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Yuval Raphael, representing Israel, performs 'New Day Will Rise', during the second semi-final of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, May 15, 2025
Netherlands, Spain, Ireland and Slovenia boycott Eurovision after Israel allowed to compete
GENEVA — Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands and Slovenia will boycott the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, after Israel was allowed to compete.They were among a number of countries who had called for Israel to be excluded over the war in Gaza, as well as accusations of unfair voting practices.Spanish broadcaster RTVE led calls for a secret ballot on the issue at a meeting in Geneva. It said organizers denied that request — a decision that "increased [our] distrust of the festival's organization".Ireland's RTÉ said it felt that its "participation remains unconscionable given the appalling loss of lives in Gaza and the humanitarian crisis there which continues to put the lives of so many civilians at risk."Spain is one of Eurovision's "Big Five" countries along with France,...
December 05, 2025

Netherlands, Spain, Ireland and Slovenia boycott Eurovision after Israel allowed to compete

Vladimir Putin Putin is set to arrive in New Delhi on Thursday where he will be hosted by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Putin vows Russia will seize Donbas region by any means, as Ukrainians prepare for fresh peace talks
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin told Indian media that Moscow would seize the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine “in any case,” including by military means, according to Russian state media, digging in on one of his key demands as Ukrainian officials prepare for another round of peace talks which have yet to yield a deal.Putin is set to arrive in New Delhi on Thursday where he will be hosted by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, two days after a meeting at the Kremlin with a US delegation led by special envoy Steve Witkoff.Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials are traveling to the US on Thursday, where they have been invited to hold talks with their American counterparts on a plan to end Moscow’s war, a Ukrainian source with knowledge of the situation told CNN.Ahead of the Modi...
December 04, 2025

Putin vows Russia will seize Donbas region by any means, as Ukrainians prepare for fresh peace talks

Detective Superintendent Lewis Bamford spoke to the media outside Wood Green Crown Court in London on Wednesday
British nursery worker admits sexually assaulting children and filming abuse
LONDON — A British nursery worker from London has pleaded guilty to 26 offenses against children, including nine counts of sexual assault, in what the Metropolitan Police has described as “one of the most harrowing and complex child sexual abuse investigations” undertaken by the force.Vincent Chan, a 45-year-old man living in north London, was also found guilty of the taking and making of indecent images of children, police said in a statement on Wednesday. He will be sentenced on January 23, according to PA Media.“The offences include five counts of sexual assault of a child by penetration, four counts of sexual assault of a child by touching,” the police said, adding that Chan also pleaded guilty to 11 counts of taking indecent photographs of a child and six counts of making...
December 04, 2025

British nursery worker admits sexually assaulting children and filming abuse

US special envoy and the US President's son-in-law Jared Kushner attended talks in Moscow this week
Ukraine and US negotiators to meet in Florida after Moscow talks, White House says
WASHINGTON — US special envoy Steve Witkoff will meet the head of Ukraine's national security council, Rustem Umerov, for talks in Miami on Thursday, the White House has confirmed.The meeting comes after Witkoff spent almost five hours with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday, negotiations which the Kremlin said produced "no compromise" on ending the war in Ukraine.US President Trump said the talks — also attended by his son-in-law Jared Kushner — were "reasonably good", but added that it was too soon to say what would happen because "it does take two to tango."Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybhia said Russia must "end the bloodshed", and accused Putin of "wasting the world's time".When asked by a reporter whether Witkoff and Kushner believed Putin...
December 04, 2025

Ukraine and US negotiators to meet in Florida after Moscow talks, White House says

Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev speaks on the phone shortly after the landing of the Russian Soyuz MS-08 space capsule, 4 October 2018
Russia replaces cosmonaut after alleged security breach at SpaceX facility
LOS ANGELES — Moscow has replaced a cosmonaut assigned to an upcoming SpaceX mission after he allegedly took photos of restricted materials at the company's training facility in California, according to Russian media.Oleg Artemyev was pulled from the Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station following allegations he violated US regulations by photographing SpaceX engines and other sensitive documentation, investigative outlet The Insider reported.Georgy Trishkin, a space industry analyst, told The Insider that sources confirmed an interagency investigation had been launched into the incident.The alleged violations took place during training at SpaceX's facility in Hawthorne, where Artemyev reportedly used his mobile phone to photograph sensitive materials and attempted...
December 04, 2025

Russia replaces cosmonaut after alleged security breach at SpaceX facility

Ursula von der Leyen
Von der Leyen pushes ahead with reparations loan for Ukraine as Belgium holds firm
Ursula von der Leyen has offered sweeping guarantees for Belgium to agree to an unprecedented reparations loan for Ukraine. Belgian authorities say risks could be fatal. EU leaders will gather on 18 December to make a final decision. If no deal is found, the EU will resort to joint debt.BRUSSELS — The European Commission will provide Belgium with sweeping guarantees to unblock a controversial reparations loan for Ukraine, Ursula von der Leyen has said, forging ahead with the plan despite risks deemed "disastrous" by Belgian authorities.The guarantees, outlined in legal texts presented on Wednesday, consist of bilateral contributions by member states, a backstop by the EU budget, legal safeguards against retaliation and a new prohibition on transferring sovereign assets back to Russia.It...
December 04, 2025

Von der Leyen pushes ahead with reparations loan for Ukraine as Belgium holds firm

Gold coins are offered for sale at a shop in Istanbul
Turkish clerk flees to UK after stealing millions in gold and silver from courthouse
ANKARA — A court employee fled to the United Kingdom with approximately 25 kilograms of gold and 50 kilograms of silver stolen from an Istanbul courthouse evidence safe, Turkish authorities announced on Wednesday.Erdal T, who worked at the Büyükçekmece Courthouse's evidence office, disappeared after failing to return from leave. Prosecutors discovered the theft on 1 December when the safe was opened and found empty.Investigations revealed Erdal T fled Turkey on 19 November with his wife Esma T and children, boarding a flight from Sabiha Gökçen Airport to London at 8:22 am local time.Before leaving Turkey, Erdal T sent a message to friends via WhatsApp saying "I sold the goods, may God grant prosperity to your markets," according to authorities.The missing items belonged to...
December 03, 2025

Turkish clerk flees to UK after stealing millions in gold and silver from courthouse

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

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