KYIV (Reuters) -Russia launched a new overnight drone attack on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities on Saturday, prompting President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to issue a fresh appeal for more air defence and long-range capabilities. Ukrainian air defences shot down 72 out of 76 Shahed drones over 12 regions in the centre, south and east of the …
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By Andrew Osborn and Lucy Papachristou LONDON (Reuters) -Splits in Russia’s opposition in exile have widened sharply, shifting their focus from political activism to infighting after allies of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny accused another opposition figure of ordering attacks on their activists. The scandal undermines already troubled efforts to forge a united front against …
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will meet U.S. President Joe Biden for talks on Friday on the next steps in supporting Ukraine, centring on whether to allow Western missiles to be used to hit targets in Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been pleading with allies for months to let Ukraine fire …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will not prevail in the war with Ukraine, U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday during a meeting at the White House with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. (Reporting by Nandita Bose and Katharine Jackson)
TORONTO (Reuters) -Ukrainian Canadians protested on Friday at the Toronto International Film Festival even after its organizers reversed course and suspended screenings of a documentary about Russian soldiers in Ukraine that has been criticized as propaganda. Earlier this week, “Russians At War” drew scores of protesters outside a Toronto theatre demanding TIFF withdraw the film …
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(Reuters) – Russian forces shelled 15 border areas of Ukraine’s Sumy region a total of 84 times on Friday, killing two people and wounding nine, the regional authority said. The authority, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said two people had died near the town of Yampil. Sumy region has long been the target of …
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ROME (Reuters) – An Italian appeals court overturned a 2021 ruling convicting 37 people and three firms for deadly pollution linked to the former Ilva steelworks on Friday and ordered a retrial, ANSA news agency said. The ex-Ilva site, once the largest steel producer in Europe, has for more than 10 years been embroiled in …
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By Phil Stewart, Jonathan Landay and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As the U.S. and Britain discuss allowing Ukraine to use Western weapons to strike deep within Russia, some U.S. officials are deeply skeptical that doing so would make a significant difference in Kyiv’s battle against Russian invaders. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in …
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ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece said on Friday it would give a three-year tax break to homeowners who convert their short-term rentals to long ones, becoming the latest European country to clamp down on holiday lets to tackle a housing shortage. Europe’s short-term rental boom has already prompted tourism hotspots such as Spain’s Canary Islands, Lisbon, …
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RAFAH, Gaza (Reuters) – The Israeli army took reporters on Friday to tunnels uncovered by troops in southern Gaza, including the entrance to the underground chamber where the bodies of six Israeli hostages killed by Hamas were recovered on Sept. 1. The military did not allow reporters into the tunnel, in the Tel al-Sultan area …
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