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By Olivia Le Poidevin and Francois Murphy GENEVA/VIENNA (Reuters) -Eurovision Song Contest organisers will no longer meet online in November to vote on Israel’s participation in the competition, following Middle East “developments”, the European Broadcasting Union said on Monday in an apparent reference to the Gaza ceasefire. Austria had appealed to countries not to boycott …

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PARIS (Reuters) -Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will head to a Paris prison next week, where he will begin an unprecedented five-year prison sentence for criminal conspiracy over attempts to raise 2007 election campaign funds from Libya, RTL reported on Monday. RTL reported that Sarkozy would be sent to Paris’ Sante prison on October 21. …

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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that he would meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Friday, where the two would discuss Ukraine’s air defence and long-range strike capabilities. Speaking to reporters in Kyiv, Zelenskiy said that he had shared with Trump a “vision” of how many U.S. Tomahawk missiles Ukraine …

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By Ali Sawafta and Nidal al-Mughrabi RAMALLAH/CAIRO (Reuters) -Joyous Palestinians rushed to embrace prisoners freed under a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement as they arrived by bus to the occupied West Bank and Gaza on Monday. The prisoners were released after the Hamas militant group freed the last 20 living hostages taken during the October 7, 2023 …

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KYIV (Reuters) -A Ukrainian delegation led by Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko will visit Washington for talks on strengthening Kyiv’s defence and energy resilience, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s chief of staff said on Monday. Ukraine is seeking more U.S. support for its war effort against Russia, as Kremlin forces step up strikes on energy facilities across the …

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CHISINAU (Reuters) -Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean said on Monday he would not seek a new term, paving the way for a new head of government following the pro-Western governing party’s victory in a parliamentary election. President Maia Sandu’s Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) secured a majority in the election on September 28, and …

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