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Peace between Russia and Ukraine is still elusive after Trump and Zelensky's meeting

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Despite the US and Ukrainian presidents congratulating themselves about the outcome of their meeting on Sunday, the prospect of an agreement to end the nearly four-year war between Kyiv and Moscow still seems far off.

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and US President Donald Trump in Scotland, July 27, 2025.

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2025: The year Europe weakened Ukraine by abandoning the Gaza Strip

Jean-Pierre Filiu writes in his weekly column that the European Union finds itself less able to withstand Donald Trump's blows to international law in Ukraine, having itself condoned such violations in Gaza.

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China announces 'major' military exercises around Taiwan

Beijing's latest show of force follows a round of arms sales to Taipei by the United States. Taiwan's Defense Ministry condemned China as the 'greatest destroyer of peace,' and the Taiwanese military said it had established a response center with 'appropriate forces.'

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Municipal elections: Louis Sarkozy tries to make a splash in French Riviera town

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'From sex appeal to the far right': Brigitte Bardot's death in the international press

International media outlets paid tribute to Bardot, who died on Sunday, celebrating her film career and her social influence from the 1950s onward, yet also calling out her political choices, which later drifted toward the far right.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US special envoy Steve Witkoff in Berlin, December 15, 2025.

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The marine cemetery in the city of Saint-Tropez, southeastern France, where the Bardot family graves are located, on December 29, 2025.

Brigitte Bardot to be buried in Saint-Tropez cemetery

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Hezbollah calls disarmament push an 'Israeli-American plan'

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Bangladesh student protest group forms election alliance with Islamists

Brigitte Bardot, global film icon and champion of animal rights, has died

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