AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch government said on Wednesday it had signed an agreement to buy at least 46 Leopard 2A8 tanks from German-French arms maker KNDS as the Netherlands builds a tank unit for the first time in over a decade. The tanks will be delivered between 2028 and 2031 and form part of …
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By Sarah Marsh and Matthias Williams BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s new Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday urged the West not to be divided on Ukraine and vowed to provide the financial means needed to build Germany’s conventional army up into Europe’s strongest. In his first major speech to parliament since taking office that laid out his …
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark is considering lifting a 40-year-old ban on nuclear power to enhance its energy security, its energy minister said, marking a significant policy shift in a country that has prioritised expanding wind and solar power. The Danish government will analyse the potential benefits of new nuclear power technologies, with a report expected …
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By Rachel More BERLIN (Reuters) -Three Ukrainians have been arrested over a plot to mail exploding parcels from Germany to Ukraine, prosecutors said, putting Europe’s cross-border postal network in the spotlight as a target of suspected Russian sabotage. Together with cases of parcels detonating at European depots last year, the arrests added to an air …
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By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) -Russian film maker Roma Liberov had long been fascinated by writers who fled the country after the 1917 Bolshevik revolution. He never imagined that he would one day become an exile himself. In the midst of the COVID pandemic in January 2021, Liberov left Russia because of a powerful conviction …
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By Deborah Kyvrikosaios ATHENS (Reuters) -In summer 2023, Dimitris Marinelis spent days on the frontline of Europe’s biggest wildfire in northern Greece, protecting homes and setting up anti-fire zones as flames engulfed a forest. Like the others on his team, Marinelis has not been paid a cent for his work – he is among thousands …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday of standing with Hamas after Macron said Israel’s policy in Gaza was “shameful”. Netanyahu said Israel was sticking to its war aims of securing the release of its hostages, defeating Hamas and ensuring Gaza poses no threat to Israel. (Reporting …
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By Julia Payne and John Irish BRUSSELS/PARIS (Reuters) – The European Union must focus on a new sanctions package to suffocate Russia’s economy and force President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine, France’s foreign minister said on Wednesday. Speaking after the EU adopted a 17th sanctions package, Jean-Noel Barrot said that the impact …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s leadership will decide on its next steps for peace talks in Turkey once there is clarity on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s participation, a Ukrainian diplomatic source told Reuters on Wednesday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has challenged Putin to attend the planned talks in Istanbul on Thursday in person. If Putin agrees …
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By Alexander Villegas and Marco Aquino CHULUCANAS, Peru (Reuters) – Hector Camacho remembers Robert Prevost, set to be formally inaugurated as Pope Leo XIV on Sunday, as a young jeans-wearing missionary from Chicago with broken Spanish, landing in Peru at a time when the country was being torn apart by internal conflict. Camacho was a …
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