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Wildfires kill three across southern Europe, force thousands to evacuate

14 Aug 2025 14 Aug 2025

By David Latona PATRAS, Greece/MADRID (Reuters) -Hundreds of firefighters battled to put out wildfires across southern Europe on Thursday, some of which are believed to have been set deliberately by arsonists and stoked by an extended heat wave gripping the region. The European Union sent reinforcements to help Greece and Spain tackle blazes which have killed three …

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Turkish opposition mayor joins Erdogan’s party amid crackdown

14 Aug 2025 14 Aug 2025

By Huseyin Hayatsever ANKARA (Reuters) -A mayor from Turkey’s main opposition party joined President Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling AK Party on Thursday amid a crackdown on the opposition in which 15 mayors have been detained. Ozlem Cercioglu, mayor of the western city of Aydin since 2009 and previously a lawmaker for the Republican People’s Party (CHP), …

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Ukraine says eastern front stabilised after recent Russian thrust

14 Aug 2025 14 Aug 2025

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian troops have stabilised the battlefield in an area of eastern Ukraine where Russian forces had made a sudden push this week to pierce Ukrainian defences, the regional governor said on Thursday. Ukraine said small groups of Russian infantry had thrust some 10 kilometres (six miles) toward its main defensive line near the …

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Factbox-Who did Putin speak to about his Trump meeting?

14 Aug 2025 14 Aug 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to his most senior ministers and security officials on the eve of a summit in Alaska with U.S. President Donald Trump, who is pressing for an end to the war in Ukraine. The following is a list of those present as published by the Kremlin in the order …

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Hungarian opposition leader accuses Russia of political interference

14 Aug 2025 14 Aug 2025

BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Opposition leader Peter Magyar accused Russia on Thursday of interfering in Hungarian politics after Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) issued a statement alleging that the European Commission was considering “regime change in Budapest”. In power since 2010, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has been criticised by some fellow EU leaders for his government’s …

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Russian officials say at least 16 wounded in Ukrainian drone attacks on two cities

14 Aug 2025 14 Aug 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Ukrainian drones struck two Russian cities on Thursday in attacks that injured at least 16 people, local authorities said, a day before a U.S.-Russia summit on the war in Ukraine. Thirteen people were wounded, two seriously, when a drone struck an apartment building in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, the acting regional …

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Fire breaks out onboard Maersk container vessel off Liberia

14 Aug 2025 14 Aug 2025

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -A fire broke out onboard a Maersk container vessel off the coast of Liberia on Wednesday and the crew was still battling to put out the flames a day later, the Danish shipping group said on Thursday. “The crew of the Marie Maersk detected smoke coming from containers onboard the vessel en route …

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Putin suggests Russia and US could make a deal on nuclear arms control

14 Aug 2025 14 Aug 2025

By Dmitry Antonov and Mark Trevelyan MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the United States was making “sincere efforts” to halt the war in Ukraine and suggested Moscow and Washington could agree a nuclear arms deal as part of a wider effort to strengthen peace. Putin was speaking to his most …

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Putin suggests Russia and U.S. could make a deal on nuclear arms control

14 Aug 2025 14 Aug 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the U.S. administration was making “sincere efforts” to resolve the conflict in Ukraine and suggested Moscow and Washington could reach a deal on nuclear arms control. Speaking at a Kremlin meeting with Russia’s most senior military and civilian officials, Putin said that he was informing …

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Zelenskiy says Ukraine has secured $1.5 billion from European allies for US weapons

14 Aug 2025 14 Aug 2025

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Kyiv had so far secured $1.5 billion from its European allies to purchase U.S. weapons as part of a mechanism that he said “truly strengthens our defense.” “As of today, we already have $1.5 billion pledged. Through the NATO Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List initiative, NATO …

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