dpa NEWS SCHEDULE for WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1200 GMT

FRANCE-DIPLOMACY-US

US President Joe Biden has landed in France for a visit to meet European leaders and mark the D-Day landings. Moving

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ISREAL-CONFLICT-PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

Palestinian Islamists Hamas say they are sticking to their demands and will only agree to a deal to end the Gaza war if it includes a permanent ceasefire. Moving

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UKRAINE-CONFLICT-RUSSIA

Eleven people have been injured and a 5-year-old girl was killed by Ukrainian artillery fire in a Russian-occupied village in southern Ukraine. Moving

\- US President Joe Biden will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky while the pair are in France. Moving under UKRAINE-CONFLICT-RUSSIA-FRANCE-US

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GERMANY-DEFENCE-EUROPE

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised his government will support the defence industry and called for closer cooperation between producers in Europe as he opened the International Aerospace Exhibition (ILA) in Berlin. Moved

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EU-FOOD

The US fast food giant McDonad's has lost the trademark rights to the Big Mac name for "poultry products" like chicken burgers, the EU General Court ruled. Moved

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GERMANY-CRIME-POLITICS

A local politician with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) was stabbed in the western German city Mannheim. Moved

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GERMANY-WEATHER

The flood situation in the southern German state of Bavaria remains tense. Moving

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ITALY-JUSTICE-US-PEOPLE

Almost ten years after her acquittal in a notorious murder trial, the US-American Amanda Knox is back in court in Italy. Moving

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INDIA-ELECTIONS

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party has lost its absolute majority in parliament for the first time in 10 years in India's general election. Moved