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EU SANCTIONS UPDATE
This morning, the European Union extends sanctions targeting Russia, reinforcing economic measures in response to ongoing geopolitical tensions.
Discussions continue on further implications for EU member states.
The US government has condemned the European Commission’s €890 million fine against Google for violating the Digital Markets Act, asserting it jeopardises the EU-US trade deal. Washington claims the sanction targets American firms unfairly and warns of escalating trade tensions with Europe.
Montenegro’s ambassador to the EU affirmed the nation’s support for new accession safeguards, contingent on objective criteria that avoid second-class membership status. Emphasising Montenegro’s advanced position in the enlargement process, he warned that changes to the existing framework must not undermine its extensive accession efforts.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday replaced his foreign minister but maintained other key figures in their posts, in a reshuffle that tilted his cabinet to the right and leaves all the top ministries in the hands of men.
South Africa asked the International Court of Justice to order Israel to immediately suspend its military operation in Gaza, where it says Israel is committing genocide against Palestinian civilians. FRANCE 24’s Fernande van Tets is in The Hague with the details.
A former interior minister and his aide have launched hunger strikes from prison after being detained on abuse of power charges Tuesday for masterminding a fake graft case to discredit another politician in 2007.
Azerbaijan told France Wednesday not to “intervene” in its internal affairs after Baku arrested a Frenchman on espionage charges with tensions running high between the two countries.
After a swift rise up the ranks, 34-year-old Gabriel Attal took the reins as France’s new prime minister on Tuesday. With a background steeped in privilege, the first openly gay head of government is expected to bring new energy to President Emmanuel Macron’s government, which has been weakened by months of protests over pension reform, the lack of a parliamentary majority and low approval ratings.
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Moscow has accused Ukraine of being a neo-Nazi state – with President Volodymyr Zelensky and his government often targeted as sympathisers. A video by a German “whistleblower” now accuses the Ukrainian president of buying a former Nazi holiday home that belonged to Hitler’s propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. In this episode of Truth or Fake, Vedika Bahl explains how this claim has been fabricated.
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