COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Denmark will send a Hercules military plane to airdrop aid to Gaza, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen told reporters on Tuesday. (Reporting by Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Essi Lehto, editing by Terje Solsvik)
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -Mothers of Israeli hostages held in Gaza, including one who appeared emaciated in a recent Hamas video, voiced fears on Tuesday that a planned Israeli offensive could further endanger their sons’ lives due to the risk of reprisals. Israel plans a much-criticised new Gaza offensive to take control of Gaza …
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(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss a possible deal to end the war in Ukraine when they meet on Friday in Alaska for a summit that is also likely to affect wider European security. European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy plan to speak with Trump on Wednesday amid …
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KHARKIV REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) -Ukrainian soldiers preparing for battle say they have little faith in prospects for a quick ceasefire, and many reject suggestions that Kyiv should give up any of its hard-fought territory to Russia. Reuters interviewed troops at two training bases in the northeastern Kharkiv region this week, days ahead of a planned …
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By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) -Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservatives slipped into second place behind Germany’s far right in a poll marking his hundredth day in office after a tough summer in which a botched judicial appointment and a reversal on supplying Israel with arms alienated foes and allies alike. The Forsa poll, which put the …
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WARSAW (Reuters) -Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday that Russia was seeking to drive a wedge between Poland and Ukraine ahead of peace talks, amid an outcry over a spectator who waved a Ukrainian nationalist flag at a concert in Warsaw. Poland has been one of Ukraine’s staunchest backers since Russia invaded in …
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SUVA PLANINA, Serbia (Reuters) -A prolonged drought and sweltering heat are taking their toll on villagers, livestock and crops in the mountains of southeastern Serbia, with animals starting to die. Lack of rainfall since May has caused water shortages, wildfires and disruption to agriculture across the Western Balkans, also comprised of Montenegro, Bosnia, Albania, Kosovo …
DUBAI (Reuters) -Iranian police arrested as many as 21,000 “suspects” during the country’s 12-day war with Israel in June, a law enforcement spokesperson said on Tuesday, according to state media. Following Israeli air strikes that began on June 13, Iranian security forces began a campaign of widespread arrests accompanied by an intensified street presence based …
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GENEVA (Reuters) -Negotiations to debate the terms of a global treaty to curb plastic pollution are proving difficult, the European Union environment commissioner said on Tuesday. “I would agree the discussions so far have been difficult,” said Jessika Roswall, European Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and Competitive Circular Economy. (Reporting by Emma Farge; writing by …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian prosecutors have filed fresh charges against Robert Gilman, a U.S. citizen and ex-Marine serving an eight-year sentence for assaulting law enforcement officers and a prison official, court documents show. Gilman, 30, was first arrested in 2022 for a purportedly drunken assault on a Russian police officer. His sentence has been extended several …
