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Europe must prepare to send troops to defend Ukraine, Macron says
The French President told The Economist that governments will need to act if Putin makes a significant breakthrough in the coming months.
- by Rob Harris
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World of photos, May 3, 2024
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
Rare editions of Russian author’s books are vanishing from libraries around Europe
Authorities paint a picture of a network of associates, some blood relatives, travelling across Europe by bus with library cards sometimes under assumed names to scout rare Russian books.
- by Rachel Donadio
Two men charged with cutting down famous 150-year-old Sycamore Gap tree in England
The nighttime felling caused widespread outrage as police tried to find the culprits behind what they called a deliberate act of vandalism.
- by Brian Melley
Smiling King Charles III visits cancer centre on his return to public duties
A healthy-looking King Charles, who was diagnosed with cancer in February, told patients at a treatment centre for the disease in London that he was “all right”.
- by Michael Holden
Russian missile hits law school, kills several in Ukraine’s Odesa
“Monsters. Beasts. Savages. Scum. I don’t know what else to say,” Odesa Mayor Hennadii Trukhanov said in a video posted on Telegram.
- by Iryna Nazarchuk
Kremlin displays Australian-made Bushmasters as ‘trophies’ in Moscow
The propaganda exercise comes ahead of a May 9 military parade to commemorate the end of WWII, which has become a homage to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
- by Rob Harris
GPS jamming prevents Finnish airline landings
Disturbances have increased since 2022, and Finnair pilots have reported interference especially near Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave on the Baltic Sea coast.
Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf resigns amid fallout over climate policy
Humza Yousa, facing a no-confidence vote, resigned as leader of the long-dominant Scottish National Party that has been weakened by a campaign finance scandal and divisions over transgender rights.
In UK filing, AstraZeneca admits for first time its COVID vaccine can cause rare side effect
Lawyers argue the vaccine produced a side effect that has had a devastating effect on a small number of families.
- by Robert Mendick
Vladimir Putin unlikely to have ordered death of Alexei Navalny, US official says
The intelligence community has found “no smoking gun” that the Russian president was aware of the timing of Navalny’s death or that he directly ordered it.
- by Aamer Madhani