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BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he assumed Russia was behind many of the drones sighted over Germany this weekend, potentially including those that disrupted dozens of flights and stranded more than 10,000 passengers at Munich Airport. He added that the frequency of the incursions in Europe’s airspace was unprecedented even compared with Cold …

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By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s offer to voluntarily maintain limits on deployed strategic nuclear weapons “sounds like a good idea.” Putin last month offered to voluntarily maintain limits capping the size of the world’s two biggest nuclear arsenals set out in the 2010 New …

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By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany must improve its anti-drone defences, its defence minister said, but warned against a hasty response to airspace incursions by Russia which would risk falling into “Putin’s escalation trap”. Boris Pistorius’ remarks in an interview with Handelsblatt newspaper followed drone sightings at Munich Airport that cancelled dozens of flights and …

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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo hopes that a plan to end the war in Gaza would soon reach the “desired results”, he said on Sunday after acknowledging the significant steps made in negotiations to end the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Speaking during his weekly Angelus prayer, the pontiff asked all relevant parties to commit …

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By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s administration is mobilizing U.S. diplomats to lobby against a U.N. resolution calling on Washington to lift its decades-long embargo on Cuba, in part by sharing details of Cuba’s support for Russia’s war in Ukraine, according to an internal State Department cable seen by Reuters. As part of …

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By Jan Lopatka PRAGUE (Reuters) -The populist ANO party of billionaire Andrej Babis faced tough talks on forming a government on Sunday after it won a weekend election but fell short of a majority, leaving it in need of partners who are demanding seats in the cabinet. ANO is allied with Hungary’s Viktor Orban and …

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MADRID (Reuters) -Eight people were arrested and 20 police officers injured in clashes between pro-Palestinian protesters and police in Barcelona, police said on Sunday. Demonstrators vandalised shops, which they claimed had links to Israel, during a mainly peaceful march of 70,000 protesters on Saturday, police said. Tens of thousands took part in protests in Madrid …

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