On the anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has compared his country's current defence against a Russian invasion to Ukrainian efforts to the defeat of Nazi Germany. "Eighty years ago, millions of Ukrainians fought to defeat Nazism forever," he said in a video message recorded during his Wednesday visit to the town of Yahidne in the northern Ukrainian region of Chernihiv, the scene of an alleged Russian war crime in 2022. "But today Ukrainians are once again standing against the evil that has been reborn, has come back and wants to destroy us...
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Real Madrid will face Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League final after coming from behind to claim a late and dramatic 2-1 win against Bayern Munich at their Santiago Bernabeu stadium on Wednesday. The teams played out a 2-2 draw in the first leg, and Bayern were en course to set up a rematch of their 2013 Champions League final against Dortmund in Wembley after Alphonso Davies found the breakthrough in the 68th minute. But a bizarre mistake by goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, who made one save after another throughout the match, allowed Joselu in the 88th to tap in the rebound from Vinicius Juni...
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The right-wing opposition in North Macedonia was poised for victory in the parliamentary and presidential elections on Wednesday. After 79.2% of the polling stations had been counted, the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization–Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity (VMRO-DPMNE) candidate Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova won the run-off election for president with 64.8% of the votes, according to the state election commission in Skopje. She prevailed against the incumbent Stevo Pendarovski, who was supported by the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM) and garnered 29.2%. In th...
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Real Madrid will face Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League final after coming from behind to claim a late and dramatic 2-1 win against Bayern Munich at their Santiago Bernabeu stadium on Wednesday. The teams played out a 2-2 draw in the first leg, and Bayern were en course to set up a rematch of their 2013 Champions League final against Dortmund in Wembley after Alphonso Davies found the breakthrough in the 68th minute. But a bizarre mistake by goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, who made one save after another throughout the match, allowed Joselu in the 88th to tap in the rebound from Vinicius Juni...
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Real Madrid will face Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League final after coming from behind to claim a late and dramatic 2-1 win against Bayern Munich at their Santiago Bernabeu stadium on Wednesday. The teams played out a 2-2 draw in the first leg, and Bayern were en course to set up a rematch of their 2013 Champions League final against Dortmund in Wembley after Alphonso Davies found the breakthrough in the 68th minute. But a bizarre mistake by goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, who made one save after another throughout the match, allowed Joselu in the 88th to tap in the rebound from Vinicius Juni...
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The Olympic flame arrived in the southern French city of Marseille on Wednesday, some 11 weeks before the start of the 2024 Paris Games, on board of the three-mast ship Belem. The flame was welcomed with a ceremony, which included fireworks and and a French Air force flyover with planes drawing the five Olympic rings and the red-blue-white colours of the French flag. The torch was then handed over to the first Olympic torch carrier, swimmer Florent Manaudou. According broadcasters BFM, 120,000 people watched the spectacle in the harbour and French President Emmanuel Macron was also in attendan...
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The United States is scrutinizing the delivery of further pending military aid to Israel after pausing a weapons shipment to the close ally, the State Department said on Wednesday. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said earlier in the day during testimony in Congress that "one shipment of high-payload munitions" had been halted, confirming reports in US media. Hours later, US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller called into question other deliveries. "We have paused one shipment of near-term assistance and we are reviewing others," he told reporters. "But that said, our long-term commitme...
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The United States has paused a large shipment of weapons to Israel, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday, amid ongoing concerns in Washington about Israeli military operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. "We're going to continue to do what’s necessary to support Israel," Austin said, calling Washington's security commitment "ironclad." However, he said that "one shipment of high-payload munitions" had been halted, publicly confirming reports this week in US media, and that other pending near-term assistance was being assessed. Across Washington, State Department spokesman M...
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Further attacks on politicians in Germany have rattled the country and prompted renewed outrage from leaders, after Berlin's former mayor was assaulted in a library. Franziska Giffey, the leader of the Social Democrats (SPD) in Berlin who currently serves as the city's economy minister, was treated in hospital for slight injuries after being hit over the head with a heavy bag on Tuesday afternoon. In a separate attack on Tuesday night, a Green Party council candidate was assaulted and spat on by two assailants while putting up campaign posters in Dresden. Those assaults are the latest in a str...
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German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has said that a further escalation of the war in Gaza must be prevented. Pistorius said he agreed with UN Secretary General António Guterres, whom he held talks with in New York earlier on Wednesday, that everything must be done to alleviate the misery of Palestinian civilians. "At the same time, I also know that the Israeli dilemma is great: to do what is necessary and what they have a right to do, and at the same time not to allow the suffering of the civilian population to become excessive," Pistorius said at the UN headquarters. Pistorius said "diplo...
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