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Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko accused Moscow of targeting Ukrainian people and power supplies as the cold winter months approached. China-US trade deal could be signed next week, US Treasury's Bessent says The U.S. and China could sign a trade agreement as soon as next week, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday following President Donald Trump's meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.

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Largest Dutch party should take lead in government talks, D66 leader says

The largest party in the Dutch election needs to get the lead in the formation of a new government, the leader of the centrist D66 party Rob Jetten said on Thursday. With almost all votes counted, Jetten's D66 is virtually tied for the lead with the far right Freedom Party (PVV) led by anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders.

Dutch centrist Jetten confident of forming government after far-right's election setback

Dutch centrist leader Rob Jetten said he was "very confident" of being able to put together a government after his party's strong showing in parliamentary elections that saw Geert Wilders' anti-Islam Freedom Party lose ground. With most of the votes counted from Wednesday's election, which was seen as a test of the far right's strength in Europe, Jetten's D66 and Wilders' PVV were tied on Thursday, with both projected to take 26 seats in the 150-seat lower house of parliament.

Wilders' election losses do not herald decline of European far-right

As he celebrated his party's election surge, Dutch centrist leader Rob Jetten declared voters had "turned the page" on Geert Wilders, an anti-immigration campaigner and a leading figure of European right-wing populism for two decades. A closer look suggests otherwise. Although Wilders' Freedom Party is set to lose seats and return to opposition, it still set to tie Jetten's D66 as the biggest faction in the Dutch parliament.

Egypt hopes vast new museum by the Pyramids will accelerate tourism revival

Egyptian officials are hoping the inauguration of a vast new museum on Saturday will accelerate the revival of a tourism industry hampered for more than a decade by internal upheaval, a pandemic and regional conflicts. Officials believe the Grand Egyptian Museum, or GEM, alone could draw as many as 7 million additional visitors annually after it opens on Saturday, helping boost total visitors to around 30 million by 2030.

Russia strikes Ukraine energy grid, killing three, including child

Russia launched a barrage of drones and missiles at Ukraine's energy infrastructure overnight, forcing nationwide power restrictions and killing three people, including a seven-year-old girl, officials said on Thursday. Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko accused Moscow of targeting Ukrainian people and power supplies as the cold winter months approached.

China-US trade deal could be signed next week, US Treasury's Bessent says

The U.S. and China could sign a trade agreement as soon as next week, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday following President Donald Trump's meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. "The Kuala Lumpur agreement was finished in the middle of the night last night, so I expect we will exchange signatures possibly as soon as next week," Bessent said in an interview on Fox Business Network.

Analysis-Trump-Xi 'amazing' summit brings tactical truce, not major reset

U.S. President Donald Trump hailed a meeting with China's Xi Jinping as "amazing" and "12" on a 10-point scale, but the agreement the two leaders reached appears to be no more than a fragile truce in a trade war with root causes still unresolved. The framework announced on Thursday - that includes China resuming soybean purchases, suspending its rare earths export curbs for a year, and the U.S. lowering tariffs on China by 10% - broadly rewinds ties to the status that existed before Trump's "Liberation Day" offensive triggered tit-for-tat escalation.

UK sanctions Iranian banker for supporting Iran's Guards

Britain sanctioned Iranian banker and businessman Aliakbar Ansari on Thursday, citing his role in financially supporting the activities of Iran's Revolutionary Guards as the reason for its action. "Its (the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps') use of repression and targeted threats to carry out hostile acts, including here in the UK, is completely unacceptable," Britain's Middle East minister Hamish Falconer said in a statement.

Trump tells Pentagon to immediately resume testing US nuclear weapons

U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. military on Thursday to immediately resume testing nuclear weapons after a gap of 33 years, minutes before beginning a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Trump made the surprise announcement on Truth Social while he was aboard his Marine One helicopter flying to meet Xi for a trade negotiating session in Busan, South Korea. He said he was instructing the Pentagon to test the U.S. nuclear arsenal on an "equal basis" with other nuclear powers.

French police hunting stolen Louvre jewels arrest more suspects

Police have arrested five more suspects linked to the theft of treasures worth $102 million from the Louvre Museum's Apollo gallery, the Paris prosecutor said on Thursday, expressing hope the latest developments will help them find the jewels. Four hooded thieves made off with their booty during opening hours on the morning of October 19, exposing security lapses at the world's most-visited museum in a brazen daylight heist that sent shockwaves around the world and prompted soul-searching in France over what some viewed as a national humiliation.

Taiwan 'confident' in US ties ahead of Trump-Xi meeting

Taiwan is "confident" in its relations with the U.S., Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said on Thursday, ahead of a meeting between the U.S. and Chinese presidents where the issue of the island Beijing claims as its own could come up. Since taking office this year, U.S. President Donald Trump has vacillated on his position towards Taiwan while pursuing a trade deal with Beijing. Trump says Chinese President Xi Jinping has told him he will not invade while the Republican president is in office, but Trump has yet to approve any new U.S. arms sales to Taipei.

Hungary's Orban to visit Trump, discuss path to US-Russia meeting

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will meet U.S. President Donald Trump on November 7 in Washington, where he aims to discuss a path to a U.S.-Russia meeting and seek exemption from U.S. energy sanctions, Orban's chief of staff said on Thursday. Gergely Gulyas told a press briefing that the two leaders would also conclude agreements on co-operation in the fields of energy, defence industry, economy and finance.

Which parties could form next Dutch government?

Centrist D66 and the far-right Freedom Party (PVV) led by Geert Wilders were in a neck-and-neck race for the top spot in the Dutch election on Thursday. But with only 17% of the vote each, both parties would need to find coalition partners to command a majority in the 150-seat parliament.

UK's Prince William wins case against Paris Match over holiday photos

Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate won a privacy case against French magazine Paris Match for publishing paparazzi photographs of them and their children on a private holiday, a notice published in the magazine said on Thursday. William, the older son of King Charles and the heir to the throne, is known to fiercely defend his family's privacy when they are not at official engagements.

Italy's Senate approves justice reform, opening way for decisive referendum

Italy's Senate approved sweeping judicial reform on Thursday, advancing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's flagship constitutional overhaul despite fierce opposition from magistrates and the centre-left opposition. The real test lies ahead, with the measure facing a nationwide referendum expected next spring in order to become law. Recent polls show Italians split on a contentious issue that has roiled domestic politics for decades.

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