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Bezos-Sánchez wedding: Who's on the star-studded guest list?

Stars flooded the City of Canals on Thursday as they arrived to attend Amazon boss Jeff Bezos' wedding. The star-studded guest list included everyone from retired talk show host Oprah Winfrey, to socialites, athletes and Blockbuster Hollywood names.

Europe News

Russia, Ukraine confirm new prisoner swap after talks in Istanbul

The two countries continue to trade attacks despite diplomatic efforts to secure an end to the fighting. It’s not clear how many prisoners were traded in this round of exchanges.

Europe News

Zelenskyy and Council of Europe to launch tribunal for war in Ukraine

The Ukrainian president said the tribunal is a “real chance” to achieve justice as he hopes it will one day try top Russian officials, including Putin, for their unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Europe News

Flights cancelled in Brussels amid strike over proposed pension reform

Hundreds of flights were cancelled in Brussels’ Zaventem and Charleroi airports as protesters took to the streets for the fifth general strike of the year to oppose the federal government’s proposed cuts and reforms to pensions.

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Macron meets IAEA chief Rafael Grossi in Paris after NATO summit

Macron says it’s urgent that the UN nuclear watchdog resumes its mission after Iran moved to suspend its cooperation with the agency as he met with IAEA chief Rafael Grossi in Paris upon returning from the NATO summit in The Hague.

Europe News

Trump casts doubt over US commitment to NATO mutual defence clause

The US president was praised in a warm welcome by Dutch King Willem-Alexander and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in a dinner with other NATO leaders at the royal palace in The Hague.

World News

France, Indonesia evacuate citizens stranded in Israel and Iran

More than 100 French citizens were evacuated from Israel to Cyprus on Tuesday after being stranded there as the war with Iran broke out. Close to 100 Indonesian nationals in Iran were also successfully repatriated as Jakarta plans to carry out further evacuation missions.

Iran

US strikes on Iran only set back nuclear plans by months, report says

The report contradicts earlier statements by Trump in which he claimed that the US’ targeted operation on Iranian nuclear sites “obliterated” their programme, setting it back many years.

World News

Trump to decide on US joining strikes on Iran within two weeks

Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz also said that Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “cannot continue to exist”, as he likened the Iranian leader to a “modern day Hitler” in a post on X.

World News

Trump approves Iran attack plans, holds off on giving final orders

Israel issues fresh evacuation warnings as it fires a fresh barrage of strikes on various targets in Iran as the conflict enters its seventh day.

USA

US Supreme Court upholds Tennessee on gender affirming care for minors

The decision comes as the Trump administration continues its push to regulate the lives of transgender people, including restricting access to sports competitions and dictating which public spaces they can use.

Europe News

Spain's parliament turns chaotic as Sánchez and opposition trade barbs

Tensions ran high as Santiago Abascal of Vox and PP lawmakers demanded Sánchez's resignation, while Sánchez shifted the focus to corruption within the opposition party.

Economy

Federal Reserve keeps interest rates unchanged amid tariff uncertainty

Trump has slammed the US Federal Reserve Board chief Jerome Powell, calling him “stupid”, as the federal agency holds off on interest rate changes as it anticipates economic decline in the wake of the US president’s global tariff policies.

Canada

G7 leaders fail to reach major agreements after Trump's early exit

The summit concluded with a broadly worded statement in which leaders of the G7 unanimously agreed that Iran cannot be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon and called for de-escalation in the Middle East.

World News

Trump to sign order to extend TikTok sale deadline by 90 days

The new order will be the third time Trump has delayed the ban imposed by Congress and upheld by the US Supreme Court on the viral video sharing app owned by the Chinese company, ByteDance.

Iran

Explosions heard in Tehran as Israel launches a new wave of airstrikes

US President Donald Trump says diplomatic talks are still an option for Iran as he offers to send Vice President JD Vance and special envoy Steve Witkoff to resume talks with the Iranians amid heightened regional tensions and cross-border attacks.

Europe News

Zelenskyy: Russia's latest deadly attack on Kyiv 'pure terrorism'

Ukrainian officials said 15 people have been killed and 131 injured in a Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv. The attack comes as world leaders convene in the Canadian Rockies for the G7 summit.

USA

Trump slams Macron's claims linking early G7 exit and Israel-Iran deal

The US president left the G7 summit in Canada one day early on Monday, prompting French President Emmanuel Macron to say Trump left to work on the Israel-Iran ceasefire deal. Trump denied this on his Truth Social platform.

Iran

Trump warns residents of Iran's capital to evacuate 'immediately'

The deadly conflict has claimed the lives of dozens of people across both countries as aerial attacks continue for a fifth day.

Europe News

Istanbul mayor boycotts court hearing in expert witness case

The trial venue was moved from a courthouse in central Istanbul to Silivri prison, where Imamoglu is being held, just 24 hours before proceedings were set to commence.

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