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Palestinians gather as they carry aid supplies that entered Gaza through Israel, amid a hunger crisis, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip July 20, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas

Europe

Explainer: Why is Britain recognising a Palestinian state, and what does it mean?

The move carries great diplomatic and moral weight, even if it is mostly symbolic

An explosion of a drone lights up the sky over the city during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 30, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Europe

Russian air strike on Kyiv kills six: officials

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich walks to visit the Damascus Gate to Jerusalem's Old City, as Israelis mark Jerusalem Day, in Jerusalem May 26, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo

Europe

Dutch summon Israeli ambassador, impose travel ban on ministers

US President Donald Trump meets with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (not pictured), in Turnberry, Scotland, Britain, July 27, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Europe

Trump sets new deadline of 10 or 12 days for Russia to act on Ukraine

A general view at the site where a local passenger train derailed causing several casualties, in Riedlingen near Biberach, Germany, July 28, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Angelika Warmuth

Europe

Three people killed in train crash in Germany: police

Aeroflot plane lands at Sheremetyevo International Airport outside Moscow, Russia March 4, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/ File Photo

Europe

Russia's Aeroflot reports failure in information systems

A resident stands next to burned cars at the site of a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Dnipro, Ukraine July 26, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mykola Synelnykov

Europe

Russia says it has captured two villages in Ukraine, Ukraine reports heavy fighting

Locals shout from a rooftop as flames rise from a burning house, while a wildfire burns in the village of Kryoneri, near Athens, Greece, July 26, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

Europe

Greece battles wildfires across country, evacuates villages

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot speaks to the media on the day he attends the European Union Foreign Ministers council in Brussels, Belgium July 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Yves Herman

Europe

French official tells paper Arab countries will condemn Hamas, trying to get Palestinian statehood recognized

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks at a press conference following the 25th EU-China Summit in Beijing, China July 24, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Florence Lo/File Photo

Europe

EU chief von der Leyen heads to Scotland for trade talks with Trump

France's President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron attend a ceremony during their visit to The British Museum in London, Britain, July 9, 2025. Photo: Reuters

World+Biz

French president Macron sues right-wing podcaster over claim France's first lady was born male

A China yuan note is seen in this illustration photo May 31, 2017. Photo: REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration/File Photo

Global Economy

China's yuan undervaluation fuels euro zone trade deficit: German study

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during a joint press statement with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on the first day of the two-day Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC2025), on plans for the reconstruction of Ukraine, in Rome, Italy, 10 July, 2025. Photo: Reuters

World+Biz

Zelenskiy says Ukraine, Russia to hold peace talks in Turkey tomorrow