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On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Two British men have been arrested in Spain for allegedly staging a bizarre fake kidnapping to extort £725 worth of cash from a relative, police have said. The 51-year-old […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Belgium will install an air-defence system at Europe’s second biggest port, Port of Antwerp, according to local media reports. The report by Belgian newspaper Gazet van Antwerpen, citing Prime […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Iceland is set to hold a referendum “in the coming months” on restarting European Union accession talks, Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir said Wednesday. Reykjavik abandoned EU membership talks in […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Ukraine is set to significantly ramp up its defences against Russian attacks with plans to deploy anti-drone nets across 4,000 kilometres of roads in frontline areas. The anti-drone nets […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch The Louvre museum is getting a new boss. Veteran art historian Christophe Leribault is shouldering the challenge of getting the institution out of crisis after the French crown jewels […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Two British men have been charged with attempted murder after a local man was stabbed at a bar in Venice on Valentine’s Day, police said. The men, who are […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Four Belarusians and two Polish nationals have been detained and charged with attempting to smuggle devices to Russia that are used in the assembly of combat drones. Polish prosecutors […]

Russian forces have been cut off from vital Starlink satellite services along the frontlines, with Ukraine‘s defence minister confirming the deactivation of terminals used by Russian troops. The terminals allow users access to fast broadband in Ukraine. That was the case up until Elon Musk agreed to disconnect the Russians from this piece of equipment. […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch A pilot has been killed after an Nato F-16 fighter jet crashed moments after take-off. The incident took place early on Wednesday morning near a highway in western Turkey. […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch King Harald of Norway has been admitted to a hospital in Spain‘s Canary Islands during a winter vacation there, the royal palace said Tuesday. Harald, who turned 89 on […]