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Crossbench MPs launch push to stop Australian military exports being used in human rights breaches
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Russia struck train near Poland border shortly after Boris Johnson and top European officials passed through
The former UK PM said "I don't know what warped logic drove Putin to blow up a stationary Ukrainian locomotive on the Polish border this morning".
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Trump downplays AI risks after dire expert warnings and calls to slow development down
The US President said "negative forces" were airing concerns about "things that won't happen".
The Guardian
Sweden general election: close race as far right eyes role in government – Europe live
Country heads to the polls as latest polling shows 0.3-point gap between left and right wing blocs Since 2022, Sweden has been governed by a three-party minority government led by the Moderates party (often referred to simply as M) leader Ulf Kristersson, with Ebba Busch ’s Christian Democrats (KD) and Simona Mohamsson ’s the Liberals (L). They are currently supported by – but not formally joined in the government – by the far-right populist and anti-immigration Sweden Democrats (SD) party, led by Jimmie Åkesson . They are one of, if not the, key talking points of the night. Continue reading...
The Guardian
Russian drone hits Kyiv-Warsaw passenger train near Polish border
No casualties reported as Ukraine’s foreign minister says ‘Putin’s terror knocking directly on doors of EU and Nato’ A passenger train travelling from Kyiv to Warsaw was hit by a Russian drone two kilometres from the Polish border in an attack that Ukraine’s foreign minister described as “Putin’s terror knocking directly on the doors of the EU and Nato”. Overnight attacks across Ukraine involving more than 450 Russian drones and missiles killed at least six people and injured more than 40. Ukraine’s air force said it had intercepted 405 drones and four missiles. Continue reading...
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Ukrainian drone evades Russian helicopter fire to strike oil tanker
Ukraine has released footage showing a drone evading fire from a Russian helicopter before striking a Russian oil tanker
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Kosovo approves new government after months of political deadlock
A newly approved government offers Kosovo only brief respite before a contentious presidential vote.