Breaking News, World Updates & Headlines
Breaking News, World Updates & Headlines
Without an agreement sanctions on nearly 3,000 entities accused of supporting the war on Ukraine will lapse at the end of the dayGlobal affairs correspondentDonald Trump is expected to press Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy on an energy ceasefire d…
Read MoreThis blog is now closedMeanwhile, we are getting some interesting lines from Paris that the French president, Emmanuel Macron, convened the chiefs of the different political parties to discuss the crises in the Middle East and Ukraine and their …
Read MoreThaçi held criminally responsible for war crimes during the violent break from Serbia in the 1990s Von der Leyen says “kickstarting Europe’s economy is our number one priority,” as Europe needs to tap into its huge market, world class industries and se…
Read MoreThe European Commission’s president warned that recent actions in Denmark and Lithuania are ‘not isolated incidents’Russian warship fires flares at Danish helicopter as Nato jets shoot down drone over LithuaniaUkrainian foreign minister Andrii Sybiha r…
Read MoreUlf Kristersson’s comments come ahead of the parliamentary election taking place this Sundayin BrusselsThe European Commission has said it is assessing whether Ukraine has a funding shortfall, amid renewed pressure to use Russia’s frozen assets to aid …
Read MoreMark Rutte said that Europeans ‘increasingly understand’ the need for their countries to take ‘greater responsibility for our own security’Addressing German ambassadors, Wadephul repeats that the Russian threat “has reached our doorstep and it’s tangib…
Read MoreSpokesperson for Merz declines to give a reason for cancellation, but notes that it was not due to schedulingGerman chancellor accuses far-right AfD party of seeking ‘ethnic cleansing’Back to Oslo, the funeral procession for King Harald is about the be…
Read MoreMoscow’s foreign minister issues warning to ‘Russophobic lobby in Budapest’ after diplomats expelled for ‘unacceptable’ activitiesBut the tone coming from Moscow is very different, as Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Russia was ve…
Read MoreGerman chancellor says vote for far-right party ‘will have repercussions’ across the countryFar-right AfD wins key German state election but falls just short of majorityAfD’s Chrupalla continues in this vein, saying the German public wants to see a cha…
Read MoreThis blog is now closed, you can read more on this story herein Magdeburg, Saxony-AnhaltPolls have suggested that the election on Sunday could yield Germany’s first-ever state government led by the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), shatterin…
Read MoreEU’s policy chief says drone incident at German airport ‘had the hallmarks of state-sponsored terrorism’German police have opened a investigation into yesterday’s attempt to disrupt the operation of a power substation near Brandenburg.In a statement, B…
Read MoreRussia believed to be behind hybrid activities in Germany and Europe, minister saysOver in Brussels, the European Commission is just starting its first midday briefing of the autumn.It opens with an announcement that Commission president Ursula von der…
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