Europe

Captured Australian fighter Oscar Jenkins and notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout.

‘Lord of War’ reveals only way to free Aussie held in Russia

The world’s most notorious arms dealer has detailed the Albanese Government’s only hope of liberating Oscar Jenkins, the Australian man who’s been captured fighting with Ukrainian forces.

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High costs and red tape are stifling businesses based in Germany.

German business battles costs, red tape as election looms

Many bosses fear that Germany’s upcoming election will fail to reverse the crisis gripping the nation.

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President Volodymyr Zelenskiy wants US President Donald Trump to met him before Russian officials.

Trump aides in Ukraine this week for talks on ending war

US President Donald Trump's representatives are visiting Ukraine this week for talks on ending the war with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says.

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American officials will meet their European counterparts this week for high-level talks on Ukraine.

Trump’s top officials Europe bound for talks on Ukraine conflict

The Trump administration's national security adviser Mike Waltz says that top officials are travelling to Europe this week for talks on the Ukraine conflict.

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Greece declared a state of emergency on the island of Santorini after a week of undersea quakes.

State of emergency after massive underwater earthquakes

Greece’s government has declared a state of emergency on Santorini after hundreds of undersea earthquakes shook the resort island for nearly a week.

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Plans for presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump to meet are advancing.

Trump, Putin Ukraine war meeting plans at ‘advanced stage’

Russia wants the US to outline ‘concrete’ steps to end the war, as plans for presidents Putin and Trump to meet advance.

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Rickard Andersson - Sweden mass shooter

Sweden shooter a past student at school where he killed 11

Local media reported that the 35-year-old man had previously been enrolled at the adult education centre for several mathematics classes, without finishing them.

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A Ukrainian drone attack has sparked a fire at fuel depot in southern Russia, officials say.

Prisoners swapped as Ukraine says 45,100 troops killed

Russia and Ukraine say they have each exchanged 150 prisoners of war after mediation from the UAE as troop death figures are released.

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Ukrainian army chief Oleksandr Syrskyi has condemned a spate of violent attacks on draft officers.

Kremlin says too early to discuss four-way Ukraine talks

Russian officials say it is too early to consider a Ukrainian plan for peace talks that would involve the United States, Ukraine, Russia and the European Union.

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Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.

160,000 Germans protest against nation’s shift to the right

An estimated 160,000 people have protested in Berlin against right-wing extremism, three weeks before Germany's parliamentary elections.

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Ukrainian authorities say apartment buildings have been damaged in a Russian attack in Poltava.

At least four dead in missile strike on boarding school

Russian forces have reportedly struck the dormitory of a boarding school, in a part of Russia's Kursk region held by Ukrainian forces, killing at least four.

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Dominique Pelicot is serving a 20-year prison term for drugging and raping his wife, Gis?le. (AP PHOTO)

French wife rapist linked to cold rape and murder cases

The convicted rapist who horrified France by drugging his wife so other men could rape her is being linked to other cases involving alleged rape and murder.

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Defence Minister Rustem Umerov says Ukraine's arms procurement effort has let down frontline troops.

‘Amazon’: Ukraine official sacked amid defence spending inquiry

The Ukrainian government has dismissed a deputy defence minister following accusations of insufficient arms purchases.

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King Charles leaves candles by a symbolic nazi transport wagon in the Auschwitz - Birkenau Museum at the former Nazi German Auschwitz Concentration camp.

Auschwitz survivors’ grim warning as royals mark anniversary

UK royals such as King Charles and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex joined world leaders and Holocaust survivors recognising 80 years since the liberation of the notorious death camp.

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Anthony Albanese’s admission that his only mistake in office was misjudging the duration of the Ukraine-Russia conflict hints at a major self-awareness problem for the PM.

Unpacking Albo’s gob-smacking take on his ‘only mistake’

The PM remains adamant that he’s had a flawless time in office, apart from misjudging the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Let’s look at this because, let’s be honest, there’s a lot going on here.

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