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Oscar-winning British playwright Tom Stoppard dies aged 88
Europe • 10:02 AM
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British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won an Oscar for the screenplay of the 1998 film "Shakespeare In Love", has died at the age of 88, United Agents announced on Saturday. Stoppard, who first made his name with "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" –
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Rubio and Witkoff to meet with Ukraine's negotiators in Florida
Europe • 9:53 AM
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Top Trump administration officials are meeting Ukrainian negotiators in Florida this weekend, pushing to broker an end to Russia's war in Ukraine and setting the stage for key talks planned this week in Moscow with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Secretar
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Live: Russian drone strike kills at least one, wounds 11 near Kyiv
Europe • 6:06 AM
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A Russian drone attack killed at least one person and wounded 11 in Vyshgorod, outside of Kyiv, the regional governor said Sunday. The attack came ahead of a meeting between top Trump administration officials and Ukrainian negotiators in Florida aimed a
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Yesterday
Acclaimed British playwright Tom Stoppard dies aged 88
Europe • 8:09 PM
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British playwright Tom Stoppard, a dramatist who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998's "Shakespeare in Love", has died at the age of 88. Famed for his dazzling wit and depth, Stoppard was credited with reshaping modern theatre, combining int
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At least three killed in Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukraine
Europe • 4:43 PM
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Russian drone and missile attacks in and around the Ukraine's capital killed at least three people early Saturday, officials said. The Kyiv City Military Administration said two people were killed in the strikes on the capital, and a woman died, and eigh
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Pope Leo follows papal tradition with Blue Mosque visit
Europe • 4:40 PM
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Pope Leo XIV visited Istanbul’s iconic Blue Mosque on Saturday, echoing similar trips by past pontiffs. Previous papal visits to the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, as it is officially known, signalled respect for Turkey’s Muslim majority. However, the visit drew b
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Security guarantees a 'sticking point' in Ukraine peace deal
Europe • 4:36 PM
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Ukraine is facing extremely hard challenges ahead as it is under pressure from Washington to agree to the terms of a peace deal with Russia, FRANCE 24's Douglas Herbert said in an analysis. "The sticking point here are the so-called security guarantees,"
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Germany’s far-right AfD sets up youth wing, drawing thousands of demonstrators
Europe • 2:39 PM
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Thousands of demonstrators gathered Saturday in the central German city of Giessen for the launch of far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party’s new youth organisation. The meeting was delayed as some AfD supporters clashed with police.
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Airlines rush to fix Airbus A320 software glitch, disruptions reported
Europe • 11:57 AM
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Airlines worldwide on Saturday rushed to fix software on hundreds of Airbus A320s after a JetBlue jet’s sudden altitude drop exposed a solar radiation-linked glitch. There were short-term disruptions at several airports as US passengers prepared to retur
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Runaway nuns allowed back in Austrian convent 'until further notice'
Europe • 10:02 AM
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Three nuns in their 80s who made headlines after fleeing their care home to take back their convent in Austria are being allowed to stay there "until further notice", church officials said Friday. The story of runaway sisters Rita, 82, Regina, 86, and Be
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Zelensky removes top aide and negotiator after anti-graft raids
Europe • 10:00 AM
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky removed his powerful chief of staff and top negotiator on Friday, after detectives raided Andriy Yermak's house as part of a sweeping corruption probe. Yermak's removal deals a serious blow to Zelensky, who faces a
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Airbus rush to update A320 software after plane's sudden altitude drop
Europe • 9:55 AM
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Airlines around the world canceled and delayed flights heading into the weekend to fix software on a widely used commercial aircraft after an analysis found the computer code may have contributed to a sudden drop in the altitude of a JetBlue plane last m
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Paris arthouse cinemas reinvent themselves amid audience decline
Europe • 6:43 AM
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With audiences dwindling and streaming on the rise, Paris’s iconic arthouse cinemas are racing to reinvent themselves or risk closing for good. The existential crisis is particularly visible in the Champs-Elysées area, where many cinemas have already shu
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Macron to host Zelensky for talks in Paris on Monday
Europe • 6:05 AM
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will visit French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Monday, said the French presidential office. Meanwhile, Ukraine used drones to attack two "shadow fleet" tankers, believed to be covertly transporting sanction
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Airlines worldwide work to fix software glitch on A320 aircraft
Europe • 12:46 AM
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Airlines around the world reported short-term disruptions heading into the weekend as they fixed software on the widely used A320 family of aircraft. FRANCE 24 speaks to Anita Mendiratta, strategic advisor, author and diplomat specialising in tourism and
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Friday, november 28, 2025
Ukraine & the shape shifting 'Dim-Wit' plan, Venezuela, Europe's call of duty
Europe • 7:24 PM
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This week brought frantic peace manoeuvres over Ukraine, as a leaked 28-point plan triggered emergency talks and a swift Geneva rewrite, with President Trump quietly shelving his ultimatum while Kyiv grappled with a corruption scandal. In West Africa, Gu
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'We need a coalition of the billing, not just of the willing': Belgian FM on Ukraine
Europe • 4:32 PM
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The EU was caught off guard when US President Donald Trump unveiled his 28-point plan for peace in Ukraine on November 21 – a document that Brussels and Kyiv see as being heavily favourable to the Kremlin. The EU has since presented a counter-proposal, b
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Zelensky says his chief of staff Andriy Yermak has resigned after anti-graft raids
Europe • 4:19 PM
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President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Friday that his chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, has submitted his resignation amid a corruption scandal. Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies searched Yermak's home in the morning. Meanwhile, Kyiv hit Russia's Saratov oil
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A fair share or a fiscal fiasco? EU aims to tackle wealth inequality
Europe • 3:36 PM
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Wealth inequality is on the rise around the world and right here in Europe. The wealthiest 5 percent of the population in the Eurozone control 45 percent of net household wealth. Just three countries on the continent have imposed a tax on individual net
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Zelensky dismisses top aid Andriy Yermak as corruption investigation widens
Europe • 3:36 PM
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andrii Yermak, resigned Friday after anti-corruption investigators searched his apartment and office in Kyiv. The move comes as Ukraine faces intense US pressure to reach a peace deal with Russia a
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European Space Agency’s €22 billion plan to catch up in space race
Europe • 2:43 PM
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The European Space Agency (ESA) has outlined its priorities for the next three years, supported by a boosted €22.1 billion budget from its member states. Ministers from all ESA countries gathered in Bremen, Germany, to decide which space programs to back
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Trump to attend World Economic Forum in Davos on conditions
Europe • 1:57 PM
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We are just two months away from the prestigious World Economic Forum in Davos, but controversy is already brewing over US President Donald Trump’s decision to attend. We explore the issue with Annette Young, host of France24’s show 51%, along with anoth
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Massive corruption scandal embroils Kyiv: Andriy Yermak denies wrongdoing, vows full cooperation
Europe • 1:54 PM
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Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies, NABU and SAP, said Friday they were conducting sanctioned searches at the office of President Zelensky’s top aide, Andriy Yermak, a powerful but divisive figure accused by critics of accumulating influence and sidelini
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Turkey's Kurdish city of Diyarbakir hopes for peace following PKK dissolution
Europe • 1:51 PM
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It's a conflict that has raged for 40 years – and cost the lives of 40,000 people – but could now be coming to an end. Since the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militant group announced its dissolution and the end of its armed struggle with Turkey, the po
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German president pays historic tribute to victims massacred by Nazi bombing in Guernica
Europe • 1:01 PM
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President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday became the first German leader to visit Guernica, the Basque town destroyed by the Nazi Condor Legion in 1937. Joined by Spain's King Felipe VI, he honoured the hundreds of civilians killed in the attack, calli
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Ukraine’s anti-graft agency searches top Zelensky aide’s offices
Europe • 11:49 AM
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Ukraine’s anti-corruption investigators raided the home of one of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s top aides on Friday, deepening a growing political crisis as Washington increases pressure on Kyiv to accept a peace deal to end the war with Russia. France2
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Anti-graft officers search Zelensky's chief of staff's home
Europe • 10:32 AM
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Ukraine’s anti-corruption agency said Friday it had launched searches targeting Andriy Yermak, the influential chief of staff to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The raids follow a major corruption scandal shaking Kyiv. Earlier this month, investigators sa
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Ukraine’s anti-graft agency searches top Zelensky aide’s offices
Europe • 8:02 AM
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Ukraine's anti-corruption authorities said Friday they were searching the offices of President Volodymyr Zelensky's powerful chief of staff, Andriy Yermak. They did not say what the searches were in connection with.
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Zelensky chief of staff Andriy Yermak resigns after anti-graft raids
Europe • 7:50 AM
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President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that his chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, has submitted his resignation amid a corruption scandal as Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies searched Yermak's home in the morning. Meanwhile, Kyiv hit Russia's Saratov oil
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Europe debates the future of Russia’s frozen assets
Europe • 7:00 AM
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With Ukraine facing a yawning budget shortfall over the next two years, the European Commission has proposed using €185 billion in frozen Russian assets to back an interest-free loan to Kyiv guaranteed by the bloc's member states. But Belgium, the host s
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Mind the 'LinkedIn' gender gap
Europe • 12:46 AM
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LinkedIn, the social media platform with which professionals connect and network, has found itself in hot water after a surprising experiment revealed signs of bias against women. Also competition is woven into nearly every part of our lives; but do we r
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Denmark sets up night watch so Trump doesn't seize Greenland while they sleep
Europe • 12:10 AM
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PRESS REVIEW – Friday, November 28: The US press are talking about one story only: the death of a young National Guardswoman who was shot alongside another guardsman in Washington on Wednesday. The suspect, an Afghan native who came to the US in 2021, ha
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Thursday, november 27, 2025
Getting ready to fight back? France introduces military service as Russian threat looms
Europe • 7:38 PM
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French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France is to reintroduce a national military service. Young people will be taken into the military, trained for a period of around a year and paid €800 a month. The programme will be open to all, and vo
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Russian spy network exploits Ukrainian teenagers in Europe
Europe • 4:08 PM
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One hundred dollars for torching a van, a few hundred more for planting a bomb or quick cash for snapping a photo of a strategic location: Russian intelligence services have found a new, cheap – and increasingly effective – way to conduct sabotage operat
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Olympic flame begins its weather-hit journey to Milan-Cortina 2026
Europe • 10:08 AM
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The Olympic flame for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Games began its journey from Olympia using a back-up flame after bad weather disrupted the ceremony. It will travel nearly 12,000 km across Greece and Italy, carried by 10,001 torchbearers, before reach
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Witkoff's art of the deal? Trump aide coaches Kremlin on Ukraine deal response
Europe • 9:12 AM
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The peace plan that read like it had been written by the Kremlin and that called for Ukraine to surrender land, cut back its military and give up any notion of NATO membership was already raising worried eyebrows. Now, in light of a recorded phone call b
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US-Ukraine draft could lay groundwork for future peace deal, Putin says
Europe • 8:04 AM
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said a US-Ukraine draft discussed in Geneva could serve as the basis for a future peace deal, noting that Washington had taken Russia’s positions into account but that key points still required negotiation. Ea
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Wednesday, november 26, 2025
Russian nationals among 4 people arrested in France over espionage probe
Europe • 9:01 PM
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French authorities have detained members of a pro-Russia support group and accused them of intelligence-gathering for a foreign power. The SOS Donbass group was set up in France in 2022. Its founder, a dual French-Russian national, was among four people
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'For a very long time, Ukrainians have suspected that Steve Witkoff was working for the Russians'
Europe • 7:30 PM
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Russia will make no big concessions on a peace plan for Ukraine, a senior Russian diplomat said on Wednesday, after a leaked recording of a call involving U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff showed he had advised Moscow on how to pitch to Donald Trump. FRANCE 24's
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What we know about the revised US plan for peace in Ukraine
Europe • 4:06 PM
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As negotiations to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine gather pace, FRANCE 24 explains what we know about the latest version of the peace deal, drafted by officials from Ukraine, Europe and the US. Moscow has yet to issue an official response
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'The Black Pool': Irish author Tim MacGabhann on overcoming addiction
Europe • 2:26 PM
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An Irish author who struggled for years with alcohol and drug use has spoken to FRANCE 24 about his book that tells his story of addiction and recovery. Tim MacGabhann says he was born missing a layer of skin that other people seem to have, meaning that
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British voters divided over immigration as Reform UK soars in the polls
Europe • 1:44 PM
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In the UK, one of the key architects of the campaign to leave the EU is currently the favourite to become the next prime minister. Nigel Farage and his right-wing populist party, Reform UK, are soaring in the polls. For years, Farage has argued that immi
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Belgian national strike disrupts schools, flights and public transport
Europe • 1:32 PM
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A national strike in Belgium on Wednesday disrupted public transport and grounded most flights at Brussels Airport, cancelling all departures and over half of arrivals. The strike, led by major unions, protests Prime Minister Bart De Wever’s proposed pen
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IMF strikes $8.2 billion deal with Ukraine as war-hit economy struggles to stay afloat
Europe • 6:29 AM
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The IMF said Wednesday it had reached a staff-level deal on an $8.2 billion support package for Ukraine, as the country continues to grapple with the economic devastation caused by Russia’s invasion. Meanwhile, the Kremlin on Wednesday said talks to end
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Pope praises monogamy, shuts down Gen Z's 'polyamory trend'
Europe • 12:18 AM
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PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, November 26: The New York Times explains the work schedule of the ageing American president and more stories from the US. Next: we bring you a story on a YouTuber hunting child predators in an online game. Also: papers discuss r
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Tuesday, november 25, 2025
At the end of the Cold War, 'Europe was convinced that it was going to remain at peace forever'
Europe • 10:17 PM
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French President Emmanuel Macron is set to announce a new version of France's Universal National Service (SNU), invoking "moral forces" needed to face "rising threats" across the globe. For in-depth analysis on what form this new kind of military service
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Zelensky told allies 'ready to move forward' with US plan: speech copy
Europe • 8:21 PM
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told allies Tuesday Kyiv was ready to "move forward" on a new "framework" of a US plan to end fighting with Russia but there were still "sensitive points" he wanted to discuss with Donald Trump.FRANCE 24's Yinka Oye
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Daughter of ex-South African leader Zuma accused of luring men to fight in Russia-Ukraine war
Europe • 7:26 PM
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South African police are investigating claims that a daughter of ex-president Jacob Zuma was involved in recruiting men to join Russian mercenaries in the Ukraine war. The allegations against Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla claim Zuma-Sambudla and two other peopl
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Georgia's fifth president Salomé Zourabichvili on her optimism for her country's future
Europe • 7:22 PM
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The fifth president of Georgia has spoken to FRANCE 24 about her decision to leave the presidential palace almost a year ago, and her attempts ever since to help the millions of people who support her and the country’s bid for EU membership. After losing
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Europe ramps up military service amid growing Russian threat
Europe • 3:51 PM
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European governements rebuild armed forces amid growing Russian threat.
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Europe: Finland clings to happiness crown as economic gloom deepens
Europe • 1:41 PM
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Harsh economic headwinds are sending a chill through the world's happiest country. But after 1,000 days of unemployment, 33-year-old Juho-Pekka Palomaa hasn't let Finland's problems get him down just yet.
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Ukraine makes changes to US President Donald Trump's 'Peace plan'
Europe • 1:33 PM
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Dave Keating, our correspondant in Brussels Belgium, has more.
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Ukraine peace talks continue: US and Russian officials meet in UAE
Europe • 1:11 PM
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Manlio Graziano, a geopolitical analyst, shares his analysis with us.
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EU nations must recognise gay marriages recorded in member states, court rules
Europe • 11:35 AM
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A European court rules on Tuesday that member states must recognise gay marriages recorded in other member states after a couple who married in Germany could not register their marriage license in Poland. The refusal was "contrary to EU law" the court ru
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Russian attacks kill at least 6 in Ukraine as talks on peace plan continue
Europe • 11:28 AM
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Russia launched a wave of attacks on Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, overnight, with at least six people killed in strikes that hit city buildings and energy infrastructure. A Ukrainian attack on southern Russia killed three people and damaged homes, authoritie
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'Updating Europe's relationship with Africa: New, modernised and refreshed offer of partnership'
Europe • 11:22 AM
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In an era of American unilateralism, and a transactional approach, the EU and AU can 'reassert the value of collective action', explains Paul Melly, Journalist and Consulting Fellow of the Africa Programme at Chatham House. European and African leaders a
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War in Ukraine: Wave of Russian bombs kills 6 people in Kyiv
Europe • 11:18 AM
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Gulliver Cragg, our correspondant in Kyiv, has more.
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Macron calls for peace plan to ensure Ukrainian army without ‘limitation’
Europe • 6:33 AM
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US envoy Steve Witkoff is set to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow next week as US President Donald Trump intensifies his push for a Ukraine peace deal, while European leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron stress the need for a
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Trump deadline looms as Ukraine and Russia trade deadly strikes
Europe • 4:27 AM
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Ukraine and Russia counted fresh casualties on Tuesday after trading heavy overnight strikes, as negotiators rushed to revise a US peace framework ahead of a Thanksgiving deadline set by President Donald Trump. Kyiv and its allies worked through the week
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Trump lauds progress on Ukraine peace deal as European leaders warn of 'tough road ahead'
Europe • 4:17 AM
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US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that there were "only a few points" to resolve in a potential peace deal for Ukraine and that he was sending an envoy to Moscow meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. Meanwhile European leaders were sceptical tha
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