By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) -France, Germany and Britain have written to the United Nations to say they are ready to reinstate sanctions on Iran if it does not return to negotiations with the international community over its nuclear programme. The foreign ministers of the so-called E3 group wrote to the U.N. on Tuesday to …
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By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -Public transport will be temporarily free of charge in Geneva, in a first for Switzerland, as part of a series of measures aimed at tackling a spike in pollution in the city. Geneva, in the western French-speaking part of Switzerland, is experiencing a severe peak of ozone pollution – …
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By Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Wednesday that its stance on ending the war in Ukraine has not changed since President Vladimir Putin set out his conditions last year: the full withdrawal of Kyiv’s forces from key Ukrainian regions and the abandonment of its NATO ambitions. Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump are …
MADRID (Reuters) -Spain signalled support on Wednesday for French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposal of an international coalition under a United Nations mandate to stabilise Gaza, calling it “one of the tools” that could bring peace to the region. Macron said on Monday that such a U.N. mission would be tasked with securing the Gaza Strip, …
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(Reuters) -New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said on Wednesday that Israel’s leader Benjamin Netanyahu had “lost the plot” as the country weighs up whether to recognise a Palestinian state. Luxon told reporters that the lack of humanitarian assistance, the forceful displacement of people and the annexation of Gaza were utterly appalling and that Netanyahu …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will travel to Berlin on Wednesday to join German Chancellor Friedrich Merz for a video call with U.S. President Donald Trump, a government source told Reuters. The Bild newspaper first reported on the visit, which comes as Merz hosts meetings ahead of Trump’s planned summit with Russian President Vladimir …
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Estonia is expelling a Russian diplomat over sanctions violations and other crimes against the state, the Baltic country’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday, prompting Moscow to say it would retaliate. The first secretary of the Russian embassy in Tallinn has been declared ‘persona non grata’ and must leave Estonia, the ministry said, without …
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WARSAW (Reuters) -Polish prosecutors have charged a group of six people with offences including sabotage commissioned by foreign intelligence services, a spokesperson said on Wednesday. Poland says its role as a hub for aid to Ukraine has made it a target for Russian and Belarusian secret services, accusing Moscow and Minsk of commissioning acts of …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli planes and tanks kept bombarding eastern areas of Gaza City overnight, killing at least 11 people, witnesses and medics said on Tuesday, with Hamas leader Khalil Al-Hayya arriving in Cairo for talks to revive a U.S.-backed ceasefire plan. The latest round of indirect talks in Qatar ended in deadlock …
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By Heejin Kim SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s former first lady Kim Keon Hee has been arrested after a court late on Tuesday issued a warrant to arrest her following accusations of graft that she denies, a special prosecutor leading a wide-reaching probe said. Kim is South Korea’s only former first lady to be arrested, joining …
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