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  How Putin’s favourite singer became the most hated woman in Russia

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  Volodymyr Zelensky says new peace plan ready in days, but Moscow pushes back

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  Russian attack submarine disabled in strike by underwater drones

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  Trump offers ‘Nato-style’ guarantee to Kyiv in bid to end the war

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• Volodymyr Zelensky gives up Nato ambitions for Ukraine in concession at peace talks

  

• Nicolas Sarkozy’s olive branch to Marine Le Pen could signal death of France’s centre-right

  

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  Chico Harlan: What EU’s falling birth rate means for the future and why it will burden younger generations

  

• Ukrainians retake part of town in boost to diplomatic efforts

  

• EU freezes Russian assets indefinitely in step towards €165bn loan to Ukraine

  

• Valerii Zaluzhnyi: How to defeat Russia and build a stronger EU and Ukraine

  

• We must be prepared for war like our grandparents faced – Mark Rutte warns

  

• Major strike in Portugal expected to bring widespread disruption

  

• Venezuelan opposition leader Machado reappears in Oslo as a Nobel laureate

  

• Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy describes ‘mushy, soggy baguettes’ in memoir on his 20-day jail ‘hell’

  

• As Putin’s army closes in, some Ukrainians are refusing to leave their homes

  

• Daughter accepts Nobel Peace Prize as Maria Corina Machado fails to arrive in Oslo in time for ceremony

  

• Tanker in Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ hit by drones in Black Sea

  

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  Poland to begin construction on first nuclear plant this year

  

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  Ibec says hike in defence and security spend is vital for Irish businesses

  

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  Lithuania declares state of emergency over balloons from Belarus

  

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  Google faces EU antitrust investigation into AI Overviews

  

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  Louvre closure could be on cards as staff vote for mass walkout

  

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  Paul McCartney urges EU not to ban ‘burger’ and ‘sausage’ names for plant foods

  

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  Russia rapidly gaining territory in Ukraine as Vladimir Putin stalls peace talks

  

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  Europe’s promise of a new ‘reassurance force’ could deter Putin in Ukraine

  

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  Nuclear power plant loses electricity amid Russian drone attack in Ukraine

  

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  Volodymyr Zelensky has ‘substantive’ phone call with Donald Trump’s envoy in bid for ‘durable peace’

  

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  Europe must take on bulk of Nato defensive duties by 2027, Pentagon officials say

  

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