Live: Zelensky to push for Tomahawk missiles at Trump meeting ahead of new Putin summit
• Oct 17, 2025, 11:29 AM
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President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to discuss the possible supply of US Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine during his meeting with President Donald Trump in the White House on Friday. But Trump's surprise announcement, following a phone call Thursday with President Vladimir Putin, of a new US-Russia summit, has cast doubts over the prospect. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments.
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US jury finds French bank BNP Paribas liable for damages for enabling Sudan atrocities
• 6:24 AM
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A New York jury on Friday found BNP Paribas liable for more than $20 million in damages to three Sudanese refugees, now US citizens, who argued that the French bank helped prop former strongman Omar al-Bashir's regime during its brutal campaigns, conduct
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S&P cuts France’s credit rating to A+ over political instability risking deficit
• 5:28 AM
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S&P Global on Friday downgraded France from AA to A+ in a surprise update on the euro zone's second-biggest economy, warning that political instability put the government's efforts to repair its finances at risk.
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Assad's weapon of war during the Syrian revolution
• 4:00 AM
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In 2011, when many Syrians rose up to contest Bashar al-Assad's unchallenged power, the regime arbitrarily arrested thousands of men, women, and children. In notorious detention centres, the regime used rape and sexual violence as weapons of war against
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