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Spanish PM Sanchez defends party financing in Senate grilling over graft scandals

30 Oct 2025 30 Oct 2025

MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Thursday his Socialist Party’s financing was completely above board as he faced a Senate commission of inquiry into a corruption scandal dogging his party and threatening his premiership. Senators are probing allegations that high-ranking Socialist officials received kickbacks in exchange for awarding public works contracts, as …

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Euro zone growth beats forecasts as France outperforms

30 Oct 2025 30 Oct 2025

By Balazs Koranyi FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The euro zone economy grew a touch more quickly than expected in the third quarter, lifted by buoyant growth in France and Spain that more than offset faltering exports and persistent struggles in Germany’s oversized industrial sector. The economy of the 20 nations sharing the euro expanded by 0.2% in …

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Largest Dutch party should take lead in government talks, D66 leader says

30 Oct 2025 30 Oct 2025

THE HAGUE (Reuters) -The largest party in the Dutch election needs to get the lead in the formation of a new government, the leader of the centrist D66 party Rob Jetten said on Thursday. With almost all votes counted, Jetten’s D66 is virtually tied for the lead with the far right Freedom Party (PVV) led …

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French growth beats forecasts in Q3 despite political turmoil

30 Oct 2025 30 Oct 2025

By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) -France’s economy grew faster than expected in the third quarter as exports surged, due mainly to shipments from the aerospace industry, and as corporate investment perked up despite a political crisis, official data published on Thursday showed. The euro zone’s second-biggest economy expanded by 0.5% after posting 0.3% growth in …

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Busy Muscovites welcome sound-proof booths for making calls from metro stations

30 Oct 2025 30 Oct 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Moscow Metro has installed sound-proofed booths at two busy stations to enable people to make pressing calls unhindered by the hubbub of fellow passengers rushing past or by the screech of wheels on train tracks. Irina, a sales representative who declined to give her last name, said she would use the booths …

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Kremlin reacts cautiously to Trump’s nuclear testing remarks

30 Oct 2025 30 Oct 2025

By Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin on Thursday reacted cautiously to President Donald Trump’s remarks about the resumption of nuclear weapons testing by the United States, saying that Russia had not tested but that Moscow would follow suit if Washington did. Trump ordered the U.S. military on Thursday to immediately resume testing nuclear weapons …

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Poland says airports in Radom and Lublin resume operations

30 Oct 2025 30 Oct 2025

WARSAW (Reuters) -Polish airports in Radom and Lublin have reopened after a temporary closure prompted by military aviation activity, the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency (PANSA) said on Wednesday. The shutdown followed Russian attacks on facilities in Ukraine, which led Polish and allied aircraft to scramble in response, Polish military commanders said. At the army’s …

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Zelenskiy says Russia launched over 700 drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight

30 Oct 2025 30 Oct 2025

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Russia had launched over 650 drones and more than 50 missiles to attack Ukraine overnight, which he said hit energy facilities and civilians. “Many were shot down, but unfortunately, there have been hits,” he wrote on X. (Reporting by Anastasiia Malenko; Writing by Max Hunder; …

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Hungary’s Orban to visit Trump, discuss path to US-Russia meeting

30 Oct 2025 30 Oct 2025

BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will meet U.S. President Donald Trump on November 7 in Washington, where he aims to discuss a path to a U.S.-Russia meeting and seek exemption from U.S. energy sanctions, Orban’s chief of staff said on Thursday. Gergely Gulyas told a press briefing that the two leaders would also …

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Five new suspects arrested over Louvre robbery, French radio reports

30 Oct 2025 30 Oct 2025

(Reuters) -Five new suspects have been arrested over the Louvre robbery, French radio station RTL reported on Thursday. French TV station BFM had reported earlier on Thursday that one further person had been arrested in the Paris region late on Wednesday, and that this man is suspected of being present on the crime scene on …

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