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We don’t have money for Nigeria’s president state visit, council tells British government
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead said it had not been reimbursed for three state visits it supported in 2025. A council has said it will not support any more state visits after the costs of hosting Donald Trump at Windsor Castle last year were not reimbursed. The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead said it had spent at…
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US Congress moves to sanction Kwankwaso, fulani groups in religious freedom bill
Five members of the United States House of Representatives have introduced a bill aimed at addressing ongoing religious persecution and mass atrocities in Nigeria. The proposed legislation, titled the Nigeria Religious Freedom and Accountability Act of 2026, would require the US Secretary of State to submit a comprehensive report to Congress detailing efforts by the United States to respond to…
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Kenya to confront Russia over ‘unacceptable’ use of its nationals in combat
Kenya says it will talk to Russia over growing reports that its citizens are being recruited to fight in the war in Ukraine. Speaking to the BBC, Foreign Minister Musalia Mudavadi called the practice “unacceptable and clandestine”, and said Nairobi had shut down illegal recruiters and would urge Moscow to sign a deal banning the conscription of Kenyan soldiers. The…
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Macron urges Europe to start acting like world power
French President Emmanuel Macron has urged Europe to assert itself on the world stage, saying it is time to start acting like a “power”. In the face of growing threats from China, Russia and now the US, he told a group of European newspapers that the continent faced a “wake-up call”. “Are we ready to become a power? This is…
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Iran says it could dilute enriched uranium if all sanctions are lifted
Iran could agree to dilute its most highly enriched uranium in exchange for all financial sanctions being lifted, its atomic chief said on Monday, one of the most direct indications so far of its position at talks with Washington. U.S. and Iranian diplomats held talks through Omani mediators in Oman last week in an effort to revive diplomacy, after U.S.…
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Venezuela frees high-profile opposition figure Juan Pablo Guanipa
Venezuela has freed Juan Pablo Guanipa, a political ally of opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, after eight months in detention, his son has said. The former vice-president of the National Assembly is among several political prisoners to have been released since the US captured Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro in January. “Our entire family will be able to hug again soon,”…
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US wants Russia and Ukraine to end war by June, says Zelensky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the US wants the war with Russia to end by June, adding both sides had been invited to the US for talks next week. “America proposed for the first time that the two negotiating teams – Ukraine and Russia – meet in the United States of America, probably in Miami, in a week. We confirmed…
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If US attacks, Iran says it will strike US bases in the region
Iran will strike U.S. bases in the Middle East if it is attacked by U.S. forces that have massed in the region, its foreign minister said on Saturday, insisting that this should not be seen as an attack on the countries hosting them. Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi spoke to Qatari Al Jazeera TV a day after Tehran and Washington pledged…
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Europeans don’t admit Greenland concessions, JD Vance says
European allies of the US have made more concessions to the US over Greenland than they publicly admit, Vice-President JD Vance has said. “We definitely have gotten much more than we initially had,” Vance said in an interview on the Megyn Kelly Show. He suggested that the “framework of a future deal” – unveiled by President Donald Trump last month…
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US must be prudent when supplying arms to Taiwan, Xi tells Trump
Trump and Xi last met in October, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation in South Korea China’s leader Xi Jinping called Taiwan “the most important issue” in China-US relations during a phone call with US President Donald Trump on Wednesday. Xi had told Trump to be “prudent” when supplying weapons to the island, state media reported, adding that…
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