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Why Putin thinks he's the winner in prisoner swap

Eight Russian prisoners were released in the swap, including spies, agents and a convicted assassin.

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Russian court jails American journalist for 16 years for spying

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich – the son of Soviet emigrants – was arrested in the Urals region last year

Russia issues arrest warrant for Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Alexei Navalny

Two-month detention order imposed on exiled dissident Yulia Navalnaya for participating in ‘extremist’ group

France erupts after shock election result

Riots have broken out in Paris with protesters seen burning bikes and setting off smoke bombs after an unexpected far right defeat.

Politicians, world leaders react to French leftists' victory in blocking the far right

French politicians and world leaders reacted to the results of parliamentary elections on Sunday after a coalition of the French left that quickly banded together to beat a surging far right won the most seats in parliament but not a majority. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he was "happy" and called the result a "disappointment" for Moscow.

France’s leftist New Popular Front wins a shock victory – but now the hard part begins

France's New Popular Front has won the largest number of seats in the final round of snap parliamentary elections, leaving behind the remnants of President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist camp and the far-right National Rally trailing in third place. It’s a staggering result for a closely fought election that has left the country without a clear candidate for prime minister – and the hastily assembled broad leftist coalition without an absolute majority that would allow it to push through its ambitious programme.

‘Terror’: Russia’s despicable daytime act

 

Russia has been blasted after launching a horrific daytime attack on Ukraine, hitting a children’s hospital and leaving at least 20 people dead.

French leftist alliance appears to block far-right path to election win

Whatever the outcome, Macron's 7-year political experiment with pro-business policies aimed at boosting the economy and reforming the bloated welfare state will be dented. He has ruled out resigning.

Marine Le Pen Betrays Her Past to Capture a Bigger Prize: France

 

The country has been shaken by the prospect of the far-right takeover, as the National Rally leader flirts with the center ground.

Will Meloni and Le Pen Be Right-Wing Besties? It’s Complicated

 

Assumptions that Giorgia Meloni and Marine Le Pen would find common ground may be wrong.

The far right is close to power in France. Will the rest of Europe follow?

 

Whatever the result of France's election, its impact will be seismic, says Europe editor Katya Adler

UK’s new prime minister assumes office

Labour leader Keir Starmer has formally become the country’s head of government after meeting with King Charles III

Rishi Sunak resigns as Conservative Party leader

The move by the British prime minister comes after the Tories suffered a crushing defeat to Labour in the general election

Farage elected MP for first time as Reform wins four seats

Reform leader overturns 25,000 Tory majority, as his party wins in Ashfield, Great Yarmouth and Boston and Skegness.

 
 
 

Le Pen’s far right is on the cusp of power in France – what happens next?

The “clarification” President Emmanuel Macron invoked as he called France’s snap elections has clarified this much: that French voters no longer want him to govern alone – or indeed at all. Exactly who he should share power with remains an open question after an inconclusive first round that has handed Marine Le Pen’s far right a commanding win, but not yet a decisive one. 

The Center Collapses in France, Leaving Macron Marooned

 

Squeezed by the far-right National Rally party and the left, President Emmanuel Macron faces a country that may prove ungovernable.

What the Mood Is Like in France After the Far Right Won Big

 

Many expressed shock that Marine Le Pen’s nationalist party was so close to power after the first round of a snap election.

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