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By Euronews Published on 30/11/2025 – 11:05 GMT+1 On Saturday, the Élysée announced that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky would be coming to Paris on Monday. He will be received by French President Emmanuel Macron. Macron’s office said the two leaders will “discuss the situation and the conditions for a just and lasting peace, in continuity with the Geneva discussions, the American plan, and in close coordination with our European partners.” “We will welcome President Zelensky to Paris on Monday to move the negotiations forward,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot told local press. “Peace is within reach, if Vladimir Putin abandons his…
Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass on Saturday with members of Turkey’s small Catholic community at Istanbul’s Volkswagen Arena, where attendees expressed joy at seeing the pontiff. During the Mass Leo urged Turkey’s tiny Catholic community to forge “bonds of unity” with other Christians and people of other faiths as an invitation to become peacemakers. Worshippers described the ceremony as meaningful and moving. The Mass took place on the second-to-last day of Leo’s visit, during which he also toured the Blue Mosque and met Christian and Orthodox leaders.
By Euronews Published on 29/11/2025 – 21:47 GMT+1 •Updated 22:03 Climate activist Greta Thunberg and the UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese led a march for Palestine on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. They were joined by hundreds of participants, including Brazilian activist Thiago Avila, a prominent voice who had been part of the flotilla that set sail for Gaza in August. The protest, organised by grassroots union USB, brought thousands of people onto the streets in solidarity with Gaza and against the government’s plan to increase military spending. The organisers denounced Italy’s complicity with Israeland openly speak…
Ukraine used domestically produced naval drones to strike two Russian oil tankers in the Black Sea, an official from Ukraine’s security services told The Associated Press on Saturday. Video shared by the official appeared to show naval drones racing toward the large tankers, followed by strong blasts that ignited fires on the vessels. The vessels — Kairos and Virat — described as part of Russia’s sanctions-evading “shadow fleet,” were struck in rapid succession off Turkey’s Black Sea coast, the official said. Naval drones are uncrewed explosive-laden speed boats packed with explosives that sail towards their targets before detonating.
By Euronews with AP Published on 29/11/2025 – 19:19 GMT+1 One of Russia’s largest oil terminals has suspended operations following an overnight drone attack. The Caspian Pipeline Consortium’s marine terminal in Novorossiysk was struck by sea drones at around 4AM in the morning, local media reported. It comes just a few hours after naval drones struck two oil tankers off the coast of Turkey in the Black Sea, an attack which Ukraine has claimed. The attack had triggered an extensive rescue operation. The crews of the two ships were rescued thanks to the rapid intervention of the coast guard and rescue units The…
Yermak’s ouster came after Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies revealed that people close to Zelenskyy were involved in a plot to skim around $100 million from Ukraine’s energy sector. No charges have been brought yet against Yermak, a long-time Zelenskyy confidant who was seen as the second-most powerful man in the Ukrainian government. The former adviser had been a key bridge to Ukraine’s Western allies and had led negotiations with Donald Trump’s White House. In his place, Zelenskyy has appointed Rustem Umerov, secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, to lead talks with top American officials scheduled for Sunday. Yermak was…
By Lucy Davalou & AP Published on 29/11/2025 – 15:29 GMT+1 At least three people have been killed and dozens injured across Ukraine in what Ukrainian authorities have described as one of the largest since the beginning of the war. Russia’s overnight attack was a combined attack of 596 drones and 36 different type missiles according to Ukraine’s Armed Forces. Two of the victims were killed in strikes on the capital which was the main target during the night while one women died and eight others were injured in attacks on the Kyiv region, regional police said on Saturday. The attack included five…
“The task is clear: to swiftly and substantively work out the steps needed to end the war,” Zelenskyy said. “Ukraine continues to work with the United States in the most constructive way possible.” The Ukrainian officials are expected to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner in Florida, Bloomberg reported. Witkoff, who is expected in Moscow next week for talks with Russian officials, has been in the center of a media storm after Bloomberg published a transcript revealing that he had been coaching a Kremlin high official on how to approach talks with Trump. The planned talks…
Pope Leo XIV visited Istanbul’s Blue Mosque on Saturday, pausing for a brief silent prayer at the start of a day focused on interfaith dialogue. He was welcomed by the head of Turkey’s Diyanet, who showed him the mosque’s iconic blue-tiled dome. The visit follows the tradition of recent popes who have made symbolic stops at the site. Afterward, Leo met privately with Turkey’s Christian leaders at the Syriac Orthodox Church of Mor Ephrem and later joined Patriarch Bartholomew for a prayer at the Church of Saint George.
A number of airlines around Europe announced that they were affected, including Lufthansa, Swiss and Austrian Airlines. Brussels Airlines said that none of its flights was impacted. Sara Ricci, communications chief for Airbus’s commercial aircraft division, said that some 6,000 aircraft were affected, but that for 85 percent of the impacted aircraft, it would be a “quick fix” to the planes’ software. “The vast majority will be back in the sky very soon,” Ricci said.