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(Reuters) – British Minister of State for the Middle East Tariq Ahmad will travel to Bahrain and Qatar for talks on the crisis in Israel and Gaza, the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) said in a statement on Saturday. The minister will also meet with his Middle East counterparts, including the secretary …

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(Reuters) -Ukraine and the United States will hold a military industry conference in Washington on Dec. 6 and 7, Ukrainian and U.S. officials said on Friday. Kyiv is ramping up efforts to produce its own weapons amid concerns that supplies from the West might be faltering. It also hopes joint ventures with international armament producers …

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By Andreas Rinke and Huseyin Hayatsever BERLIN (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday suggested that Germany supported Israel in the Gaza war out of guilt over the Holocaust and drew a contrast with Turkey, which he said was able to speak without bias. “The Israeli-Palestinian war should not be evaluated with a psychology of …

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By Essi Lehto and Anne Kauranen HELSINKI (Reuters) -Finland will erect barriers at four crossings on its border with Russia from midnight, officials said on Friday, in a bid to stem an increase in migrants that Helsinki says has been orchestrated by Moscow. Finland has accused Russian authorities of funnelling migrants to the crossings in …

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ATHENS (Reuters) – Thousands of Greeks marched peacefully through the streets of Athens on Friday to mark the 50th anniversary of a violently quashed student uprising in 1973 that helped topple the then- military junta. More than 25,000 people participated in the demonstration, which often becomes a focal point for protests against government policies and …

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By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis will meet separately next week with relatives of hostages held by Hamas militants and with a group of Palestinians with family members in Gaza, the Vatican said on Friday, confirming a Reuters report. “With these meetings, which are of an exclusively humanitarian character, Pope Francis wants to …

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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican on Friday confirmed a report by Reuters that Pope Francis will meet separately next week with relatives of hostages held by Hamas militants and with a delegation of Palestinians with family members in Gaza. “With these meetings, which are of an exclusively humanitarian character, Pope Francis wants to show …

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By Marek Strzelecki WARSAW (Reuters) -Ukraine’s largest private energy company DTEK is ready for another winter and Russian attacks, but its power plants need more missile defence systems to operate safely, Chief Executive Officer Maxim Timchenko told Reuters. Since Russia’s February 2022 invasion, Europe, including members of the Soviet Union and the ex-Communist bloc, have …

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By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin waited three days before commenting on Hamas’ massacre of Israelis, which happened to take place on his 71st birthday. When he did, he blamed the United States, not Hamas. “I think that many will agree with me that this is a clear example of the …

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ROME (Reuters) – Italians faced disruption on Friday as transport workers and other public sector employees from two of the country’s largest unions went on strike in protest over the government’s budget plans for 2024. The CGIL and UIL unions have called a general strike in the central regions of Italy, as well as a …

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