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By Belén Carreño and Joan Faus MADRID/BARCELONA (Reuters) -After Spain’s Socialists failed to clinch a majority in a July election, it was clear they would have to do a deal with smaller parties, including Catalan separatists, for Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to remain in power. But when the deal, forged over months of tense negotiations, …

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By Graham Keeley, Joan Faus and Belén Carreño BARCELONA/MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s socialists have reached a deal with the Catalan separatist Junts party, which will support the government in return for a controversial amnesty for officials and activists involved in Catalonia’s separatist drive. The text of the future law has not yet been disclosed, but …

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PARIS (Reuters) -Israel must stop bombing Gaza and killing civilians, French President Emmanuel Macron told the BBC in an interview published late on Friday. Macron said there was “no justification” for the bombing and saying a ceasefire would benefit Israel. He said that France “clearly condemns” the “terrorist” actions of Hamas, but that while recognising …

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By Raphael Satter ARLINGTON, Virginia (Reuters) – Private spy firm Black Cube was behind a hidden video campaign that used LinkedIn to target Hungarian activists and journalists leading to last year’s election in the central European country, the professional networking site said on Thursday. A researcher for Microsoft-owned LinkedIn said Black Cube, based in Israel, …

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BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday said his government would adapt its defence budget to ensure the country achieves the NATO spending target of 2% of GDP even after a special 100 billion euro ($106 billion) defence fund has been exhausted. Scholz was speaking a day after his government pledged to make …

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By Sergio Goncalves, Catarina Demony and Andrei Khalip LISBON (Reuters) -Portugal will hold a snap parliamentary election on March 10, its second in as many years, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said on Thursday, following Tuesday’s abrupt resignation of the Socialist prime minister amid a corruption investigation. Yet, the president said he would only disband …

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