BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union will continue work to protect itself against hybrid threats, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Friday. The EU cannot accept hybrid threats “as the new normal,” Kallas told reporters in Berlin after a meeting with defence ministers from Germany, France, Italy, Britain and Poland. She also said the …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Friday it remains open to the idea of a summit with the United States in Budapest if it is properly prepared and based on agreements reached at the previous meeting between presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in Alaska. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said contacts between Russian Foreign Minister …
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By Lili Bayer BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union foreign ministers will discuss next week a proposal for the bloc to take the lead in training 3,000 Palestinian police officers with the aim of later deploying them in Gaza, according to a document seen by Reuters on Friday. In a paper produced by the bloc’s diplomatic arm …
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By Nacho Doce, Violeta Santos Moura, Pedro Nunes and Ali Withers GALICIA, Spain, Nov 14 (Reuters) Photo essay: See here “The fire started on my birthday,” says taxi driver Simon Rodriguez, hauling jugs of water out of the back of a car four months later. “And here we are, fighting it!” Although the record-breaking wildfires …
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ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece is in talks with Israel to buy modern missile systems that would be used for a planned anti-aircraft defence dome, two officials with knowledge of the plan told Reuters. Athens has said it will spend about 28 billion euros ($33 billion) by 2036 to modernise its armed forces as it emerges from …
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(Reuters) -Germany needs to better integrate private sector resources into its defence plans to meet logistical and NATO demands, a study carried out by Porsche-owned consultancy MHP, Quadriga University Berlin and the German armed forces’ in-house consultancy said on Friday. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Germany has an operational plan for times of crisis or war when …
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PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron will host Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Paris on November 17 to reaffirm France’s long-term support for Ukraine, Macron’s office said on Friday. Zelensky’s visit will be his ninth trip to France since the start of Russia’s war with Ukraine in 2022. Macron’s meeting with Zelenskiy will look to …
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KYIV (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that his troops had used long-range Ukrainian “Long Neptune” cruise missiles on targets in Russia overnight, adding that such strikes were getting more successful all the time. “Overnight our warriors successfully used ‘Long Neptunes’ against designated targets on Russian territory – and this is our entirely just …
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -A 3.4 magnitude earthquake hit the Groningen region in the north of the Netherlands early on Friday, the Dutch meteorology institute KNMI said. No injuries were reported. The quake was the most severe in years to hit Groningen, where decades of gas production have led to dozens of minor tremors every year. “The …
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(Reuters) -Two 74-year-old Jehovah’s Witnesses were jailed in Russia this week on the basis of testimony from a spy who had infiltrated their meetings, a spokesman for the faith group said. New York-based spokesman Jarrod Lopes said the two men, Valeriy Knyazev and Indus Talipov from the city of Izhevsk, are the oldest of 175 …
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