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Defence leaders meet at Ramstein amid wrangling over tanks for Ukraine

The meeting comes as Germany faces mounting pressure to provide Kyiv with its Leopard 2 tanks and allow the transfer of other Leopards from NATO member states.

Germany

NATO's Ukraine arms summit puts tanks in the spotlight

Heavy armour including Leopard 2 and Abrams tanks on the agenda as NATO summit in Germany discusses new aid packages for Ukraine.

Belgium

Europe pledges more weapons to Ukraine

The European Council President Charles Michel visited Ukraine and talked of increased sanctions on Russia as allies pledge to supply Kyiv with more weapons

World

How is Europe preparing for the next phase of the war in Ukraine?

“War in Europe: Year Two" was the topic of one of the most thought-provoking sessions at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos.

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Germany

Boris Pistorius becomes Germany's new defence minister

In a changing of the guard at Germany's defence ministry Boris Pistorius has taken over the minister's job from Christine Lambrecht. It comes at a time of change in the German armed forces and with the country under pressure to send battle tanks to Ukraine.

Ukraine

Investigators in Ukraine probe interior minister's helicopter crash

A day after a helicopter carrying Ukraine's interior minister crashed near Kyiv an investigation has begun into the causes. A child on the ground was among the victims.

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Delegates at Davos observed a minute's silence for Ukraine

Delegates at the World Economic Forum observed a minute's silence for victims of the war in Ukraine during a video link meeting with President Zelenskyy.

Germany

NATO and the West to discuss sending tanks to Ukraine

Ukraine needs more weapons and more military hardware. The war-ravaged country's Western backers are to meet later this week in Germany to discuss ways to meet the country's needs in its fight against Russia.

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Fourteen dead and 25 injured in Ukraine helicopter crash

Fourteen die in a helicopter crash in Ukraine just days after a Russian missile attack killed at least 40 in Dnipro

Switzerland

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz refuses to be drawn on tanks for Ukraine

At the World Economic Forum German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz refuses to commit to allowing the supply of German-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine

Ukraine

Rescue mission called off in Dnipro missile attack

With the death toll standing at 45, and 19 people still missing, rescuers have abandoned the mission to find survivors of Russia's missile strike on a Dnipro apartment building on Saturday.

Ukraine

Fighting goes on for control of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut

In eastern Ukraine intense fighting continues over the strategically important city of Bakhmut as the UN's atomic experts arrive in the country to help secure nuclear sites

Australia

Russian and Belarusian flags banned from Australian Open venues

The other three Grand Slam tournaments have allowed tennis players from the two countries to compete as "neutral" athletes, meaning that their flags and nationalities are not shown in graphics and other materials.

Ukraine

UK vows to provide Ukraine with heavy armour, urges Germany to do same

The UK has become the first western nation to give its own heavy armour to Kyiv.

Ukraine

'Loss is all around us': Ukrainian women reporting from the frontline

“We don't really have a choice of burning out or not,” Ukrainian journalist Alya Shandra told Euronews. “If we burn out and who's left?"

Ukraine

Russia says British tanks 'will burn' and other developments

Here is our round-up of the latest from the war in Ukraine.

Tech News

Davos 2023: The 5 key issues dominating the WEF agenda this year

The theme of the 2023 World Economic Forum meeting is "Cooperation in a fragmented world" - and the problems needing global solutions are mounting up.

Ukraine

Amidst the rubble, rescue workers retrieve woman in Dnipro

Rescue workers in Dnipro are working tirelessly to retrieve bodies after a Russian missile attack targetted a residential building.

Ukraine

Russia launches new round of missile attacks on Ukrainian cities

Russia launched a new wave of missile attacks across Ukraine on Saturday, killing at least a dozen people in a strike on an apartment block in the eastern city of Dnipro.

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Ukraine: More bodies pulled out Dnipro rubble and other developments

Here is our round-up of the latest from the war in Ukraine

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