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China’s covert military training of Russian forces last year was personally approved by President Vladimir Putin’s defence minister and directly involved at least four Russian and Chinese generals, according to two European officials and documents seen by Reuters.

Former EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has delivered his sharpest public criticism yet of the European Commission’s growing role in diplomacy and defense, arguing that it is straying beyond its treaty powers and creating confusion over who speaks for Europe on the world stage.

Anetwork of Russian far-right extremists steeped in neo-Nazi antisemitism – created under the umbrella of a sanctioned oligarch close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, and now openly promoted by Tommy Robinson – has been driving ‘White Lives Matter’ propaganda over the murder of 18-year-old student Henry Nowak, Byline Times can reveal.

The EU stopped short of banning alumina exports in its 21st sanctions package against Russia. This decision comes despite mounting pressure following investigations that revealed raw materials from Ireland’s Aughinish plant were feeding into the supply chain of Russia’s military-industrial complex.

The EU has dismissed Vladimir Putin’s suggestion that the Kremlin-friendly former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder could serve as a European mediator in peace talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.

European lawmakers are pressuring the European Commission this week to stop an alumina refinery in Ireland from supplying material used to make Russian weapons deployed in the war on Ukraine.

Russia launches attacks across Ukraine as Miami peace talks continue. More than 650 drones target locations across Ukraine including western regions with sirens sounding in eastern Poland.

The European Union might welcome new members by 2030, according to its foreign policy chief, who commended the reform progress of leading candidates Montenegro and Albania, while criticizing Serbia for regressing and noting a more severe democratic decline in Georgia.

The EU has been criticized for pausing sanctions against Israel’s government in response to Donald Trump’s peacemaking efforts in the Middle East, as the fragile ceasefire came under threat.

The EU has called for closer ties with India, while admitting there was no “mutual understanding” with Narendra Modi’s government over Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Iran is ready to form a genuine and lasting agreement that includes strict monitoring and limits on its domestic uranium enrichment in exchange for the lifting of sanctions, its foreign minister, Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, has said.

Nineteen people - including three children - were killed in the strike by Moscow, President Zelensky confirmed on Thursday.