UN body reports ‘alarming rise’ in Russian execution of captured Ukrainian soldiers – Reuters

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  1. UN body reports 'alarming rise' in Russian execution of captured Ukrainian soldiers  Reuters
  2. Russia accelerating executions of Ukrainian POWs: UN  Al Jazeera English
  3. Russian Army Increasingly Killing Captured Ukrainian Soldiers, UN Says  The Moscow Times
  4. UN reports ‘alarming rise’ in Russia executing Ukrainian soldiers  POLITICO Europe
  5. Ukraine demands urgent response on issue of POW executions by Russian army  The Jerusalem Post
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Kremlin collaborator and Donetsk paramilitary leader killed in Moscow bomb explosion – Euronews

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  1. Kremlin collaborator and Donetsk paramilitary leader killed in Moscow bomb explosion  Euronews
  2. Founder of pro-Russian paramilitary group dies in explosion in Moscow  CNN
  3. Russian War Commander Killed In Moscow Blast -- Was It An Inside Job Or Kyiv?  Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
  4. Pro-Russia paramilitary leader killed in Moscow blast  BBC.com
  5. Moscow blast kills wanted Ukrainian in apparent assassination  The Washington Post
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Sweden rules out sabotage in Baltic undersea data cable rupture and releases a ship – The Associated Press

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  1. Sweden rules out sabotage in Baltic undersea data cable rupture and releases a ship  The Associated Press
  2. Severed undersea cables raise legal challenges for NATO  Defense News
  3. Sweden: Baltic Sea cable damage not sabotage, ship released  DW (English)
  4. Norway Seizes Russian-Crewed Ship Suspected of Cutting an Undersea Cable  The New York Times
  5. Sweden clears Bulgarian ship of sabotage in Baltic Sea cable rupture  Euronews
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Next Hostage Release Steps Expected – How Many Abductees Remain? – i24NEWS

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  1. Next Hostage Release Steps Expected - How Many Abductees Remain?  i24NEWS
  2. ‘I can breathe again’: Family of American-Israeli hostage reacts to his release  CNN
  3. Keith Siegel | Niece of former Hamas hostage says he is doing 'remarkably well' after release  ABC13 Houston
  4. Middle East latest: Hostages freed from Gaza rarely saw sunlight, families say  The Associated Press
  5. Israel and Hamas Exchange 3 Hostages and More Than 180 Prisoners  The New York Times
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Australia: Teenage girl killed in shark attack near Brisbane – BBC.com

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  1. Australia: Teenage girl killed in shark attack near Brisbane  BBC.com
  2. 17-Year-Old Girl Dies from 'Serious Shark Bite' Within 100 Yards of Popular Tourist Beach: Reports  PEOPLE
  3. Teenage girl killed in shark attack off popular beach identified  Brisbane Times
  4. Teen killed in shark attack identified  news.com.au
  5. Teen girl killed by shark at popular Aussie tourist beach  New York Post
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Trump is sowing the seeds of an anti-American alliance – Financial Times

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  1. Trump is sowing the seeds of an anti-American alliance  Financial Times
  2. How Trump’s tariff turbulence will cause economic pain  The Economist
  3. Trump’s Bullying Trade Tactics Will Backfire  Bloomberg
  4. Trump’s ‘manufactured crisis’ with allies: Editor-in-Chief of The Atlantic on foreign relations  MSNBC
  5. ‘Buckle up’: Trump threatens U.S. ‘goodwill’ with allies, ex-official says  Global News Toronto
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Names Alexandra Bell Its New President – The New York Times

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  1. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Names Alexandra Bell Its New President  The New York Times
  2. Doomsday Clock 2025: Scientists set new time  CNN
  3. The Doomsday Clock has never been closer to metaphorical midnight. What does it mean?  NPR
  4. The Doomsday Clock is running out of time  Vox.com
  5. 'Doomsday Clock' moves closer to midnight amid threats of climate change, nuclear war, pandemics, AI  The Associated Press
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Belgium has a new prime minister, one who long tried to gut the nation and seek regional autonomy – The Associated Press

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  1. Belgium has a new prime minister, one who long tried to gut the nation and seek regional autonomy  The Associated Press
  2. Belgium Forms a Government After 7 Months of Squabbling  The New York Times
  3. The populist Right is taking over the EU  UnHerd
  4. Belgium signals dramatic change in Israel policy  Israel Hayom
  5. Belgium swerves to the right as Bart De Wever sworn in as prime minister  The Times of Israel
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Remarks by President António Costa ahead of the Informal EU leaders’ retreat – consilium.europa.eu

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  1. Remarks by President António Costa ahead of the Informal EU leaders' retreat  consilium.europa.eu
  2. Caught in Trump-Putin trap, EU leaders hold ‘open heart surgery’ summit  POLITICO Europe
  3. EU's Kaja Kallas says Europe must spend more on defence  BBC.com
  4. Europe mulls toughening defense as US isolationism grows  Semafor
  5. With Trump’s Backing Uncertain, Europe Scrambles to Shore Up Its Own Defenses  The New York Times
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Trump threatens to widen tariffs with warning against EU – US politics live

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President says measures against bloc will ‘definitely happen’ following moves against Mexico, Canada and China

The director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) has appealed to leaders to pressure the Donald Trump administration to reverse its decision to pull out of the UN’s health agency.

“Bringing the US back will be very important,” Associated Press reports Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told attenders of a budget meeting. “And on that, I think all of you can play a role.”

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Middle East crisis live: Netanyahu in Washington for Gaza ceasefire talks

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Israeli PM expected to begin discussions on second phase of ceasefire with Hamas ahead of Trump meeting

Iran has condemned Donald Trump’s widely criticised proposal to relocate Palestinian people from the Gaza Strip to neighbouring countries, warning it would amount to “ethnic cleansing”.

Foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei has been quoted by the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency saying that the international community should help Palestinians “secure their right to self-determination... rather than pushing for other ideas that would be tantamount to ethnic cleansing”.

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Hindu ascetic rising from the river after a holy dip is emblematic of Maha Kumbh festival in India – The Associated Press

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  1. Hindu ascetic rising from the river after a holy dip is emblematic of Maha Kumbh festival in India  The Associated Press
  2. The Divine, the Digital and the Political at Humanity’s Largest Gathering  The New York Times
  3. Mahakumbh: U.P. CM monitors Basant Panchami Amrit Snan since early hours  Hindustan Times
  4. What is Kumbh Mela and why is this Hindu festival important?  BBC.com
  5. Maha Kumbh Mela: Last Amrit Snan concludes, 2.5 crore people take dip on Basant Panchami  The Indian Express
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