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EU chief announces 'drone deal' with Ukraine

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday announced a "drone deal" with Ukraine to boost joint production of the key battlefield technology.

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Spanish PM says Gibraltar border removal closes 'open wound'

The lifting of border controls between Spain and Gibraltar has closed "an open wound", Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Wednesday as an agreement allowing free movement across the frontier came into force.

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Biden announces memoir, says cancer treatment 'going really well'

Former U.S. president Joe Biden on Wednesday announced the forthcoming publication of a memoir on his time in the White House, and said that his cancer treatment was going "really well."

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Power restored across Cuba

Cuba has restored its power grid, authorities said Wednesday, after the third total blackout in less than ten days as the island faces an energy crisis amid a U.S. oil blockade.

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US expands sanctions targeting Iran oil, cryptocurrency sectors

The United States has expanded its sanctions targeting Iran's oil sector, taking further aim at the network of petroleum shipping magnate Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani, the Treasury Department said.

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US reports 'wave of strikes' on Iran as war returns

The United States launched a wave of strikes against Iran on Wednesday, after it reimposed a naval blockade in a return to war between the two foes.

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June was deadliest month for Ukraine civilians in over four years

More civilians were killed in Ukraine in June than in any single month since April 2022, the United Nations said Tuesday, as Russia escalated long-range missile strikes.

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Poland intercepts Russian plane over Baltic Sea

Polish fighter jets on Tuesday intercepted a Russian reconnaissance plane in international waters over the Baltic Sea, Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz told a press conference.

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Fire ravages popular forest outside Paris

Hundreds of French firefighters aided by water bombers on Tuesday battled to control wildfires that have ravaged a hugely popular forest outside Paris as another scorching heatwave keeps the capital in its grip.

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Ukraine PM resigns in Zelensky-ordered reshuffle

Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko resigned on Tuesday as part of a government reshuffle ordered by President Volodymyr Zelensky.

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