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Exclusive-Turkey says any Ukraine peace deal hard to digest – but better than more death

4 Apr 2025

By Samia Nakhoul BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told Reuters on Friday that any potential peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia would be “difficult to digest” but would still be better than the alternative of more death and destruction. Turkey, a NATO member, has maintained cordial ties with both Kyiv and Moscow since …

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Russian commander says situation in Belgorod ‘under control’ while battles continue in Kursk

4 Apr 2025

By Lucy Papachristou (Reuters) – The situation in Russia’s Belgorod region is “under control” after the Ukrainian army tried to break through the border two weeks ago, Russian commander Apti Alaudinov was quoted by the state RIA news agency as saying on Friday. Just as Ukrainian forces are battling to keep their grip on a …

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Poland seeks to funnel 6 billion euros in EU funds for defence

4 Apr 2025

WARSAW – Poland is seeking approval to use 26 billion zlotys (6.1 billion euros) in European Union post-COVID recovery funds for investments to boost security and defence, the Development Funds and Regional Policy minister said on Friday. Minister Katarzyna Pelczynska-Nalecz told journalists investments would be possible in three fields: population protection; industrial modernisation, including research …

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Ukrainian team to head to US to discuss new minerals deal framework

4 Apr 2025

KYIV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian government team will head to the United States in the near future for discussions on a new framework for a minerals deal, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Friday. President Donald Trump’s administration has proposed a new, more expansive minerals deal with Ukraine, revising its original proposal. Ukraine received the …

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British PM will engage with other leaders on trade over the weekend, says spokesperson

4 Apr 2025

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will speak to other leaders over the weekend on the shifting “global economic landscape”, his spokesperson said on Friday, repeating London’s stance to remain cool-headed in its response to U.S. tariffs. “We are very much aware that the global economic landscape is shifting, it means we have …

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Russia expels three Moldovan diplomats in tit-for-tat retaliatory move, Foreign Ministry says

4 Apr 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia is expelling three Moldovan diplomats in response to Chisinau throwing out three of its own diplomats, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday. Moldova expelled the Russian diplomats on Monday after accusing Moscow’s embassy in Chisinau of engineering the escape of a pro-Kremlin lawmaker to prevent him being jailed over illegal political …

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Struggling to meet NATO goal, Italy mulls stretching defence budget

4 Apr 2025

By Angelo Amante and Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) – Italy is considering including police and coastguard services in its defence budget so it can point to a quick increase in security spending as its struggles to meet U.S.-led NATO targets, two government sources said. The tactic – which one former Italian envoy to NATO said …

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Italy PM says negotiations with U.S. should aim at removing all tariffs

4 Apr 2025

ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Friday said negotiations on tariffs between the U.S. and the European Union should aim at lifting all of them. “Where do I think the negotiations should go? Towards removing all duties, not multiplying them,” Meloni said, reiterating her opposition to retaliatory tariffs. (Reporting by Angelo Amante, …

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Poland says Trump committed to NATO and will be at Hague summit

4 Apr 2025

WARSAW (Reuters) – United States President Donald Trump remains committed to NATO’s Article 5 on mutual defence and will be present at a NATO summit in The Hague in June, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski told reporters in Brussels on Friday. Trump’s security policies have undermined old certainties in Europe that the United States would …

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Russia urges restraint on all sides over Iran’s nuclear programme

4 Apr 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Friday that the question of Iran’s nuclear programme should be resolved politically and diplomatically, urging restraint on all sides. Moscow has offered to mediate between the United States and Iran after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Iran unless it comes to an agreement with Washington over its …

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