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Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide attended the EEA Council meeting in Brussels today, discussing the state of EEA cooperation and the EU’s simplification agenda. The 30-country Single Market remains essential at a time of growing pressure on the rules-based international order⚖️🌍

Τα μυστικά της συμφωνίας για τα τουρκικά Eurofighter Τι κρύβει η επιλογή της Αγκυρας να προχωρήσει στην προμήθεια 20 Eurofighter συνολικού κόστους 9,2 δισ. ευρώ.

Τι κρύβει η επιλογή της Αγκυρας να προχωρήσει στην προμήθεια 20 Eurofighter συνολικού κόστους 9,2 δισ. ευρώ.

Trump says he will meet Putin in Hungary in bid to resolve Ukraine war With a fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal holding in Gaza, Trump said he's now turning his attention to bringing the war in Ukraine to an end.

Trump says he will meet Putin in Hungary in bid to resolve Ukraine war

UK parliament honours co-ops and credit unions in early day motions Early day motions in Parliament mark the International Year of Co-operatives and International Credit Union Day

UK parliament honours co-ops and credit unions in early day motions

From Assad to al-Sharaa — Putin's 'desperate attempt' to retain foothold in the Middle East Russian President Vladimir Putin met with his Syrian counterpart, Ahmed al-Sharaa, in what experts described as the Kremlin's bid to cling to its foothold in the Middle East amid mounting setbacks and...

Olli Ruohomaki, a Middle East expert at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, told the Kyiv Independent that Putin's meeting with al-Sharaa "looks like a desperate attempt to keep hold of something that they are losing."

Breathtaking: The open star cluster Bochum 14 as imaged by NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory.

(Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA)

🇯🇵🇺🇦 Zelensky: We appreciate Japan’s decisive actions in increasing pressure on Russia. Japan has joined the reduced price cap for Russian oil at $47.60. This will significantly impact the Kremlin’s financial capabilities.

The ban will allow for closer monitoring of the airspace. Restrictions on flights in the prohibited zone will be in effect in the coming weeks every day from 20:00 to 07:00 at an altitude of up to 6,000 metres.

US senators have introduced a bill to designate Russia and Belarus as state sponsors of terrorism, citing the abduction of over 19,000 Ukrainian children. Senator Lindsey Graham said Russia has earned its place on the list, which currently includes Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and Syria.

Today, we hosted the General Assembly on Defence, Space & Cybersecurity at our ESRIN centre in Italy.

Organised by the European Parliament, the European Commission, and ESA, the event fostered dialogue between EU and national decision-makers and industry leaders.

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⚖️ Proclamação da sentença de Bolsonaro ao final do Julgamento

Citing an unnamed source in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, Tasnim identified one of the Israeli prisoners as Imad Amhaz, who was abducted in November 2024 by Israeli forces from Batroun, a predominantly Christian coastal town north of Beirut.

Israeli-Russian captive in Iraq Tsurkov was freed in exchange deal: Report Tasnim reports a naval officer seized by Israel and another prisoner were released for Elizabeth Tsurkov’s freedom.

Two prisoners, including a Lebanese national seized in 2024, were released by Israel in exchange for the freedom of Tsurkov, whom Tasnim described in its report on Thursday as an “Israeli spy”.

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Zelenskyy pushes US for weapons co-production, tougher sanctions on Russia The Kyiv meeting comes as Russia escalates attacks and Ukraine seeks stronger backing from its international allies.

As Russian attacks intensify, Zelenskyy pushes for weapons co-production and sanctions escalation

Thursday's meeting with US envoy Kellogg focused on joint drone production, Patriot deals, and economic pressure - Ukraine's bid for stronger backing

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🇵🇱🇷🇺🇧🇾 Poland is deploying around 40,000 soldiers to the country’s borders with Belarus and Russia amid heightened tensions following Wednesday’s large scale drone incursion.-TvpWorld

#Univers🌌| ☔️📚 La rentrée est là… Les vacances déjà loin, la météo un peu grise.
Mais cette année, l’Univers fête son centenaire de découvertes. Et ça, c’est une occasion à partager, à célébrer, à s’émerveiller. 🥂

Focus avec David Elbaz, astrophysicien au CEA.✨

The reason boycotts are so effective is that the biggest influence most of us have as anonymous cogs in the capitalist machine is our buying power — and where we withdraw it is as powerful as where we apply it.

Thousands of Tunisians flocked to Sidi Bou Said beach near Tunis on to back the Global Sumud Flotilla, a convoy of boats carrying international activists set to sail toward Gaza.

#flotilla #tunisia #gaza #palestinians #israel

Moldova won’t survive Putin’s threats unless it joins the EU, president warns Russia is unleashing “unlimited hybrid war,” Moldovan leader Maia Sandu warns.

Moldova applied to join the EU in 2022 and has undertaken far-reaching reforms to its government, judiciary and economy. But Sandu said the EU should not expect “perfection” from the country before allowing it to advance toward membership of the bloc.
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Quand un envoi de gaz lacrymogène mène à un incendie. 1/2 #10septembre2025 #BloquonsTout

Moscow had been preparing drone attacks on Poland since July, using Polish and Lithuanian SIM cards in UAVs, Defense Express reports. Polish authorities were warned about test connections to their mobile networks. The likely goal was to gather intel on Poland’s air defense systems.

The judges, facing accusations of political bias, promised to deliver a ruling before the summer of 2026, leaving time to determine whether Le Pen could stand again in due time for the 2027 presidential election.

For the first time, Russia struck the Cabinet of Ministers building in Kyiv with an Iskander-K cruise missile (9M727) carrying a 450 kg warhead, which failed to detonate, Defense Express reports. The fire on the upper floors was caused by the rocket’s fuel tanks igniting.

Je suppose que Bayrou va renoncer à sa retraite de Premier Ministre pour ne pas plomber davantage les finances publiques, non ?

Népal 🇳🇵

Pour réduire la couverture de la contestation sociale dans le pays, le gouvernement a fait interdire 26 réseaux sociaux (dont FB, Tikto, Youtube). Résultat ? Les manifestations se sont multipliées dans le pays. Actuellement, le Parlement est en feu.

The Czech agency, also known as BIS, said in a statement that a team of European agents discovered spies in several European countries from Belarus' main security agency, KGB.

It said a former deputy head of Moldovan intelligence service SIS handed over classified information to KGB was among them.

French government falls as Bayrou loses confidence vote

French government falls as Bayrou loses confidence vote

BREAKING: US Supreme Court backs Trump on aggressive immigration raids reut.rs/3JTpuyH

If we don’t stand by our laws then we will not merely lose a trade dispute. We will signal that democratic sovereignty can be traded for security promises that may not be kept. We’ll expose ourselves to unrelenting assault by algorithms directed to impose home-grown authoritarians upon our people.

Hundreds of women gathered in Mexico City to take part in a mass self-defense class, responding to persistent concerns over gender-based violence and street insecurity.

#selfdefense #class #training #mexicocity #mexico