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By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) -The United States has drafted a 28-point peace plan for ending the war in Ukraine which is being studied by Kyiv, Moscow and interested countries in Europe.  The plan, seen by Reuters, gives Russia – which is inching forward on the battlefield and controls almost one-fifth of Ukraine – much …

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(Reuters) -The European Commission opened a case against Slovakia on Friday over what it said was a breach of EU law after the country amended its constitution to assert national sovereignty over matters such as gender and family law. Slovakia, under the leadership of pro-Russian populist Prime Minister Robert Fico, has increasingly clashed with European …

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ROME (Reuters) -A group of seven Italian civil society groups has filed a lawsuit against state-controlled defence group Leonardo and Italy’s government, seeking to annul any contract for the sale and supply of arms to Israel. The complaint – lodged at the end of September with a Rome-based court – argues that Leonardo, one of …

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BERLIN (Reuters) -The leaders of Germany, France and Britain agreed with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a phone call on Friday that Ukrainian forces must remain capable of defending the country’s sovereignty, according to a German government spokesperson. French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz assured Zelenskiy of …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Friday that around 5,000 Ukrainian troops were trapped on the eastern bank of the River Oskil, in Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv region. Reuters could not independently verify the assertion by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov and there was no immediate comment from the Ukrainian military. Russia said late on Thursday that …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Friday that Russia had not yet received anything official from the United States about a 28-point U.S. peace plan for Ukraine, but it was ready to negotiate. Washington has presented Kyiv with the plan which Ukrainian officials say they are studying. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow and Washington …

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GENEVA (Reuters) -Medecins Sans Frontieres said on Friday that its medical teams in Gaza had treated Palestinian women and children this week for injuries from Israeli airstrikes and gunfire, almost six weeks into a fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire. Since Wednesday, medical staff in northern and southern Gaza have treated women and children with open fractures and …

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