LONDON (Reuters) -Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski warned on Tuesday Europe must be prepared for Russia to strike deep into the region, calling it “irresponsible” not to build defences such as a “drone wall” on its eastern flank. In London to unveil an Iranian Shahed-136 drone downed in Ukraine, Sikorski urged European nations to “stay …
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By Lili Bayer and John Irish BRUSSELS/PARIS (Reuters) -The European Union should maximise its influence in Gaza’s recovery process and join a U.S.-proposed “Board of Peace” intended to temporarily oversee governance of the enclave, the EU’s diplomatic arm said in a document seen by Reuters. Israel and the Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas carried out …
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By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -It may take considerable time to hand over remains of hostages and Palestinians who died during the Israel-Hamas war, a “massive challenge” given the difficulties of finding bodies in Gaza’s rubble, the International Committee of the Red Cross said. Palestinian militant group Hamas freed the last living Israeli hostages from …
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KYIV (Reuters) -A United Nations humanitarian convoy was hit by Russian drones while delivering aid to a front-line area in southern Ukraine, The U.N.’s Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Ukraine said on social media. OCHA’s humanitarian coordinator in Ukraine, Matthias Schmale, condemned the attack, saying that two World Food Programme trucks were hit …
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PRAGUE (Reuters) -Czech election winner the ANO party is focused on drawing up a policy agenda with two small parties and will get round to talks on cabinet posts next month, party leader Andrej Babis said on Tuesday, indicating weeks of talks still ahead. Babis, a billionaire and former prime minister, and his populist ANO …
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(Reuters) -The French government will discuss an institutional reform for the overseas territory of New Caledonia by year end, Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu told lawmakers on Tuesday. “The government will propose discussion of this text before the end of the year so that New Caledonians can be consulted in spring 2026,” Lecornu said. (Reporting by …
By Inti Landauro BRUSSELS (Reuters) -A general strike held in Belgium on Tuesday grounded most airplanes at the two main airports and disrupted public transport in Brussels. About 80,000 people demonstrated between Brussels’ Gare du Nord and Gare du Midi train stations, crossing the entire city centre, Brussels police estimated. A few dozen people were …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt will stay closed through Wednesday and the flow of aid into the Palestinian enclave will be reduced, three Israeli officials said on Tuesday. The decision came after Palestinian militant group Hamas did not hand over bodies of hostages it is holding as part of the …
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(Reuters) -The French government is suspending a landmark pension reform until the next presidential election in 2027, French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu told parliament on Tuesday. (Reporting by Alessandro Parodi)
PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu asked lawmakers on Tuesday not to use the vote on the budget as a pretext to vote his government out. “There is no longer any pretext for a no-confidence motion,” he said. Lecornu was addressing parliament to spell out his budget priorities, in the hope of staving off …
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