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Trump spoke with top EU leaders including Merz on Saturday morning to debrief them on the high-stakes bilateral summit, which ended without an agreement. Trump has invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the White House for more talks on Monday. Describing the Alaska summit as a meeting of “light and shadow,” Merz stressed as a positive the fact that Trump made no concessions on Ukraine’s national sovereignty and borders. “No territorial concessions before there is a peace treaty,” Merz insisted. His comments come amid reports that Trump told the European leaders that he now favors Ukraine giving up territory to…
Stefan Kornelius, spokesman for the German government, said that the purpose of Monday’s Oval Office visit “is to exchange information with … Trump following his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.” “Chancellor Merz will discuss the status of peace efforts with the heads of state and government and emphasise Germany’s interest in a quick peace agreement in Ukraine,” the spokesman said. The meeting was called by Trump after he held talks in Alaska with Putin on Friday, where he claimed the two sides had agreed “on many points” but stopped short of outlining a peace plan. What was intended…
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Published on 17/08/2025 – 9:48 GMT+2 A magnitude 5.8 undersea earthquake shook the eastern side of Indonesia on Sunday morning, injuring 29 people, including two in critical condition. The quake struck 15 kilometres north of the Poso district in the Central Sulawesi province, according to the US Geological Survey, and was followed by at least 15 aftershocks. No tsunami warning was issued by Indonesian authorities. Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency said most of the injured had been taken to a nearby hospital to receive treatment. Most of them were from a group of people attending Sunday morning service at a…
Why is there no Song of the Summer 2025? This time last year, we had Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Espresso’, Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’, and the entirety of Charli XCX’s ‘Brat’. No such luck in 2025 – with a lot charting songs still being 2024 hits, like Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ ‘Die With A Smile’, Chappell Roan’s ‘Pink Pony Club’ and Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Luther’. So, where’s this year’s undeniable, culture dominating, consensus favourite Song of the Summer? The Euronews Culture team got fed up of waiting for a common consent and decided to share their picks for the tracks that…
Israel announced on Saturday that it is preparing to move Palestinians from combat and operational zones to southern Gaza as plans move ahead for a military offensive in some of the Strip’s most populated areas, including the northern Gaza City. The Israeli military body in charge of overseeing the humanitarian system to Gaza – The Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) – says the supply of tents to the enclave will resume on Sunday. The Israeli military did not make further comments or indicate when the mass movement of Palestinians would begin. Defence Minister Israel Katz did however…
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The White House didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. French President Emmanuel Macron and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday will lead a teleconference among the “coalition of the willing” — countries that have indicated they will provide troops and other support to Ukraine at the end of the war, according to a European official. Ahead of the summit, Trump said he supported some American role in providing security guarantees — some form of assurance or support from Washington to deter Russia from attacking again after a peace deal is agreed. Nordic and Baltic leaders welcomed those commitments again after Trump…
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico faces heat from the opposition after he didn’t bat an eye when a group of Slovaks living in Serbia was assaulted.The incident took place this month in the northern city of Bački Petrovac, home to Serbia’s largest Slovak minority, where a photo exhibition documenting months of anti-government protests was vandalized. The violence later escalated into physical attacks against the organizers by supporters of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić. The exhibition was organized as part of the Slovak National Festival.Michal Šimečka, leader of the opposition liberal party Progressive Slovakia (PS), made a trip to Bački Petrovac and…
“The Alaska summit accomplished several tasks,” Fico said. “For the first time, it rejected a black-and-white view of the military conflict in Ukraine.” The one-on-one meeting between the U.S. and Russian leaders also “kick-started the standardization of relations between Russia and the united States,” he said. The meeting “seemed to erase the single mandatory stance on the war so firmly promoted by the Biden administration, and still pushed by a group of powerful players in the European Union,” Fico said. The summit “held up a mirror to those European leaders who wish for a new Iron Curtain between Europe and…