This constitutes the first sign of de-escalation from Moscow.

Russian lawmakers will on Tuesday vote on resolutions to demand President Vladimir Putin recognise two Ukrainian separatist regions as independent.

The report also warned that 2021 has seen a rise in official anti-LGBTI rhetoric that has fuelled a wave of hate crime in every country in Europe.

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The three men on trial are charged with "terrorist criminal conspiracy", suspected of having been aware of the perpetrators' plans, of having shared their ideology or of having tried to travel to Syria.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has invoked emergency powers to try to quell the protests by truck drivers and others over COVID-19 restrictions.

Local authorities in central Poland protested government plans to gift Hungary one of the country's most precious manuscripts.

The US relocated its embassy operations to Western Ukraine due to the threat of Russian military action, while US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson emphasised that there remains "a crucial window for diplomacy."

Russian officials suggested on Monday that diplomacy remains an option ahead of the German chancellor's trip to Moscow.

At least 10 others were injured in the accident near Ebenhausen-Schäftlarn station.

Naftali Bennett's trip to Bahrain was the first public visit by an Israeli prime minister to the Gulf state.

It's six months since the Taliban swept back into power in Afghanistan, which, for some, prompted a frantic scramble to get out. We caught up with four Afghans who fled and made Europe their new home.

More than 700 post office managers were wrongfully convicted because of a faulty IT system, in one of the worst miscarriages of justice in British legal history.

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Free tickets will also be offered for the Europa League, Europa Conference League, and Women's Champions League finals.

Other EU border countries have also warned that thousands of refugees could flee to their country in the event of a Russian attack.

'We're not spending our days worrying about war, we're trying to get on with the business plans we have,' said one British businessman living in Kyiv.

Two children, including a baby, were among those killed in the incident.

The far-right party says it has "the right and the duty" to be part of a new government in Castile and Leon after winning 13 seats in Sunday's early vote.

Here is our summary of the coronavirus pandemic situation across the continent.

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Scholz's two-day trip to Kyiv and Moscow comes after his government was criticised for refusing to supply lethal weapons to Ukraine or spell out which sanctions it would support against Russia.

When police arrived at the bar, they found people lying on the ground with cramps.

The NFL denied reports that it was attempting to stop Eminem from making the gesture.

The incident took place at 07:00 local time on Monday morning.

She is the favourite for the women’s individual gold. She tested positive for the heart drug trimetazidine on 25 December.

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The crossing normally carries 25% of all trade between the two countries, and the blockade on the Canadian side had disrupted business in both countries, with automakers forced to shut down several assembly plants.

Ten thousand tiny sections of Klimt's iconic painting The Kiss are being sold as virtual gifts ahead of Valentine's Day — and they are not cheap.

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After being hit by the pandemic for two years in a row, the world-famous Venice carnival has resumed.

Ukrainians living and working along the coast of the Azov Sea fear disruption to their livelihoods as Russia plans naval exercises in the region

Loneliness among the elderly in countries like Georgia has become a problem, made worse bz the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A special parliamentary assembly met on Sunday, electing Steinmeier as president for another five-year term.

The opposition wants to find a way to reform the 2017 executive presidential system, which greatly expanded Erdogan's powers at the expense of the PM and parliament.

Critics say he’s unfairly using his taxpayer-funded presidential pulpit to campaign for a second term while dragging out his widely expected announcement as long as possible.

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In early February, Batsirai smashed into the east coast of Madagascar and swept away entire villages of the southwestern Indian Ocean island.

Meanwhile, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will visit Ukraine on Monday and Russia on Tuesday in an attempt to calm down the prospects of invasion through diplomatic talk.

Half of Spain’s farms are threatened by drought this year, while scientists estimate that Portugal will see a drop in annual rainfall of 20% to 40% by the end of the century.

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Elsewhere, several protesters were detained amid a seizure of knives, hammers and other objects in a central Parisian square.

The protests at the Ambassador Bridge and elsewhere have been aimed at vaccine mandates and other coronavirus restrictions.

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In a customary gesture for national holidays, the country's military ruler Min Aung Hlaing also announced an amnesty for more than 860 prisoners, state-run newspapers reported.

The country's economy is teetering on the brink of collapse after international money stopped coming into Afghanistan with the arrival in mid-August of the Taliban, while the citizens are experiencing a mass famine.

Berdymukhamedov’s statement that younger people should direct the country suggested that his son Serdar is in line to succeed him.

The government decided on various measures to limit magistrates' switching back and forth between their justice roles and politics, both on national and local levels.

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Before his conversation with Biden, the Russian president also spoke with the French President Emmanuel Macron, who said that Putin was interested in finding a diplomatic solution to the crisis.