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Moscow intent on pressing on in Ukraine: Putin

Russia's Vladimir Putin on Friday said the ball was in the court of the West and Kyiv in talks to end the war in Ukraine, while hailing Moscow's recent battlefield gains and threatening more.Speaking during his...

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends his annual end-of-year press conference and phone-in in Moscow. — Reuters

Macron to raise French defence targets

French President Emmanuel Macron

620 Russian barrages hit Ukraine

620 Russian barrages hit Ukraine

How tourists can stay cool during the European heat wave

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Bosnia commemorates genocide

People stand near gravestones at the memorial cemetery in the village of Potocari, near the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica. Thousands of mourners on Friday commemorated in Srebrenica the genocide committed 30 years ago by Bosnian Serb forces, one of Europe's worst atrocities since World War II. The victims of Srebrenica, which was at the time a UN-protected enclave, were buried in mass graves. So far about 7,000 victims have been identified and buried while about 1,000 are still missing. — AFP

EU blasts Russia's attacks, threatens new sanctions

Ukrainian firefighters work to extinguish a fire in neighbouring residential houses, in Odesa. — AFP

Deadly Russian attack rocks Kyiv before US-Russian talks

A man walks past a damaged residential building following a major overnight Russian attack in Kyiv amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. - AFP

Hopes for migrant deal as Macron wraps up UK state visit

France's President Emmanuel Macron listens to a Nato military officer during a Coalition of the Willing meeting at a military base at Northwood Headquarters in north-west London, Britain. — Reuters

EU chief von der Leyen comfortably survives confidence vote

Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (R) welcomes van European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen ahead of the start of The Ukraine Recovery Conference 2025 (URC2025) at The Roma Convention Centre in Rome on July 10, 2025.

Russia attacks Ukraine with 700 drones

A farmer with a rifle controls an area for Russian combat drones as an agricultural worker operates a combine during wheat harvesting near a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine. — Reuters

Sanchez offers new measures to root out graft

Spanish Labour Minister Yolanda Diaz speaks after Prime Minister Sanchez spoke on alleged corruption probe involving the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party at the Parliament in Madrid. — Reuters

Sweden’s secret to well-being? Tiny urban gardens

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Man dies at Milan Airport after being sucked unto jet engine

The vehicle of the person, who died during take-off preparations at Milan Bergamo Airport (Il Caravaggio International Airport), is taken away, in Orio al Serio, near Bergamo, Italy, July 8, 2025. REUTERS/Claudia Greco

Climate change made European heatwave up to 4C hotter: study

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France's Macron kicks off 'historic' UK state visit

Britain's King Charles III and France's President Emmanuel Macron travel during a carriage precession at Windsor Castle in Windsor west of London. — AFP

Marseille airport closed as high winds fan wildfire

Smoke rises from a wildfire in Marseille, France. — Reuters
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