By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he expects to meet with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Aberdeen, Scotland, later this month to refine a U.S.-British trade deal. A White House official said Trump plans to visit his golf properties in Scotland late this month, recreating a trip he made …
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By Leigh Thomas and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou proposed scrapping two public holidays and freezing most public spending as part of a 43.8 billion euro ($50.88 billion) budget squeeze he outlined on Tuesday. Bayrou’s plan involves freezing welfare spending and tax brackets in 2026 at 2025 levels, not even adjusting …
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By Patricia Zengerle and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned on Wednesday that countries such as Brazil, China and India could be hit very hard by secondary sanctions if they continued to do business with Russia. Rutte made the comment while meeting with senators in the U.S. Congress the day after …
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By Isabel Demetz and Jesus Calero (Reuters) -German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius is set to discuss the possibility of Germany paying for American Patriot air defence systems for Ukraine, as he heads to Washington to meet with U.S. Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth. On Sunday, U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. would send an …
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PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Tuesday announced a plan to steady France’s creaking public finances, outlining 43.8 billion euros ($50.88 billion) in deficit reduction measures in 2026, and proposing cutting two bank holidays to spur growth. Below is a factbox on the key measures: WHY ARE FRANCE’S FINANCES SO BAD? France saw …
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By Lucy Papachristou (Reuters) -Daniel Martindale, a U.S. citizen who helped the Kremlin target Ukrainian troops and was then spirited out of eastern Ukraine by Russian special forces, has received a Russian passport in Moscow. Russian state television broadcast a report on Tuesday showing Martindale, with a trim beard and dressed in a suit and …
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By Guy Faulconbridge and Darya Korsunskaya MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin intends to keep fighting in Ukraine until the West engages on his terms for peace, unfazed by Donald Trump’s threats of tougher sanctions, and his territorial demands may widen as Russian forces advance, three sources close to the Kremlin said. Putin, who ordered Russian …
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PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Tuesday proposed scrapping two days of public holidays, as part of an overall plan to repair the country’s public finances and boost the economy. (Reporting by Leigh Thomas;Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)
By Steven Scheer and Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A religious party has quit Israel’s ruling coalition in a dispute over military service, leaving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a razor-thin majority in parliament but still enough political support to secure a potential Gaza ceasefire. Six members of United Torah Judaism (UTJ) handed in resignation letters …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The EU has imposed sanctions on eight people and one entity responsible for the targeting of Iranian dissidents for assassination on behalf of Iran’s government, the European Council said in a statement on Tuesday. The sanctions, over what it called “serious human rights violations” and “transnational repression”, included asset freezes and travel bans, …
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