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By Dominique Vidalon, Michel Rose and Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron will appoint a new prime minister in the next 48 hours, his office said on Wednesday, adding that a majority of lawmakers were against holding a snap parliamentary election amid France’s worst crisis in decades. Sebastien Lecornu, France’s fifth prime minister …

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(Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that Ukrainian forces were inflicting heavy losses in a counteroffensive in eastern Donetsk region, the main theatre of the more than 3-1/2 years of war in Ukraine. Zelenskiy’s account, based on a report by Ukraine’s top commander, contrasted with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin’s address to senior Russian officers …

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By Matt Spetalnick, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israel and Hamas agreed on Wednesday to the first phase of U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza, a ceasefire and hostage deal that could open the way to ending a bloody two-year-old war that has upended the Middle East. Just a day after the …

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MUMBAI (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he welcomed the agreement on the first stage of U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza, urging that it must be implemented in full without delay. Israel and Hamas said they had agreed to a long-awaited ceasefire and hostage deal, the first phase of Trump’s plan to …

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By Eliana Raszewski BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina’s lower house on Wednesday approved a bill to curb the use of presidential emergency decrees, a challenge to the executive powers of President Javier Milei whose party holds a minority in both legislative chambers. Milei retains the power to veto the legislation. Lawmakers passed the measure by 140 …

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By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s housing market lost momentum for a third month in a row and confidence among businesses has fallen sharply, according to two surveys published on Thursday that showed worries about finance minister Rachel Reeves’ November budget. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said its measures of buyer demand and agreed …

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MUMBAI/LONDON (Reuters) -A deputy of British finance minister Rachel Reeves has told other ministers that they will not be able to use an emergency reserve to fund pay rises in their departments, ahead of what is expected to be a tough budget in November. Chief Secretary to the Treasury James Murray said the government would …

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