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Macron puts to Trump a moratorium on strikes against energy facilities in Ukraine and Russia
The two presidents met on Monday at Trump Tower, on the eve of their speeches to the UN General Assembly. Macron called the meeting "very constructive" and said they discussed an initiative to suspend strikes on energy facilities between Ukraine and Russia; the Red Sea and surging oil prices were also on the table. Volodymyr Zelensky was due to meet Donald Trump in New York on Tuesday.
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Diesel hits record highs on both sides of the Atlantic and every government improvises its own answer at the pump
Diesel hit a new record in France at close to 2.41 euros a litre, and topped 6.50 dollars a gallon in the United States for the first time. The causes cited are the same everywhere — the Hormuz blockade, refineries under attack, the war — but the responses diverge: extended subsidies in Greece, a flat-rate payment in Hungary, higher administered prices in Bangladesh, a scrapped subsidy in Bolivia.
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Washington proposes an AI incident notification mechanism to Beijing, days before the Trump-Xi summit
In New York, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng discussed trade, tariffs, critical minerals and artificial intelligence. Washington proposed a notification mechanism between the two countries for serious AI incidents, and both delegations agreed to open a formal dialogue on AI ahead of the Washington summit.
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The AfD comes first in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Friedrich Merz's CDU misses the 5% threshold for the first time in its history
Two German states voted on Sunday. In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern the AfD came first with about 38.2% of the vote while the CDU fell to 4.9%, below the 5% threshold, leaving it out of a state parliament for the first time in its history. In Berlin, Die Linke came first with 25.3%, ahead of the CDU. Friedrich Merz called the result a disaster for his party and said he would stay on as chancellor.
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United Russia wins the parliamentary election on the day Ukraine launches its largest drone attack on Moscow
Vladimir Putin's party is set to win the State Duma election with 57.5% of the vote, in the first parliamentary ballot since the war began and with no real opposition on the papers. On the final day of voting, Moscow reported more than 1,600 Ukrainian drones intercepted, around 450 of them over the capital; the Moscow oil refinery caught fire and the Kremlin has promised to intensify its strikes on Kyiv.
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Houthi ballistic missile intercepted over Riyadh, an Aramco fuel depot ablaze near the airport and air traffic badly disrupted
The Saudi-led coalition said it destroyed a Houthi ballistic missile aimed at the capital at dawn. Hours later firefighters were dousing a burning Aramco fuel tank near King Khalid airport, which FlightRadar24 rated at maximum disruption. The Houthis claim two operations, in Riyadh and against Aramco facilities in Yanbu.
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Ed Sheeran returns to the stage alone and calls the war in Gaza « catastrophic and unjustifiable » after Macklemore's removal
Ed Sheeran played in Philadelphia on Saturday night with no support act, after Macklemore was dropped from his tour for shouting « Free Palestine » on stage. All four opening acts and his band had withdrawn. He admitted to « mistakes », said he was worried that venues might pre-approve concert content, and called the war in Gaza « catastrophic and unjustifiable ».
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Air raid alert in Riyadh: facing the Houthi offensive, Saudi Arabia seeks support, Pakistan vows to defend it and Washington stays on the sidelines
Riyadh saw its first air raid alert on Saturday since the escalation with the Houthis, who hold Bab al-Mandab and are blockading Saudi tankers. Pakistan, bound to the kingdom by a defence pact, vows to defend it "physically"; China has privately asked Iran to rein in the Houthis, while Donald Trump is limiting himself to intelligence support, according to CBS News.
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The US, Denmark and Greenland reach a deal giving Washington permanent military access to the island, with no transfer of sovereignty
Donald Trump on Friday announced a deal with Denmark and Greenland granting the United States permanent access, basing and overflight rights on the island, allowing it to open new bases and shutting out China and Russia. Copenhagen stresses that it recognises Danish sovereignty; it is due to be signed next week at the UN, then approved by the Danish and Greenlandic parliaments.
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The United States approves the sale of 48 F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia for $24.3 billion
The State Department on Thursday approved the potential sale of 48 F-35A jets and their engines to Saudi Arabia for $24.3 billion; Congress has yet to review it. Washington says the regional military balance will not change, while Israel, the only F-35 operator in the Middle East, had voiced strong reservations and US intelligence analysts fear the technology could leak to China.
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A UN mission finds US war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including on the Minab school, and crimes against humanity in Iran's crackdown
A UN-mandated fact-finding mission says it has reasonable grounds to believe the United States committed war crimes when it struck a school in Minab in February, where more than 150 people were killed according to Tehran, and a sports complex in Lamerd. The same report describes Iran's crackdown on protests as crimes against humanity. Washington rejects it; it will be examined in Geneva.
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