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Ukrainian strike kills two in Russian border region

Ukrainian shelling killed two people and wounded four in a village near the Russian border city of Belgorod on Monday, the region's governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.

"In the Belgorod district, after air defences repelled an air attack by the Ukrainian army, two people were killed and four injured in the village of Nikolskoye," Gladkov said.

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In Germany, the far right is on the rise again. How did it happen?

When Sabine Thonke joined a recent demonstration in Berlin against Germany's far-right party, it was the first time in years she felt hopeful that the growing power of the extremists in her country could be stopped.

Thonke, 59, had been following the rise of the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, with unease. But when she heard about a plan to deport millions of people, she felt called to action.

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North Korea resumes missile tests, after South Korean-U.S. military drills' end

North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters Monday morning, its neighbors said, days after the end of the South Korean-U.S. military drills that the North views as an invasion rehearsal.

The launches — North Korea's first known missile testing activities in about a month — came as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Seoul for a conference. Outside experts earlier predicted North Korea would extend its run of missile tests and intensify its warlike rhetoric ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November to boost its leverage in future diplomacy.

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How Russia's grab of Crimea led to war with Ukraine, rising tensions with West

A decade ago, President Vladimir Putin seized Crimea from Ukraine, a bold land grab that set the stage for Russia to invade its neighbor in 2022.

The quick and bloodless seizure of the diamond-shaped peninsula, home to Russia's Black Sea fleet and a popular vacation site, touched off a wave of patriotism and sent Putin's popularity soaring. "Crimea is ours!" became a popular slogan in Russia.

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Putin hails electoral victory as western leaders dismiss 'illegal' poll

President Vladimir Putin basked in a victory early Monday that was never in doubt, as partial election results underlined the Russian leader's total control of the country's political system.

After facing only token challengers and harshly suppressing opposition voices, Putin was set to extend his nearly quarter-century rule for six more years. Even with little margin for protest, Russians crowded outside polling stations at noon on Sunday, the last day of the election, apparently heeding an opposition call to express their displeasure with the president.

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8 killed in Pakistan air strikes on eastern Afghanistan

Pakistani airstrikes targeted multiple suspected hideouts of the Pakistani Taliban inside neighboring Afghanistan early on Monday, killing at least eight people, two days after insurgents killed seven soldiers in a suicide bombing and coordinated attacks in a northwestern region, officials said.

The Afghan Taliban government denounced the strikes, which are likely to further increase tensions between Islamabad and Kabul.

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Trump warns of 'bloodbath' if he is not elected

Donald Trump told a rally in Ohio on Saturday that November's presidential election will be the "most important date" in U.S. history, painting his campaign for the White House as a turning point for the country.

Days after securing his position as the presumptive Republican nominee, the former president also warned of a "bloodbath" if he is not elected -- though it was not clear what he was referring to, with the remark coming in the middle of comments about threats to the U.S. auto industry.

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Woman sets fire to voting booth in Moscow

A woman set fire to a voting booth Friday at a polling station in southern Moscow on the first day of presidential elections, Russian state and independent media reported.

The RIA Novosti news agency said a "woman set alight a polling booth" in the capital, while the independent SOTA outlet published video of a woman walking up to a booth before calmly stepping out of it as it was in flames, saying it was in the southern Marino district.

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German, French and Polish leaders meet to discuss support for Ukraine

The leaders of Germany, France and Poland plan to meet in Berlin Friday to discuss support for Ukraine, seeking to send a signal of unity and solidarity as Kyiv grapples with a shortage of military resources and Russia votes in an election all but certain to extend President Vladimir Putin's reign.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is welcoming French President Emmanuel Macron and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk for a summit of the so-called "Weimar Triangle" of the three major European powers, a format that they are trying to revitalize after relations were strained under Poland's previous nationalist government.

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Macron and Putin: from 'dear Vladimir' to 'existential' threat

French President Emmanuel Macron for half a decade sought to cultivate a partnership with Russia but has now become an implacable foe of the Kremlin, warning that Vladimir Putin poses a threat not just to Ukraine but the security of all Europeans.

Weeks after taking office in 2017, Macron signalled his intentions towards Russia by rolling out the red carpet for Putin at a summit in the former royal residence of the Versailles Palace.

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