ with pressure over Epstein scandal

(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said he felt badly for the British royal family after King Charles stripped his brother Andrew of his title as prince amid mounting pressure over Andrew’s ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “It’s a terrible thing that’s happened to the family,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force …

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EU considers weakening 2040 climate goal over forest CO2 absorption, draft shows

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union is considering a brake clause to weaken its 2040 climate target in the future, if it becomes clear countries’ forests are not absorbing enough CO2 emissions to meet the goal, a draft EU compromise proposal showed. EU countries are attempting to approve their new 2040 climate target …

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Louvre heist work of petty criminals, not organised crime, prosecutor says

By Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) -The audacious daytime robbery of historical jewels worth $102 million from the Paris Louvre museum last month was executed by petty criminals, rather than professionals from the world of organised crime, the Paris prosecutor said on Sunday. On a Sunday morning two weeks ago, two men parked a movers’ …

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Ukrainian drone strike hits key Russian oil port, at least one vessel hit

MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) -A Ukrainian drone attack struck one of Russia’s main Black Sea oil ports on Sunday, causing a fire and damaging at least one ship, as Kyiv tries to undermine Russia’s war effort by targeting its energy infrastructure. Ukraine has for several months been striking Russian oil refineries, depots and pipelines in a bid …

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Belgium investigating new drone sightings over military base

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Police in Belgium are investigating drone sightings over a military air base, Defence Minister Theo Francken said on Sunday, following other recent drone sightings at military areas in the country. The government received reports on Saturday of drones flying over the Kleine Brogel air base in north-east Belgium, Francken said …

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Russian attacks on Ukraine kill two, leave Donetsk region without power

KYIV (Reuters) -Russian air attacks on Ukraine killed two people overnight and left tens of thousands more – and the entire eastern Donetsk region – without power, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday. Moscow has stepped up missile and drone strikes on Ukraine as winter approaches, triggering outages and forcing emergency crews to quickly repair damage …

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Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region without power after Russian strikes

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine’s entire eastern Donetsk region was without power after recent Russian attacks on energy infrastructure forced emergency power outages, the regional governor said on Sunday. Russian forces have stepped up attacks on Ukraine’s power grid in recent weeks as winter approaches and as Kremlin troops grind forward on the battlefield in a bid …

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