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President Donald Trump, right, meets Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday.

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  • Europe

Trump says it may be better to let Ukraine, Russia 'fight for a while'

In an Oval Office meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, President Trump likened the war between Russia and Ukraine to a fight between two children who hate each other.

June 06, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A tour guide walks with a group of people attending an Uncomfortable Oxford Tour, in Oxford, on Oct. 20, 2023.

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  • World

International students look to the U.K. instead of the U.S. amid Trump's visa plans

Planned U.S. visa restrictions are causing students around the world to consider going to the United Kingdom instead.

June 05, 2025
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By:
  • Willem Marx
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz attends a news conference at the chancellery in Berlin, May 28.

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  • Europe

Trump will meet German Chancellor Merz at the White House. Here's what to know

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is set to meet President Trump at the White House, where they are expected to discuss issues including the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, as well as tariffs and trade.

June 05, 2025
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By:
  • Rob Schmitz
Ambulances drive to the Eduardus Hospital in Cologne-Deutz to evacuate the hospital before specialists defuse three unexploded U.S. bombs from World War II that were unearthed earlier this week in Cologne, Wednesday, June 4, 2025.

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  • Europe

3 World War II bombs are defused in a German city's biggest postwar evacuation

More than 20,000 residents were evacuated from Cologne's city center Wednesday after the bombs were unearthed on Monday during preparatory work for road construction.

June 05, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Russian opposition leader and activist Alexei Navalny, presents her television project at the Reporters Without Borders headquarters on Tuesday in Paris.

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  • World

A new satellite TV channel allows Alexei Navalny's videos to reach Russian audiences

The Russia's Future channel, launched by Navalny's widow Yulia Navalnaya and Reporters Without Borders, began broadcasting Wednesday, on what would have been the late Russian activist's 49th birthday.

June 04, 2025
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  • Eleanor Beardsley
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (center) and Britain's Defence Secretary John Healey (right) meet with BAE system apprentices as they look at a submarine model during a joint visit on March 20 in Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom. Starmer says the U.K. must upgrade its military in response to threats from Russia.

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  • World

Why the U.K. prime minister is calling for a bigger military to face Russia

Key NATO members are upping their defense posture in response to threats from Russia. Experts say the Trump administration's confrontational approach to the alliance is a factor as well.

June 04, 2025
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  • Scott Neuman
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers his speech during a visit to the BAE Systems'Govan facility, in Glasgow, Scotland on Monday.

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  • Europe

Britain gets a defense boost aimed at sending a message to Russia, and to Trump

Like other NATO members, the U.K. has been reassessing its defense spending since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

June 03, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Smoke rises from the crater of the Etna volcano as it erupts, on Mount Etna near Catania, Italy, on Monday. A huge plume of ash, gas and rock spewed forth from Europe's highest active volcano.

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  • Europe

Mount Etna erupts, shooting a massive ash cloud into the sky and raising alerts

Mount Etna produced a spectacularly explosive eruption Monday, sending a ripple of reddish clouds down from the southeast summit of Europe's highest active volcano.

June 02, 2025
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  • Bill Chappell
Stephanie Case won an ultramarathon race in Wales, running more than 60 miles over rough terrain — and stopping three times to breastfeed her 6-month-old baby, Pepper.

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  • Sports

Ultramarathon runner breastfeeds her baby 3 times on her way to a surprise win

The extreme sport of ultrarunning is known for seemingly impossible feats. But Stephanie Case's recent performance — six months after giving birth — is making waves far beyond the running community.

June 02, 2025
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  • Bill Chappell
Presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki, a conservative historian backed by the right-wing Law and Justice party addresses supporters at his headquarters after the presidential election runoff in Warsaw, Poland on Sunday.

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  • Europe

Conservative Karol Nawrocki wins Poland's presidential election

Karol Nawrocki, a 42-year-old historian and amateur boxer, is new to politics and ran as an independent but was backed by the right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party.

June 02, 2025
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  • Esme Nicholson
Ukrainian rescuers work to extinguish a fire in a trolleybus depot following a drone strike in Kharkiv on Friday, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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  • World

Trump promised peace in Ukraine within a day. Here's what actually happened

Russia has proposed another attempt at peace negotiations with Ukraine on Monday in Istanbul, but both sides remain firmly entrenched in positions likely to prolong the war.

June 02, 2025
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  • Scott Neuman

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  • World

Greetings from Warsaw, Poland, where the flags are flying ahead of a key election

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international correspondents share snapshots of moments from their lives and work around the world.

May 31, 2025
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  • Rob Schmitz
A man smokes a cigarette outside a brasserie, in front of a sticker on a window reading: "Smoking is forbidden."

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  • Europe

French health ministry extends smoking ban

France to ban smoking at beaches, parks and outside schools from July 1st to protect children.

May 30, 2025
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  • Eleanor Beardsley
Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams leaves the court in Dublin on Friday after winning one of Ireland's highest-profile cases.

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  • World

Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams wins libel case against BBC over spy murder claim

Adams sued over an allegation in a 2016 documentary that he sanctioned the 2006 killing of a British spy in Ireland. A jury in Dublin's High Court awarded Adams damages of 100,000 euros ($113,000).

May 30, 2025
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  • Fatima Al-Kassab
Russell Brand arrives at Southwark Crown Court on Friday in London.

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  • World

Russell Brand pleads not guilty to rape, sexual assault charges in U.K.

On Friday, Brand pleaded not guilty to five counts of rape and assault that date back more than 25 years. He says the charges are politically motivated. His trial is set for 2026.

May 30, 2025
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  • Lauren Frayer
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