Phil Mackie,Midlands correspondent and
Tanya Gupta,West Midlands
ReutersHundreds of protesters descended on Birmingham to demonstrate at the controversial Aston Villa match…
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Birmingham sees Maccabi-Villa demos amid ‘unprecedented’ policing
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Jewish protesters fenced-in by police at UEFA Europa match
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Thousands protest against Latvia's potential withdrawal from Istanbul Convention
Signed by 45 countries and the European Union as of 2019, the Council of Europe treaty is meant to standardise support for women who are victims of violence, including domestic abuse.
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European defense can match Russia by 2030—if Ukraine holds the line
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European defense possesses the economic and technological capacity to match Russian military power within five years, but severe shortfalls in ground forces and ammunition mean…
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Bolivia’s ex-president who oversaw bloody crackdown on protesters freed from prison | Bolivia
The former interim president who oversaw a bloody crackdown on protesters in Bolivia has been freed from prison after almost five years, following a supreme court ruling that overturned her conviction for allegedly staging a coup to seize power.
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Poland is launching a new military training programme. How will citizens respond to it?
Poland has unveiled a new programme of universal and voluntary military training.
The so-called “wGotowości” (mReadiness) programme was announced by Chief of General Staff Gen Wieslaw Kukuła, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz and Deputy Head of the…
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Israel carries out wave of airstrikes on southern Lebanon | Lebanon
The Israeli military has carried out a wave of airstrikes in southern Lebanon in what it described as an attempt to prevent Hezbollah rearming.
Israeli warplanes struck the towns of Kfar Dounine, Tayr Debba and Zawtar al-Sharqiya on Thursday,…
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‘We need help’: devastated Jamaican communities still await aid after Hurricane Melissa | Hurricane Melissa
Sitting outside her house in muddy slippers amid the ruins left by category 5 Hurricane Melissa that ravaged parts of Jamaica last week, Narva Maxwell Taylor recounted how she and her family had to fight for their lives when the storm sent flood…
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