Mark Rutte said Europe must be ready “for the scale of war our grandparents and great grandparents endured” in a bleak warning to the West

Ukrainian president says plan would not be fair without guarantees that Russia would not simply take over zone

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TheUS wants Ukraine to withdraw its troops from the Donbas region, and Washington would then create a “free economic zone” in the parts Kyiv currently controls, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.

Previously, the US had suggested Kyiv should hand over the parts of Donbas it still controlled to Russia, but the Ukrainian president said on Thursday that Washington had now suggested a compromise version in which Ukrainian troops would withdraw, but Russian troops would not advance into the territory.

Mass protests have gripped the country just weeks before it is due to join the eurozone

Les autorités européennes ont mené une perquisition surprise la semaine dernière dans les locaux de Temu à Dublin, dans le cadre d’une enquête sur d’éventuelles subventions d’État accordées à la plateforme. L’intervention s’inscrit dans l’application du Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR), un nouveau cadre juridique de l’Union européenne visant …

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Interior ministry will tell 640 people awaiting sanctuary ‘there is no longer any political interest in their being admitted’

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Hundreds of Afghans previously promised sanctuary in Germany have been told they are no longer welcome, in a stark U-turn by the conservative chancellor, Friedrich Merz‪.

The 640 people in Pakistan awaiting resettlement – many of whom worked for the German military during the US invasion and occupation of Afghanistan – will no longer be taken in, as Merz’s government axes two programmes introduced by its centre-left-led predecessor.

Law passes despite fears it will ‘normalise Islamophobia’ and fact it could be struck down by constitutional court

Lawmakers in Austria have voted overwhelmingly to ban headscarves in schools for girls under the age of 14, despite concerns the legislation will deepen societal divisions and marginalise Muslims. The law could also be struck down by the country’s constitutional court.

The ban was proposed earlier this year by Austria’s conservative-led government, which took office in March after a far-right party came first in the elections but failed to form a government.

Compensation due to thousands of women and girls fitted with coils without their knowledge or consent

Victims of Denmark’s IUD scandal, in which thousands of Greenlandic women and girls were forcibly fitted with contraceptive coils without their knowledge or consent, have claimed victory in their legal fight with the Danish government after it was confirmed they will be eligible for compensation.

The Danish parliament, Folketinget, and the government reached an agreement on Wednesday that entitles about 4,500 Greenlandic women to claim 300,000 DKK (£35,000) each from a reconciliation fund.

Prime minister makes announcement before parliament vote on no-confidence motion filed by opposition

Bulgaria’s prime minister has handed in his government’s resignation after less than a year in office after weeks of mass street protests over its economic policies and perceived failure to tackle corruption.

Rosen Zhelyazkov announced his resignation on television shortly before parliament had been due to vote on a no-confidence motion submitted by the opposition and before the country is due to join the eurozone on 1 January.