UKRAINE-CONFLICT-RUSSIA-GERMANY
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz both make urgent appeals to supply Ukraine with more air defence systems at the start of an international Ukraine reconstruction conference in Berlin. Moving
UKRAINE-CONFLICT-RUSSIA
The Kremlin argues that attacks on energy facilities in Ukraine are justified as they are partly aimed at disrupting electricity supplies to military facilities. Moved
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ISRAEL-CONFLICT-PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
The UN Human Rights Office says that war crimes may have been committed in connection with the Israeli hostage rescue in the Gaza Strip on the weekend, partly because of the high number of casualties on the Palestinian side. Moving
ISRAEL-CONFLICT-PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES-DIPLOMACY
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Israeli President Isaac Herzog and other top officials as part of ongoing efforts by the US, Qatar and Egypt to negotiate a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Moving
ISRAEL-CONFLICT-PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES-US-JORDAN
Blinken is due to attend a humanitarian aid conference for the Gaza Strip in Amman, attended by the leaders, foreign ministers and officials of 75 countries as well as representatives of international organizations including the International Committee of the Red Cross. Moving
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FRANCE-ELECTIONS
France's left-wing parties say they want to run together as an alliance in the parliamentary elections called at short notice by President Emmanuel Macron. Moved