Trump call to FIFA chief clears US striker Balogun to face Belgium in World Cup last 16 · Pollar

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Ankara, Kyiv and Bavi collide

NATO courts Trump as Kyiv reels, islands brace and oil producers reopen taps

The next NATO summit has become less a celebration of unity than an exercise in managing Donald Trump. Around it, wars, storms and markets moved fast: Kyiv took another heavy strike, Guam prepared for a Category 5-equivalent typhoon and oil producers tried to put the Hormuz shock behind them.

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Launches second wave of missile and drone strikes on Kyiv, leaving at least 10 dead and 56 injured

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Demography and migration

Several member states have introduced or announced legislative packages to transpose key elements of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum, combining faster asylum and return procedures with new or expanded channels for legal labour migration.

Trump call to FIFA chief clears US striker Balogun to face Belgium in World Cup last 16 · Pollar