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Path to Ukraine peace not 'straight line', says Starmer

LONDON: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has cautioned that the path to peace in Ukraine was "not an entirely straight line" after "productive" talks in Berlin.Starmer and other European leaders set out conditions for...

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer

Poland says prevented cyberattack on water system in 'large city'

Deputy Prime Minister of Poland and Minister of Digital Affairs Krzysztof Gawkowski in Paris, France. - Reuters File

Ankara, Damascus warn Israel over Syria action

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan shakes hands with his Syrian counterpart Asaad al Shaibani as they meet in Ankara. — Reuters

Trump wants Ukraine to have say on territory talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz walk in the garden of the chancellery in Berlin. — AFP

Thousands battle Greece fires as heatwave bakes Europe

People stand on a road as a wildfire burns a forest near the city of Patras, Greece. — AFP

Swiss pilot surpasses solar-powered plane altitude record

Swiss pilot Raphael Domjan gives a thumb up prior to take off, in Sion. — AFP

Russian forces rapidly pierce Ukraine's lines

Ukrainian service members carry a coffin during a funeral ceremony in Chernihiv. — Reuters

Man killed in Spain wildfire as European heatwave intensifies

Firefighters cool off the ground close to a school, on the outskirts of Tres Cantos. — AFP

Ukrainian drone attacks kill three, target Moscow

Rescuers and police officers work at the site of an air strike, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. — Reuters

Azerbaijan, Armenia publish initialled peace agreement

US President Trump participates in a trilateral signing with Armenia's PM Pashinyan (R) and Azerbaijan's President Aliyev (L), in Washington, DC. — Reuters file photo

Zelensky thanks EU, as Kyiv seeks place with Trump, Putin

People kneel down during the funeral ceremony for Victoria Roshchyna, a Ukrainian journalist who died while in captivity in Russia, on Independence Square in Kyiv. — AFP

'Challenging day' for firefighters battling huge blaze in France

People walk through a burnt-out farm following wildfires in Fontjoncouse, France. — AFP

UN plastic pollution treaty talks floundering

An Afghan worker loads plastic bottles into a sack at a recycling yard in Kabul. — AFP

Firefighters battle blaze near Athens for second day

A firefighting helicopter sprays water over a burnt area in Palaia Fokaia. — AFP

Putin-Trump summit: what we know so far

(FILES) Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and US President Donald Trump shake hands before a meeting in Helsinki on July 16, 2018.

Trump to meet with Putin in Alaska next week

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