2025 • Dec 28
Brigitte Bardot, French screen legend, dies aged 91
Emmanuel Macron leads tributes to actor who became an international sex symbol and later embraced animal rights and far-right politics
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2025 • Dec 27
‘All brakes are off’: Russia’s attempt to rein in illicit market for leaked data backfires
Russian state has tolerated parallel probiv market for its convenience but now Ukrainian spies are exploiting itRussia is scrambling to rein in the country’s sprawling illicit marke...
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2025 • Dec 27
Zelenskyy to travel to US for Trump meeting amid push for Ukraine deal
Meeting on Sunday will follow flurry of US, Russian and Ukrainian talks, but Putin has shown little sign of softeningVolodymyr Zelenskyy is to travel to the US for a planned meeting with Don...
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2025 • Dec 27
Poland preparing €2bn anti-drone fortifications along its eastern border amid Russian threat
Deputy defence minister says new air defence systems will be completed in 24 monthsPoland plans to complete a new set of anti-drone fortifications along its eastern borders within two years,...
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2025 • Dec 27
Zelenskyy to hold talks with European leaders amid fresh strikes on Kyiv
Attacks leave hundreds of thousands in city without heating as Ukrainian leader prepares for flurry of weekend diplomacyA third of Kyiv is without heating after a Russian drone and missile b...
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2025 • Dec 26
‘Keeps your mind alert’: older Swedes reap the benefits of learning for pleasure
Retirees with ‘fantastic hunger for education’ taking part in university organised events in record numbersRecord numbers of Swedish retirees are enrolling in a university run “by pensioners...
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2025 • Dec 26
Brown shooting suspect: gruelling academic climate may have taken mental toll, say ex-classmates
Cláudio Valente and one of victims, Nuno FG Loureiro, both studied at notoriously challenging Técnico in LisbonAs investigators in Massachusetts work to piece together a motive for
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2025 • Dec 24
‘Warning to others’: murky death of militia leader as Kremlin reasserts control
Reports that Stanislav Orlov was killed by Moscow security services highlights careful managing of non-state powerBeneath the frescoed ceilings and golden icons of Moscow’s Cathedral of Chri...
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2025 • Dec 24
European leaders condemn US visa bans as row over ‘censorship’ escalates
Washington accused of ‘coercion and intimidation’ after five leading figures behind digital safety law campaign targetedEuropean leaders including Emmanuel Macron have accused Washington of ...
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2025 • Dec 24
US and Ukraine edge closer to joint plan to end war – with Moscow’s response uncertain
Ukraine accepts principle of demilitarised zone in east, while insisting Russia make similar concessions in pulling back forcesWashington and Kyiv have edged closer to a jointly agreed form...
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2025 • Dec 22
Russia investigates car bomb death of general – Europe live
Official says investigators are pursuing ‘numerous lines’ in inquiry, including whether Ukrainian intelligence were involvedA Ukrainian drone attack damaged two vessels and two piers and cau...
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2025 • Dec 21
Sweden and Germany slash aid budgets to focus on Ukraine and defence spending
Echoing the dismantling of USAID, other countries are changing funding priorities and health and hunger programmes in Africa will lose out The notion of humanitarian aid being used to combat...
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