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In an interview on Spanish national radio RNE on Thursday, Borrell was asked to confirm reports in Irish media that Spain, Ireland and a handful of other EU member states could formally recognise the State of Palestine on May 21. Borrell confirmed the plans, adding that the Spanish foreign minister, José Manuel Albares, had told him that May 21 was the proposed date. Borrell had been attending an event to celebrate Europe Day in Madrid along with Albares hours earlier. Irish diplomatic sources have confirmed to Euronews that a group of European countries is proposing to recognise a Palestinian...
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As Israel appears to begin its long-feared assault on Rafah in the Gaza Strip, the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has warned that the consequences for the hundreds of thousands sheltering there could be dire. Speaking to the press, Borrell described as "sad news" the blockage of a ceasefire deal that was first accepted by Hamas before being shunned by Israel. "Hamas accepted, Israel rejected, and the land offensive against Rafah has started again," Borrell said, "in spite of all the requests of the international community, the US, the European Union member states, everybody asking Net...
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The outcry comes following months of anticipation that Israel's war cabinet could order its troops to invade the city, which borders Egypt on the south edge of the besieged Gaza Strip. Since February, the bloc has been warning that the move would worsen an "already catastrophic situation" given that around 1.4 million Palestinians - over half of Gaza’s population - are sheltering from war in Rafah. On Monday, Israel’s military ordered residents and displaced Palestinians to evacuate Rafah’s eastern neighbourhoods to safe zones in other parts of Gaza, indicating that the invasion could be immin...
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The European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell has strongly condemned violence against protesters in Georgia. Thousands of people took to the streets of the Georgian capital Tbilisi on Tuesday, as the country's parliament debated the second reading of a highly controversial foreign influence law. Riot police forcibly dispersed the crowds adorned with Georgian and EU flags using rubber bullets, tear gas, stun grenades and water cannons. Several protesters were arrested and beaten, including leading opposition politician Levan Khabeishvili, who pos...
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The White House on Sunday said US President Joe Biden had again spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as pressure builds on Israel and Hamas to reach a deal that would free some Israeli hostages and bring a ceasefire in the nearly seven-month-long war in Gaza. The White House said that Biden reiterated his “clear position” as Israel plans to invade Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah despite global concern for more than 1 million Palestinians sheltering there. The US opposes the invasion on humanitarian grounds, straining relations between the allies. US Secretary of State Antony...
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The matter of assistance has acquired a greater sense of urgency after Russia renewed its attacks with drones and missiles against the war-battered nation, destroying critical infrastructure and residential buildings, and killing dozens of civilians. Germany said this month it would send Kyiv a third Patriot battery, an advanced US-made system that can intercept incoming projectiles, and set up an initiative to encourage other countries to donate additional air defences. Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy has warned Russia would soon expand its barrage of airstrikes and asked for at least ...
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The legislation would require media and non-profit organisations to register as "pursuing the interests of a foreign power" if they receive more than 20% of their funds from abroad, a provision that critics say would be exploited to target and muzzle independent voices. First proposed and later withdrawn last year by the ruling party, Georgian Dream, a nearly identical version of the law has been tabled again, prompting mass protests. Despite the growing contestation, the Georgian parliament advanced the law on Wednesday with 83 votes in favour and zero against in a first reading boycotted by ...
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Speaking following an exceptional virtual meeting of EU foreign ministers on Tuesday, Josep Borrell said he would ask his services to study the possibility of expanding existing EU sanctions against Iranian drone technology. It would see the current sanctions regime - established in July 2023 to punish Iran for aiding Putin's war machine with unmanned drones - expanded to include missiles and to also cover Iran's proxies in the region. The bloc would also weigh the possibility of listing the Iranian Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organisation, he said, while stressing that such a move woul...
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So far, eleven Houthi attacks have been repelled and 16 ships escorted across the Red Sea by EU vessels. This is the first assessment of Operation 'Aspides', launched less than two months ago to protect trade in the Suez Canal. Since the Israel-Hamas war began, Houthi rebels have launched 80 attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden - some of them with casualties. The Iran-backed rebel group considers Israel an enemy, carrying out the offensive in response to the war. Because of the attacks, merchant ships are taking 10-14 more days to reach Europe and doubling costs to do so. ...
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The breakthrough occurred during a meeting of the bloc's foreign affairs ministers on Monday, where the issue was put on the table to give diplomacy a new chance. "We discussed about the sanctions (on) Hamas. And we agreed on sanctions on extremist settlers. It was not possible last Foreign Affairs Council. This time has been possible. A solid compromise has been agreed at the working level and I hope this will continue until full adoption soon," the bloc's foreign policy chief announced at the end of the meeting. "But the political agreement is there." The sanctions have been in the works for...
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