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ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed peace efforts on the Russia-Ukraine conflict in a phone call on Thursday, a Turkish Foreign Ministry source said. The source said Fidan told Rubio that Ankara was ready to fulfil its responsibilities in the peace process. (Reporting by Tuvan Gumrukcu; …

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PARIS (Reuters) -France has reported a sharp decline in outbreaks of an illness in cows called lumpy skin disease, with no new cases since August 22, after launching a mass vaccination campaign around the outbreaks, the agriculture ministry said on Thursday. Lumpy skin disease, a viral disease transmitted by insect bites, causes blisters and lowers …

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FRANKFURT (Reuters) -German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Thursday that it seems clear there will be no meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, during a statement alongside French President Emmanuel Macron. Macron welcomed Merz for a working dinner at Bregancon Fort in southern France, where the leaders gave a statement …

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(Corrects to add dropped word “member” in paragraph 3) By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations Security Council on Thursday unanimously extended “for a final time” a long-running peacekeeping mission in Lebanon until the end of 2026, when the operation will then begin a year-long “orderly and safe drawdown and withdrawal.” The U.N. …

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PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou faced a backlash on Thursday after saying he didn’t hold talks with the opposition in August to try and avoid a political crisis because everyone but him was on holiday. Bayrou announced on Monday he would hold a confidence vote in parliament on September 8 to try and …

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KYIV (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy expects a framework for security guarantees for Ukraine to be set out as soon as next week, as Kyiv continues talks with allies to get a robust support mechanism to prevent further Russian aggression. On Thursday, Zelenskiy said he had “extensively” discussed the topic with his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan …

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