By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) -A Norwegian naval officer was found guilty on Monday and sentenced to a two-month suspended jail sentence for negligence leading up to the 2018 collision between a warship he commanded and an oil tanker in which the military vessel sank. Building a replacement for the lost Helge Ingstad frigate would …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy collected the prestigious Charlemagne Prize on behalf of the Ukrainian people on Sunday in honour of services to Europe, capping a visit to Germany in which he secured new military aid and warm support from Berlin. Zelenskiy flew to the western city of Aachen with Chancellor Olaf Scholz following …
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By Pavel Polityuk and Sarah Marsh KYIV/BERLIN (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday Kyiv and its allies could make a Russian defeat “irreversible” as early as this year as he secured a bumper new military package on a trip to Germany. The visit formed part of a whirlwind weekend tour of several key …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Life on both sides of the Gaza Strip border began returning to normal on Sunday after an Egyptian-mediated ceasefire halted five days of fighting between Israel and Islamic Jihad, which killed 34 Palestinians and an Israeli. Israel reopened its goods and commercial border crossings, allowing fuel to …
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By Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) -Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats were on track to win an election in Germany’s smallest state, the city of Bremen, on Sunday in a vote that could give a modest lift to the centre-left party after its popularity slid nationally. Bremen is not deemed a political bellwether …
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OSLO (Reuters) – Iceland’s government said on Sunday a squadron of the British Air Force will patrol the Nordic nation’s skies next week when leaders from across Europe are due to meet in Reykjavik to discuss the continent’s security and support for Ukraine. The May 15-19 airspace protection agreement signed by the two countries will …
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By Jonathan Spicer ISTANBUL (Reuters) -If Turks oust President Tayyip Erdogan in elections this month it will largely be because of an economic reversal that saw their prosperity, equality and ability to meet basic needs start to tumble midway through his two-decade reign. The May 14 vote, which lands during the Turkish Republic’s centenary year, …
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(Reuters) -Russian news outlet Kommersant said two Russian fighter jets and two military helicopters had been shot down on Saturday close to the Ukrainian border, in what would be a spectacular coup for Kyiv if confirmed. Kommersant said on its website that the Su-34 fighter-bomber, Su-35 fighter and two Mi-8 helicopters had made up a …
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By Orhan Coskun and Birsen Altayli ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has nurtured an image of a robust and invincible leader over his two decades in power, yet he appears vulnerable as the political landscape may be shifting in favour of his opponent in Sunday’s presidential vote. Erdogan emerged from humble roots to …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A truce between Israel and the militant Islamic Jihad group officially came into effect late on Saturday night, with an Egyptian-mediated ceasefire agreement meant to end the worst episode of cross-border fire since a 10-day war in 2021. As fighting tapered off, streets in Gaza that had …
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