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Romanian president nominates EU deputy Eugen Tomac as PM

4 June 2026 at 21:46
After the announcement on Thursday, Tomac said he would propose 'a technical government, not a political one.'

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Romanian President Nicusor Dan, right, shakes hand with Prime Minister designate Eugen Tomac at the end of press statements at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace in Bucharest, Romania, on June 4, 2026.

Macron warns against Russian propagandist Xenia Fedorova

4 June 2026 at 19:44
The French president weighed in on the controversy surrounding the former head of RT France, a Russian state-run outlet that was shut down in 2023. On Wednesday, protesters in Paris demanded her residence permit be revoked.

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France's President Emmanuel Macron delivers a statement flanked by Montenegro's Prime Minister following a signing ceremony during Macron's first official visit to Montenegro in Cetinje on June 4, 2026.

Macron says France ready to help implement Lebanon-Israel ceasefire

4 June 2026 at 16:30
The French president welcomed the fragile ceasefire announced in Washington: 'France is, of course, as we have always been, available to move forward along this path,' he said from Montenegro.

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French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a press conference after talks with Montenegro's President Jakov Milatovic in Cetinje, Montenegro, Thursday, June 4, 2026.

HSBC charged for helping former Lebanese central bank head embezzle hundreds of millions

4 June 2026 at 15:53
The Swiss subsidiary of HSBC is suspected of having helped former Lebanese central bank chief Riad Salameh embezzle more than $300 million from the country's central bank. The charges mark a significant development in the French judicial investigation.

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A building belonging to an HSBC subsidiary in Geneva, Switzerland, on November 4, 2020.

France pushes for EU action on Channel migrant crossings

4 June 2026 at 15:44
The European Commission is due soon to propose to the bloc's 27 member states an action plan on migration in the Channel, with France hoping for more help with policing and combating people smugglers.

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Migrants walk away after trying to board a crowded inflatable dinghy and leave the coast of northern France in an attempt to cross the English Channel to reach Britain, on the beach of Petit-Fort-Philippe in Gravelines, near Calais, France, May 23, 2026.

Israel and Lebanon reach minimalist agreement that delays hopes for lasting ceasefire

4 June 2026 at 11:53
After two days of talks in Washington, Israel made the halting of its operations contingent on Hezbollah's disarmament. Nonetheless, the joint statement provides for a gradual withdrawal of the Israeli army from southern Lebanon.

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Israel's ambassador to the US, Yechiel Leiter; State Department chief of staff, Daniel Holler; US ambassador to Lebanon, Michel Issa; and Lebanon's ambassador to the US, Nada Hamadeh, during a meeting between Israeli and Lebanese delegations organized by the United States at the State Department in Washington, June 3, 2026.

Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar to Le Monde: 'I was not elected simply to change the government, but to change the regime'

4 June 2026 at 09:44
In an interview with Le Monde, Viktor Orban's successor explains how he plans to recover the frozen €16 billion in European funds earmarked for Hungary. He insists that Budapest will not block the opening of EU accession talks for Ukraine, provided that Kyiv guarantees the rights of its Hungarian minority.

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Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar at the Hungarian embassy in Paris, June 3, 2026.

North Korea's Kim pledges 'exponential' boost in nuclear forces

4 June 2026 at 04:55
While at a reported atomic facility, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the 'weapons-grade nuclear materials production capacity more than doubled during the past 5-year course.'

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In this photo provided by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech during a session of the Supreme People's Assembly at parliament in Pyongyang, North Korea, on March 23, 2026.

Israel and Lebanon agree to implement conditional ceasefire

4 June 2026 at 01:32
The negotiations come days after Donald Trump said the two countries had pledged to de-escalate. Yet Israel and Hezbollah have continued to trade fire, with Lebanon saying Israeli strikes in the south killed at least two paramedics.

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Israeli troops gather on the border with Lebanon in northern Israel, on Tuesday, June, 2, 2026.

Zelensky's rehabilitation of controversial Ukrainian nationalists sparks anger in Israel and Poland

4 June 2026 at 00:25
By attending a reburial ceremony for Andriy Melnyk, a pro-independence leader who collaborated with Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union, Volodymyr Zelensky has backed the country's evolving memorial politics, which have been focused on opposition to Moscow since the February 2022 invasion.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) attends the reburial of Andriy Melnyk, former head of a branch of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) who died in 1964, at the National Military Cemetery near Kyiv, May 25, 2026.

France and UK extend 'one in, one out' migration deal

3 June 2026 at 22:45
A French minister told a parliamentary committee said the agreement would be extended 'until October 1, 2026.' More than 41,000 migrants landed on England's southern coast last year, the second-highest annual number since 2018.

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French gendarmes approach a group of migrants on an inflatable dinghy to accompany them as they leave the coast of northern France in an attempt to cross the English Channel to reach Britain, from the beach of Petit-Fort-Philippe in Gravelines, near Calais, France, July 17, 2025.
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