Global leaders
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This is an extraordinary scoop because Abu Mohammad al Jolani hasn’t given an interview to a foreign news organisation since his victory over Bashar al Assad. And what he says is crucial to Syria’s future. Jolani’s message was one of reassurance. The West has nothing to fear from Syria. Past fears were justified, he is…
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Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has emerged as the sole candidate for the role of director-general at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The WTO said the former Nigerian finance minister agreed to a second term for the organisation’s top job. “Nominations for Director-General closed; Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala confirmed as sole candidate,” the WTO said in a Saturday statement.…
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Western leaders say North Korea has sent around 10,000 soldiers to help Russia’s military campaign. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that the deployment of thousands of North Korean soldiers to Russia is pushing the war beyond its borders. “There is only one conclusion — this war is internationalised,” the Ukrainian leader said on Telegram on…
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World leaders are meeting in Paris today for a conference on Lebanon, increasing tensions between France and Israel. The ongoing conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group has displaced more than a million people across Lebanon, killed more than 2,500 and deepened the country’s economic crisis. France’s foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot says the…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday he told French President Emmanuel Macron that he would not agree to a cease-fire deal that failed to stop Hezbollah rearming and regrouping. Macron has called for a cease-fire between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah as well as an end to arms exports used in the Gaza Strip and…
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