"Such a change will, in the opinion of the Ombudsman, be absolutely contrary to the Geneva Convention on refugees," says Marcin Sosniak of the Ombudsman's office. "It is also contrary to European Union regulations."

European leaders are pressing President Biden to extend the US troop withdrawals past the end-of-the-month deadline, although the Taliban have rejected any delay.

On Tuesday Ukraine marks 30 years of independence from the Soviet Union, amid tense relations with Russia.

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The UK, France and Germany are pushing Joe Biden to extend the US president's self-imposed deadline for the total withdrawal of American forces from Kabul.

The decision is linked to Turkey's and the Turkish-Cypriot authorities' plan to reopen the eastern ghost town of Varosha in defiance of UN resolutions.

A 2.5-metre-tall fence will be erected along most of the 150-kilometre border, with construction due to begin next week.

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The pilot scheme monitored COVID-19 infections at major summer events including the British Grand Prix, Wimbledon and EURO 2020.

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Greece scrambled firefighting aircraft and ground forces as at least two new blazes including one on the island of Evia, which has already been scarred by wildfires this summer.

Representatives of 46 nations and blocs attended the first international summit on the annexation of Crimea in Ukraine, a summit dismissed as an “anti-Russian event” by the Kremlin.

The individual is alleged to have been collecting secret information about "the latest weapons and their secret technical documentation".

China doesn't want a power grab in Afghanistan, it's more interested in regional stability, argue Lukas Fiala and Hugo Jones.

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A Taliban spokesman says no extension will be allowed for the withdrawal of international troops from Afghanistan, otherwise they will be 'extending occupation'.

The French league match was halted when Marseille players refused to restart after chaotic and violent scenes, ignited when Dimitri Payet threw back into the stand a plastic bottle which had been hurled at him.

Tropical Storm Henri made landfall in Rhode Island. Just prior, it was packing maximum sustained winds of nearly 100 kilometres per hour .

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said that his country had already taken in enough refugees from Afghanistan.

Angela Merkel said she supported further peace talks on the situation in eastern Ukraine during her "farewell visit" to Kyiv.

Baker is the sixth woman and first black woman to receive the honour.

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven announced that he would resign in November to allow his successor to prepare for the 2022 elections.

The Iranian president met Sunday with Japan's foreign minister in the capital of Tehran and the two discussed de-escalation of tensions in the region, Iranian news agencies reported.

The surveillance programme is meant to measure the antibody levels in people before and after a COVID-19 infection.

"The abandonment of Afghanistan and its people is tragic, dangerous, unnecessary, not in their interests and not in ours," former UK PM Tony Blair wrote.

At least eight people, including children, died and three were missing after mudslides and flooding, said Cuitláhuac García, governor of Mexico's Veracruz state.

Israel's military bombed Palestinian militant weapons sites in the Gaza Strip early on Sunday.

“This resettlement of vulnerable people is of utmost importance,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said. “It is our moral duty.”

The protesters are angry at the Taliban takeover and the fast western withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Potential Islamic State threats against Americans in Afghanistan are forcing the U.S. military to develop new ways to get evacuees to the airport in Kabul, a US official told AP.

Angela Merkel has led Germany for the past 16 years and now is campaigning for the person she hopes will become her successor.

Euronews spoke with several Afghan citizens in Kabul this week as well as Taliban fighters.

Parts of the Northeastern United States could begin to feel the effects of Tropical Storm Henri as soon as late Saturday, as the system that is expected to become a hurricane by the end of the day barrels toward the region.

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Western countries are conducting a dangerous evacuation operation at the Kabul airport as they rushed to get people out of the country before US troops leave on August 31.

Hunger and destitution ends in fighting over aid distribution after last week's deadly earthquake in Haiti.

French laboratories and pharmacies tested a record 5.7 million people in a week.

Thousands continue to wait outside Kabul International Airport for a chance to flee the country nearly a week after the Taliban gained control of Afghanistan.

US President Joe Biden said the US mission was to evacuate Americans and their allies from Afghanistan.

China will now allow couples to legally have a third child as it seeks to hold off a demographic crisis.

The army personnel will be deployed to help with logistics as the city of 10 million people asks residents to “stay put” for two weeks.

To get an idea of how Biden's words and actions have gone down in the US, Euronews spoke to its stateside reporter Ray Suarez.

"Whoever I talk to is not optimistic at all. There is no hope for a better future under Taliban control."

Euronews' Masoud Imani Kalesar looks at the small print in Afghanistan's recent history to give us some ways to understand the recent developments.

Turkey will not become Europe's 'refugee warehouse', said President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

A Polish humanitarian group has demanded the group, which includes a teenage girl and several sick people, be allowed to claim asylum in their country.

Facebook said this week it had removed over three dozen pages that were spreading online misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines.

The sole survivor so far told Spain's Maritime rescue services the boat had left Africa last week carrying 53 people.

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The European Union will accept COVID-19 digital certificates from North Macedonia, Turkey, and Ukraine from Friday.