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EU needs to earmark money to withstand Russia, say Foreign Affairs MEPs

As a return to "business as usual" with Russia is now out of the question, the EU should earmark specific funding to counter its propaganda and infiltration of EU politics and support independence movements there, say Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs in a resolution voted on Monday. EU countries should refrain from doing bilateral deals with Russia and step up their own collective efforts to withstand it, whilst retaining a return to cooperation with Russia as a long-term goal, they add.

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More than 50,000 flee Burundi to escape spiralling violence

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An elderly woman waits among a crowd of other Burundian refugees for assistance in Rwanda's Mahama Refugee Camp.

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UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Khaled Hosseini struck by the tragedy of Syria's youth

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UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Khaled Hosseini (in light blue shirt|) visits a Syrian refugee family in Jordan.

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Yemen humanitarian pause ‘a lifeline’ for civilians trapped by fighting – top UN relief official

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The MV Amsterdam berthed at Hudaydah port, Yemen, with fuel for the World Food Programme (WFP).

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South Sudan: heavy fighting and reported ‘atrocities’ in northeast force UN to evacuate staff

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Internally displaced persons in Unity State, South Sudan.

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“Today it’s young people’s turn to talk”

J7 Youth Summit presents results

It just before the heads of state and government of the world’s leading industrialised nations meet in Schloss Elmau in Bavaria, 54 girls and boys aged 14 to 18 from the G7 states, some EU Member States and a number of developing countries are at the Federal Chancellery to present their ideas and demands and discuss how to solve the world’s most pressing problems with Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel and Federal Youth Minister Manuela Schwesig. The young delegates of the international J7 Youth Summit have been in Berlin since 7 May to deliberate on effective ways to protect our planet, achieve greater global equality and create opportunities for all children and young people.

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Yemen conflict is taking 'dreadful toll' on civilians: UN top relief official

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Children and livestock shelter in a northern Yemen camp after being displaced by fighting.

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In Russia for 'Victory Day', UN chief meets with President Putin on world issues

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin in Moscow to mark 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe.

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The Baltimore Paradigm: Wall Street's Kill Zones

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Australian Federal Police responses to report on Controlled Operation in 2002

Australian Federal Police (AFP) can confirm an Australian citizen approached the agency in 2002 to report this matter to police and to offer his assistance.