Trump offers to boost US forces in Poland in White House meeting with nationalist president
Europe • Sep 3, 2025, 3:31 PM
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US President Donald Trump welcomed the new Polish President Karol Nawrocki to the White House on Wednesday, pledging to bolster US troop presence in the eastern European country. The Oval Office talks centred on the war in Ukraine, which Trump has struggled to influence, calling it a “stupid war” that he thought would have been “much easier” to end.
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'The weakening of France has a spillover effect on the EU': Spain's ex-FM Gonzalez
Europe • 7:52 PM
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As the EU political season gets back into full swing, member states are confronted by daunting challenges. In the last few days, they have revisited the thorny question of providing security guarantees to Ukraine – which, of course, means dealing with th
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UK's Starmer overhauls his cabinet after deputy PM resigns amid tax scandal
Europe • 3:55 PM
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday undertook the first major reshuffle of his cabinet since coming to power in July 2024, after deputy premier Angela Rayner resigned following a tax scandal. Her departure comes as Starmer's Labour government has be
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French interior minister vows 'utmost firmness' against protesters' planned shutdown
Europe • 2:00 PM
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French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said Friday he does not expect large-scale protests next week but ordered police to respond firmly to a viral online campaign calling for a protest movement to "block everything". The campaign’s organisers have s
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'The king is dead': Italian press mourns Giorgio Armani
Europe • 10:21 AM
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PRESS REVIEW – Friday, September 5: We look at reactions in Italy after the death of "fashion king" Giorgio Armani. But first: questions are being asked in the Portuguese papers after a deadly streetcar accident. Who is to blame? Also, French daily Libér
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'Grand monsieur': Legendary fashion designer Giorgio Armani stayed true to his vision, never wavered
Europe • 7:38 AM
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Giorgio Armani built one of the most iconic fashion empires of the last half century. With his passing, the world bids farewell to a visionary whose name became synonymous with elegance, innovation, and soft power. His legacy lives on in a brand that rem
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French national among 16 people killed in Lisbon funicular train crash
Europe • 6:37 AM
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A French woman died in the Lisbon funicular train derailment that killed 16 people earlier this week, France's foreign minister confirmed on Friday, as Portuguese authorities investigated what caused the cable car popular with tourists to hurtle down a h
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Europe hopes to join competitive AI race with supercomputer Jupiter
Europe • 4:47 AM
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With the launch of supercomputer Jupiter, the biggest artificial intelligence machine in Europe, on Friday, the continent hopes to join the AI training models race after lagging behind the US and China.
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Western troops in Ukraine would be ‘legitimate’ target for Russia, Putin warns
Europe • 3:20 AM
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Any Western troops deployed to Ukraine would be a "legitimate" target for Moscow's army, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Friday, a day after 26 countries pledged to deploy protective troops on Ukrainian soil if a ceasefire is reached.
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'Very difficult for European leaders, policy planners & Zelensky to know what to expect from Trump'
Europe • 1:37 AM
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As Zelensky meets with French President Emmanuel Macron and 30 allied leaders in Paris, FRANCE 24's Angela Diffley welcomes Michael Bociurkiw, author, journalist and nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center. Bociurkiw provides i
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Harmful business model? Social media parental controls 'ineffective, responsibility put on parents'
Europe • 12:30 AM
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Parental controls for ChatGPT are officially in development, following serious safety concerns, including lawsuits alleging that OpenAI failed to protect vulnerable teens. Parents will now have the power to disable features such as chat history and memor
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Living forever: Putin brings up battle against ageing in hot-mic moment with Xi
Europe • 12:20 AM
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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s private chat about organ transplants and immortality with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, captured by a “hot mic” during a military parade in Beijing on Wednesday, has focused attention on a longtime obsession of th
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