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Putin says Russia will take more land in Ukraine if Europe sinks peace moves
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Italy's Meloni says it's still 'premature' to sign EU-Mercosur trade deal

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Russian attack on Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia injures 26, governor says
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Decline in UK industrial orders eases slightly, CBI says

Italy's Meloni says using frozen Russian assets for Ukraine 'far from easy' ahead of EU summit
Date: December 17, 2025
ROME, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Russia is making "unreasonable" demands in a U.S.-brokered push for peace with Ukraine, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Wednesday ahead of a summit of EU leaders...

UK removes duplicate entries from sanctions lists, designations remain in place
Date: December 17, 2025
LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Britain on Wednesday made four de-listings under its Syria sanctions regime and one de-listing under its Iran nuclear sanctions regime, according to a government note. (...

How combative videographers fire up Britain's asylum hotel protests
Date: December 17, 2025
By Andrew MacAskill and Andrew R.C. Marshall MANCHESTER, England, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Adam didn’t set out to expose what he calls Britain’s “broken asylum system.” About four years ago the 32-year-old...

UK police charge teenage boy with nine-year-old girl's murder
Date: December 17, 2025
LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - British police said they had charged a 15-year old boy with murder on Wednesday, following the death of a nine-year-old girl in southwest England. The girl, Aria Thorpe,...
Paris' Louvre reopens partially but staff vote to extend strike
Date: December 17, 2025
PARIS, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Staff at France's Louvre museum in Paris on Wednesday voted in favour of extending a strike that began on Monday, BFM TV reported, citing union representatives, leaving the...
Portugal's government to amend labour reform after general strike
Date: December 17, 2025
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Portugal's centre-right minority government has said it will amend labour reform legislation to appease trade unions following the country's first...
