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Finland’s President, No Stranger to Russia, Warns Europe About Complacency
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Top French court upholds ban on Muslim abayas in schools
France's highest administrative court ruled Thursday that a school ban on abayas, traditional over-garments worn by some Muslim women, was legal.
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Major UK city goes bankrupt over $1.5 billion equal pay claims
A major UK city has declared financial distress after revealing it doesn’t have the resources to pay back historical equal pay claims.
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Home Office to declare Wagner group a terrorist organisation
Draft order will make it illegal to support the ‘violent and destructive’ Russian mercenary organisation in the UK
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French state schools turn away dozens of girls wearing Muslim abaya dress
The French education minister has said that nearly 300 pupils arrived at school on Monday wearing the abaya, the long Muslim robe which was banned in schools last week.
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Paris says au revoir to rental e-scooters
A ban on rental electric scooters has come into effect in Paris in response to a rising number of people being injured and killed in the French capital.
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Prigozhin alluded to threats in new video release
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin alluded to threats to his safety in a video which appears to have been filmed days before he died in a plane crash.
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Putin critic predicted his own death
The chilling footage of Yevgeny Prigozhin has been uncovered showing the rebel warlord taking a swipe at Russia’s leadership and with an ominous prophecy.
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Putin Destroys a Rival, but ‘Killing Prigozhin Is Going to Set Off Greater Paranoia and Repression’
The most critical internal threat Putin has faced in years is gone. His rival and former ally’s reported death likely means the end for the Wagner Group but ushers in a new phase of fear and anxiety in Russia
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A Former French President Gives a Voice to Obstinate Russian Sympathies
Remarks by Nicolas Sarkozy have raised fears that Europe’s pro-Putin chorus may grow louder as Ukraine’s plodding counteroffensive puts pressure on Western resolve.
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How Putin's long friendship with Wagner boss Prigozhin turned ugly
Theirs was a relationship borne out of the murky world where Russia's state security services mingled with the criminal underworld.
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Wagner mercenaries must swear allegiance to Russia - Putin
President Vladimir Putin has called on all employees of Wagner and other Russian private military contractors to take an oath of allegiance to the Russian state.
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With Prigozhin dead, Putin has traded low-budget global reach for safety at home
While Putin's spokesperson denied that he'd killed Prigozhin, a former Kremlin official told Insider that the rebellion made his death "inevitable."
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Europe ‘dancing on the edge of a volcano’ – Sarkozy
The West should stop talking about sending arms to Kiev and engage diplomatically with Moscow, the ex-French president has said
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Europe’s tourist numbers bounce back after Covid – for better or worse
Tourist numbers in Europe this summer have returned to almost pre-Covid levels, with especially high demand from North American travellers. But the summer season has been far from smooth, with holidaymakers encountering heatwaves, wildfires and the return of overcrowding at some of Europe’s most popular sights. Some of the troubles have also been caused by the tourists themselves, with several accused of vandalism and trespassing at the iconic sites they were visiting.
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British Nurse Who Killed Babies on the Job Gets Life Sentence
Case of Lucy Letby, one of U.K.’s most notorious serial killers, raises questions about oversight at state healthcare system
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The West Sanctioned Russia’s Billionaires. Now They Are Fighting Back.
Russia’s business elite was sanctioned to pressure Putin, but war in Ukraine continues
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Navalny Given New 19-Year Sentence in Russia as Putin Moves to Silence Dissent
The opposition leader, President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent critic, was charged with inciting and funding extremism
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Belgian court finds 8 men guilty of murder, attempted murder over deadly 2016 bombings
Bombings killed 32 people and injured more than 300
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Spain elections: hung parliament after conservatives fail to secure expected majority
Conservative People’s party and prime minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialists both declare victory, with weeks of negotiations likely ahead
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