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UK govt suffers defeat in House of Lords over controversial Brexit bill
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The extreme measures Vladimir Putin takes to avoid COVID-19
Since the pandemic broke out in March, Russian president Vladimir Putin has lived as if he were the “Bubble Boy” from Seinfeld.
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EU warns Turkey of sanctions over 'provocations' in Mediterranean
The EU says it could impose sanctions on Turkey over "provocations and pressures" in a row with Greece over energy resources and maritime borders.
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Alexei Navalny blames Vladimir Putin for poisoning him
Leading Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny says he believes President Vladimir Putin was responsible for his poisoning.
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Armenia says its fighter jet 'shot down by Turkey'
Armenia says one of its fighter jets was shot down by a Turkey jet, in a major escalation of a conflict over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
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Macron vows to support Belarusian people in talks with exiled opposition leader Tikhanovskaya
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday promised to help mediate in the Belarusian political crisis during a meeting with opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya.
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Armenia & Azerbaijan point finger at each other over use of Syrian militants in Nagorno-Karabakh, neither provides any evidence
As clashes between Armenian and Azeri forces continued on Monday over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, the two rivals accused each other of using Syrian militants on the battlefield – but neither provided any proof.
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Russia: Local elections test Kremlin party's grip on power
Voters across Russia are casting their ballots in dozens of local elections that are seen as a big test for the ruling pro-Kremlin United Russia party.
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Coronavirus: Cases in France leap past 10,000 a day
France has reported a record daily increase in coronavirus cases as the country struggles to contain a fresh surge in infections.
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It’s a lift-off: Russia’s ‘Sputnik V’ Covid-19 vaccine LAUNCHED into public circulation
The first batch of Russia’s pioneering coronavirus formula Sputnik V has been approved for public use and has already been placed into circulation, the Ministry of Health in Moscow has announced.
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Brexit poker: UK ramps up no-deal preparations as new round of talks begins
Britain headed into a fresh round of Brexit trade talks on Tuesday acknowledging it could break international law but only in a "limited way" after reports it may undercut its divorce treaty with the European Union.
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EU hobbled over sanctions against Russia in response to Navalny poisoning
European countries have threatened sanctions on Russia over the alleged nerve agent attack on opposition leader Alexei Navalny, but a concerted decision will be tough to reach given the interests at stake.
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Masked men reportedly seize senior Belarusian opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova in Minsk
Unidentified men in black on Monday morning grabbed Maria Kolesnikova, a leading Belarusian opposition figure, and pushed her into a minibus, her campaign team reported, citing witnesses.
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Brexit: Ministers plan laws overriding part of withdrawal deal
Ministers are planning new legislation that could override a key part of last year's EU withdrawal agreement.
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Silvio Berlusconi Hospitalized After Coronavirus Diagnosis
Former Italian PM and media mogul Silvio Berlusconi has been admitted to hospital two days after testing positive for the coronavirus.
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Russia’s Navalny poisoned by nerve agent, Germany says, citing ‘unequivocal proof’
The German government says tests performed on samples taken from Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny showed the presence of the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok.
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Belarus cracks down on journalists covering protests against president
Some foreign journalists deported, accreditation of local reporters revoked
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US sends message to Russia over poisoning
The United States’ ambassador to Moscow has sent a message to Russia after the alleged poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.
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Russian doctors say German colleagues congratulated them for ‘saving Navalny’s life’ & insist two lab tests found no poison traces
The doctors who first treated Moscow protest leader Alexey Navalny in Siberia have claimed it's beyond any doubt that they saved his life. They added that the German team which took him to Berlin agreed with this assessment.
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Brexit: UK-EU trade deal 'seems unlikely' says Michel Barnier
A post-Brexit trade deal between the UK and the EU "seems unlikely" at this stage, the bloc's negotiator has said.
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