Europe pledges ‘record boost& in military funding for Ukraine as US envoy meets Russian president

European countries vowed yesterday to sends billions of euros in further funding to help Ukraine keep fighting Russia&s invasion, as a US envoy pursued peace efforts in a trip to meet with Russian president Vladimir Putin amid growing questions about the Kremlin&s willingness to stop the more than three-year war.

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Germany ‘exhausted& by mass migration and may need to use emergency EU powers to block asylum seekers

Germany is &exhausted& by mass migration and may need to use emergency EU powers to turn away asylum-seekers, an ally of Friedrich Merz has said.

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‘Hell on earth&: humanitarian supplies will run out in Gaza in two weeks, Red Cross boss says

The president of the Red Cross described the humanitarian situation in Gaza yesterday as &hell on earth& and warned that its field hospital will run out of supplies within two weeks.

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‘Unsecured& penguin in passenger seat causes helicopter crash in South Africa

An &unsecured& penguin kept in a cardboard box has been ­identified as the reason for a helicopter crash in South Africa.

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Woman spared jail over terminally ill father&s ‘mercy killing&

A woman who smothered her terminally ill father in a &mercy killing& has walked free from court.

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China hikes its tariffs on US imports to 125pc in retaliation to Donald Trump&s climbing rates

Beijing increased its tariffs on US imports to 125pc yesterday, hitting back against US president Donald Trump&s decision to hike duties on Chinese goods and raising the stakes in a trade war that threatens to upend global supply chains.

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