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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks during a pre-ministerial media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, 2 December, 2025
Rutte dismisses concerns about US commitment to NATO ahead of Ukraine meeting
BRUSSELS — NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte brushed off fresh concerns about the United States' commitment to the military organization on Tuesday on the eve of a meeting of allied foreign ministers focused on Russia's war against Ukraine.US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will not attend Wednesday's meeting, which will take place during high-stakes negotiations in Moscow and elsewhere in Europe on Ukraine's future.Rubio's rare absence at the US-led alliance comes after President Donald Trump's 28-point proposal to end the almost four-year war dismayed European allies and Canada last month.Speaking to reporters ahead of the meeting, Rutte underlined that Rubio has a busy schedule."He's working extremely hard to take care not only of the situation of...
December 03, 2025

Rutte dismisses concerns about US commitment to NATO ahead of Ukraine meeting

Russian President Vladimir Putin
If Europe wants to start a war we are ready now, Russia's Putin says
MOSCOW — If Europe wants to wage war, then Moscow is “ready now," Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.Speaking at an investment forum in Moscow, Putin blamed the Europeans for not having a “peaceful agenda" and said Europe is “on the side of war”, referring to Western support of Ukraine.“If Europe decides to go to war with Russia and actually starts a war, a situation could very quickly come where Moscow simply has no one to negotiate with,” the Russian president added.European governments "live under illusions" of imposing a strategic defeat on Russia, according to Putin.Putin also said that the European demands regarding putting an end to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine are “not acceptable” to Moscow.Putin reiterated the Kremlin’s position...
December 03, 2025

If Europe wants to start a war we are ready now, Russia's Putin says

Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Kremlin economic envoy Kirill Dmitriev and Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov, meet with US special envoy Steve Witkoff and US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner at the Kremlin.
Russia-US talks on Ukraine peace deal end without breakthrough, Putin aide says
MOSCOW — Five hours of talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and top United States negotiators did not yield a breakthrough on a possible Ukraine peace deal, a Kremlin aide said early Wednesday.US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner sat down for the high-level talks with Putin in the Kremlin Tuesday, culminating a week of intensive diplomacy as the Trump administration continues its push to end the Russian war in Ukraine.The talks in the Russian capital were “very useful, constructive, and highly substantive,” but a “compromise option was not found,” Russian foreign policy adviser and Putin aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters after the meeting.“Some of the American proposals look more or less acceptable, though they need to...
December 03, 2025

Russia-US talks on Ukraine peace deal end without breakthrough, Putin aide says

Federica Mogherini
Former EU foreign policy chief detained in anti-fraud probe
BRUSSELS — Federica Mogherini, the former High Representative of the European Union, has been detained during police raids as part of an anti-fraud investigation that has sent shockwaves across Brussels.Mogherini was among three suspects taken for questioning on Tuesday morning after Belgian authorities searched the offices of the European External Action Service (EEAS), the College of Europe in the city of Bruges and a series of private homes.As High Representative, Mogherini helmed the EEAS and led the bloc's foreign policy between 2014 and 2019. She has been the rector of the College of Europe, a prestigious university that receives EU funding, since September 2020.The second detainee is Stefano Sannino, a well-known senior EU official who served as EEAS secretary general from...
December 03, 2025

Former EU foreign policy chief detained in anti-fraud probe

Police clash with protesters during a rally against austerity measures in next year's draft budget, in Sofia, Monday, Dec 1, 2025
Bulgaria's government fully withdraws controversial budget plan after latest protests
SOFIA — Bulgaria's government announced on Tuesday that it is withdrawing its controversial budget plan after nationwide protests drew tens of thousands of people — the largest demonstrations the country has seen in decades.An estimated 50,000 people took part in a rally in Sofia on Monday night, with organisers saying that another 50,000 joined demonstrations in other major cities.Protesters opposed the budget proposal, which sought to steeply increase taxes and social security contributions, and said it would mainly affect ordinary workers.It comes as Bulgaria enters its final preparatory stages ahead of entering the Eurozone in 2026. The country is set to transition from the lev to the euro on 1 January.The protest was organised by the country' main opposition coalition,...
December 03, 2025

Bulgaria's government fully withdraws controversial budget plan after latest protests

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor will likely not receive any compensation for his early eviction from the Royal Lodge estate, the Crown Estate has said on Tuesday
Andrew denied six-figure compensation payout for leaving Royal Lodge, crown estate says
LONDON — Britain’s Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly a prince and the Duke of York, will be denied a six-figure compensation payout for his early eviction from a 30-room mansion on the Windsor estate due to its state of repair, the crown estate has said.In a briefing to the UK’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which examines the value for money of government projects and services, the Crown Estate said an initial assessment of the Royal Lodge showed “in all likelihood that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor will not be owed any compensation for early surrender of the lease … once dilapidations are taken into account.”The Crown Estate added that while it does not believe “any compensation will necessarily be due,” Andrew would be set to receive a six-figure sum of £488,342.21...
December 03, 2025

Andrew denied six-figure compensation payout for leaving Royal Lodge, crown estate says

A statue of liberty is silhouetted as it sits on top of the Old Bailey in London
UK plans to scrap some jury trials in an attempt to clear a court backlog
LONDON — The right to trial by jury will be pared back in the United Kingdom in an attempt to clear a backlog of cases clogging up the justice system, the government announced on Tuesday.Justice Secretary David Lammy said overload and delays had created "an emergency in our courts" that risks collapsing trust in British justice.The UK's court system has struggled to clear a backlog of cases built up since the COVID-19 pandemic.The government says there are almost 80,000 cases waiting to be heard in criminal courts in England and Wales, more than double the pre-pandemic figure, with some cases taking several years to reach trial.Under the changes, crimes with a likely sentence of three years or less will be tried before a judge alone, up from the current two years. Judges will also...
December 03, 2025

UK plans to scrap some jury trials in an attempt to clear a court backlog

Ukrainian servicemen fire a howitzer toward Russian troops near Pokrovsk in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on November 23
Russia claims to have captured key city, as Ukraine dismisses Moscow’s ‘loud statements’ ahead of Witkoff talks
MOSCOW — Russia claimed on Monday to have captured the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, in what would be an important victory for its forces if confirmed – though Ukraine dismissed what it said were “loud statements” by Moscow aimed at influencing negotiations on ending the war.The claim by Moscow, which CNN is unable to independently verify, comes after months of heavy fighting for control of the strategic hub. Moscow has sustained thousands of dead and injured in its assault on the city.It comes shortly after high-level talks between US and Ukrainian officials in Florida on how to end the war, and just a day before US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to meet Putin in the Russian capital.Ukraine has not directly commented on Moscow’s claim,...
December 02, 2025

Russia claims to have captured key city, as Ukraine dismisses Moscow’s ‘loud statements’ ahead of Witkoff talks

High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas (L) and Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles attend an EU Defense Ministers council in Brussels, Belgium, 01 December 2025. — EPA
Reparations loan for Ukraine won't derail peace process, Kallas tells Belgian PM
BRUSSELS — Approving the reparations loan for Ukraine will give the European Union greater leverage at the negotiating table to end Russia's war, High Representative Kaja Kallas has said in response to recent warnings by the Belgian prime minister."It will definitely strengthen the European position vis-à-vis Moscow, that's very clear. We need to move on with this," Kallas said on Monday after a meeting of EU defence ministers.The loan, she argued, will send a triple message at this stage of the process."To Ukraine, that we are there to help them defend themselves. Second message to Moscow, that they can't outlast us. And the third message is to Washington, that we are taking very strong and very credible steps," she said.Russians "don't want this reparations loan to...
December 02, 2025

Reparations loan for Ukraine won't derail peace process, Kallas tells Belgian PM

Judge Tomoko Akane arrives in court at the ICC in The Hague
ICC president vows to resist US and Russian pressure despite sanctions and threats
THE HAGUE — The president of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said during the institution's annual meeting on Monday that it will not bow to pressure from the United States and Russia.Nine staff members, including six judges and the court’s chief prosecutor, have been sanctioned by US President Donald Trump for pursuing investigations into US and Israeli officials, while Moscow has issued warrants for staff in response to an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin over the war in Ukraine."We never accept any kind of pressure," Judge Tomoko Akane told delegations from the court’s 125 member states.The sanctions have taken their toll on the court's work across a broad array of investigations at a time when the institution is juggling ever more demands on its...
December 02, 2025

ICC president vows to resist US and Russian pressure despite sanctions and threats

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