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Skip next section Macron not ruling out sending Western troops to Ukraine02/26/2024February 26, 2024Macron not ruling out sending Western troops to UkraineFrench President Emmanuel Macron said that sending Western troops to Ukraine is not being ruled out, adding “we will do everything needed so Russia cannot win the war.” Macron spoke after a meeting on Ukraine in Paris brought together over 20 European heads of state and government and other Western officials in Paris. https://p.dw.com/p/4cv1BSkip next section Ukraine says only 30% of promised EU shells received02/26/2024February 26, 2024Ukraine says only 30% of promised EU shells receivedUkraine has received less than a third of the one million…

Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif, has become the first female chief minister of Punjab, the country’s most populous province. Her election to Punjab’s highest political office is being hailed by women’s rights activists and female politicians as a big step for women’s empowerment in patriarchal Pakistan. Nawaz was elected Monday during Punjab’s assembly session, defeating Rana Aftab, a candidate backed by former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party. Her appointment was widely expected, as her Pakistan Muslim League party (PML-N) party emerged as a the largest in the Punjab assembly following national…

Two bodies have been found in the search for a missing Australian TV presenter and his partner, who were allegedly killed by a police officer.Jesse Baird, 26, and his flight attendant partner Luke Davies, 29, were allegedly shot dead in Mr Baird’s Sydney home last week. Beau Lamarre-Condon, a police officer who was in a relationship with Mr Baird until late last year, was charged on Friday with the murders of both men.Police said Lamarre-Condon provided them with information that led them to the bodies, which were found in a rural area around 124 miles southwest of Sydney.The New South…

An Australian photographer alleged he was assaulted by Taylor Swift’s father in Sydney early on Tuesday morning after her final concert in the city, prompting a police investigation. “Police have been told a 71-year-old man allegedly assaulted a 51-year-old man at Neutral Bay Wharf about 2:30 a.m. (1530 UTC Monday), before leaving the location,” a New South Wales Police spokesperson told the AFP news agency, without naming either man. “The younger man reported the incident and inquiries are now under way by officers attached to North Shore Police Area Command.” Swift’s spokesperson responded, accusing two individuals of acting “aggressively” at the time of the…

Over the past few weeks, around half of the European Union member states have seen farmers protesting against their respective national and European agricultural policies. On Monday, agricultural ministers from the bloc are meeting in Brussels to address their disputes. But the reasons for the demonstrations vary significantly. In Germany, for instance, farmers are upset about a planned reduction in subsidies for diesel fuel. In Poland and other Eastern European countries, they are blocking roads and border crossings because they want to prevent cheap imports from Ukraine. The European farmers’ association, Copa-Cogeca, has called for less stringent environmental regulations, less bureaucracy…

Peru declared a health emergency in most parts of the country on Monday after a heat wave and heavy rains led to a spike in dengue fever cases. At least 32 people have died of the disease so far this year, Health Minister Cesar Vasquez said on Monday. There have been 31,300 cases recorded in the first eight weeks of the year. “This is a grave problem,” Vasquez said last week. “And it is getting out of hand.” Vasquez said Peru’s typical response to the disease had been “overtaken” by factors such as climate. The El Nino weather pattern has…

An American couple who disappeared a week ago after their catamaran was hijacked by three escaped convicts are likely dead, police have said.Police Commissioner Don McKenzie said the prisoners had escaped custody on the Caribbean island of Grenada on the 18 February and the following day commandeered a catamaran named Simplicity – with Kathy Brandel and Ralph Hendry on board. “Information suggests that while travelling between Grenada and St Vincent, they disposed of the occupants,” Commissioner McKenzie said.The couple was last seen on the night the prisoners escaped and their boat was later tracked leaving the Grenada late at night…

It’s a sunny Sunday morning in Glenhazel, a suburb of South Africa’s commercial capital, Johannesburg, that has an active Jewish community. A family strolls into a cafe, its four boys each wearing a yarmulke, also known as a kippah, the customary caps for Jewish men. Just a few meters away, more than 100 ‘kidnapped’ posters are emblazoned on the wall of the KosherWorld supermarket, each of which has a photo of somebody who was kidnapped by the Palestinian militant Islamist organization Hamas during its terror attacks on Israel on October 7. ‘I am home’ reads stickers on some of the posters. Others are marked as dead…

The East African island nation of Mauritius on Monday allowed the cruise ship Norwegian Dawn to dock in the capital, Port Louis, after finding no evidence of cholera on board. The first passengers were expected to disembark on Tuesday morning at 6:00 a.m. local time. This follows an involuntary delay to the cruise from South Africa via Madagascar and La Réunion to Mauritius. More than 3,000 people — over 2,000 passengers and 1,000 crew members — were stranded aboard a cruise ship off Mauritius amid suspicions of a possible cholera outbreak.The ship waited offshore pending test results for the more than 10…

Joe Biden has said he hopes a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas can be secured by the weekend.The US president made the remarks during an unannounced visit to the Van Leeuwen ice cream parlour, next door to 30 Rock in New York, on Monday. Flanked by late night TV show host Seth Meyers, Mr Biden was asked by reporters on when a ceasefire in Gaza could start.In a surprise turn, he said that he hopes it will take place “by the end of the weekend”.”My national security advisor (Jake Sullivan) tells me that we’re close, we’re close, we’re not done…