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Published on 26/11/2025 – 6:01 GMT+1 At least 10 people were killed and six others are missing after torrential rains unleashed flash floods and triggered landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, police said on Wednesday. Rescue teams were struggling to reach affected areas in six regencies of North Sumatra province after the monsoon rains over the past week caused rivers to burst their banks, tearing through hilly villages as mud, rocks and trees tumbled down, leaving destruction in their wake, the National Police said in a statement. Rescue workers by Wednesday had recovered at least five bodies and three injured people…
Officials were granted anonymity because the discussions are private. Bruegel fellow Francesco Papadia, who was previously director-general for the ECB’s market operations, told POLITICO that such efforts are sensible and reflect an increasing willingness among European authorities to see the euro used more widely around the world. What’s a liquidity line? Central banks typically use two types of facilities to lend to each other: either by swapping one currency for another (swap lines) or by providing funds against collateral denominated in the lender’s currency (repo lines). The ECB currently maintains standing, unlimited swap lines with the U.S. Federal Reserve, the Bank…
“Without U.S. help, our ability to deliver long-range strikes on Russia will be critically reduced. It will be very hard for us. But I can proudly say that we have all come a long way, and we will not lose this ability,” a Ukrainian soldier with the country’s Unmanned Systems Forces, identified only by his callsign Linch, said at a conference in Kyiv on Friday. If the U.S. stopped sharing intelligence, that “would actually lead to more deaths of Ukrainians,” said Maksym Skrypchenko, president of the Kyiv-based Transatlantic Dialogue Center. Europe could, over time, build more satellites and reconnaissance aircraft.…
By Euronews Published on 25/11/2025 – 13:46 GMT+1 A 65-year-old Thai woman was found alive in her coffin after being taken to a Buddhist temple for cremation. The woman’s brother had put her in a coffin and driven her to Wat Rat Prakhong Tham, a temple in Nonthaburi province, after she appeared to stop breathing two days earlier. Pairat Soodthoop, the temple’s general and financial affairs manager, said staff heard a faint knock coming from the coffin after she arrived. “I was a bit surprised, so I asked them to open the coffin, and everyone was startled,” Pairat said. “I saw…
Ukraine reported heavy damage in Kyiv after overnight Russian strikes killed at least six people and injured more than a dozen. Emergency crews spent the morning clearing debris and checking weakened buildings across several districts. In Sviatoshynskyi, a strike near a warehouse left four people dead. In Dniprovskyi, a nine storey block caught fire and rescuers continued searching the upper floors for victims. A tower in Pecherskyi was also hit before firefighters brought the blaze under control. The attacks came as President Zelensky said recent talks in Switzerland had helped refine a possible peace plan, though much work remained. Local…
“We want to see more reform, more drive and more actions,” Swedish center-right lawmaker Tomas Tobé, who leads the Parliament’s report on the matter, told McGrath. The European Democracy Shield was unveiled Nov. 12 as a response to Russia’s escalating meddling in the bloc. In past months, Europe has been awash in hybrid threats. Security services linked railway disruptions in Poland and the Baltics to Russian-linked saboteurs, while unexplained drone flyovers have crippled public services in Belgium and probed critical infrastructure sites across the Nordics. At the same time, pro-Kremlin influence campaigns have promoted deepfake videos and fabricated scandals and…
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‘Fallback positions’ The coalition, a loose alliance of nations whose members include France, Germany, Britain, Belgium, Canada and Turkey among others, sprung up earlier this year amid deep European concern about America’s ongoing support for Ukraine. Its members have promised varying degrees of support — including, in the case of France and the U.K., a commitment to deploy national troops on the ground to police the deal and deter further Russian aggression. The coalition has already floated a “reassurance force” providing air and naval support to Ukraine, as well as a focus on regenerating the country’s armed forces. Starmer’s spokesman told reporters…
By euronews Published on 25/11/2025 – 21:25 GMT+1 “Over the past week, my team has made tremendous progress with respect to ending the War between Russia and Ukraine,” US President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social, his social media app. Adding that the war “would have NEVER started if I were President,” Trump also underlined that 25.000 soldiers died due to the war in the past week. “The original 28-Point Peace Plan, which was drafted by the United States, has been fine-tuned, with additional input from both sides, and there are only a few remaining points of disagreement,”…
Le président américain a annoncé que les pourparlers avec le dirigeant russe sur la fin de la guerre allaient commencer “immédiatement”. Peu avant, son secrétaire à la Défense avertissait que les objectifs de paix de l’Ukraine ne seraient pas atteints. Feb 13 7 mins read