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By Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) -France’s minority government looked increasingly likely to be ousted next month after three main opposition parties said they would not back a confidence vote which Prime Minister Francois Bayrou announced for September 8 over his plans for sweeping budget cuts. The far-right National Rally, the Greens and later the Socialists, …

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(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday he and U.S. envoy Keith Kellogg had held a good meeting and discussed exerting pressure on Russia to hold “real talks” on ending more than three years of war. “A good meeting with the special U.S. presidential envoy Keith Kellogg,” Zelenskiy wrote on the Telegram messaging app. …

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By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Jaidaa Taha CAIRO (Reuters) -Syria said on Monday that Israel had sent 60 soldiers to take control of an area inside the Syrian border around Mount Hermon in an operation that violated its sovereignty and posed a further threat to regional security. An Israeli military spokesperson said troops carried out a …

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WARSAW (Reuters) -Ukraine’s access to Elon Musk’s satellite internet service Starlink could be cut due to the Polish president’s veto of a refugee aid bill, a Polish deputy prime minister said on Monday, as a conflict between the government and head of state deepens. Poland pays for Ukraine to use Starlink, which provides crucial internet …

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By Anne Kauranen HELSINKI (Reuters) -The captain of an oil tanker and two officers accused of severing five undersea power and telecoms cables in the Baltic Sea last December, blamed technical faults for the damage as their trial began in Helsinki on Monday. NATO allies with forces stationed around the Baltic Sea went on high …

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(Changes to ‘confidence vote’ in headline, paragraph 1 to reflect prime minister’s wording) PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said on Monday he will seek a confidence vote from parliament on September 8 as he seeks to mobilise support for his unpopular government’s budget, threatening more political uncertainty in the country. Bayrou, speaking during …

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