Sarah RainsfordSouthern and Eastern Europe correspondent, Rome
Danish Defence HandoutItaly’s top appeals court has ruled that a Ukrainian man suspected of involvement in blowing up the Nord…
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Italy to extradite pipeline blast suspect to Germany
Danish Defence HandoutThe Nord Stream pipeline, which runs between Russia and Germany under the Baltic Sea, was attacked in 2022 -
Berlin and Athens to build migrant return hubs in Africa, Greek minister says – POLITICO
“Ukraine gains direct access to diversified and reliable energy sources, while Greece becomes a hub for supplying Central and Eastern Europe with American liquefied natural gas,” Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis…
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The next item on Donald Trump’s foreign policy agenda: Sudan
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signaled his intent to focus on an ongoing humanitarian crisis in Sudan, a priority for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, whom the president met with in Washington this week.
Sudan has been racked by a 2 1/2–year-long civil war pitting the Sudanese…
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Top US officials in Ukraine for talks on ending war with Russia
Senior Pentagon officials have arrived in Ukraine to “discuss efforts to end the war” with Russia, the US military has said.
The team, led by US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, is expected to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Thursday when he returns from a trip to Turkey.
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Video. Watch: Elon Musk says AI will lead to work being ‘optional’ and money ‘irrelevant’
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Elon Musk said at the US-Saudi Investment Forum that advanced AI and humanoid robots will make human work “optional” within 10–20 years, eliminate poverty and…
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China lashes out against US Athens envoy Kimberly Guilfoyle
ATHENS — The Chinese embassy in Athens lashed out against U.S. Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle on Wednesday over her recent criticism of Beijing’s investments in Greece.
Guilfoyle’s comments were a “malicious slander” against Sino-Greek trade relations and a “serious interference in…
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Disaster-battered nations seek $120B in adaptation cash
BELÉM, Brazil — A group of countries is calling for a U.N. agreement to triple the amount of money for preventing the impacts of a hotter planet, as climate pollution keeps rising and funding for adaptation falls further behind.
The move to increase adaptation funding to $120 billion…
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“The Ring” in Paris: Thevenot and Brossat square off over the French political crisis
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In this special episode, we are at the Rooftop of Maison de l’Alsace, on the Champs Elysées, where we meet Prisca Thevenot, ex-spokesperson of the…
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Russian spy ship pointed lasers at RAF pilots tracking it, says UK
Brian Wheeler,Political reporter and
Paul Seddon,Political reporter
‘We see you’: Defence secretary’s message to Putin A Russian spy ship has used lasers for the first time to disrupt RAF pilots tracking its activity near UK waters, the defence secretary has said.
John Healey told reporters the…
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Trial opens into North Macedonia nightclub fire that killed 63
Paul Kirby,Europe digital editor and
Guy Delauney,Balkans correspondent
AFPThe club’s owner, nearest the camera, is among those on trial Thirty-five people and three institutions have gone on trial in North Macedonia over a devastating fire at a nightclub that killed 63, mainly young, people in…
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