Russia says supplying F-16 jets to Ukraine would carry ‘colossal’ risks for West – TASS

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Western countries will run “colossal risks” if they supply Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets, TASS news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko as saying on Saturday. Grushko was responding to a question about the implications of providing the jets, which Ukraine has been requesting from NATO countries. It has not…

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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy courts ‘Global South’ at G7 summit

By John Irish and Sakura Murakami HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) -Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy held talks with India’s Narendra Modi on Saturday and was due to meet other “Global South” leaders at a Group of Seven (G7) summit aimed at broadening support for his country in its war against Russia. The three-day G7 meeting in the Japanese…

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Sick of sewage, Britons protest at water companies’ pollution

BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) – Thousands of Britons took to the sea and rivers on Saturday to demand an end to sewage pollution by water companies, highlighting a topic that is likely to be an issue at the next general election. A national “paddle-out” at 12 locations across the United Kingdom, including Brighton in the south,…

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At G7, Macron, Meloni meet to bury hatchet after migration spat

HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met on Saturday at the Group of Seven nations summit seeking to turn the page after a French minister accused Rome of mishandling an influx of migrants. French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said in early May that Meloni’s right-wing government had been…

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UN official criticised after meeting Russian sought by ICC

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Rights groups and the top U.S. justice envoy on Saturday criticised a meeting between a leading United Nations official for children and Russia’s ombudsman for children’s rights, who is wanted by the world’s permanent war crimes court. An arrest warrant was issued in March by the International Criminal Court for Maria Lvova-Belova,…

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Explainer-How important is the claimed capture by Russia’s Wagner Group of Ukraine’s Bakhmut?

By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) – Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Saturday that his Wagner fighters had completed the capture of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut after months of intense fighting, a claim denied by Ukraine. Here is a look at the significance for both sides of the largely ruined city at the…

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Telecom Italia urged to call board meeting to name Vivendi candidate – sources

MILAN (Reuters) – Telecom Italia (TIM) is being urged by some directors to hold an extraordinary board meeting to name a candidate sponsored by top investor Vivendi to fill a vacant director seat at the former phone monopoly, two sources said on Saturday. Vivendi is currently at loggerheads with TIM’s management over its plans to…

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