Through nearly 20 months of war in Gaza, a changing carousel of mediators and negotiators have tried — and failed — to reach a lasting truce between Hamas and Israel. William J. Burns and Brett McGurk led the way for the Biden administration,…
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Defiant Tusk to call confidence vote to reassert his authority in Poland after election setback – POLITICO
His election victory casts doubt on whether Tusk’s government can make meaningful progress on social security reform, restoring the rule of law, or on hot-button issues like allowing same-sex partnerships or loosening Poland’s strict…
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Ukraine and Russia hold peace talks but make no breakthrough
ISTANBUL (AP) — Representatives of Russia and Ukraine met Monday for their second round of direct peace talks in just over two weeks, but aside from agreeing to swap thousands of their dead and…
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Police to start new search near where toddler Madeleine McCann disappeared in 2007
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Police investigating the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann will carry out fresh searches near the Portuguese holiday resort she was last seen 18 years…
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Inside Ukraine’s audacious drone attack on Russian air bases
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Ukraine’s drone attack against Russian airfields was audacious and daring. But most of all, it was meticulously planned and flawlessly executed.
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Tusk to ask for a vote of confidence – DW – 06/02/2025
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced on Monday his intention to request a government confidence vote in parliament, after his candidate, Rafal Trzaskowski, lost a presidential election on Sunday.
“The first test will be a vote of…
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Britain’s defence review has grand ambition. Now it needs the money
The British defence review was asked to make its recommendations within the budgetary constraints of spending 2.5% of GDP on defence.
But it is already clear that to meet its goals of transforming Britain’s armed forces, to make them ready for…
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Diverging ideas for peace as Ukraine and Russia present proposals at Istanbul talks
ADVERTISEMENTAlthough the second round of talks between Kyiv and Moscow did not bring an end to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine any closer, it did provide more details on where both sides stand and more specifically what they are demanding from each other.
In the run up to Monday’s…
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