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PARIS (Reuters) -A French appeals court ordered New Caledonia pro-independence leader Christian Tein freed from prison on Thursday, affirming a lower court ruling after deadly riots in the French Pacific territory last year. “The Paris Court of Appeals confirmed the order for Christian Tein’s release and his placement under judicial supervision,” a judicial source said, …

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ROME (Reuters) -Italy has no indication there will be an Israeli attack on Iran in the near future, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Thursday. “I don’t know if there will be an Israeli attack on Iran, we have no signs, apart from what the Americans have done, that there will be an attack in …

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MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez asked citizens for forgiveness after his close ally quit his posts earlier on Thursday over graft allegations, and said his Socialist Party would undergo an external audit, but rejected the opposition’s calls for an early election. “We should not have trusted him (Santos Cerdan),” a sombre-looking Sanchez told …

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BERLIN (Reuters) -German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Thursday that Germany is not considering delivering Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine despite Kyiv’s repeated requests. Although Germany is one of Ukraine’s main military backers, Berlin has never supplied Taurus missiles, which have a range in excess of 300 miles (480 km). Answering a journalist’s question …

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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia plans to significantly boost surveillance of Pacific Islands territorial waters, spending A$477 million ($310.72 million) on aerial patrols for illegal fishing fleets, tender documents viewed by Reuters show, as China takes steps towards sending its coast guard to the region. Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will visit Fiji on …

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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday he planned to attend the Group of Seven summit in Canada next week and hoped to meet U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the meeting. Zelenskiy told a news briefing he planned to discuss continued support for Ukraine, sanctions against Russia, and future financing …

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