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Russia says Ukraine attempted border incursions after ceasefire started

8 May 2025 8 May 2025

(Reuters) -Russia’s defence ministry said on Thursday Ukrainian forces had made two attempts to break through the border into Russia’s Kursk region since the start of a three-day ceasefire unilaterally declared by Moscow. Both Moscow and Kyiv have accused each other of violating the ceasefire, which was announced last week by President Vladimir Putin and …

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Israel’s plan to evacuate Gaza would be illegal forceful displacement, Norway and Iceland say

8 May 2025 8 May 2025

By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) – Israel’s plans to evacuate Palestinians from Gaza would amount to illegal forceful displacement, would lead to more violence and would undermine efforts to create a Palestinian state, the foreign ministers of Norway and Iceland said on Thursday. The pair are part of a group of Western European nations – …

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German spy agency pauses ‘extremist’ classification for AfD party

8 May 2025 8 May 2025

By Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s domestic spy agency BfV has paused its classification of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) as an extremist organisation in what the AfD on Thursday called a partial victory for its challenge against the decision. The agency would not publicly refer to the AfD as a “confirmed right-wing extremist movement” …

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Ukraine’s parliament ratifies minerals deal with US, hopes for more arms

8 May 2025 8 May 2025

By Elizabeth Piper and Yuliia Dysa KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s parliament voted on Thursday in favour of ratifying a minerals deal signed with the United States, an agreement Kyiv hopes will secure future military assistance from Washington in its fight to repel Russian troops. Despite misgivings by some Ukrainian lawmakers over whether the government had …

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Ukraine ratifies strategic minerals deal with US

8 May 2025 8 May 2025

(Reuters) – The Ukrainian parliament ratified a milestone minerals deal with the United States on Thursday, lawmakers said. A total of 338 parliamentarians voted in favor of ratification, and no one voted against, said Oleksandr Merezhko, head of the Ukrainian parliament’s foreign affairs committee. The agreement grants the U.S. preferential access to Ukrainian mineral resources …

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Sweden donates $2 million to Radio Free Europe after Trump freezes funding

8 May 2025 8 May 2025

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden will donate 20 million crowns ($2.1 million) to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the Nordic country said on Thursday, after the administration of President Donald Trump ordered a freeze of federal grants to the media outlet. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty was set up during the Cold War to reach people in communist-run …

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Trump taking harder approach towards Russia, says US former adviser

8 May 2025 8 May 2025

By Elizabeth Piper KYIV (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is adopting a tougher approach towards Russia to secure the ceasefire he promised when he took office after becoming “really aligned” with Ukraine, the U.S. leader’s former special representative said on Thursday. Kurt Volker, Trump’s Ukraine adviser in his first term and former U.S. Ambassador to …

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Power outage hits several areas in Spain’s La Palma island

8 May 2025 8 May 2025

MADRID (Reuters) – A power outage hit several areas of the Spanish island of La Palma in the Canary archipelago on Thursday, the local council said in a post on the social media platform X. The island was not affected by the massive blackout that hit most of Spain and Portugal on April 28. (Reporting …

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Press freedom stifled in Greece, reforms needed, says Human Rights Watch

8 May 2025 8 May 2025

ATHENS (Reuters) – Press freedom has been stifled in Greece since Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ conservative government came to power in 2019, with phone malware and aggressive lawsuits used against journalists, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Thursday. At least 15 journalists said they had at some point faced a lawsuit or legal …

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EU disburses a new one-billion-euro loan tranche to Ukraine

8 May 2025 8 May 2025

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission said on Thursday it had disbursed the fourth tranche of its exceptional macro-financial assistance (MFA) loan to Ukraine worth 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) under a G7 loan initiative. “The EU continues to support Ukraine – politically, financially, economically and militarily. Today we are disbursing a further 1 billion …

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