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Scholz and Macron at press conference in Meseberg
Germany and France agree Ukraine may use Western weapons to strike Russian targets
MESEBERG — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron showed their joint support for Ukraine during a Franco-German defense and security council in Meseberg on Tuesday.Whilst Chancellor Scholz had previously been firm on Ukraine not using Western weapons to strike Russian targets, he made a step in the direction of Macron, on the third and last day of the French president's historic state visit to Germany.Both leaders put their disagreements aside and compromised on the divisive subject of EU defense.The German chancellor was also more open in terms of military aid to Ukraine, saying Kyiv should be allowed to hit military sites inside Russia but not other targets – a turning point for Berlin since the chancellor had been reluctant to let Ukraine strike over...
May 29, 2024

Germany and France agree Ukraine may use Western weapons to strike Russian targets

Emergency workers carry out the body of a victim of a Russian strike that hit a large store in Kharkiv
Russian strike kills 18 people in Kharkiv megastore
KYIV — Eighteen people, including a 12-year-old girl, are among those killed in a Russian strike that hit a large store in Kharkiv at the weekend, regional officials have said, making it the deadliest attack Ukraine has endured in several weeks.Five people remain missing, Oleh Syniehubov, the head of the Kharkiv region military administration, said Monday. He said that 48 people were injured in the strike that hit the Epicenter hypermarket shopping center building while nearly 200 people were inside.Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second biggest city, which sits near its border with Russia, has seen a spate of Russian attacks in recent weeks.Security camera footage of the moment of the strike shows the building shake on impact, with the whole site immediately engulfed in thick smoke and flames....
May 28, 2024

Russian strike kills 18 people in Kharkiv megastore

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky shakes hands with Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo during their meeting in Brussels, 28 May 2024
Belgium agrees to send €977 million in military aid to Ukraine
BRUSSELS — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo signed a bilateral security and long-term support deal on Tuesday, including an agreement to send Kyiv €977 million in Belgian military aid this year."This will ensure Belgium's commitment to providing our country with support over the course of the agreement's ten-year term," Zelenskysaid in a post on X on Tuesday."For the first time, such an agreement specifies the exact number of F-16 fighter jets — 30 — that will be delivered to Ukraine until 2028, with the first arriving already this year," he added.According to Zelensky, the agreement guarantees Belgium's timely security assistance, modern armored vehicles, equipment to meet Ukraine's air force...
May 28, 2024

Belgium agrees to send €977 million in military aid to Ukraine

Thousands of people demonstrated in Madrid at the first major campaign event of the PP for the European elections
Spanish Popular Party launches EU election campaign with thousands gathered in Madrid
MADRID — Spain’s Popular Party (PP) launched its campaign for the European elections on Sunday with a large rally at Madrid’s Puerta de Alcalá, demonstrating their opposition to the Amnesty Law, set for final approval in Congress this Thursday.Surrounded by a sea of Spanish and European flags, participants voiced their anger over the pardoning of Catalan independence leaders and the policies of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's current coalition government."We came to defend the equality of all Spaniards and the primacy of the Constitution," one demonstrator told Euronews.The PP leader, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, called on Sánchez to withdraw the amnesty law and demanded early general elections, arguing that the coalition government lacks sufficient parliamentary support,...
May 27, 2024

Spanish Popular Party launches EU election campaign with thousands gathered in Madrid

A man in FBI jacket and the front of the British Museum
FBI investigating missing ancient treasures from British Museum
LONDON — The FBI is investigating the sale to US buyers of what are suspected to be hundreds of treasures from the British Museum.The BBC understands the US law enforcement agency has also assisted with the return of 268 items, which the museum claims belong to it, that were sold to a collector in Washington DC.The British Museum announced last year that ancient gems, jewelry and other items from its collection, were missing, stolen or damaged.One buyer, based in New Orleans, told the BBC an FBI agent had emailed him asking for information about two pieces he had bought on eBay.The FBI agent said they were assisting the Metropolitan Police with investigating missing or stolen items from the museum.The buyer has said he is no longer in possession of either gem and does not believe they...
May 27, 2024

FBI investigating missing ancient treasures from British Museum

Smoke rises during protests in Noumea, New Caledonia, Wednesday May 15, 2024
France lifts state of emergency in New Caledonia to open negotiations
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron has decided to lift the state of emergency in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, in a move meant to allow political dialogue following the unrest that left seven people dead and a trail of destruction, his office said.According to the statement, the state of emergency will not be extended “for the moment” and will therefore end at 5 am local time on Tuesday.The decision aims at “enabling meetings of the various components” of pro-independence movement FLNKS, the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front, and allow elected officials and other local leaders "in a position to call” for lifting the barricades to meet with protesters.Macron repeatedly pushed for the removal of protesters’ barricades with leaders on both...
May 27, 2024

France lifts state of emergency in New Caledonia to open negotiations

President Salome Zourabichvili, left, and Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, right, attend a celebration for Independence Day in Tbilisi, May 26
Georgia's president and prime minister trade barbs over vetoed 'Russian law'
TBLISI — Georgia's president and prime minister have exchanged criticisms over a vetoed foreign influence law as the country marked Independence Day.This year's celebration, which commemorates Georgia's declaration of independence from the Russian Empire, comes as tensions mount over the divisive legislation that critics view as a threat to the country's democratic freedoms and Western aspirations."Today, as the spectre of Russia looms over us, partnership and rapprochement with Europe are the true path to preserving and strengthening our independence and peace," said President Salome Zourabichvili."Those who sabotage and undermine this path trample upon and damage the peaceful and secure future of our country, hindering the path towards becoming a full...
May 27, 2024

Georgia's president and prime minister trade barbs over vetoed 'Russian law'

A Russian Iskander missile pictures on May 21, 2024
Ukrainian missiles hit Crimea as Russia launches nuclear drills
KYIV — Ukraine struck two Crimean targets late on Thursday, the Russian head of the annexed peninsula said.Two people were killed in a missile attack near Simferopol, Crimea's main administrative center. They also hit a building near Alushta, on Crimea's Black Sea coast.Moscow said the facility was empty, while Ukraine's resistance group in Crimea Atesh has reported multiple casualties.The attack comes as Russia gets underway drills in its Southern Military District, which also includes the occupied peninsula of Crimea.The exercise involves tactical nuclear weapons, such as air bombs, warheads for short-range missiles and artillery munitions.Tactical nuclear weapons are less powerful than conventional strategic nuclear weapons, but they can be employed on the battlefield,...
May 24, 2024

Ukrainian missiles hit Crimea as Russia launches nuclear drills

German soldiers fire a Patriot weapons system at the NATO Missile Firing Installation, in Chania, Greece, on Nov. 8, 2017
Von der Leyen endorses Polish and Greek push for European ‘air defense shield’
BRUSSELS — European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has indicated she will support the Polish and Greek prime ministers’ call for a "European air defense shield" if she secures a second term at the helm of the EU executive.Speaking during the European Broadcasting Union’s election debate on Thursday, von der Leyen endorsed "an air defense shield for all of Europe, like it was proposed by Mitsotakis and Tusk."It comes after Poland’s Donald Tusk and Greece’s Kyriakos Mitsotakis addressed a letter to von der Leyen calling for an EU-wide air shield that would provide the bloc’s airspace with protection from “incoming threats including aircraft, missiles, drones and others.”The leaders warn that the European Union needs a "bold initiative"...
May 24, 2024

Von der Leyen endorses Polish and Greek push for European ‘air defense shield’

The Olympic flame arrived in Saint-Emilion, south-west France, and was due to enter Bordeaux later
French arrest over suspected Olympic torch relay plot
PARIS — A man has been detained on suspicion of planning an attack on the Olympic torch relay in Bordeaux, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has said.He gave few details but praised police for ensuring security during Thursday's relay.Prosecutors said the suspect had written a disturbing message that "could correspond to glorifying crime". He also referred to a previous mass killing in the US, they added.The Olympic flame arrived in Marseille earlier this month, ahead of the Paris Games, which start on 26 July.Paris 2024 organizers have spoken of an unprecedented security operation, with an opening ceremony involving more than 10,000 athletes being ferried along the River Seine.The Olympic flame was due to arrive in Bordeaux late on Thursday afternoon, after a day...
May 23, 2024

French arrest over suspected Olympic torch relay plot

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