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Hungarian minister calls for safeguards in contested transparency bill

5 Jun 2025

By Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST (Reuters) -A Hungarian government minister said on Thursday that a new transparency bill targeting foreign-funded groups must not be used for political prosecution and should contain safeguards, highlighting differences within the ruling party over the plan. Prime Minister Viktor Orban, in power since 2010, pledged in March to crack down on …

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Putin is ready to help Trump on Iran nuclear negotiations, the Kremlin says

5 Jun 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin told U.S. President Donald Trump that he was ready to use Russia’s close partnership with Iran to help with negotiations over Iran’s nuclear programme, the Kremlin said on Thursday. Trump said after a phone call with Putin on Wednesday that time was running out for Iran to make a decision …

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Trump has asked Balkan states to accept deportees, Bloomberg reports

5 Jun 2025

(Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s administration is pushing Serbia and other Balkan countries to take in migrants deported from the United States, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. The requests to countries in the region form part of a broader U.S. strategy to find foreign governments willing to receive deported migrants, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with …

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Swedish court convicts one man of IS membership, acquits three

5 Jun 2025

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – A Swedish appeals court on Thursday found one man guilty of being a member of a terrorism organisation for swearing loyalty to the Islamic State, upholding the verdict of a lower court, while the conviction of three others were overturned. Sweden’s security services arrested the men last year and prosecutors later charged …

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Russia says it will repair warplanes damaged in Ukrainian drone attacks

5 Jun 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian warplanes were damaged but not destroyed in a June 1 attack by Ukraine, and they will be restored, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said. Ukrainian drones struck airfields in Siberia and the far north where Russia houses heavy bombers that form part of its strategic nuclear forces. The United States assesses …

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Australian accused of mushroom murders denies weighing ‘fatal dose’ on kitchen scales

5 Jun 2025

By Alasdair Pal SYDNEY (Reuters) -An Australian woman accused of murder denied measuring out a “fatal dose” of poisonous mushrooms on her kitchen scales to kill three elderly relatives of her estranged husband, as she was cross-examined by the prosecution on Thursday. Erin Patterson, 50, is charged with the July 2023 murders of her mother-in-law …

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Russian media outlet says investigators search its editorial office

5 Jun 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -A Russian media outlet in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg said on Thursday that investigators were conducting searches in its editorial office. Ura.ru, one of the largest media outlets in the Urals, said searches were also being conducted in the flats of several journalists. “Investigators are interested in sources of information about events …

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Pressure mounts on Netanyahu as opposition moves to dissolve parliament

5 Jun 2025

By Alexander Cornwell TEL AVIV (Reuters) -A member of Israel’s right-wing coalition threatened to quit the cabinet on Wednesday and support an opposition motion to dissolve parliament tabled for next week, piling pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Latest opinion polls suggest that Netanyahu’s coalition would lose power if an election was held today, …

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Putin tells Trump Russia has to respond to Ukrainian attacks

5 Jun 2025

By Guy Faulconbridge and Rami Ayyub MOSCOW/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin told U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday that he would have to respond to Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia’s nuclear-capable bomber fleet, while also describing peace talks with Ukraine as “useful.” The war in Ukraine is intensifying after nearly four months of cajoling …

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Putin tells Trump talks with Ukraine useful despite what he called attempts to disrupt them

4 Jun 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin told U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday that a second round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine was useful despite Kyiv’s attempt to disrupt them by staging attacks Putin considered terrorism, a Kremlin foreign policy aide said. Yuri Ushakov also said that the two presidents discussed other international …

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