Ukraine reports new territorial gains in northern Donetsk
A senior Ukrainian commander says the Third Army Corps has retaken another 51 square kilometres in northern Donetsk during an operation called Vivaldi.
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Pope Leo urges dialogue and international law in Europe speech
Pope Leo XIV used the final day of his France visit to call for negotiation, international law and respect for migrants at a meeting in Metz devoted to Europe’s future.
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Sweden’s Andersson ends bid to form government after coalition talks fail
Magdalena Andersson said Monday that she could not form a government despite the centre-left bloc’s narrow election majority.
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Poland plans faster shoot-down rules for aircraft judged hostile
Poland’s deputy defence minister says military pilots will soon be able to act on radar and other positive identification of a hostile aircraft instead of waiting for visual confirmation in some circumstances.
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Gisèle Pelicot is supporting a new French national campaign launched Monday by her daughter Caroline Darian’s association M’endors pas.
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Italian court convicts three Egyptian officials in Regeni case
A Rome court convicted three Egyptian security officials on Monday in the case of Giulio Regeni, the Italian researcher abducted and killed in Cairo in 2016.
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UK diesel price reaches record 199.18 pence a litre
09p set in June 2022, according to motoring group RAC.
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Hungary lifts prime minister’s immunity in phone-theft investigation
Hungary’s parliament suspended the immunity of Prime Minister Péter Magyar on Monday, allowing prosecutors to investigate a 2024 nightclub incident involving another person’s phone.
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Drone strike hits Kyiv science academy as rescuers search building
A Russian drone struck a building of Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences in central Kyiv on Monday, killing at least one person and injuring three, according to the city’s mayor.
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Three die, including a child, after Channel crossing boat gets into trouble
French authorities say a child and two women died after an inflatable boat carrying 105 people got into difficulty off northern France on Monday.
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Russian strikes across Ukraine kill at least eight
Russian attacks across Ukraine killed at least eight people on Sunday, according to Ukrainian authorities cited by AP and AFP.
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Serbia’s president resigns ahead of October election
Aleksandar Vučić resigned as Serbia’s president on Sunday, seven months before the end of his term.
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France’s National Rally gains a Senate caucus
France’s National Rally and its allies held 14 seats in the Senate after Sunday’s indirect election, AFP reported, clearing the 10-seat threshold for a separate caucus for the first time.
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Swiss voters reject stricter neutrality rules
Swiss voters rejected a proposal to put tighter neutrality rules into the constitution, according to final federal results reported by Reuters.
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Five arrested near RAF Fairford released on bail as inquiry continues
British police arrested five men on Sunday after reports of suspicious vans near RAF Fairford, a UK air base used by US aircraft.
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United Russia projected to deepen its control of parliament
Near-complete results from Russia’s parliamentary election put the ruling United Russia party on course for 355 of the State Duma’s 450 seats, according to the electoral commission.
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NATO jet shoots down drone over Lithuania
An Italian fighter jet on NATO duty shot down a drone after it entered Lithuanian airspace from Belarus.
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Russian air assault hits Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities
Russia launched missiles and drones at Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities in an attack that continued into the morning.
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