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Russia and Ukraine trade strikes as Zelenskyy prepares to meet Trump
Russia bombarded at least four Ukrainian regions overnight with missiles and drones, killing four people, officials said on Tuesday, and Ukraine’s forces damaged another Russian oil refinery in their latest long-range strike. The ongoing exchange of daily…
Fake passport photos claim Zelenskyy and family chose Israel as home
A fake photo circulating online of two alleged Israeli passports belonging to Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife, Olena Zelenska, allegedly shows that the Ukrainian president and his family have chosen Israel as their homeland instead of Ukraine. The Facebook…
‘Cherry-picking sanctions’ normalises Russia, Latvian PM warns
Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs said his country “stood to the end” to prevent two Russian oligarchs from being delisted from a sanctions package but concluded alongside Ukraine it was best to compromise for a salvo. But he warned that the exemption…
Trump signs Greenland deal allowing US to expand military presence
Published on 22/09/2026 – 18:32 GMT+2•Updated 19:21 US President Donald Trump has signed a new Greenland security deal with Denmark and the island territory. Trump, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, and Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen signed the…
EU budget talks face deadlock despite push for year-end deal
European affairs ministers met in Brussels on Tuesday for another round of negotiations on the EU’s next seven-year budget. Despite a shared ambition to reach a deal by the end of the year, negotiations appear to have stalled, with significant differences…
17-year-old detained in Poland over alleged plans for terrorist attack
Authorities in Poland have detained a 17-year-old accused of preparing an attack on a school and a mosque. A court has ordered that the teenager, named as Paweł G, be held in pre-trial detention for three months. The case is part of an ongoing investigation…
EU renews Russia sanctions but removes Usmanov at France’s request
The European Union has agreed to remove Uzbek-Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov from its sanctions list after fraught negotiations that saw France link his delisting to a prisoner release with Azerbaijan, unsettling Brussels. A second Russian oligarch, Mikhail…
British PM Burnham declines to rule out rejoining EU
Published on 22/09/2026 – 15:41 GMT+2 British Prime Minister Andy Burnham declined to rule out including a pledge to rejoin the European Union in Labour’s next election manifesto, according to UK media reports. Burnham, who has been in office since late July…
Zelenskyy asks EU to keep Usmanov and Fridman under sanctions
Published on 22/09/2026 – 14:50 GMT+2•Updated 15:00 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has publicly called on the European Union and its member states to keep oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman under sanctions, as talks on renewing the…
Exclusive: EU sounds alarm over weapons brought back from Ukraine
Soldiers returning from the front line in Ukraine are bringing back weapons and military equipment, raising concerns that battlefield components could start circulating within the European Union, according to a confidential EU document seen by Euronews. The…