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A three-way meeting between Ukraine, Russia and the United States will take place in Abu Dhabi on Friday and Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday.The summit would represent the first time the three countries have sat down together since Moscow launched its all-out attack on Ukraine almost four years ago. Zelenskyy, however, did not give specifics on who would be attending from each country. “It will be the first trilateral meeting in the United Arab Emirates,” Zelenskyy said. “I hope Emirates know about it. Sometimes we have such surprises from the American side.” The Ukrainian leader added that he…
Updated: 22/01/2026 – 18:00 GMT+1 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this January 22nd, 2026 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. … More
PARIS — La marine française a arraisonné jeudi au large de la Méditerranée un navire qu’elle soupçonne d’appartenir à la flotte fantôme russe qui défie l’embargo européen sur le pétrole et le gaz russes. “La Marine nationale a arraisonné ce matin un navire pétrolier en provenance de Russie, sous sanctions internationales et suspecté d’arborer un faux pavillon”, a écrit le président Emmanuel Macron sur X. Précédemment, en octobre dernier, les forces françaises ont arrêté deux membres d’équipage d’un pétrolier soupçonné d’appartenir à la flotte fantôme au large de la côte atlantique.Depuis 2022, des centaines de navires russes naviguent dans les…
Updated: 22/01/2026 – 18:07 GMT+1 After fatal train crashes sent shockwaves through Spain, some good news arrived Thursday: Boro, the missing dog, was found. Owner Ana Garcia thanked everyone who was involved in the rescue, said that she would look after the dog and told a contented looking Boro, “that it was time to go home fatty.” … More
Zelenskyy’s speech jolted some in the audience, many of whom had come expecting to hear about the progress of U.S.-sponsored peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, or a readout of his meeting earlier in the day with Trump. The Ukrainian president mentioned those only in passing. On the peace talks, Zelenskyy was brief: “Our teams are working every day. It is not simple. The documents to end the war are nearly ready.” On his hourlong sit-down with the U.S. president, he told reporters the “meeting was good thanks to the president, and thanks that he found time.” The Ukrainian president…
Kazakhstan became one of the first member countries on US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace which was unveiled at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who reportedly received an invitation to join earlier this week, signed the charter on behalf of his country. Tokayev agreed to join “this new association,” according to the president’s Assistant Press Secretary Ruslan Zheldibay. “President Tokayev reaffirmed Kazakhstan’s commitment to making a meaningful contribution to achieving lasting peace in the Middle East, strengthening interstate trust, and global stability,” Zheldibay said in a press statement. The board, which was endorsed…
The 98th Academy Award nominations have been unveiled and Ryan Coogler’s vampire horror Sinners has made Oscar history by being nominated for a record-breaking 16 categories, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay. This is not only notable because horror films are frequently shunned by the Academy but chiefly because no movie before Sinners has ever landed more than 14 nominations – something achieved only by All About Eve (1950), Titanic (1997) and La La Land (2016). In our review of Sinners, which made our Best Movies of 2025 list, we said: “Sinners is first and…
Calling the sanctions “an unacceptable personalisation of EU policy, a dangerous precedent for the independence of the European Institutions and an attack on the EU’s regulatory sovereignty,” the parliament’s top officials added: “The European Parliament and all other EU institutions should jointly ensure that similar attacks against current or former members of the EU institutions are met with a systematic and coordinated response.” The right-wing European Conservatives and Reformists group, the political home of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and the far-right Europe of Sovereign Nations group did not support the statement. Breton and four other European nationals were targeted…
Published on 22/01/2026 – 16:17 GMT+1 NATO military planners said on Thursday afternoon that they have not yet received any direction regarding the framework deal agreed between the US and Denmark for Greenland, but stand ready to start planning as soon as they do so. “We’re still at the very early stage,” Admiral Guiseppe Cavo Dragone, the chair of NATO’s Military Committee, told reporters after a Military Committee in Chiefs of Defence Session at NATO headquarters in Brussels. “We are still waiting for direction and then from then on we will start doing our business, which is military planning,” he…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered a scathing critique of European inaction at the World Economic Forum on Thursday, declaring that the continent “looks lost” and remains trapped in endless repetition of failing to defend itself or decisively support Ukraine. “Everyone remembers the great American film Groundhog Day, but no one would want to live like that,” Zelenskyy said. “Repeating the same thing for weeks, months, and of course, years. And yet that is exactly how we live now.” The Ukrainian leader expressed frustration with Europe’s response to the crisis around Greenland, questioning the deployment of small troop contingents to the…