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Russia’s foreign spy service says Britain sees U.S.-Russia dialogue as a threat

10 Mar 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s SVR foreign intelligence agency on Monday stepped up Moscow’s criticism of the British government, saying London saw Russian-U.S. dialogue on Ukraine as a threat to its interests. Earlier on Monday, Russia said it was expelling two British diplomats it accused of being involved in intelligence work. (Writing by Felix Light; Editing …

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Forms, inspections, reports: German businesses beg for bureaucracy relief

10 Mar 2025

By Victoria Waldersee BERLIN (Reuters) – If Germany is to quickly revive its flagging industrial economy, businesses say the country’s new leadership must make drastic reductions to bureaucracy alongside their radical plans to boost public investment. Ten executives and heads of business associations representing industries from cars to energy to shipping said in interviews with …

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India’s Modi to back Mauritius sovereignty over Chagos, upgrade security ties

10 Mar 2025

By Rupam Jain NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Mauritius on Tuesday for talks on upgrading strategic ties, days after U.S. President Donald Trump signalled support for a deal between Mauritius and Britain over the future of a U.S.-British military base. Modi will be the chief guest at the …

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Kremlin, asked if it consulted Iran over Trump’s nuclear letter, says Tehran makes its own decisions

10 Mar 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin, asked on Monday if Russia had held consultations with Iran before or after Tehran responded to a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump urging the country to negotiate a nuclear deal, said Iran formulates its own policy positions. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that Tehran would …

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Ukraine to sharply raise purchases of home produced FPV drones in 2025

10 Mar 2025

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine plans to purchase around 4.5 million first-person view (FPV) drones in 2025, Kyiv’s defence ministry said on Monday, more than doubling last year’s rate as its war with Russia grows increasingly hi-tech. Both sides have come to rely on cheaper and more effective alternatives to conventional artillery, and Ukrainian officials have …

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German far-right challenges attempt to put spending plans to old parliament

10 Mar 2025

BERLIN (Reuters) – The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has lodged urgent legal motions with the constitutional court challenging plans to convene the country’s outgoing parliament to consider a half-trillion-euro spending package, a court spokesperson said on Monday. The appeals, lodged by several opposition AfD lawmakers, seek to prevent the sitting on Thursday, when the …

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German spending plans are dangerous without cost cuts, banker warns

10 Mar 2025

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Plans in Germany for big increases in infrastructure and defence spending are going too far and pose a danger to public finances, the president of the nation’s cooperative banks warned on Monday. Last week, the parties hoping to form Germany’s next government agreed to create a 500-billion-euro infrastructure fund and overhaul borrowing …

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Romanian far-right candidate barred from May presidential vote

10 Mar 2025

BUCHAREST (Reuters) -Romania’s central election authority on Sunday barred far-right pro-Russian candidate Calin Georgescu from running in May’s presidential election re-run, a decision likely to deepen a constitutional crisis in the European Union and NATO member. The cancellation on December 6 of the presidential election due to allegations of Russian meddling in Georgescu’s favour has …

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Russia trying to gain foothold in Ukraine’s Sumy region, border guard says

10 Mar 2025

KYIV (Reuters) – Russian forces are attempting to create an active fighting zone in Ukraine’s northeastern region of Sumy, across the border from Russia’s Kursk region, Ukraine’s border guard spokesman said on Monday. Russian forces have stepped up their pressure on Ukrainian troops holding parts of Kursk seven months after a cross-border assault that Kyiv …

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Russian forces advance in Kursk and curl behind Ukrainian forces

10 Mar 2025

By Guy Faulconbridge and Lidia Kelly MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian forces advanced further in Kursk region on Monday and curled behind Ukrainian forces as part of a major encirclement operation aimed at forcing thousands of Ukrainian soldiers to either flee or surrender in western Russia. The Russian advances threaten to encircle thousands of Ukrainian soldiers just …

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