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🇷🇺🇨🇦🇫🇷🇵🇹 - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed an order to terminating several longstanding military cooperation agreements with Canada, France, and Portugal. Those are the 1989 USSR-Canada agreement on military visits, the 1994 Russia-France defense cooperation

🇨🇦🇸🇾 - Canada has fully lifted all sanctions previously imposed on Syria under the Assad regime. The decision removes restrictions that had been in place since 2011. The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates welcomed the move, calling it a "positive step" and an

🇱🇹🇧🇾 - Lithuania has declared a state of emergency on Friday after repeated closures of Vilnius and Kaunas airports in the past momths caused by smuggled cigarette balloons from Belarus. Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė described the measure as the best course of action

🇺🇸 - Netflix is acquiring Warner Bros. film and TV studios, and HBO Max for €70 billion. The acquisition will provide Netflix users access to HBO content, though it's unclear if HBO Max will merge with Netflix. Subject to US regulatory approval, the deal is expected to close

🇺🇸 - Reuters reports that the United States has warned European allies that, unless Europe takes over both command and the overwhelming majority of troops, equipment, funding and critical enabling capabilities for NATO's conventional defense of the continent by 2027, the US will

🇪🇺 - The European Commission imposed a €120 million fine on Elon Musk's platform X for violations of the European Digital Services Act.

🇹🇼🇨🇳 - Taiwan's Ministry of Defense has warned that Chinese warships are conducting unusual large scale "military operations" from the Yellow Sea to the South China Sea. China insists the maneuvers are purely defensive patrols.

🇸🇪 - The Swedish government has proposed revoking citizenship for dual citizens convicted of serious crimes that harm Swedish "vital interests," including gang shootings, explosions and systematic violent crimes that threaten public order or obstruct authorities.

🇧🇪🇷🇺🇺🇦 - In a interview with VRT NWS, Euroclear CEO Valerie Urbain warned that using frozen Russian assets to fund Ukrainian loans risks bankrupting Euroclear and damaging the global financial system. She warned that non-western countries could see it as confiscation and pull

🇩🇪🇺🇦🇱🇹🇷🇴🇪🇸🇭🇺 - Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger stated that peace in Ukraine would have "absolutely zero impact" on the company's business, as its Ukraine related revenue is only about €1 billion out of a total order backlog exceeding €40 billion, with the vast majority coming

🇦🇺🇯🇵 - Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles will travel to Japan on Saturday to meet his counterpart Shinjiro Koizumi to discuss defense ties. Marles described the relationship as growing "from strength to strength" based on shared strategic alignment and a common vision

🇱🇹 - Lithuania's Ministry of National Defense and Armed Forces announced that they will expand compulsory basic military service throughout 2026, running from January 2 to December 31, to conscript approximately 5000 citizens as part of efforts to strengthen national defense amid

🇩🇪🇫🇷🇺🇦🇷🇺🇺🇸 - A leaked call between German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shows Merz and Macron warning Zelenskyy that the US may force rushed territorial concessions to Russia without firm security

🇬🇧🇾🇪 - The UK Maritime Trade Operations reported that a vessel approximately 28 km off Yemen's coast had been attacked. The ship reported spotting fast attack boats at a range of 185–370 metres and came under fire.

🇸🇪 - A man has died after a skiing accident in Åre, Sweden, shortly after the resort opened for the season. The man was rushed to Östersund Hospital with life threatening injuries but could not be saved. Relatives have been notified.

🇪🇺 - EU lawmakers have reached a political agreement to delay the EU Deforestation Regulation by one year, pushing full implementation to the end of December 2026. The deal, struck in a single round of talks between Parliament and Council, includes a review clause with a new

🇩🇪🇧🇪🇪🇺🇷🇺🇺🇦 - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will meet Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever and Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels today to resolve Belgium's block on a €210 billion reparations loan to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets. Merz demands collective EU risk-sharing.

🇦🇹🇮🇱🇳🇱🇮🇪🇮🇸🇪🇸🇸🇮 - Israel will participate in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest in Austria, the EBU decided. Five broadcasters from the Netherlands, Ireland, Iceland, Spain and Slovenia, that demanded Israel's exclusion, immediately announced their withdrawal from participating